What made the book special and how did it affect you?
2007-10-01 19:38:48 · 15 answers · asked by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
WAR - Gwynne Dyer
I read it when I was 18. It was a hard dose of reality in "human nature".
No bias, little opinion, just the facts.
As humans we are totally toast. Without divine intervention we are eventually going to destroy ourselves.
No way around it.
2007-10-01 21:46:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.
I read it just after I left the Mormon church and it told me the opposite of what I had been told my whole life. I always felt that I was expected to get married and have children and be a housewife when I was older. I was taught very traditional values, but I've always considered myself a bit of a feminist so I had a really hard time accepting that this was all my life was worth- just to be a wife and babymaker. I've never really had any interest in having kids and I wanted to be able to have a career and put my professional life before I worried about having a family. Then I read this book and it told me there was more to life as a woman than having a family- no one had ever told me that before so the book really made an impression on me
2007-10-01 20:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by lindsey p 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"The Death of a Wombat" by Ivan Smith (1972). Neufert came later.
It's an illustrated book ~ the story being that a wombat is caught in a bush fire and it attempts to find shelter in a creek bed.
Perhaps not the worlds greatest read.. but ...
It's the first book I ever read properly and it taught me that reading can be an emotional experience, worth pursuing. The "pictures" were pretty good and that helped. I have always held an interested in illustration... and that style helped convey the emotion of the tale.
Before that, I hadn't been much interested in books although I could read very well... all the bible and bashing in the convent school made sure of it.
2007-10-01 19:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the book "hardball" by Chris Mathews made the greatest influence on my life. It is intended for people in a political environment (I'm a political science major; thats how i came across the book). However, i can apply almost all of the concepts in the book to my social life. Once you start playing hardball... life, stress, and often relationships all seem like games which made life a lot easier for me.
2007-10-01 19:48:01 · answer #4 · answered by fuzziduzzit 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-10 03:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not so much a book, but a series- The Wizard of Oz series. Made me what I am today - am Winkie! (those are some of the people in the land of Oz, not anything sexual, ya pervs!)
2007-10-01 19:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Silver Chief, Dog of the North!
2007-10-01 19:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Manufacturing Consent" by Noam Chomsky and Ed Hermann (I hope I spelled his name correctly). It completely changed my understanding of how the mass media works, and it made me re-think a lot of my political views. Most importantly, it gave me some tools for critical analysis of the media, so that I could spot the BS myself.
2007-10-01 20:07:15 · answer #8 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Island of the Blue Dolphin" by Scott O'Dell. It was based on the story of a young girl who was left on the island alone after her people were taken off of it . She had to fend for herself. It made me appreciate what little I had.
2007-10-01 19:49:32 · answer #9 · answered by Chaz 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Catcher in the Rye
2007-10-01 19:43:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋