2007-11-11 14:25:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
On the Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
2007-11-11 14:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Okay, I know this sounds probably really dorky and I'll be the first to admit I am a Geek at heart, but anything written by JRR Tolkien. There is a lot of religion in it, if you can understand how he writes. I usually even have to read something more than once. A lot of catholic underlay is in it, but there is a lot of...not pagenism, but -the word is eluding me at the moment.
The second isn't a book per say, but magazines. Guideposts, and Awake. If you want to find reassurance that there is a larger force in the universe those are very to good reads.
2007-11-14 01:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many books that I LOVE LOVE LOVE, so this question is very difficult.
But of all the books I read that really, had I not read them, life would be different now (and religious texts is not an allowed answer):
"Dark Heart" by Betsy James. It's the book that made me get ideas for the story I am writing now, that I hope to publish some day. :D
2007-11-11 15:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by writer_cb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, there are so many. Literature is just a cornerstone of my life and the way I see the world.
So for that reason, I'd have to say "The Flowers of Evil" by Charles Baudelaire, simply because it's the first serious book that I read, and that started me going on a life-long passion.
2007-11-11 14:30:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Book that influenced me very much is 'War & Peace'..& Dr. Zchivago; about all of the themes of life & conflicts & ethical issues. Great stuff.
2007-11-11 14:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by jaksie3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stranger in a Strange Land and Fahrenheit 451 definitely twisted my head around in a way it wouldn't have been otherwise at 16. Probably ruined me for life ; )
2007-11-11 14:41:01 · answer #6 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be very shy. I found it very difficult to talk to people I knew, let alone strangers. Then I was promoted into a job where I needed to talk to strangers. Barbara Walters wrote a book titled something like "How To Talk To Almost Anyone." It was full of exercises and tips and I overcame my fears of talking to other people.
2007-11-11 14:38:31 · answer #7 · answered by old beatnik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oooa good one.... The outsiders because it inspired me to write one of my own books.
2007-11-11 14:29:26 · answer #8 · answered by Air 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have to say the story of anne frank
2007-11-11 14:33:14 · answer #9 · answered by Leslly A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋