{"id":8061,"date":"2014-09-08T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2014-09-08T22:47:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T02:47:53","slug":"my-top-10-life-changing-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2014\/09\/08\/my-top-10-life-changing-books\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 10 Life Changing Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00c2\u00a0was\u00c2\u00a0challenged by a friend\u00c2\u00a0to list 10 books that have stayed with me in some way. Don&#8217;t take more than a few minutes and do not overthink it. Not necessarily classics, but ones that have affected you in some way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook, David. 1989.\u00c2\u00a0<em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/20448440-player-s-handbook-advanced-dungeons-dragons-2nd-edition-tsr-2101\">Player&#8217;s Handbook, Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons, 2nd Edition<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Anthony, Piers. 1977. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/76664.A_Spell_for_Chameleon\">A Spell for Chameleon<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Hawking, Stephen. 1988. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/3869.A_Brief_History_of_Time\">A Brief History of Time<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Feynman, Richard. 1979. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/5552.QED\">QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Feynman, Richard. 1999.\u00c2\u00a0<em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/10260.The_Pleasure_of_Finding_Things_Out\">The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Herbert, Frank. 1965. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/234225.Dune\">Dune<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Levine, Rick. 2000. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/81195.The_Cluetrain_Manifesto\">The Cluetrain Manifesto<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Dalai Lama XIV. 2005. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/100629.The_Universe_in_a_Single_Atom\">The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Homer. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1381.The_Odyssey?from_search=true\">The Odyssey<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Pink, Daniel. 2005. <em><a class=\"bookTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/99315.A_Whole_New_Mind?from_search=true\">A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are so many other books I ought to have included on this list. Oh, well. What is done, is done.<\/p>\n<p>I think for next year&#8217;s books I am going to try to read some of the books friends included on their lists. (The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/767304-ezra?shelf=fri-ten-stayed\">collection<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00c2\u00a0was\u00c2\u00a0challenged by a friend\u00c2\u00a0to list 10 books that have stayed with me in some way. Don&#8217;t take more than a few minutes and do not overthink it. Not necessarily classics, but ones that have affected you in some way. Cook, David. 1989.\u00c2\u00a0Player&#8217;s Handbook, Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons, 2nd Edition. Anthony, Piers. 1977. 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