<\/p>\n1. Destiny Disrupted<\/b><\/p>\n
Tamim Ansary<\/p>\n
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Who am I ?<\/p>\n
Where am I going?<\/i><\/p>\n
Where do I come from?<\/i> (read this book)<\/p>\n
2. The Little Prince<\/b>, and Wind, Sand & Stars<\/b><\/p>\n
Antoine De Saint- Exupery<\/p>\n
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The forerunner to Coelho with a turn of phrase more magical than Rushdie's. Saint-Exupery was the real deal – a true-blue adventurer amongst poseurs. <\/i><\/p>\n
3. Fallen Giants<\/b><\/p>\n
Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver<\/p>\n
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Vittorio Sella<\/b>'s photographs and its all-encompassing sweep place this book higher than Viesturs' K2<\/b> and Krakauer's Into Thin Air<\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n
I have been addicted to the printed word all my life. Even these days when I am the busiest I have ever been at work, I manage to read two or even three books a week.<\/p>\n
My reading style is slightly bizzare. Typically, I speed read every new book in a single marathon reading session which may last throughout an entire day and night. If I like that particular book, I then re-read it over the course of the week, slowly taking it in like the boa in The Little Prince<\/b>. Often I shall read it again if an incident down the years triggers the memory of that book.<\/p>\n
Funnily enough, two exceptions to this rule are the first and third books on the list above – due as much to the quality as to the scope of these books. Destiny Disrupted<\/b> and Fallen Giants<\/b> are to be savoured a chapter at a time. The Little Prince<\/b>, on the other hand, is a short but timeless fable with an almost sufi-like sensibility.<\/p>\n
I envy you the reading joy you are about to experience.<\/p>\n
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