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orechron
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Re: Best book

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#4510981 - 08/08/05 04:02 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

itstarssaddam: Cool. Conrad is a great author, especially when you consider how late in life he learned English. What context did Burroughs mention it in?

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Alobar
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Re: Best book

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#4511613 - 08/08/05 07:35 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

The short stories of Raymond Carver. A good place to start is the anthology Where I'm Calling From. I believe Cathedral is one of his more memorable ones.

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DoctorJ

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Re: Best book

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#4511877 - 08/08/05 08:38 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

tao teh ching by lao tzu

ancient secret of the flower of life by Drunvalo Melchizedek

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Guerrilla0726
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Re: Best book

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#4512024 - 08/08/05 09:09 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

The Dark Side of The Light Chasers by Debbie Ford. It is about bringing light to your 'shadow'. Jungian concepts.

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Bamaman
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Re: Best book

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#4512735 - 08/08/05 11:30 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

stranger in a strange land, by: robert heinlein

it's the best selling sci-fi novel of all time.

something simpler? try....
jonathan livingston seagull, by: richard bach

both are classic must reads...imho...;)

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spudamore
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Re: Best book

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#4513016 - 08/09/05 12:34 AM (21 years, 1 month ago)

any kids books, anything by paul jennings, and a book called saving jesse.

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it stars saddam
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Re: Best book

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#4513803 - 08/09/05 09:16 AM (21 years, 1 month ago)

orechron said:

itstarssaddam: Cool. Conrad is a great author, especially when you consider how late in life he learned English. What context did Burroughs mention it in?

In a lecture that I downloaded from archive.org, he compares and contrasts Lord Jim with Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. The lecture is called "Creative Reading."

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gnrm23
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#4513923 - 08/09/05 10:01 AM (21 years, 1 month ago)

the book: on the taboo against knowing who you are

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Veritas

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Re: Books

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#4514018 - 08/09/05 10:44 AM (21 years, 1 month ago)

"Frederick" by Leo Lionni. My favorite book from childhood still packs a spiritual punch. My older son read it to his little brother last night.

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spud
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Re: Best book

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#4514238 - 08/09/05 12:03 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

I don't really bother reading much spiritual literature, but the Dali Lama is always a great read.

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Quoiyaien
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Re: Best book

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#4515729 - 08/09/05 08:09 PM (21 years, 1 month ago)

I can think of a few:
I second the Tao Te Ching
Zig Zag Zen A collection of essays about Buddhism and psychedelics
Siddartha by Herman Hesse
Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot

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