Just One Book

Post by **MrPlum** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:01 pm

If there were just one book you would recommend, perhaps life changing or just a rattling good read, what would it be?

I like The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran

Post by JD » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:33 pm

The Prophet is one stunningly beautiful book to read. A good friend gave me a copy many years ago, I must have purchased a dozen copies of it since to give to friends. Gibran was a one off, such a brilliant poet and philosopher.

In a similar vein I would recommend - Anam Cara - John O'Donoghue

Post by **Vital Spark** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:23 pm

'A Prayer for Owen Meany' by John Irving

The first paragraph is (I think) the best introduction to a book that I've ever read. The rest of the book is both amusing, and sometimes disturbing. It's not a classic, but it's top my list.

VS

Post by **lomuamart** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:00 am

"One Hundred Years of Solitude". Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:42 am

'My family and other animals' by Gerrald Durrell. Not a massively cerebral read but by jiggery it makes me feel all warm and moist inside...

You can't read it and be sad at the same time I promise...

Post by **Wanderlust** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:54 am

'Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West' by Dee Brown.
Reads like a novel at times but is a true account from the American Indians perspective. Possibly one of the saddest books I have ever read, but at the same time fascinating to find out the other side of the story.

I've read the ones that VS and lomu recommend and agree they are worthwhile, and I will have to look for 'The Prophet' now. Thanks for the heads up.

Post by **MrPlum** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:23 am

On the 'just one book' site, I spent days going through all the recommendations and reading the summaries. I ended up with a list of 150 'must-haves'! Impossible at the time to plough through all of them, so I ordered the top 20.

Great few months reading them all.

Now the addictive internet has taken over.

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:50 am

I typed 'just one book' into google and it didn't give me the site you are refering to?

Post by **sandman67** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:10 pm

WL beat me to it....."Bury My Heart" is a ripping read and really does make you think. Shirer's "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" is another one.

Fillossify wise it would be the Tao Te Jing every time....the only print works on Mozi philosophy ive seen are in Chinese....some online texts tho.

Post by **MrPlum** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:06 pm

Randy Cornhole wrote:I typed 'just one book' into google and it didn't give me the site you are refering to?

I double checked and you are right. No trace of it that I can find. It was a few years ago, mind. What a pity. Maybe some corporate bought them out and shut it down.

Post by **Dawebo** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:56 am

The Power of Now by Ekart Tolle...

It's not alwasy the easiest read, but if you can stick with it and more importantly start to use the materiel it is life changing. It's the book I really want all those near and dear to me to read.

The majority of us are living in the past or the future through our thoughts and we are so caught up in these thoughts or dreams that we fail to enjoy living in the present moment.

Post by **redzonerocker** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:05 am

i'm sure i've mentioned it once or twice before

but . . . .

'the fingerprints of the gods' by graham hancock
just an interesting view of previous civilisations such as the egyptians incas & aztecs & the part they have played in the history of the world, or possibly not, as could be the case