Lists of Bests: jmc509's "Books that Changed my Life" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/38789 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. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:21:52 GMT en-us 0 50 30 0 0 Book of Psalms, Hebrew Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836082 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Plato's Theatetus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/757830 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/757830"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BAUSHY.01-ABAKD7RCI81WC._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126019849_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Plato</div> Befriending the Stranger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/866478 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/866478"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802831346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Vanier</div> The Chronicles of Narnia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79007 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066238501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/512362 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/512362"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0824516451.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1130205548_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gil Bailie</div> Letter to the Romans, Christian Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836081 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Gospel of Matthew, Christian Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836094 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Gospel of John, Christian Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836080 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Gospel of Luke, Christian Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836086 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Catholic Controversy: St. Francis De Sales Defense of the Faith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104402 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/104402"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0895553872.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Desales</div> I'm OK--You're OK http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428145 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/428145"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060724277.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Harris</div> Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Bible http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836093 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Fourth Turning http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22592 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22592"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767900464.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Strauss</div> Soul on Ice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10115 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10115"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/038533379X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eldridge Cleaver</div> The Invisible Man (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13965 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13965"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528522.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H.G. Wells</div> Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31038 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31038"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1570629579.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chogyam Trungpa</div> Critique of Pure Reason http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38818 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38818"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872202577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Immanuel Kant</div> Being and Nothingness (Routledge Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2185243 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2185243"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0415278481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Paul Sartre</div> The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/112301"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141185430.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm X</div> Life & Times of Frederick Douglas (Classics Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/430121 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/430121"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1853265691.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick Douglass</div> Nausea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2522398 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Paul Sartre</div> Autobiography of a Yogi, 2nd Edition: The Original 1946 Edition plus Bonus Material http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/287053 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/287053"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1565892127.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paramhansa Yogananda</div> Walden II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2281474 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by BF Skinner</div> Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5429945 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5429945"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NGJJp5L4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas A. Blackmon</div> Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies and Sparked the American Revolution http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2148510 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2148510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402206976.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Blumrosen</div> Crime of Punishment, Presidential Commission Report (1960's) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2836326 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15828 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553296981.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Frank</div> Brighty of the Grand Canyon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2767914 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marguerite Henry</div> Tao Te Ching http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1305164 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1305164"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9562910288.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1138949951_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lao-Tse</div> The Philosophy of Freedom: The Basis for a Modern World Conception http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1954714 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1954714"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1855840820.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudolf Steiner</div>