Book about Greatness

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10-17-2009, 03:17 AM
lokariototal

Book about Greatness

I'm looking for a book about becoming a great man, to get inspired and do great things for people. For example, I read Gandhi's biography and I learned a lot about what greatness is. It doesn't matter if the book you recommend is novel, biography, philosophy book, self-help or whatever. Im just looking for a book about being a great person (HERO!) and living a life of purpose

Thanks
10-17-2009, 03:42 AM
Desolation

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
10-17-2009, 06:37 AM
mal4mac

Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy
10-17-2009, 06:45 AM
sixsmith

Martin Eden - Jack London
10-17-2009, 08:19 AM
Annabelle

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Originally Posted by sixsmith

Martin Eden - Jack London

This is one of my favourites. But Sixmith, how did it inspire you, or why do you consider Martin Eden a specimen of heroism..?
10-17-2009, 09:08 AM
LitNetIsGreat

The Dhammapada?
10-17-2009, 11:13 AM
Barbarous

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Originally Posted by Desolation

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce Homo by F.W. Nietzsche, as well
10-17-2009, 11:56 AM
komali 2

Follow the story of Odysseus' son Telemachus in "The Odyssey." It's a great coming to manhood tale.
10-17-2009, 01:56 PM
dfloyd

A great man?

Try Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis or Babbitt by the same. LOL.
10-17-2009, 04:05 PM
Veva

I would recommend you Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce.
10-18-2009, 06:57 AM
mal4mac

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Originally Posted by Veva

I would recommend you Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce.

Definitely! I'm reading the inexpensive Wordsworth classics edition at the moment, which has excellent notes - just enough, and not too many... Wordsworth are publishing Ulysses in jan 2010 (for £1.99!) If the notes are as good, it should be an interesting read.
10-18-2009, 11:57 PM
sauron89

I would recommend John Krakauer's "Eiger Dreams." It's a collection of real life accounts in mountaineering; I personally found it very inspiring and instilled in me a goal-driven mind set.
This book particularly affected me as I myself am a mountaineer, albeit not very experienced, and could relate.
10-19-2009, 03:29 AM
suwrisky

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Originally Posted by sauron89

I would recommend John Krakauer's "Eiger Dreams." It's a collection of real life accounts in mountaineering; I personally found it very inspiring and instilled in me a goal-driven mind set.
This book particularly affected me as I myself am a mountaineer, albeit not very experienced, and could relate.

Ya, "Eiger Dreams." is a good collection that you offer :smash:

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