Essential SHORT reads for a fuller life

DrDonkeyLove · Post by **DrDonkeyLove** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:45 pm

These come to mind first for me:

1) The Essential Marcus Aurelius (Needleman & Piazza)
2) Constructive Living (Reynolds)
3) Gospels
4) A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitzyn)

Hebrew Hammer · Post by **Hebrew Hammer** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:56 pm

The True Believer, Eric Hoffer.

Denial of Death, Ernest Becker

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:13 pm

A message to Garcia - Elbert Hubbard

http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/19 ... Garcia.pdf

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:14 pm

Half of one of Gene's posts

dead man walking · Post by **dead man walking** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:44 pm

This Be the Verse, Philip Larkin
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178055

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman (ok, not short, so just read the first 125 pages)

The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus

Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief, Maxine Kumin
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/i ... 2014/02/07

Musee des Beaux Arts, W.H. Auden
http://english.emory.edu/classes/painti ... auden.html

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:53 pm

Think and Grow Rich-- LieNapoleon Hill
My Name Is Aram-- William Saroyan
The Dead-- James Joyce
Ball of Fat-- Guy du Maupassant
The Chosen-- Chaim Potok
Up From Slavery-- Booker T Washington
Where the Sidewalk Ends-- Shel Silverstein
The Book of Job
Calvin and Hobbes

I dig big chicks · Post by **I dig big chicks** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:05 am

Tithonus, Alfred Lord Tennyson

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174656

The Stranger, Albert Camus

Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood, William Wordsworth

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/ode- ... -childhood

Plato, Allegory of the Cave

Beowulf

louburr · Post by **louburr** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:15 am

How to Know God: The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries . Chopra, Deepak (2007-12-18). Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
A mans search for meaning Viktor E Frankl the first half of the book.
Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice Thich Nhat Hanh

The Crawdaddy · Post by **The Crawdaddy** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:21 am

The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
Psalms
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Getting Things Done

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:22 am

Go Fuck Yourself by Fat Cat

"A modern classic." -Tim Cahill, author of Dicked to Death by Cocks

"A synthesis of the wit of Twain and the insight of the Buddha, all with the Christlike stamp of the divine that can only be called 'Fat Cat'." -Buckethead

"A road map for world peace." -Pope Francis I

"I jacked!" -Ed Zachary

Herv100 · Post by **Herv100** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:47 am

Fat Cat wrote:Go Fuck Yourself by Fat Cat

"A modern classic." -Tim Cahill, author of Dicked to Death by Cocks

"A synthesis of the wit of Twain and the insight of the Buddha, all with the Christlike stamp of the divine that can only be called 'Fat Cat'." -Buckethead

"A road map for world peace." -Pope Francis I

"I jacked!" -Ed Zachary

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:18 am

*clappies*

Hebrew Hammer · Post by **Hebrew Hammer** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:41 am

Give and Take, Adam Grant

How to Make Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie

The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, Steven Covey

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:44 am

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Peace is Every Step -or- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
My Next Door Neighbor by some anonymous writing in Penthouse about 30 years ago

ccrow · Post by **ccrow** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:59 am

Kenyon College Commencement Address - David Foster Wallace, May 2005

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG6 ... QITmH0/pub

Shapecharge · Post by **Shapecharge** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:26 pm

ccrow wrote:Kenyon College Commencement Address - David Foster Wallace, May 2005

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG6 ... QITmH0/pub

I found that to be a very interesting read. Sadly, this highly educated and enlightened fellow who spoke of the power of being "well adjusted" committed suicide by hanging at age 46.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:09 pm

Borges has tons of short stuff that are "way-homers", and probably need to all be read to get the pattern. But this one remains my favorite. Everything and Nothing.
http://thefloatinglibrary.com/2008/07/3 ... hing-edit/

tough old man · Post by **tough old man** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:21 pm

Dianetics - L.Ron Hubbard

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:45 pm

Shapecharge wrote:
ccrow wrote:Kenyon College Commencement Address - David Foster Wallace, May 2005

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG6 ... QITmH0/pub
I found that to be a very interesting read. Sadly, this highly educated and enlightened fellow who spoke of the power of being "well adjusted" committed suicide by hanging at age 46.

Yeah, not sure how to evaluate the quality of his advice. The lesson learned may well be that ignorance of your own condition is bliss.

Tuco · Post by **Tuco** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:56 pm

Chuang Tzu

dead man walking · Post by **dead man walking** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:39 pm

nafod wrote:
Shapecharge wrote:
ccrow wrote:Kenyon College Commencement Address - David Foster Wallace, May 2005

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG6 ... QITmH0/pub
I found that to be a very interesting read. Sadly, this highly educated and enlightened fellow who spoke of the power of being "well adjusted" committed suicide by hanging at age 46.
Yeah, not sure how to evaluate the quality of his advice. The lesson learned may well be that ignorance of your own condition is bliss.

"if to do were as easy as to know what 'tis right to do." portia, merchant of venice

milosz · Post by **milosz** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:04 am

George Saunders - "Puppy"
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/05/28/puppy-2

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:06 am

tough old man wrote:Dianetics - L.Ron Hubbard

dead man walking · Post by **dead man walking** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:46 am

milosz wrote:George Saunders - "Puppy"
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/05/28/puppy-2

well i read it.

i think i wish i hadn't

ccrow · Post by **ccrow** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:28 am

dead man walking wrote:
nafod wrote:
Shapecharge wrote:
ccrow wrote:Kenyon College Commencement Address - David Foster Wallace, May 2005

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZG6 ... QITmH0/pub
I found that to be a very interesting read. Sadly, this highly educated and enlightened fellow who spoke of the power of being "well adjusted" committed suicide by hanging at age 46.
Yeah, not sure how to evaluate the quality of his advice. The lesson learned may well be that ignorance of your own condition is bliss.
"if to do were as easy as to know what 'tis right to do." portia, merchant of venice

BOOM!

IGX

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