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  • nestee
    Fresh Peossy
    • Jun 2007
    • 39
    #91
    Re: Books that changed you...

    The Invisible Man- Ralph ellison
    Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickinson

    How to make love like a pornstar- Jenna Jameson, you could include her in "videos that changed me"

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      • Kat
        A pretty fn good milkshake
        • Mar 2006
        • 4696
        #92
        Re: Books that changed you...

        great thread
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          • GLD
            Gold Gabber
            • Apr 2006
            • 636
            #93
            Re: Books that changed you...

            "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" - Mark Haddon

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              • Who?
                Getting warmed up
                • May 2007
                • 87
                #94
                Re: Books that changed you...

                The Dancing Wu-Li Masters by Gary Zukav
                A New Model of the Universe by PD Ouspensky
                The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

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                  • SyntaxTerror
                    Occupation: Playtex Sales
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 965
                    #95
                    Re: Books that changed you...

                    Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

                    I read this amazing book recently and recommend it very highly. Without spoiling too much it's about an aussie who escapes from a maximum security prison in Australia, gets over to New Zealand for a few years and then ends up in India on minimal funds, which is where the book starts.

                    From there he ends up living in the slums (by choice), starting up a free health clinic, becoming involved in the Bombay mafia, running a movie extras scouting business, and finally fighting in Afghanistan.

                    All of this is based on a true story, and it's being turned in to a movie with Johnny Depp playing the lead role.

                    It weighs in at 933 pages, but it's a gripping read from start to finish. I wish it never ended. His outlook on life is amazing and the things he gets up to are extremely inspirational.

                    You won't regret it.
                    "If not for Josh Wink, Sasha wouldn't own any Acid except for the paper stuff he dopes chicks with at clubs." - Jenks, 2004

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                      • res0nat0r
                        Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                        • May 2006
                        • 14477
                        #96
                        Re: Books that changed you...

                        ^^checked that book out on amazon, it looks really interesting

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                          • peloquin
                            Till I Come!
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 8644
                            #97
                            Re: Books that changed you...

                            had Shantaram recommended to me by tons of people. going to pick it up one of these days for sure

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                              • runningman
                                Playa I'm a Sooth Saya
                                • Jun 2004
                                • 6014
                                #98
                                Re: Books that changed you...

                                Where the red fern grows... damn I wish the dogs didnt' die..

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                                  • peloquin
                                    Till I Come!
                                    • Jun 2004
                                    • 8644
                                    #99
                                    Re: Books that changed you...

                                    Originally posted by runningman
                                    Where the red fern grows... damn I wish the dogs didnt' die..
                                    no need to read it now then...

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                                      • res0nat0r
                                        Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                                        • May 2006
                                        • 14477
                                        #100
                                        Re: Books that changed you...

                                        ^^what they made a book outta that movie??

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                                          • fisheye
                                            Addiction started
                                            • Aug 2004
                                            • 251
                                            #101
                                            Re: Books that changed you...

                                            Stranger in a Stange Land - R.A. Heinlein

                                            Caves of Steel : - Isaac Asimon

                                            The Freedom of Morailty ; C Yiannaras

                                            Orthodox Spirituality: Dimitru Staniloae

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                                              • Bender420
                                                Tickle me Elmo!
                                                • Jun 2004
                                                • 1540
                                                #102
                                                Re: Books that changed you...

                                                the prophet - kahlil gibran
                                                zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - robert persig
                                                many lives, many masters - brian weiss
                                                Don't let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance.


                                                "some things simply aren’t meant to be bootybumped. Hard liquor is a prime example, as it will burn like a motherfuck."

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                                                  • TheMightyGreg
                                                    Editor Shmeditor
                                                    • Nov 2006
                                                    • 1362
                                                    #103
                                                    Re: Books that changed you...

                                                    Originally posted by SyntaxTerror
                                                    Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

                                                    I read this amazing book recently and recommend it very highly. Without spoiling too much it's about an aussie who escapes from a maximum security prison in Australia, gets over to New Zealand for a few years and then ends up in India on minimal funds, which is where the book starts.

                                                    From there he ends up living in the slums (by choice), starting up a free health clinic, becoming involved in the Bombay mafia, running a movie extras scouting business, and finally fighting in Afghanistan.

                                                    All of this is based on a true story, and it's being turned in to a movie with Johnny Depp playing the lead role.

                                                    It weighs in at 933 pages, but it's a gripping read from start to finish. I wish it never ended. His outlook on life is amazing and the things he gets up to are extremely inspirational.

                                                    You won't regret it.
                                                    Read it last year..is an absolute epic.

                                                    Salman Rushdie - 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'
                                                    Alain De Buton - 'The Art of Travel'
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                                                    http://www.ubradio.net/djs/greg-sawyer-99?sort=7

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                                                      • cheshirepk8
                                                        Fresh Peossy
                                                        • Jun 2007
                                                        • 13
                                                        #104
                                                        Re: Books that changed you...

                                                        The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness - Martha Stout

                                                        Book is one of the 5x7 size and maybe like 150 pages long.
                                                        I am a major bookworm, and this was a very hard read for me. Not technical-wise, it's the way she explains the stories of her patients. Very emotional. I needed to take a breather every chapter or so.

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                                                          • peloquin
                                                            Till I Come!
                                                            • Jun 2004
                                                            • 8644
                                                            #105
                                                            Re: Books that changed you...

                                                            Originally posted by TheMightyGreg
                                                            Salman Rushdie - 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet'
                                                            excellent

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