25-05-2016, 03:03 AM
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Back around 1989 I was trying to deal with moving on with my life after a bad relationship ended. I went to a local resource centre in South Australia called "C.O.P.E. Centre.It stood for centre of personal encounter.Great place too.Anything to do with relationships you could get help.
I was looking for a book that would help me. Fiinally found a book called:
"If I'm so wonderful,why am I still single?" By Susan Page.
I needed this book.I still have that book. It made me re-evalute my life and what I wanted/didnt want in a relationship.Since then I've been better off because of that book. Sometimes in life we just that something to help us go in the right direction. Since then I still read the odd self help book. Books by Neil Clark Warren and Barbara De Angelis are great books on compatibility and incompatibility.Ideal books to wake you up and see the world differently.
25-05-2016, 07:26 AM
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I wouldn't say it changed my life, but if anyone knows someone with cerebral palsy then you must read Skallagrigg by William Horwood. A Christian friend at work (how died) lent it to me and I was completely absorbed, deeply moved and outraged and uplifted in equal measure. Please make the effort to read it - it's a wonderful book.
15-10-2016, 12:09 PM
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500 Mile Walkies , by Mark Wallington - This book really did change my life, I used to hardly walk anywhere , I would even use the car to go fetch a paper.Its a true story about a man and a dog that set out to walk the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Poole via Lands End, crossing every beach, and climbing cliffs hugging the coast. The Guy had never done any walking and the dog had hardly ever seen a blade of grass as he was an inner city streetwise dog. the story is about what happens to both of them en route, and is very funny and descriptive of the places they pass through,. I would recommend it for anyone with a s.o.h, that loves dogs, walking, and beautiful coastal places
15-10-2016, 12:40 PM
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I wouldn't say any book changed my life ...but a couple did have an impact and make me think.
Catch 22 ..... for the absurdity of war and how a healthy cynicism can be a wise defence against the world. Read for entertainment but the underlying message could not be ignored.
Rudolf Steiner .. I forget the particular book. Was a disagreeable insight into how some self-proclaimed superior people view ... the worth of other people. Read for an insight into human nature .. what a disappointment and cruel awakening that was.
15-10-2016, 01:02 PM
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I have read so many books. I wouldn't say any have changed my life but some have stuck in my head..The Eichmann Trial, that l read when l was in my twenties. It was very harrowing and l felt quite affected by it. Reading what many people went through and suffered was horrifying.
Another book was, The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison, written by Warren Fellows.
He was convicted of drug trafficking (heroin) and was imprisioned for life in a notorious prison.
15-10-2016, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by MKJ
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Thinking back to when I was younger and very troubled it was either Carl Young or Freud that helped me get out of a particularly difficult time.
Lol .. Carl Young ? ... evidently made a lasting impression !!!
15-10-2016, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by spitfire
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The World Pictorial Gazetteer changed my life, it was so thick, I could stand on it and reach the Old Mans Golden Virginia, and Rizlas on the shelf above the fireplace.
16-10-2016, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Baxter8
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The book that changed it all for me was The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell. An absolutely astonishing book about, inequality, poverty and early socialism.One day a secretary I worked with handed back this book to another guy at work, I casually asked what it was about. The guy's father had been an active member of the Trade Union movement. I asked him if I could read it - he said I could keep it and to this day it is prominent on my bookshelf.
As a result of reading this I went back to university aged 30 and studied social policy research. I am a committed socialist, I believe as a direct result of this book. It shapes all my views about the world.
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