2007-10-28 17:48:27 · 11 answers · asked by wonderer 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Old Man and The Sea, by Earnest Hemmingway. It did not change my life but it made me think a lot about life.
2007-10-28 17:52:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This book changed my life so much that I told the library I lost it, and paid them for it, and I've NEVER done that before or since then. It was a huge jumping off point for me into spirituality, and it reaffirmed for me many things that I had wondered about. I don't come from a Christian background, and this book is not Christian, so I was able to relate to it very well - actually it just blew my mind lol.
I look back on it fondly now, almost 20 years ago, and it's probably the one book out of tens of thousands that I've read in my life that really stands out the very most as having changed my entire life, and led me to where I am now. Here is a link for it if you want to have a look:
http://www.amazon.com/Melchizedek-Truth-Principles-Mystical-Brotherhood/dp/092687201X
2007-10-28 20:10:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never read a book that entirely transformed my life, as you say... but I have read books that teach me things here and there. Lessons on life extracted a little from here and a little from there.
For example, after reading about an incident in one of Brashares books, I learned that rather than sitting tight and safe and secure without even trying to do the job for fear of failure, I must reach out, try, try again and then it doesn't matter if I even fail miserably.
2007-10-28 18:04:53 · answer #3 · answered by beachblue99 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a ton, really.
Honestly, if I start, I won't finish before this Question
has expired, so let me just mention a few.
The Noonday Demon ~ Andrew Solomon
...have read it like 5 times. It truly IS all about
persistence under seeming insurmountable odds.
I'd Rather Be Writing ~ Marcia Golub
...writing can be a lifelong thing to do!
Ogilvy On Advertising ~ David Ogilvy
...what a blast of a salute to the imagination.
>> there are soooo many others. I'll bow out here, though.
2007-10-28 17:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by rockman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible, for sure. But another one that changed some of my views on things is I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris. It is written by a Christian author, but he makes points in this book that I believe people would find logical and persuasive whether or not you are a Christian.
2007-10-28 17:57:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paradise Lost, by John Milton.
It was the first time I ever saw Satan as the... hero? of the story. He was the character that the reader most related to, most identified with. It was the first time where I saw the fall of Adam and Eve as a planned and ultimately good thing - that bad things happen to good people because good things will ultimately result from it.
2007-10-28 19:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by Julie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
2007-10-28 18:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by ms dont panic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lensman Seiries by ee.doc Smith. (yes the ee is small letters)
Gray Lensman is the tilting point. Its 7 books in all. Good science fiction.
2007-10-28 18:00:34 · answer #8 · answered by bahbdorje 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible.
2007-10-28 18:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by Red N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Seth Speaks" WILL change your life!
2007-10-28 17:59:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋