what are the books that have inspired you? how have they changed your life and why did it inspire you?
thanx!
2006-09-21 02:33:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein taught me to think outside the box with regard to human relationships.
"The Book of Lies" by Aleister Crowley taught me to think outside the box with regard to spiritual relationships.
And the Harry Potter series taught me to believe in kids, even if I can no longer believe in their schools.
2006-09-21 02:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Giver" can't think of the author right this minute. Interesting take on life as we live it. "Lord of theFlies" for the same reason. Both have that "we are all in this together" theme, which is slightly altruistic but inspiring. "The Five People You'll Meet in Heaven" was also very intriguing, and uplifting. Ultimately, a book that makes you reflect on your own life and how you're living it and encourages to do the right things and make the most of your time here on Earth - we all need to follow our true path.
2006-09-21 02:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by qnmumyv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is pretty off the wall, but I have a 1950's book called Nancy Cleans House. It's about a pre-teen whose mother is pregnant, and in preparation for her hospital stay and whatnot, she begins learning how to take care of the house. Because apparently Daddy can't pitch in and help....but I digress.
Although it's a story, it's also an instructional manual, even has diagrams of how to make a bed!
For some reason, even though it's horribly outdated and sexist, every time I read it, I feel like cleaning.
Go figure. That's my shameful secret.
2006-09-21 03:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill a Mockingbird is my standard answer, but also the The Little Engine That Could. Everytime I read the story about that tiny blue engine to my kids, I think just how possible it is to do the things in life we dont think is possible. So much of what we can or cant accomplish is only in our mind...oh the power of positive thinking and determination!
2006-09-21 02:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by shannon d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who Moved My Cheese?
http://www.amazon.com/Moved-Cheese-Amazing-Change-Work/dp/0399144463/sr=1-1/qid=1158846105/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2939211-9058308?ie=UTF8&s=books
2006-09-21 02:42:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. The story of a woman who's life was difficult and in the end thought she was settling when in reality she was too jaded to realize what she had.
2006-09-21 02:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by Crazymom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamont. It was well written and evocative, opening up ideas for Old Testament research I had never considered.
2006-09-21 02:54:04 · answer #7 · answered by Aileen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any book by Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagull, One, Running from Safety). He is very philosophical and thought-provoking.
2006-09-21 04:33:51 · answer #8 · answered by KC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1984 by George Orwell. Read it and understand the meaning of life, and why there is a war in Middle East.
2006-09-21 02:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by Deli Ozy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"the diary of a young girl" by anne frank..
a book which every teen girl should read....u cant believe that a gal can think so widely and deeply.
"story of my xperiments with truth" by mahatma gandhi.
gandhi was the man who fought with the weapon non-violence and played main role in freedom gaining of the worlds most democratic country- india.
a man who influenzed most people in the world and a man who's beyond words and descriptions...
Thanku.........
kitty
2006-09-21 03:18:16 · answer #10 · answered by kitty0000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋