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Unconventional Living: Books That'll Change How You View the World
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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World TravelVagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $7.78
Fantastic overview of long term world travel, cleverly interwoven with practical advice and inspirational stories. You can definitely read this book in a few hours and its small size makes it a perfect travel companion.
Tao Te ChingTao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $1.10
A book you'll finish in under an hour, but one that'll stick with your for a lifetime. Although relatively cryptic in some occassions, the philosophies in the Tao Teh Ching resonate a simpler, more pure way of living. Certainly a work of art you'll revisit many times in your lifetime.
The Richest Man in Babylon: The Success Secrets of the AncientsThe Richest Man in Babylon: The Success Secrets of the Ancients by George S. Clason
Buy new: $2.99 / Used from: $19.48
Over the years thousands of personal finance books I've been written, but none matches the simplicity and power of The Richest Man in Babylon. Each chapter is a Babylonian parable focusing on the various "laws" of earning, managing and growing wealth
Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and RevisedThink and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised by Napoleon Hill
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.00
The original self help book that so many "gurus" base their advice on. No need to pay thousands for seminars though, just pick up a copy of Think and Grow Rich and you'll have the most powerful book about success in your hands.
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New RichThe 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.62
Although Timothy Ferriss gets flack for his questionable methods of winning kickboxing championships, the 4 Hour Work Week no doubt provides a broad guide for living a location independent lifestyle where every piece of work you do is of the utmost effectiveness.
Walden, or, Life in the WoodsWalden, or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.64
'Walden; or Life in the Woods' is a statement about living simply and redefining what we really do "need" to live a fulfilling life.
Losing My Virginity: The AutobiographyLosing My Virginity: The Autobiography by Sir Richard Branson
Buy used from: $14.96
It's an autobiography that reads like an action/adventure bestseller. Richard Branson accounts his early life, and the many struggles he faced to build the Virgin brand into what it is today.