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volstork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:54 AM Original message |
Name one book that changed your life. |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Everything You Want To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So cute. |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Little Women. I learned how to read going over this book over |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lynne Andrews |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Bible; 1984; Dune; Violence and the Sacred; a biography of Ben Franklin I read in 3rd grade |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Dune is a great book. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Illusions by Richard Bach. n/t |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Illusions by Richard Bach here too. |
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Dirty Hippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Same Here |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. in fact... |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. "Watership Down" |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. Watership Down |
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mikita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen n/t |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Love Wendell Berry. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. gargantua and pantagruel |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Walden -- Henry David Thoreau |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Phone Book |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Catcher is such a masterpiece |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Real Frank Zappa Book |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. 2 |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wherever You Go, There You Are... by Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Kabat-Zinn Is A Good Author |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I'm reading that now... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. "The Art of Happiness" by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard Cutler |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wendell Berry is confirming for me, Allan Savory's Holistic Resource Management |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. Fahrenheit 451. |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Another here for Farenheit 451, and anything else by Bradbury... |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Loves me some Bradbury! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Playboy - - - I was 9... |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. "The Front Runner" by Patricia Nell Warren |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe... |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. The giving tree by shel silverstein |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Rene Girard's _The Scapegoat_, and "Things Hidden Since |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not a book |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
68. mebbe a cajun in another life? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I don't know that one. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. A People's History... n/t |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. Dragons of Eden |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I can't pick a favorite from him. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Everything I've read by Sagan |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
82. me, too! Made me want to become an astronomer. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well, it's a BIG book... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. "And the Band Played On" |
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legally blonde (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
84. that's the book that has influenced me the most |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. The Women's Room by Marilyn French |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's a play, but "Heartbreak House" George Bernard Shaw |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. The Little Red Hen. |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. Siddartha |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. I liked that one the most |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. Charlotte's Web |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. forgive me--"Atlas Shrugged" got me involved in politics |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
71. Had the exact opposite effect on me. Interesting. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. One of my covenmates loves Ayn Rand. |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. "On The Road" by Jack Kerouac |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-18-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. In Search of Lost Time and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
53. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
55. it would be poetry |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
57. The notebooks of Lazarus Long - RA Heinlein |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
58. Cat's Cradle |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I guess that one indirectly changed my life |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
59. Jean Hegland's "Windfalls." After that I decided never to take any more shit from men |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
60. the happy hooker |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. LOL, a teacher confiscated that book from me in Jr High |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
61. The Bible |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Beat me to it. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
62. 1984 |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. yup |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. And Animal Farm |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
65. Books are always changing my life, so I can't name a single title... |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
66. Dune......... |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
67. "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"... "The Magus" John Fowles |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
69. "The Metaphysical Club" by Louis Menand |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
70. Hard to say |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
72. "A Stillness at Appomattox" - Bruce Catton |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
74. Jodi Piccoult: "Please Stop Laughing at Me." |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
75. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
76. Here are three that had an enormous impact on me. |
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Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
79. Rich Dad Poor Dad |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
83. Does the Art of War count? |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-19-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
85. When God was a Woman ... When God was a Woman |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
86. The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. The Prophet by Kahil Gibran and recently Ask and it is Given by |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
88. The Art of War by Sun Tzu |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-20-07 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
89. The compilation of Penthouse letters.... |
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