 | Turning the Mind Into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.35 At times repetitive but enlightening nonetheless. A good introduction to meditation and the Shambhala tradition.
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 | The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Buy new: $14.27 / Used from: $3.29 This book really hit me hard. It's emotionally wrenching. If you had just months to live . . .
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 | The Inner Circle by T.C. Boyle
Buy new: $11.25 / Used from: $0.01 I loved it. One of Boyle's best that I've read. Kinsey is a fascinating historical figure and this book, albeit with the help of a purely fictitious narrator, explores the man and the myth.
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 | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.88 I couldn't put this book down. I first read Krakauer's "Into the Wild" several years ago and loved it, but "Into Thin Air" raises the stakes and grips you from page 1.
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 | The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Buy new: $9.86 / Used from: $4.32 I read this to see what all the fuss about Jim Thompson was about. I wasn't disappointed, but I wasn't blown away. This is great hard-boiled noir, but I find more to like in Raymond Chandler.
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 | The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $6.00 |
 | Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $4.42 Everyone should read this book.
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 | Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know by Meg Meeker
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $8.10 I highly recommend this to fathers of little girls. It made me think pretty deeply about the environment that I want to create for Naomi.
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 | A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $2.79 Vonnegut won't be remembered for this book, but it's never boring.
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 | The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2008 of the 2006 publication) by Cormac McCarthy
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.78 Fills you with utter despair, even terror at times. Was it worth it? I'm 50/50 on that. It is a thought provoking read, as McCarthy provides just enough context for your own imagination to fill in the details about the end of civilization as we know it.
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 | Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern Library Chronicles) by Mark Kurlansky
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $4.01 I first read Kurlansky's "Salt", a fascinating book about a mundane subject - the history of salt. Interestingly, his exploration of non-violence wasn't nearly as entertaining but educational nonetheless.
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 | The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny by Robin Sharma
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $3.96 |
 | The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $0.01 One of the classics of hard-boiled crime fiction. It was enjoyable, but I like Chandler's Philip Marlowe more than Hammett's Sam Spade.
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 | Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks: 1960-1969 by Alan W. Watts
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $0.01 Watts is the master. This one got repetitive at times, but the brilliance of a few chapters make it worth the read.
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 | CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $3.84 |
 | Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload by Mark Hurst
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $5.69 |
 | The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life by Tal Ben-Shahar
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $10.00 |
 | Transmetropolitan Vol. 2: Lust For Life (Transmetropolitan - Revised) by Warren Ellis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $7.82 |
 | The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes by Dean H. Hamer
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $3.24 |
 | How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis
Buy new: $8.51 / Used from: $7.08 |
 | Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin
Buy new: $8.76 / Used from: $5.26 |
 | The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novels, Book 1) by Peter David
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $4.59 |
 | Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Buy used from: $3.80 |
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