Has a book ever changed your life? (serious) - Page 8

kebab69 · 10-20-2009, 06:52 AM

book marked for future reference...i was thinking about this today i have only ever read one book and it was called Burned Alive cant remember the author...wasnt really life changing or anything but interesting :P

thorton · 10-20-2009, 06:56 AM

Not anti-religious even though the title suggest it. Completely changed the way I look at organized religion and religion in general and how we have pre-establish, more than likely false assumptions of our religious icons. This book though started a very deep period of self reflection for me that completely changed the way I respond to the world.

ArrrrJay · 10-20-2009, 07:12 AM

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values - Robert Pirsig

I don't read often, and am usually bored by most books. This is the only book I've ever read more than once, and heavily influenced my world view and philosophy.

Starts off a little slow, but tells an epic true story of a man whose philosophical research (Metaphysics of Quality) drives him to the brink of insanity. He finds his way back to reality with the "help" of electro-shock therapy. Many years later, he is on a motorcycle road trip with his young son, as the ghosts of his previous life haunt him along the way.

Good, deep stuff here.

mizzOe · 10-20-2009, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Rotan

Awaken the Giant Within
-Tony Robbins

It was an interesting read, but definitely not life changing.

BackinControl · 10-20-2009, 07:14 AM

Atlas Shrugged ftmfw

Makaveli0 · 10-20-2009, 07:20 AM

mophatthedamaja · 10-20-2009, 01:05 PM

i ordered The Alchemist today from Amazon...it better be good

CLK-GTR · 10-20-2009, 01:35 PM

im half way through this. to be honest its pretty hard going. really interesting but its one you definitely have to concentrate on

White_Goodman · 10-23-2009, 07:03 AM

bumpage....

btw I get all my books off rapidlibrary and 4shared.

I would have printed off close to 20-25 trading books my final 2 weeks at old job I finished recently, saved me probs $2k

mug · 10-23-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by White_Goodman

bumpage....

btw I get all my books off rapidlibrary and 4shared.

I would have printed off close to 20-25 trading books my final 2 weeks at old job I finished recently, saved me probs $2k

Are you printing off PDF versions or something ?

Loctus · 10-23-2009, 08:13 AM

Every man should read "Sperm Wars" by Robin Baker. You can get it on amazon for $12 and it will completely change your reality.

"Published to acclaim and controversy a decade ago, Sperm Wars is a revolutionary thesis about sex that turned centuries-old biological assumptions on their head.

Evolution has programmed men to conquer and monopolize women while women, without ever knowing they are doing it, seek the best genetic input on offer from potential sexual partners.

In this book, best-selling author Robin Baker reveals these new facts of life: ten percent of children are not fathered by their "fathers;" less than one percent of a man?s sperm is capable of fertilizing anything (the rest is there to fight off all other men?s sperm); "smart" vaginal mucus encourages some sperm but blocks others; and a woman is far more likely to conceive through a casual fling than through sex with her regular partner. "

Loctus · 10-23-2009, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by LifeByTheHorns

Yes.

Hmm.. I have this book but I've never even opened it. Might change that now.

Ek2 · 10-23-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by MiKey4

The Game (Strauss) changed my opinion on relationships for about a year. I think it gave me commitment issues, actually... took a lot of screwing girls around for me to get over it which was pretty negative. I think I'm fixed now though but I was shocked at how much it affected me.

exactly the same..

i read and appreciated that book, and at the same time, it made me doubt every single female. I guess that's what it's supposed to do.

It made it worse to find he and the girl he ended up with broke up like 2-3 years ago, a few years after the book was written.

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The God Delusion too.. great book. Not sure if it completely changed my views as much as reinforced them.

PumpedPecs · 10-23-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Devon_W

Starship Troopers

didnt change my life..but definitely my favorite science fiction novel ever.

Alan Carr's "the easy way" changed my life. i used to smoke and after i read this book everything made so much sense, made me not even have any desire to smoke and allowed me to do other things.

jjlee138 · 10-23-2009, 08:29 AM

I read the bible, turned me into an atheist.....

White_Goodman · 10-24-2009, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mug

Are you printing off PDF versions or something ?

correct i have thousands of pages clamped together with bullfrog clips

roach_coach · 10-24-2009, 02:59 AM

I have a copy of this since I was 14, and it's signed. It pushed me to where I am now.

Rotan · 11-08-2009, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Rotan

share the wealth misc. brahs (SEE ATTACHMENT)
wait wut?

Think and Grow Rich

bump wut?

1_percent_milk · 11-08-2009, 01:23 AM

i read a book called "the translator: a tribesman memoir of darfur" and it followed a guy who struggled through Africa and it opened my eyes to some of the stuff going on in Darfur. You know instead of the people that just say Darfur is bad.
This book gave first hand examples of it which has had an impact in my life so far

kirkstevenson · 11-08-2009, 02:36 AM

by the looks from your "name" u have read the prince, it is brilliant not life changing by any stretch of the imagination, but so relevant still.

NYPump · 11-08-2009, 02:40 AM

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was pretty good.

UliqMadiq · 11-08-2009, 03:00 AM

Lexodus · 11-08-2009, 03:04 AM

great thread, no doubt. have not read through yet but will...

the messengers: true story of angelic presence, changed my life. there are certain factors behind it, but, in essence, i changed because of it.