Rob

It's a self-published book by an otherwise unknown author, which was published just over a fortnight ago. How did you come to find out about it? And at that price - it is very expensive - what made you think it would be value for money, given that there are no reviews on Amazon?

Thanks,
Rob

christinec1

there is one review 5star (oddly enough)

is a bit expensive tho i agree

Rob

Thanks Christine. That's odd. When I view the page on Amazon it offers the chance to be first to review.

-- Ah, Amazon.co.uk rather than .com. Got it. Thanks.

Cheers,
Rob

christinec1

oh sorry. i keep forgetting there is a .com
lol

Octavian

The World Is Flat by Thomas L Friedman has got to be the #1 book that changed my life.

As for a fiction work, probably Great Expectations or Heart of Darkness.

Due on Maple Street

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close-Jonathan Safran Foers
A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius-Dave Eggers
The Diamond Throne-David Eddings
Ill Met in Lankhmar-Fritz Lieber
Said the Shotgun to the Head-Saul Williams
Lisey's Story-Stephen King
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors-Kingfisher
All are great reads and hard to put down. I hated finishing all of them cuz I was left wanting more.

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silentmockery

White Noise by Don DeLillo - not the White Noise of movie fame, but rather a brilliant post-modern novel that deals with the pervasive levels of artifice evident in every aspect of our world...really opened my eyes, I highly recommend it

Patchwork Girl by Shelley Jackson - a fictional hypertext (writing in electronic form that links small paragraphical 'lexias' to others) that is a melange of many works - from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to L. Frank Baum's Patchwork Girl - blurs the distinctions between author and text, and similarly deals with the mind/body problem and gender issues... its a little bit lofty and multidimensional - incorporating images, text, and electronic organization, but is really a destabilizing piece of fiction that i recommend

Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita - a satirical work of fiction about the cultural melting pot that is L.A., combining elements of magical realism and issues of free-trade and border-crossing; also dealing with the level of artificiality and problems of cultural identity in the transforming globalized world

check them out and enjoy!

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Magnum Opus

Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck; this book showed me that no matter how foul the situation is, or how stupidly absurd the troubles are that they pulled you into, your true friends will be their not only for the ride, but for the long haul back to the top.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; this was simply a brilliant work, imo.

Man of the Century by James Thayer; though its a humerous book, with wonderful, yet completely fictious happpenings, the writing gave me a huge boost in ideas, and inspiriation, and really made it so much easier for the expression of my ideas.

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Salad

One Hundred Years of Solitude- by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; it gave me an entirely new way to look at the world. By far the best book I have ever read.

Candide- Voltaire; humourous, oddly thought provoking, quaint, story about a tireless optimist/ satire on our lifestyles and values.

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strangedaze

The World According to Garp by John Irving

Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler

Night by Elie Wiesel

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CircusFolk

All We Know of Love by Katie Schneider did something to me. I can't describe it exactly, I just know that something shifted in me while reading that book. My views on love and relationships transformed, whether for better or for worse.

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Lyonidus

Im not really sure what books have changed me, i suppose that the farseer trilogy and the tawny man series are the only ones i can think of, the ending of the tawny man series is truly amazing and fitz and the fool are two of the greatest characters ever, congratulations robin hobb.

also ive just remembered that i would haven to say that the riftwar series by raymond e feist changed me, lol for the better i hope, but the characters of pug, thomas, arutha and martin really hit me in a profound kind of way and the story was so good.

nineteen

i want to put in a mention for The Black Magician's Trilogy. i know it's just like most other fantasy books but it really got to me. i'm not sure why but it changed me at a very strange time of my life. i think it's more a personal thing than the book being brilliant.

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OncePossesed

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, I read that book like six years ago, and still can't get over it. It really hit me, and was the first book that ever changed me.
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, I connected with Holden as soon as I cracked the book open, he's so real and being able to relate to him made the book so incredibly awesome.
Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar, by Moazzam Begg, this book is without doubt the most incredible non-fiction piece I've ever read. I was always against Guantanamo, but this book taught me so much more, and opened up my eyes so much. The author is also a great guy who really knows his stuff.

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wittyusernamehere

I've only read one book that's ever changed me, but it made me do a complete one-eighty.

"The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver.

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