Philosophy Audio Books Free Download. Free mp3 Audio Book Downloads. 读书网|在线阅读. 外国名著. 《唤起心中的巨人》 "Life-Changing Books". We asked our readers what books made the biggest difference in their lives, and here’s what they had to say. The list below tells you what books shaped their lives and why. 1984 – George Orwell 1984 “was the first book I actually enjoyed reading. It completely blew my mind at the time (I was 16) and it opened my eyes to the power of ideas and to the joy of reading a good book.” — Tim A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson “Wow this book is incredible. Ariel – Sylvia Plath “After reading through these suggestions, I realized there’s a big hole: Poetry! Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut “This book reignited the pilot light of my imagination like no other book had done in quite awhile. Crooked Cucumber – The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki “Although I am not practicing Zen (yet), this book is like my Bible in that I plan to always read over it and reflect upon the messages therein.
Disturbing the Peace – Vaclav Havel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer. What to Read Now | Slideshow. Every once in a while, you read a book that changes you -- inspiring your career, clarifying your goals, challenging your thinking. The right book can give you the courage to start your business, the reality check that you're not yet ready or the quiet affirmation that you're not alone in your fears or ambitions. It can set you on your path to success. We asked our expert contributors to name the one book that most influenced and inspired their careers. Their responses ran the gamut from fiction to history to business to self-help books.
Here's a sampling of 15 of our experts on the books that most inspired them and why. Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand (Plume, 1999) "To start a business, you just need to define a problem. Ogilvy on Advertising, by David Ogilvy (Vintage, 1985) "I read [this book] when I was in college, studying marketing. The Richest Man in Babylon, by George Clason (Megalodon Entertainment, 2012) The Leadership Challenge, by James Kouzes and Barry Posner (Jossey-Bass, 2012)