Magic in books; Best in 10

Thank you for joining us. The written word is why we’re all here, and so I ask what 10 life-changing books would you recommend? Please share and if you can’t think of 10, or otherwise recall a tome both important and influencial you always meant to read but haven’t, plug it in anyway, and perhaps mention a quick “why.” Post on your blog and/or here … I’ll try adding it here somehow.

Simply “good reads” need not apply – I’m looking for intellectual substance and philosophical enlightenment, with global impact, be it social, spiritual, scientific, ficticous, etc. Which book transformed you? What do you think is a “must read” for it’s ground-breaking,  lasting and timeless affect?

Plato once railed against the poets and playwrites of ancient Greece. A theory explains that the theater and poety of his day simply rehashed the collective ethos of preliterate history, and failed to provoke the audience to intellectual awareness, critical thinking, individual social responsibility, or moral honesty.

Might today’s 21st century media fail us in the same way? Was South Park correct in lambasting Family Guy for titilating the masses with vapid, out of context and arbitrary references to popular culture? What kind of literate nourishment do our brains best require??

I’ll leave this up for awhile … I have lots to do! My best below.