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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This Book has changed lives of Millions of people around the world, and For years it has been a best seller. Here is one line from it and thats the Theme.
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream
I have read the book a Dozen times over the years and i read it again whenever i need inspiration
Heartsong by James Welch ... it's a novel, very unusual story, powerful book.
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Joseph Heller
[The Theoretical Underpinning of Murphy's Law With Examples]
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And please also mention 1 small reason for liking the book so much
[edited by: Anyango at 1:02 pm (utc) on Dec. 8, 2008]
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Heartsong by James Welch
one man's struggle to make the most of his life, from an incredibly difficult starting position, he gets dealt a bad lot several times but is resilient - extremely hearwarming.
It completely altered my understanding of humans and human behaviour. Never been able to look at Homo Sapiens in the same way since.
Funniest book I ever read, he is the "Keith Richards" of the UAW.
I keep finding something new in it every time I re-read it.
The plot's a bit thin but there are hundreds of new characters on every page.
Think i am going to get "Heartsong by James Welch " Today ;)
Autobiography of a teenager growing up under Hitler in the 1930s who then joins the SS, a most moving book.
Our family was living in eastern Canada when I started grade school, so my first few years of school where entirely in French.
When we moved back out west, I started taking school in English, and I baffled my teachers, because I'm an Anglo kid, who could speak, read and write in French perfectly, but was totally illiterate in my native tongue. One of my teachers solved this by giving me "The Hobbit".
I learned to read in my own language for the first time using that book, in the 3rd grade.
Lovejoy
Hard choice to call out one. I think the one that probably had the biggest effect on me (because it encouraged me to read more as a child) was Roald Dahls "Danny the Champion of the World".
So, 7 Habits it is.
Absolutely inspiring book, I keep meaning to read it in it's native french one day, but never quite get round to it.
I'm still chasing that rabbit.
There are so many quotable quotes, as well as at least one great song inspired from this story. It is much more than a child's tale.
The Duchess
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.
Alice
Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I ever say in my life!
Alice
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
One thing that has made this book my all time favorite was that is was also the very first 'real' book that I owned, a paperback version given to me on my 6th birthday. I still have it, from 1959. And no, I don't read it anymore, the pages are far too brittle.
Curiouser and curiouser!
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A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. The early books of Harold Robbins are very sensitively written. This one is out-of-print I believe.
Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer - Archer's best ever, rated one of the 100 best books of all time by BBC.
Fountainhead by Ayn Rand - A very inspirational book.
Finally I have a winner..
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
Every page is unique and has deep wisdom.
You can preview it on books.google.com
