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Old 01-18-2007, 01:12 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Liara Covert View Post
Its challenging for me to choose. Here are perhaps my top 5:

1) The Tibetan Book of the Dead
(Gyurme Dorje - Translator; Graham Coleman & Thupten Jinpa - Editors)

2) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

3) The Prophet by Kalhil Gibran

4) Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

5) Tao Te Ching- by Lao Tzu

Hey, great list Liara! I would also include the Tao Te Ching in my top five.

Off the top of my head, I would say these have been most life-changing for me:

1. Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin

2. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

3. Vurt by Jeff Noon - amazing, mind-expanding sci-fi.

Coincidentally, Noon has a book called Automated Alice. From Wikipedia: "Noon describes Automated Alice as a "trequel" - it is a companion piece of sorts to the famous Lewis Carroll books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The novella follows Alice's journey to a future Manchester populated by Newmonians, Civil Serpents and a vanishing cat named Quark."
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