I am attracted by lust to an author because of his humor or wit or curiousity. Like Philip Roth, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Safire. As for self-help books, they are mostly pathetic along with MSM.
On May 16, 7:16�am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Many of the self help books you mention are poorly written or > hopelessly out of date. �The effective self help book or group of > tapes will be entertaining as well as informative. �Many also have a > religious aspect which offends some people. �I enjoyed Zig Ziegler > tapes when I was young but I don't recommend him now as he is > certainly out-of-date and he also has a religious theme. �He told > funny, allegorical stories. �The basic goal, I think, of most of these > types of books(besides to make the author money) is to give the reader > a way to create order from chaos. �And to whenever possible; keep it > simple. > > dj > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> wrote: > > > you know I agree with you space... i kinda avoid books with an > > ideological or philosophical bent(except for my academic books of > > course).... i get angry reading them.. if i disagree with the point of > > view.. and end up irritable....that is why i prefer > > stories...novels..literary pieces... plus i absolutely hate the self > > help buks like �'think positive' 'you can win' '10 steps to > > happiness'... they seem so shallow... its like they try to apply a > > formula to life.. narrow it down.. how can you give steps to > > happinesss... ridiculous.... > > > On May 15, 9:59�pm, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > >> id recommend Damien by Herman Hesse (or any of his books), but that > >> was the last book of any signifigance that i read and that was about > >> 35 years ago...Hesse is sorta good because he intertwines his > >> philosophy into a neat novel form...it isnt clinical... > > >> why did i stop reading? while making my way through Damien i noticed > >> that the way the kid thought (it was actually Hesse doing the > >> thinking) was very similar to the philosophy that i was developing > >> myself. scared that i would derail my own natural growth process, i > >> deemed that i would not read any book that wasnt comprised of mostly > >> large pictures! i have learned a lot since then, but not from reading > >> the words of others...a lot of people disagree with my approach, but > >> thats ok...its my life...right? > > >> On May 15, 11:25�am, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > I'd recommend ' A theory of justice' By John Rawls... > > >> > On May 15, 2:53�pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > Currently reading 'The Voyge of the Beagle'. �I'd recomend it. > > >> > > On 14 May, 17:41, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > ill get back to u on that once i have determined what subject u are > >> > > > talking about > > >> > > > On May 13, 8:16�pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > What books and authors on the subject do you recommend and why?- > >> > > > > Hide quoted text - > > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
