Baby Hercules Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 exorcism movies have no effect on me Sooooooooo true! Most horror stories out there have their roots in religious fairytales, so if you don't buy into the fairytale, the scary parts are pretty silly. Very freeing. A lot of horror movies turn into comedies. Baby Herc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 I read a ton of nonfiction books in many categories. The most influential to me were Super Rich by Russell Simmons and Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness by Robert Cheeke. Wow! Thanks so much for the shout out! I really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexNLP Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I read a lot of books these days. So there are so many. But if I am to choose one, no doubt that would be anything by Anthony Robbins. He made me wanna change every single area in my life. One of my biggest role models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starling1 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Nothing to do with vegetarianism or veganism, but probably Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf).With respect to temporality, I will say that this book is an absolute masterpiece. That, and generally everything Kurt Vonnegut ever wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeganEssentials Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Two of the best books I've ready lately: Under the Bar and Raising the Bar by Dave Tate, former top-level powerlifter and founder of Elite Fitness Systems. Great books for helping find one's center and learning to balance life between business and pleasure without losing your identity, something I've needed help with for a long time. Haven't felt this motivated after reading books by the guru du jour who claims to be able to help one find more harmony in their life, guess I just needed to read something by someone who has been to hell and back themselves vs. someone who only relays the stories of other people. Anyone who works for themselves and finds that they're not able to hold it down well enough and maintain happiness can definitely benefit from Dave Tate's writing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawmatt Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 David Jubb's Lifefood recipe book. First book handed to me and been 100% Raw from then on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashnburn Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Building the Gymnastic Body - Coach Christopher Sommers. www.facebook.com/GymnasticBodieswww.gymnasticbodies.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglance Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The china studyEat to liveHow to win friends and ifluence peopleThe godfatherThe enzyme projectThe complete idiots guide to plant based foods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmoon Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Slaughterhouse by Gail Eisnitz and Howard Lyman's Mad Cowboy were influential when I was transitioning to a vegan lifestyle. Work has crept into my reading time, but a book that made a lasting impression was Planetwalker by John Francis. Part travel journal, part sketchbook, it's an interesting memoir about a guy who walked around North America in silence for over 15 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarakD. Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 exorcism movies have no effect on me Sooooooooo true! Most horror stories out there have their roots in religious fairytales, so if you don't buy into the fairytale, the scary parts are pretty silly. Very freeing. A lot of horror movies turn into comedies. Baby Herc idk - H.P. Lovecraft rocks my boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianisgnarly Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Currently reading "Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness" by Robert Cheeke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 The Story of Stuff:How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Changehttp://www.amazon.com/Story-Stuff-Obsession-Communities-Health/dp/143912566X The Age of Absurdity: How Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happyhttp://www.amazon.com/Age-Absurdity-Modern-Makes-Happy/dp/1847396275 Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diethttp://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Life-Everything-Healthy-Plant-Based/dp/0738214930/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325803661&sr=1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donniedarko Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 children of the matrixthird reich of the richcrimethinctao of physicssociety of the spectacle might not be for everyone but made me wake up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelbct Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 As for Veganism, what convinced me was the images and sounds in Meat your Meat, followed by hearing Gene Bauer speak, followed by coming across this very website of vegan athletes 7 years ago. The video was more powerful than all the books in the world could have been... For non-vegan influential books, I may have posted on this thread years ago, but here is my list now: Marcus Aurelius' MeditationsBasically a journal of brief philosophical musings. Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris' books had a lasting impact. For fiction, William Gibson, Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Ames, to name a few.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarakD. Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 The Story of Stuff:How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Changehttp://www.amazon.com/Story-Stuff-Obsession-Communities-Health/dp/143912566X OOOooo! I like that one. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 ....Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris' books had a lasting impact..... Hopefully you haven't become too militant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelbct Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Hopefully you haven't become too militant What's too militant? I don't know claim to know with certainty what the actual ultimate nature of the universe is, if such a concept has any validity... I just meant to say I like those authors' works, and I appreciate their perspective and arguments. Let's just say especially as a Vegan, living in the USA at this point in time, I have a special place in my heart for a reasonably argued, well-constructed contrarian viewpoint on just about any issue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 I like all three of those names. All three are heroes to me in their own ways. Harris is probably my favorite but I don't like is weak argument for not being vegan (in his fairly recent Ask Sam Harris Anything #1 video). I don't like Dawkins' argument either, seen in the video interview with Peter Singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelbct Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I like all three of those names. All three are heroes to me in their own ways. Harris is probably my favorite but I don't like is weak argument for not being vegan (in his fairly recent Ask Sam Harris Anything #1 video). I don't like Dawkins' argument either, seen in the video interview with Peter Singer. I am now reading Harris' The Moral Landscape, which argues that facts, reason, science, and the concept of well-being are the proper basis for morality, as opposed to liberal moral relativism or conservative religious "morality." I am only a few chapters in, but Harris does often mention the well-being off conscious creatures, not just of humans. I suspect that he is just trying to pick his battles by not focusing more on animals. In any case, to a thinking vegan, these 3 are quite important, especially in the USA, because the "biblical" argument in favor of eating animals is sadly so pervasive. Read Harris' books and you will have plenty of reasoned, thoughtful points to make as to why this religious justification for the status quo is mistaken and quite harmful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelbct Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The Story of Stuff:How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Changehttp://www.amazon.com/Story-Stuff-Obsession-Communities-Health/dp/143912566X OOOooo! I like that one. Thanks for the link.I read this not too long ago, Shiny Objects, Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of Happiness We Can't Buy. Yeah, level of saturation-advertising, materialism, and consumer culture in this country is scary... but I still like my stuff, in moderation :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen_Horse Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The Story of Stuff:How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Changehttp://www.amazon.com/Story-Stuff-Obsession-Communities-Health/dp/143912566X OOOooo! I like that one. Thanks for the link.I read this not too long ago, Shiny Objects, Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of Happiness We Can't Buy. Yeah, level of saturation-advertising, materialism, and consumer culture in this country is scary... but I still like my stuff, in moderation :/ Looks good, but I can't find it at the library yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStorm Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 This is the first book that got me introduced to vegan and new foods: Gillian McKeith: You are what you eat ( the cookbook too )Also Love :Change your life, Change your world by Ryuho OkawaandInspired Destiny by John.F. Demartini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamessina Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 'The Alchemist' is one of the most influential and inspiring books I've read. It takes two reads to first comprehend the simplistic writing and wrap your head around the concept, but for me it was the secret to love and life- be on your own journey, but inspire your partner and be inspired by them. yet never give up your goals/dreams/aspirations. xojamessina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I do a lot of reading, primarily non-fiction, but 'Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas Hofstadter stands out as easily the most influential book I've read. I've read through it twice now and enjoyed it just as much, if not more, the second time around.I strongly recommend it if you have a passion for mathematics, computer science, and/or cognitive science... or if you just really want to feel a sense of accomplishment after having read through it (it's a significant commitment).Hofstadter is vegan, too... if I recall correctly, in one of his other books, 'I am a Strange Loop', he explains his reasoning behind having made the choice and it echoes my thinking exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris' books had a lasting impact. Also, this. It was really a shame when Hitchens passed. I very much enjoyed reading his work and watching him debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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