2006-08-28 03:32:07 · 20 answers · asked by Ella S 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
So many, but to mention just a few...
-And The Band Played On, Randy Shilts
-The Smartest Guys in the Room, Bethany Mclean and Peter Elkind
-Plagues and Peoples, William McNeil
-Not In Kansas Anymore, Christine Wicker
-B*tch: In Praise of Difficult Women, Elizabeth Wurtzel
-Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
2006-08-28 06:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Kindred" by Octavia Butler
It's a story about a young black woman living in the 70's traveling back in time to the antebellum south and having to live as a slave.
Before I read that book I always imagined that if I lived back then I would fight, but as the character is sowly reduced from strong willed to a slave, I realized everything my ancestors had to do just to stay alive. I've never read another book where the exact words seemed to fit. I feel like if that book was missing one word or one extra word was added it wouldn't be the same book. That's how powerful it was for me.
2006-08-28 14:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every book influences me in some way. When I was a child, Black Beauty opened my eyes to mistreatment of animals, Bambi made me aware of the beauty of nature, Little Women taught me about family togetherness as well as independence. I think anyone who is a real reader probably feels that way.
2006-08-28 23:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jonathan Livingston: Seagull by Richard Bach
Changed my opinion about possibilities and personal limits.
"There is no limits. The sky is limit"
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Not changed, but help me to understand better God, Universe, Mutliverse, death, life, eternity... The Neverending Story is the deepest book I have ever red.
2006-08-28 10:41:59 · answer #4 · answered by no one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children and temper tantrums... The book “Fire Starter” by Stephen King has left me with a lasting and re-occurring impression. Whenever I see a child having a temper tantrum in public I can't help but imagine the people and things around the child not-so-spontaneously bursting into flames! :-)
2006-08-28 12:20:13 · answer #5 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenrich (sp?). It was a great book in which the author tried to get by on minimum wage in different jobs around the country and how she handled it. Lots of social insight.
2006-08-28 11:32:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
2006-08-28 10:41:22 · answer #7 · answered by MadMaxx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Karen Armstrong's Jerusalem.
2006-08-28 10:36:52 · answer #8 · answered by ira a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would have to be The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It made me realize that purhaps I have made a difference is someone's life and I don't even know about it. The way many people have made a difference in mine. I know it's wishful thinking, but its a beautiful book.
2006-08-28 10:36:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quran , the amazing book that has not been change for more than 1400 year.
2006-08-28 10:38:53 · answer #10 · answered by R.M.IRAQI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋