The best of life book

There are books that entertain, books that inform, books that enthrall - books that speak to the brain, the mind, the intellect and the emotions. These 10 masterpieces fall into the second category. Each is a pleasure to read, a treasure to ponder, and ultimately changes something deep inside of you - just for having experienced it. Read on. But his quest takes him in a different - and far more satisfying - direction, to learn how to listen to his heart and follow his dreams. With tasks to complete at the end of each chapter, reading this book is a dynamic affair. While immigrating to North America from India with his family, their ship sinks - and Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a pound Bengal tiger - or does he?

Make Your Own List. He picks five books that show how our knowledge of life deep in this planet could lead us to discover it elsewhere. Interview by Beatrice Wilford. Tullis Onstott, named one of the most influential people in America by Time magazine, is professor of geosciences at Princeton University. In he co-discovered the deepest multicellular organism known to science: Halicephalobus mephisto, the worm from hell. Previously biologists believed the only subsurface life was at the soil zone, that you go a metre down and it is inconsequential, except for in caves.

You simply keep on reading to find out! It caused a big paradigm shift for me by making me understand the importance of now and realize how much energy I was expending on the past and future! I read that book at a time when I really needed to hear that my own happiness was a good enough motivation for making big decisions. I think a lot of people can relate to that and need permission to choose themselves. The book teaches people to become consciously aware while inside their dreams. Lucid dreaming is a powerful tool because you can live out your dreams in real time instead of just thinking about them. I remember dreaming of becoming successful enough online so I could live abroad.