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1. Mikhail Bulgarkov - The Master and Margarita
2. Marxs and Engels - Das Capital
3. John Gray - Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
4. Dale Carnegie - How to win friends and influence people
5. Harper Lee - To kill a Mocking Bird
6. George Orwell - 1984
7. Franz Kafka - The Trial
8. Ernest Hemingway - The old man and the sea
9. John Irving - The world according to Garp
10. Dorothy Allison - The Bastard out of Carolina |
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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago
London |
"Origin of Species
Ahem!
On the origin of species.
Ahem!
On the origin of species by means of natural selection.
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Ahem!
On the origin of species by means of natural selection by Charles Darwin  |
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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago
London |
"1. Mikhail Bulgarkov - The Master and Margarita
2. Marxs and Engels - Das Capital
3. John Gray - Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
4. Dale Carnegie - How to win friends and influence people
5. Harper Lee - To kill a Mocking Bird
6. George Orwell - 1984
7. Franz Kafka - The Trial
8. Ernest Hemingway - The old man and the sea
9. John Irving - The world according to Garp
10. Dorothy Allison - The Bastard out of Carolina"
I asked for 12.  |
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"1. Mikhail Bulgarkov - The Master and Margarita
2. Marxs and Engels - Das Capital
3. John Gray - Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
4. Dale Carnegie - How to win friends and influence people
5. Harper Lee - To kill a Mocking Bird
6. George Orwell - 1984
7. Franz Kafka - The Trial
8. Ernest Hemingway - The old man and the sea
9. John Irving - The world according to Garp
10. Dorothy Allison - The Bastard out of Carolina
I asked for 12. "
Well I thought that would be obvious - The Bible and the Quran.....  |
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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago
London |
"1. Mikhail Bulgarkov - The Master and Margarita
2. Marxs and Engels - Das Capital
3. John Gray - Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
4. Dale Carnegie - How to win friends and influence people
5. Harper Lee - To kill a Mocking Bird
6. George Orwell - 1984
7. Franz Kafka - The Trial
8. Ernest Hemingway - The old man and the sea
9. John Irving - The world according to Garp
10. Dorothy Allison - The Bastard out of Carolina
I asked for 12.
Well I thought that would be obvious - The Bible and the Quran..... "
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2. Marxs and Engels - Das Capital
Marx and Engels wrote the Communist manifesto, Marx wrote Das Kapital.
parts II and III were published by his friend Engels after his death from his notes...."
he didn't die from his notes.... |
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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago
London |
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2. Marxs and Engels - Das Capital
Marx and Engels wrote the Communist manifesto, Marx wrote Das Kapital.
parts II and III were published by his friend Engels after his death from his notes....
he didn't die from his notes.... "
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"oh and I forgot the Art of War by Sun Tzu, which strangely I am currently reading
Snap. Mines out too!!"
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Which would you pick?
Maybe not change the world but The Lord of the Rings is pretty much the inspiration for every single fantasy book/story/world that came after it. "
Amen |
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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago
London |
"oh and I forgot the Art of War by Sun Tzu, which strangely I am currently reading
Snap. Mines out too!!
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”"
I’m clumsy and rotund. I always fall like a thunderbolt. |
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"oh and I forgot the Art of War by Sun Tzu, which strangely I am currently reading
Snap. Mines out too!!
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
I’m clumsy and rotund. I always fall like a thunderbolt."
If Sun Tzu had met you he would have written a different book |
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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago
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"oh and I forgot the Art of War by Sun Tzu, which strangely I am currently reading
Snap. Mines out too!!
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
I’m clumsy and rotund. I always fall like a thunderbolt.
If Sun Tzu had met you he would have written a different book "
I’m not sure that’s a compliment!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God |
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God"
Possibly the greatest work of fiction. |
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God
Possibly the greatest work of fiction."
Or worst...... |
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God"
That's 66 not 12 Shirley? |
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By *VineMan
over a year ago
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God"
I would question the author, but I agree it’s probably had more impact on the world than any other collection of writings. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God
I would question the author, but I agree it’s probably had more impact on the world than any other collection of writings. "
God is real, ever seen family guy?  |
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By *MP3Man
over a year ago
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God
I would question the author, but I agree it’s probably had more impact on the world than any other collection of writings.
God is real, ever seen family guy? "
God is dead. Zarathustra again...
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By *VineMan
over a year ago
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God
I would question the author, but I agree it’s probably had more impact on the world than any other collection of writings.
God is real, ever seen family guy? "
I believe in the Devine but the bible was written people. Dozens of them, from different countries over several hundred years. I think it’s a fascinating record of the evolution of human consciousness over that time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"People...all books are shadowed by one book...that's changed the world...and still has a massive impact on EVERY human being xD
And it's already been mentioned.
Bible. By God
I would question the author, but I agree it’s probably had more impact on the world than any other collection of writings.
God is real, ever seen family guy?
God is dead. Zarathustra again...
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Persians are extinct, Caput, sayonara xD |
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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago
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The Prince by Niccoló Machiavelli
It details the general theme that the aims of politicians and rulers such as glory and survival justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.
Not much has changed since the 16th century..... |
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Stephen King - The Shining/The Stand/It (plus many others, The Dark Half being his most vicious)
Alex Comfort - The Joy of Sex
Derek Llewellyn Jones - Everywoman
Nancy Friday - My Secret Garden
Anais Nin - Delta of Venus/Henry &June
Henry Miller - The Rosy Cricifixion
Xaviera Hollander - The Happy Hooker
They all had an impact on me anyway |
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