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Book That Changed Your Life
Topic Started: Feb 2 2007, 11:40 PM (1,906 Views)
Briar Rose
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She, Who Must Be Obeyed.
(Note: This thread isn't for the non-thinkers and non-readers! Nyahaha *kidding*)

Books and Words
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In those little sheets of paper -- they speak to us, comfort us, feed us, arouse us, hurt us, teach us, terrify us, open our hearts and our minds. It enables us to see with the keenest of eyes, hear with the finest ears and touch with the sharpest nerve endings. Truly, books are the best of things. They are for nothing but to inspire us.

Do you agree with that?

Now, my little darlings, my question is; aside from the references and religious books like the Bible and the Qu’ran;
What book/novel that most increased your understanding and perspective of the world and/or have changed a part of your life in many intangible ways?

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Since, I'm the author of this thread, it is proper for me to be the first one to answer my own question. :lol:

One of my beloved books is J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye. It presented a story about a boy who is more than just a troubled teenager. He is skeptical about the world. The poor boy is left with a cluster of memories, some good but most bad. Yet because of these memories, he has developed the unique ability to speak bluntly about the people he meets and at the end, he attained a significant enrichment. One of which contributed to his fantasy of being a catcher in the rye or someone who catches innocent children (like himself) who accidently fall off the cliff and trying to bridge the gap between childhood and adulthood.

I've also learned various insights from the following:

  • Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
  • Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden
  • 100 Years of Solitude and Love In Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Paolo Coehlo's Veronika Decides to Die, and Like the Flowing River
  • A banned novel by Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
  • Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams
  • The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
  • An old German story of Briar Rose
  • Mitch Albom's For One More Day, and The Five People You Meet in Heave
  • Paine's Common Sense
  • Neil Gaiman's writtings
  • etc.
  • ^_^
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Libresse
• Hitokiri Battousai •
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code both by Dan Brown

Astig yung "The Prince" mentioned by ms. rose also.. pinabasa samin sa literature class /heh

Eto na po ate..
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chiiren
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Thief Bug
i think Aladdin Factor by jack canfield


un mga story nkakarelate ako n ngagamit ko pang every day life ko
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staple
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Driller
love story ahehe
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Briar Rose
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She, Who Must Be Obeyed.
OT:

uh-oh! Somebody's not reading...

Libresse

As states above, sabi ko po, "aside from the references and religious books like the Bible and the Qu’ran" what other novel that have made an impact on you? Wehehe

:lol:


chiiren

that was a nice one.

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Libresse
• Hitokiri Battousai •
Oks na po /sry
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crossquo
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engineering books.... sumasakit ulo ko <_<
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Beldaran_of_Riva
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-The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
-Belgariad/Malloreon by David Eddings
-Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
-48 Laws of Power by R.Green
-Dragonlance by M.weiss and t.hickman
-Sandman Series by Neil Gaiman
-Unabridged Kama Sutra by some Indian author
-The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Mass by F. Sionil. José (filipino author)
- Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul
- Tarot books
- Palm reading books
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Akasuna_Sasori
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After 5 years. Promise.
I usually read this books everyday.

And its not tiresome reading every page of it. :D

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1. The Alchemist - Paolo Coehlo = It made me realize something that was in store for me.

2. Warrior of the Light - Paolo Coehlo = Its a good read whenever im depressed

3. Eleven Minutes - Paolo Coehlo = Greatly expanded my idea pertaining to s3x and women.

4. The Fortress - Dan Brown = Another codebreaking book! :D

5. Software Engineering 6th ed - Ian Sommerville = Good for computer science research thingies.


5. The Story of Philosophy - Will Durant = Improved my rational thinking and deductive/inductive reasoning. *YEY! *

6. College Physics 7th ed - Zears, Zemansky, Young = my memorabilia of MIThs and MIT-intra.

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Akasuna_Sasori
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After 5 years. Promise.
So many book readers here... ^^

Im looking for Tom Clancy's Rainbow six, anyone had it? =))

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**edited for accidental double posting due to network lag. freaking isp. /palo
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SassyCutie
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boring-est vacation ever...
little prince!
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[Moderator]Mekhet
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Books that changed my life:

The World According To Garp by John Irving
The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupéry
Der Wille Zur Macht & Thus Spoke Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzche
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green
The Sandman Graphic Novels by Neil Gaiman
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman also
Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman [again! sense a pattern?]
Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore by John Peel & Albert Mudrian
300 by Frank Miller
Love In The Time of Cholera & 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Briar Rose
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She, Who Must Be Obeyed.
Libresse
Feb 2 2007, 11:50 PM
Astig yung "The Prince" mentioned by ms. rose also.. pinabasa samin sa literature class /heh

Thanks po.

Are you sure we're talking about the same book po?

The Prince by Nicollo Machiavelli is one of the books that changed the course of history. Lawmakers and political mentors from around the globe -- alam nila lahat yang libro na yan. It presents the anatomy of power politcs. The author's sinister reputation rests almost entirely upon a single book, The Prince. No book can be dissociated from the period in which it was created, a fact that has never been more aptly illustrated than by The Prince. And yet, like every great book, it contains lessons for all times.

"Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a simple to convince them of something but difficult to hold them in that conviction; and, therefore, affairs should be managed in such a way that when they no longer believe, they can be made to believe by force."

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Akasuna_Sasori

I used to have that one in my e-book library, kaya lang, I never really liked that book...but who knows, I might read that book in the future. Mahilig ka siguro mag Counter Stike, 'no? :lol:

Paolo Coehlo fan?

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Beldaran_of_Riva

Yeah. In graphic novels, Sandman Comic Series by Neil Gaiman is on my list.

SA D.E. books naman, ang favorite part ko sa The Belgariad ay yung, Pawn of Prophecy (Book 1). :lol:

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staple

Err. What love story book po, kuya? hehe

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Mekhet

Hehe fellow Neil Gaiman fan, huh? I'm reading the American Gods now. Ever heard of Anansi Boys? That was my first Neil Gaiman story... :)

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Thanks, guys! ;)
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[Moderator]Mekhet
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@Briar Rose

Yeah! I'm a big fan of Neil Gaiman's works! And i've met him in real life when he did his promotion for the film Mirrormask here in the Philippines! Signatures galore for my graphic novels and books!

I've read Anansi Boys and also liked it! Oh yeah! If you're reading American Gods be sure to read Fragile Things also! You'll definiely like it!
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Dward`
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SHUT YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU TALK TO ME!
ABNKKBSNAPLAko!?!
Ang paburitong Libro ni Hudas
Bakit baligtad magbasa ng libro ang mga pilipino?
Alamat ng Gubat
Stainless Longanissa
- Bob Ong :D

Noli & El Fili ni idol /heh
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Eternal Angel
-Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
-ABNKKBSNPLko?! by Bob Ong
-Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
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Zhendreti
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I used to read, lolz hmmmm


Animal Farm --- John Steinbeck
"All animals are born equal, however some animals are more equal than others" =))


The Count of Montecristo --- Alexander Dumas
"REVENGE!!!" :bomb:


Homelands --- R.A. Salvatore



clang clang

+1
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Chris_Tan
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Blue Plant
The Art of War
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Schmidt
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Ebil Bunny Man

Tuesdays with Morrie..
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Unleash the devil inside me
Dward`
Feb 6 2007, 11:36 PM
ABNKKBSNAPLAko!?!
Ang paburitong Libro ni Hudas
Bakit baligtad magbasa ng libro ang mga pilipino?
Alamat ng Gubat
Stainless Longanissa
- Bob Ong :D

Noli & El Fili ni idol /heh

preho kmi ni Dward,bsta lahat ng libro ni Bob Ong.. :D
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