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SomeCreep · 02-17-2006, 02:53 AM

50 books that have PROFOUNDLY CHANGED the way people THINK

MontrealPimp · 02-17-2006, 02:55 AM

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

Mr. Mojo Risin · 02-17-2006, 02:57 AM

"The Origin of Species"

http://www.infidels.org/library/hist...ies/Intro.html

$5 submissions · 02-17-2006, 02:58 AM

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the origin of species

Good one. Karl Marx was so moved by Darwin's book that he wanted to dedicate the 1848 Communist Manifesto to him.

Mr. Mojo Risin · 02-17-2006, 03:02 AM

I have "Capital" around here somewhere. I want to read it.

wdforty · 02-17-2006, 03:06 AM

"The Only Way to Quit Smoking" - Allen Carr
Has had me off ciggarettes for over a year now

Corona · 02-17-2006, 03:43 AM

Travel Trailer Homesteading Under $5,000

$5 submissions · 02-17-2006, 03:46 AM

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Travel Trailer Homesteading Under $5,000

Hmmmm interesting. A fellow webmaster into homesteading. I've been doing some research into this. Apparently, there's a govt program here in the Philippines where people get land titles for putting 'idle' wilderness (non-tropical rain forest) into commercially active use. So I've been reading up on homesteading. No travel trailers but homesteading nonetheless

Grapesoda · 02-17-2006, 03:52 AM

several: 'think and grow rich' by napoleon hill 'conquest and culture' by thomas sowell, 'paul and the invention of Christianity', 'the alphabet effect', 'sex and history' I also read the auto biography of the camp commander at Treblinka . . And lots of 'dr allan watts stuff' . . Would be very hard for any of this material not to change one's thinking . .

KamilMax · 02-17-2006, 03:56 AM

Cien anos de soledad - don`t know exactly the name in English - somethig like 100 years of solitude - but i`m not sure..
yeah by G´. g. Marquez

Manowar · 02-17-2006, 04:39 AM

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playboy...

strobi · 02-17-2006, 04:53 AM

Rich dad Poor dad.

$5 submissions · 02-17-2006, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bmb

several: 'think and grow rich' by napoleon hill 'conquest and culture' by thomas sowell, 'paul and the invention of Christianity', 'the alphabet effect', 'sex and history' I also read the auto biography of the camp commander at Treblinka . . And lots of 'dr allan watts stuff' . . Would be very hard for any of this material not to change one's thinking . .

Dude! Thomas Sowell's ETHNIC AMERICA really opened my eyes. Sowell's great! His 'beginners' book on Economics is CLASSIC!

titmowse · 02-17-2006, 05:55 AM

I first read it in 1984 and it wasn't a book. It was a a pamphlet:

The World Ends Tomorrow and You May DIE!!!

Gentle_Ben · 02-17-2006, 06:00 AM

The Picture of Dorian Gray. I really Oscar Wilde and this is my favorite of his works

VicD · 02-17-2006, 06:21 AM

Ah, there are some bright people on GFY

Due · 02-17-2006, 06:34 AM

It must be Congratulations with your new Amstrad personal computer (instructions manual on how to use my first computer)

Gerco · 02-17-2006, 06:54 AM

Catch 22, Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm, AND Basic.

Ross · 02-17-2006, 07:06 AM

Hmm never heard of any of these books.

I'm reading the Dan Brown Books (Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons etc)

They really open your eyes to a lot of things.

swedguy · 02-17-2006, 07:48 AM

The only one that changed the way I think is:

Sigmund Freud: Case Studies

After reading it you start to see things in a different way, for good and bad. Other books that has made me think (but didn't change the way I think) is Paulo Coelho's.
No business related books has changed the way I think.

LaoTzu · 02-17-2006, 07:50 AM

A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
Quantum Questions - Ken Wilber

Phoenix · 02-17-2006, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

Kurt Vonnegut's "cats cradle" . most of his books are quite interesting to say the least

ive read all of his books

i just finished all of john wyndhams books now as well

looking for a new author

Gentle_Ben · 02-17-2006, 07:52 AM

The Portrait of Dorian Gray. I really like Oscar Wilde and IMO this is his most interesting work.

swedguy · 02-17-2006, 07:53 AM

The biggest eye opener I've read is "Heinrich Harrer: Seven Years in Tibet". Incredible story and you really feel for the Tibetan people

sfera · 02-17-2006, 08:00 AM

anyhting by robert kiyosaki generally makes your outlook on biz totally different

TheJimmy · 02-17-2006, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Why the edit?

was immediately tired of that joke...

Brad Gosse · 02-17-2006, 08:50 AM

The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiosaki
Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins

Grapesoda · 02-17-2006, 08:53 AM

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Dude! Thomas Sowell's ETHNIC AMERICA really opened my eyes. Sowell's great! His 'beginners' book on Economics is CLASSIC!

sowell in an interesting guy . . the blacks hate him

Exility · 02-17-2006, 10:21 AM

Jay Abraham hahaha8211; Mr.X hahaha8211;- best book I have ever read on business, ithahaha8217;s the book that keeps giving back more with each read.

GirlV · 02-17-2006, 10:22 AM

Chaos by James Gleick

aimeesweet · 02-17-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Gentle_Ben

The Portrait of Dorian Gray. I really like Oscar Wilde and IMO this is his most interesting work.

That's a great book...

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.... The Celestine Prophesy by James Redfield (I know this one may seem a bit cheesy, but it really put things into perspective for me when I was 18).

profligate · 02-17-2006, 10:49 AM

julliette by marquis de sade required reading for any self professed philosopher and profligate

Halcyon · 02-17-2006, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

Kurt Vonnegut's "cats cradle" . most of his books are quite interesting to say the least

The "Bokonist death prayer" rocked my world when I was young.

Naked Lunch opened my head up, too.

TheGoldenChild · 02-17-2006, 10:55 AM

The 48 Laws Of Power
By Robert Greene

Cyndalie · 02-17-2006, 10:58 AM

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Stranger in a Strange Land, Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, I Will Fear No Evil - Robert A. Heinlein

Enders Game - Orson Scott Card

jollyperv · 02-17-2006, 11:02 AM

Sagan's "Cosmos"

the alchemist · 02-17-2006, 11:05 AM

the alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

RawAlex · 02-17-2006, 11:10 AM

When I was a kid, any scifi book from Robert Heinlein or similar authors was an eye opener that made me look past the standard assumed limits that I knew growing up.

Any number of books by Robert Anson Wilson expanded and warped my view of the universe.

More recent books like "the tipping point" "Gonzo marketting" and "cluetrain manifesto" have opened my eyes to other ways of thinking (not just outside the box, but eliminating the box entirely).

Holdem Poker for Advanced players by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth has also opened my eyes

Alex

Pornwolf · 02-17-2006, 11:11 AM

Master Of The Game - Steve Ross.

It's about how he built Time Warner. Believe it or not he started with a parking garage and turned it into that multimedia empire.

BusterBunny · 02-17-2006, 11:12 AM

cliff notes on tape

$5 submissions · 02-17-2006, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Due

It must be Congratulations with your new Amstrad personal computer (instructions manual on how to use my first computer)

I remember Amstrad. Old School! Not as a old school as a TRS80 or even a Kaypro but that's Old School computing right there. The clone technology team of Windows + Intel sure has come a long way.

$5 submissions · 02-17-2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

ive read all of his books

i just finished all of john wyndhams books now as well

looking for a new author

If you want something just as quirky but with a lot of pop culture references (reads like a text version of Andy Warhol) try Don Delillo's White Noise.

mikeyddddd · 02-17-2006, 01:43 PM

Chip Hilton High School All American

I read it when I was about 8.

hershie · 02-17-2006, 01:51 PM

In case some here don't know about this service:

check out www.audible.com and their monthly program and you can sit at your computer and listen to an audible book while working.

seeric · 02-17-2006, 01:57 PM

think and grow rich
napolean hill

Ben.Z · 02-17-2006, 02:04 PM

Mike Caro's "Book of Tells"...

Although, it may be a book about poker, it speaks volumes about peoples body language, and their true intentions. This information can be applied to anything IMO.

There's a lot to be said about what's not being said.

OY · 02-17-2006, 02:19 PM

The Celestine Prophecy.

Downtime · 02-17-2006, 02:29 PM

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What book that has profoundly changed the way you think?

My choice: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Yours?

I know Covey, he's a member of my fraternity, met him too; very cool guy. Also a very good book!

Mine is an easy choice: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Herb Kornfield · 02-17-2006, 02:40 PM

Secret Lives of the Pharoahes --- Shows the innerworkings of the Kings of Egypt over a 3500+ year stretch and things they encountered.

Business problems are the same, whether its making a pyramid 4,000 years ago or making a IP Network today............

CybermedAndy · 02-17-2006, 02:42 PM

Made me want to be an investment banker, reading about their high-rolling lifestyle

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