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jmc509's "Books that Changed my Life"

Making this list was an interesting reflective exercise. I listed the books in the order of what I saw as their formative impact on me. The impact most often involved opening my heart or mind to something new, usually without becoming a disciple of a particular understanding or way of living. What struck me as I created and later updated the list was that each book seemed associated with one of the many little changes of direction that have shaped my life journey.
1.
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 Book of Psalms, Hebrew Bible  
2. Plato's Theatetus
by Plato
  
3. Befriending the Stranger
by Jean Vanier
  
4. The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
  
5. Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads
by Gil Bailie
  
6.
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 Letter to the Romans, Christian Bible  
7.
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 Gospel of Matthew, Christian Bible  
8.
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 Gospel of John, Christian Bible  
9.
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 Gospel of Luke, Christian Bible  
10. Catholic Controversy: St. Francis De Sales Defense of the Faith
by Francis Desales
  
11. I'm OK--You're OK
by Thomas Harris
  
12.
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 Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Bible  
13. The Fourth Turning
by William Strauss
  
14. Soul on Ice
by Eldridge Cleaver
  
15. The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
by H.G. Wells
  
16. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
by Chogyam Trungpa
  
17. Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant
  
18. Being and Nothingness (Routledge Classics)
by Jean-Paul Sartre
  
19. The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Malcolm X
  
20. Life & Times of Frederick Douglas (Classics Library)
by Frederick Douglass
  
21.
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 Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
  
22. Autobiography of a Yogi, 2nd Edition: The Original 1946 Edition plus Bonus Material
by Paramhansa Yogananda
  
23.
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 Walden II
by BF Skinner
  
24. Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon
  
25. Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution
by Alfred Blumrosen
  
26.
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 Crime of Punishment, Presidential Commission Report (1960's)  
27. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
  
28.
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 Brighty of the Grand Canyon
by Marguerite Henry
  
29. Tao Te Ching
by Lao-Tse
  
30. The Philosophy of Freedom: The Basis for a Modern World Conception
by Rudolf Steiner
  
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Created by jmc509 on Jul 31, 2007.