Portnoy's Complaint....

Earth Abides (I forgot who wrote it)

Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics-John N. Bahcall, Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Unconventional Flying Objects, a scientific analysis-Paul R. Hill,NASA scientist

A book called:

"We are not the first" by Erich Von Daniken

Very interesting reading

#13 by Aleatoric - 6/15/2004 12:28:09 AM Douglas Hofstadter - "Godel, Escher, and Bach"

o yes, read this one years ago - my recollection of it is a little fuzzy but I remember having my mind well and truly boggled

#20 by Mrs _footsie_ - 6/15/2004 7:34:51 AM Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah- Richard Bach

one of my all time favourites - this, along with it's predecessor Jonathon Livingstone Seagull, had a major influence on how I was to engage with the world around me

a couple of others:
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran. I had tried to read this a couple of times but it was a little esoteric for me. Then one day I picked it up and it must have been the right time because it clicked. Wow
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - same thing, tried and failed a couple of times...then...clickage

The science fiction of Iain M. Banks - Immensely rich and detailed vision of an advanced "culture" (to coin a phrase)

And of course The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy The idea that anyone capable of getting themselves elected as leader of the universe must be entirely unsuited for the job is priceless
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Ah Jafo!!! Yes!!!

Tiggz funny book Hitchhiker's Guide!!!

I forgot to mention the Dune Books by Frank Herbert...incredibly intricate...

I love Isaac Asimov books although he is so very very dry in interviews

Plato's The Republic
The Last Gasp- Trevor Hoyle
Exploring the Unseen World- Steinour
Slan-A.E. Van Voght
The God Project- John Saul
The Unicorn Affair- James Frithand n Frank Glicksman

a really funny one is Emile and the Dutchman-Joel Rosenberg

The Bell Jar....

I think the first books I ever really loved though...

No laughing k???

Beautiful Joe
Harriet The Spy
Swiss Family Robinson

The Pokey Little Puppy
Clip Clop (about a little pony that wanted to wear all kinds of shoes)

My fav is still Lord of the Rings(all three) and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Classic and timeless

catch 22

Memnoch the Devil(anne rice)
A Breif History of Space and Time.(guy in the wheelchair)
Anything by Larry Niven
Hitchhikers Guide
Bibles(any religion)
A Comedy of Job(heinlein)

thought provoking.. hmm to revisit, i'd say 'way of the peaceful warrior'. or, more meaningful, a small book by the dalai lama i can not recall the name of.

double post. methinks i'll be stoned.
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I've a couple by the Dali Lama

I also like the ones on Myth and Mythology from Eastern Religions courses.

"Prey" by Michael Crichton. He's the guy who wrote the Jurassic Parks as well as the creator of E.R. the tv show.

Oh and not to forget: Time travel in Einsteins universe by J. Richard Gott

Ofcourse I suppose I could keep adding one at a time like this forever, my memory being what it is (or rather isn't A.K.A. functioning)

Books on my desk now include:

Islam Under Siege by Akbar S. Ahmed (its helping me to understand)

The Qur'an (I hope to understand more)

Not always so: Practicing the true spirit of Zen...Shunryu Suzuki

Men in Black Dresses ... a quest for the future among wisdom makers of the middle east  by Yvonne Seng, ph.d.

The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom

hehe

and LAMB, (the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal) by Christopher Moore

GM

all good reads from the sound of it.

Books on my desk now.....

Cambridge International Dictionary Of English.....

I thought you had that memorized!

Where to start? Where to start?
Spirtual knowledge came from two books. Khalil Gibran's the Prophet. Oh yeah. Like Tiggz said. Wow. And a little book that belong's to my mother called Mr. Blue by Myles Connolly. Have no idea if you can even buy it anymore. http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/d90670034a290953.html you can go here see if a library near you has it. If you feel inclined.
Others that I love and still read over and over again because they touch me and reconnect me when I need it are:
Anne Rice. Of course.
The Plays of Ibsen.
Our Town by Thorton Wilder
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Lost Horizons By James Hilton
Weathering Heights By Emily Bronte
All E.M. Forster
Hannibal Lecter, My Father by Kathy Acker
Isaac Asimov all the Foundations.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Spice-Box of Earth by Leonard Cohen
Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan
Gentalman Junkie by Harlan Ellison
Hitchhikers Guide (how can one not) and
Billy and the Boingers Bootleg by Berke Breathed

the five people you meet in heaven, by Mitch Albom,
who also wrote Tuesdays with Morrie, also excellent

"Computers for Dummies"

Politics Of Ecstasy by Dr. Timothy Leary

Since I'm almost never without a book in my hand this is a tough one. But, I guess I'd have to say firat and foremost the Bible and then Edwin Black's works "War Against the Weak" and "IBM & the Holocaust". These deal with what happens when advanced technology fall into the wrong hands and tell a blood chilling history of when that happened......

Well, after God's Word, comes a couple by a very smart lady....

"Me & My Big Mouth....Your Answer Is Right Under Your Nose!" And....

"Battlefield Of The Mind".....both are by Joyce Meyer


/me also really likes "The Laws of Prosperity" by Kenneth Copeland....it is part of the reason that I am rich today! Praise God for His goodness!

Chapterhouse: Dune - Frank Herbert
All other original Dune books - Frank Herbert
All the Hitchhiker books - Douglas Adams

Non-Fiction: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.