Travels
Here is a record of Michael Crichton's astonishing adventures. It is a vision of travel not as escape but as exhilaration, as a testing of self, and as spiritual education. Crichton shows us travel as turmoil and as peace. All of this voyages, outward and inward, from his twenties to his mid-forties, have been journeys into awareness--leading him to the excitement and benison of direct expeirence undimmed by expectations, theories, or old assumptions. His remarkable book is in itself a fascinating realm in which the adventurous are invited to travel.
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- I generally recommend Thich Nhat Hahn's book fear, for pretty much all situations, it comes in useful for most situations relating to change.
I like Travels Michael Crichton for discussing the ups and downs of life.
- Two come to mind. "Travels" by Michael Crichton, and "Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man" by Steve Alpert. Both are good, but neither is exceptional. But their different approaches to storytelling have been important.
- In my case, Fear - Thich Nhat Hanh and Travels - Michael Crichton
- One of my fav books is an autobiography:
Michael Crichton - Travels
It's a lighthearted journey through his career, physical and mental/spiritual experiences. I've read it a few times now.
- Fiction:
Biography/Memoirs:The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov The Steerswoman - Rosemary Kirstein The Carpet Makers - Andreas Eschbach Nine Hundred Grandmothers - R.A. Lafferty Weaveworld - Clive Barker A Small Death in Lisbon - Robert Wilson Bones of the Earth - Michael Swanwick Enough Rope - Lawrence Block The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - James Tiptree Jr. Planetfall - Emma Newman
Technical:Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard Feynman What Do You Care What Other People Think? - Richard Feynman Crime and Guilt: Stories - Ferdinand von Schirach Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams Travels - Michael Crichton
Nonfiction:The Unwritten Laws of Engineering - W.J. KingLegal Systems Very Different From Ours - David Friedman Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World - Tim Marshall - Travels, by Michael Crichton - a sort of autobiography with some excellent lessons on life. I've never met anyone else who's read it for some reason.
Ishmael - recommended on here but doesn't seem well known in the UK. Everyone I've recommended to has enjoyed
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Proof that politics hasn't changed much in 100 years
Jonathon Livingston Seagull - again well known on here, but not so much generally
