Best Books I have read and then Reread
- 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying' by Sogyal Rinpoche, Link Information. Here is a Dialog on "The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying" with Sogyal Rinpoche from the NEW FRONTIER Magazine. Here is another Dialog: "The Tibetan View of Life and Death" with Sogyal Rinpoche. Personally, this is the best book I have ever read and still reread. This book and "The Tao of Physics" compliment each other. ISBN: 0062508342
- 'The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism' by Fritjof Capra. Here is a Wikipedia reference. Here is the first edition book Preface by the author. Here is an interesting link and a Zen link. And one more PDF link. Here is Dr. Fritjof Capra's website and his resume. At the end of Werner Heisenberg's life, he reviewed the manuscripts, of the book, and was impressed. He had come to the same conclusions in his life. As Niels Bohr had the same feelings about this relationship. In fact he had the Yin and yang symbol installed into his family crest. I would recommend the 25 Anniversary Edition 4TH , Pub. Date: Jan 2000, ISBN: 1570625190.
- 'Flatland, A romance of many dimensions' A novel by Edwin Abbott. He pseudonymously wrote it as a Square, in 1884. The book is only 96 pages. Download the Project Gutenberg eBook version or the Free Online Library version. Here is a beautiful perspective about the topic and author, From Flatland to Hypergraphics: Interacting with Higher Dimensions . ISBN: 048627263X
- 'The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained', edited by Henry P. Manning 1910 edition with 82 figures. Readable and informative, this collection of 22 essays employs a minimum of mathematics to explain how the fourth dimension may be studied, the relationship of non-Euclidean geometry to the fourth dimension, analogues to three-dimensional space, four-dimensional absurdities and curiosities, and the simpler properties of four-dimensional space. 1910 edition. 82 figures. A free online version can be found here or ISBN-10: 0486438899, ISBN-13: 978-0486438894
- 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy' in five books, naturally, by Douglas Adams. Here ia a Wikipedia Link and a BBC Link. The Five books: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life", "Life, The Universe and Everything", "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" and "Mostly Harmless". The audio radio series, aired on BBC beginning in 1978, which preceded all the books is a MUST, the BBC Audio Collection.
- 'On Democracy in America' aka "De la démocratie en Amérique" by Alexis de Tocqueville. Comes from his travels in the United States in the 1830s. Published in two volumes, the first in 1835 and the second in 1840. This book can be found for free at the Project Gutenberg. There you can read the two volumes: Volume 1 and Volume 2. Here is a Wikipedia reference. Here is a good link and one more.
- 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings Trilogy' by JRR Tolkien. What can I say, the movie could never give it justice. Link Information, More Information. ISBN: 0345340426
- 'The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi)' A novel by Hermann Hesse. I would recommend listening to the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell while reading this novel. That is, his instrumental works. I did on my first read during collage. Link Information. ISBN: 0312278497
- 'Steppenwolf' A Novel by Hermann Hesse. Sorry, my undergraduate degree was in Psychology. Link Information. ISBN: 0805012478
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