Book about Greatness

[lokariototal]

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

[Desolation]

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

[mal4mac]

Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy

[sixsmith]

Martin Eden - Jack London

[Annabelle]

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..?

[LitNetIsGreat]

The Dhammapada?

[Barbarous]

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce Homo by F.W. Nietzsche, as well

[komali 2]

Follow the story of Odysseus' son Telemachus in "The Odyssey." It's a great coming to manhood tale.

[dfloyd]

Try Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis or Babbitt by the same. LOL.

[Veva]

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

[mal4mac]

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.

[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.

[suwrisky]

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

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