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Books that changed your perspective.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

There’s a few reflective and perspective challenging threads floating around today.

So on the back of these please come and share books, documentaries, articles that have impacted the way you look at life, self or situations.

Here’s a couple of mine!

Not guilty..defence of the modern man by a David Thomas

Mating in captivity by Esther Perrel

An uncommon bond by Jeff brown

Lost connections by Johann Hari.

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

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- Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski

I'm going to paraphrase it, albeit poorly, there's a part in it about in order to be aroused you don't need to just be switched on by various things, you also need to have additional external stimuli turned off. Reading that was groundbreaking for me.

- Biased - Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think and do - Jennifer L. Eberhardt.

- The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The big picture by Sean Carroll. It was a big help in pulling together a big messy ball of ideas and thoughts in my head.

Mr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The subtle art of not giving a fuck - Mark Manson

The book definitely changed my perspective on things. It’s really about understanding what to give a fuck about and letting the rest go

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"- Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski

I'm going to paraphrase it, albeit poorly, there's a part in it about in order to be aroused you don't need to just be switched on by various things, you also need to have additional external stimuli turned off. Reading that was groundbreaking for me.

- Biased - Uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think and do - Jennifer L. Eberhardt.

- The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

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I have come as you are…I’d seen a tedx talk by the author it’s a good read.

I’ll have to look up the others.x

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The big picture by Sean Carroll. It was a big help in pulling together a big messy ball of ideas and thoughts in my head.

Mr"

Sounds like it’s worth a read..I could do with tidying up my thoughts,

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The subtle art of not giving a fuck - Mark Manson

The book definitely changed my perspective on things. It’s really about understanding what to give a fuck about and letting the rest go"

I love this book! The follow on not so much but this was introduced to me at a difficult time..I can still remember how much I laughed reading the first few pages…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The big picture by Sean Carroll. It was a big help in pulling together a big messy ball of ideas and thoughts in my head.

Mr

Sounds like it’s worth a read..I could do with tidying up my thoughts,"

It's a bit heavy on the physics in places but still enjoyable and introduced me to the idea of Bayesian reasoning which is definitely a useful way of thinking in today's world of fake news.

Mr

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By *ancer36Woman
over a year ago

Stirling

Glittering a turd by Kris Hallenga - a story of incurable cancer and how one lived through the knowledge of it, makes you laugh, cry, take pause and be in awe of one persons determination, really puts life into perspective. X

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By *affron40Woman
over a year ago

manchester

The power of now - Eckhart Tolle really gave me some perspective on the little things and the moment when my anxiety was out of control. I love this book.

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By *rMojoRisinMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Wild Swans by Jung Chang

I didn’t complain about anything for a long time after reading that book. Probably about time for a revisit.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

A few rock musician biographies shared a lot of information which was unknown to me. It's easy to see their stage persona as something to be admired but all too often the life away from it can be harsh, bleak and full of problems.

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

Call me by your name.

I know it’s a piece of fiction but it really hit how I’d been living with my sexuality

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By *avhonaWoman
over a year ago

Away with the faeries

The Ethical Slut.

It's a read-in-progress and has already challenged the societel 'norms' I've, until now, subconsciously accepted as how things are.

Looking forward to reaching full enlightenment by the end!

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By *avhonaWoman
over a year ago

Away with the faeries


"A few rock musician biographies shared a lot of information which was unknown to me. It's easy to see their stage persona as something to be admired but all too often the life away from it can be harsh, bleak and full of problems."

Do you have a favourite, A? x

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By *avhonaWoman
over a year ago

Away with the faeries


"The subtle art of not giving a fuck - Mark Manson

The book definitely changed my perspective on things. It’s really about understanding what to give a fuck about and letting the rest go"

This is on my Book Club list. (Member count: 2)

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

'Gorky Park' - Martin Cruz Smith. Unlike a lot of what was written about the USSR during the Cold War, it wasn't crap American propaganda - none of the Soviets speak like the stereotypes that the American public wanted. And it's a cracking story as well.

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By *ik MMan
over a year ago

Lancashire

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts… and yes I know he’s a wrong un and the stories are somewhat dubious.

It made me go to India, travel more in general and appreciate the simpler things in life

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The subtle art of not giving a fuck - Mark Manson

The book definitely changed my perspective on things. It’s really about understanding what to give a fuck about and letting the rest go

This is on my Book Club list. (Member count: 2) "

It’s a great book… a reminder in many ways of where we sit in the world and we create many of our own issues in many ways. Change the way we look at things…changes the outcome

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

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"Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts… and yes I know he’s a wrong un and the stories are somewhat dubious.

It made me go to India, travel more in general and appreciate the simpler things in life "

Shantaram is an incredible book and very moving, it's nice to read someone else singing its praises.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Magic of M.C. Escher.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport


"The Magic of M.C. Escher. "

That'll definitely change your perspective!

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

How to change your perspective.

I. C. Urpoint

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By *ack688Man
over a year ago

abruzzo Italy (and UK)

In terms of opening my mind to ENM, relationships, kink etc-

The Ethical Slut

Come as you are

120 days of sodom (I have Venus in Furs by Von Sacher-Masoch waiting to be read too for an opposite perspective)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bookmarking to complete my library

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