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Tuesday 14 July 2009

15 Books Meme

(via abbyjean, apsies, aimee-b-loved, trapezemusic, shaneguiter):

Not the best 15 books you’ve ever read, or even ones you’d recommend to others.  Just 15 books that have made their mark on you and will always stick with you, for whatever reason.

  1. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
  2. The Holy Bible
  3. When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten
  4. The Great Turning by David Korten
  5. Endless Enemies by Jonathan Kwitny
  6. The Powers That Be by Walter Wink
  7. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
  8. Brain Rules by John Medina
  9. The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
  10. Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing by Philip Greenspun
  11. The C Programming Language by by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
  12. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
  13. A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
  14. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  15. The Myth of a Christian America by Greg Boyd

The selections above are in no particular order. And I’ve purposefully omitted any commentary — instead, you can follow the links to explore further…

 

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    1. Lolita 2. From...Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 3. A History of Love 4....
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  6. sisterpearl reblogged this from azspot and added:
    Not the best 15 books you’ve ever read, or even ones you’d recommend to others. Just 15 books that have made their mark...
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  8. theherocomplex reblogged this from bthny and added:
    you’ve ever read, or even...you’d recommend to others. Just 15 books
  9. supplydemand reblogged this from jennyyyy and added:
    (in no particular order):...salman rushdie - midnight’s children/moor’s last sigh
  10. lemonlove reblogged this from needtherapy and added:
    Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon....Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards. *
  11. gilmoure reblogged this from abbyjean and added:
    1. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. First book I read. 2nd grade, teach told me if I wanted to know what came...
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    i’m also going to try to do this...bookshelf, or over-thinking. (not
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    1. To Kill A Mockingbird...Things They Carried...entire...
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    il gattopardo giuseppe tomasi de lampedusa...kingdom of god is within you leo tolstoy...
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    i really enjoy these kinds...earth, kenneth follet -...read...
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    singing stone by o.r. melling. - this...my all time favorite book as a kid
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    you’ve ever read, or even ones you’d recommend...others. Just 15 books that have made...
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    1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 2. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 3. The Secret...

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