must haves before i die
i rememeber one of my friends suggesting that i "rent" out my books to friends, like a mini-library except i charge them by the day, to friends who want to read the books, but don't want to spend too much money buying them and then forget about the book once they know what it's all about. she was in awe at my collection of books (which i had started collecting since i was in 3rd grade), and how they take up most of the wall space (and table tops, and spots of the floor). but i can't bring myself to do it. these are my babies, my pride and joy. when i can afford my own place, one of the first things i'll be considering is shelf space. i want a tiny room to myself where i can think and just read. i also have a habit of if i like a certain author, i need to collect all of his/her books. i should learn to stop giving them away though... i just noticed, the paulo coelho books are the ones i keep on giving away! argh!!! the extremes i go to in order to get the people around me to read...
the bibliophile in me is lusting for all of these:
▪ zorro: a novel (by isabel allende)
▪ forest of the pygmies (by isabel allende)
▪ city of the beasts (by isabel allende)
▪ portrait in sepia (by isabel allende) ***
▪ kingdom of the golden dragon (by isabel allende)
▪ the stories of eva luna (by isabel allende) ***
▪ eva luna (by isabel allende) ***
▪ of love and shadows (by isabel allende) ***
▪ paula (by isabel allende)
▪ daugther of fortune: a novel (by isabel allende) ***
▪ infinite plan: a novel (by isabel allende)
▪ aphrodite: a memoir of the senses (by isabel allende)
▪ my invented country: a memoir (by isabel allende)
▪ the art of war (by sun tzu)
▪ baudolino (by umberto eco)
▪ the prince (by niccolo machiavelli) ***
▪ early bird: a memoir of premature retirement (by rodney rothman)
▪ fat girl: a true story (by judith moore)
▪ the communist manifesto (by karl marx)
▪ book of five rings: the classic guide to strategy (by miyamoto musashi)
▪ the wealth of nations (by adam smith) ▪ the republic (by plato)
▪ of love and other demons (by gabriel garcia marquez)
▪ anna karenina (by leo tolstoy)
▪ the good earth (by pearl s. buck) ***
▪ living to tell the tale (by gabriel garcia marquez)
▪ east of eden (by john steinbeck)
▪ the sutra of wei lang (or hui neng) (by hui-neng et al)
▪ candy (by mian mian)
▪ marrying buddha (by wei hui)
▪ dogeaters (by jessica hagedorn) ***
▪ dream jungle (by jessica hagedorn)
▪ danger and beauty (by jessica hagedorn)
▪ the zahir: a novel of obsession (by paulo coelho)
▪ the pilgrimage (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ the alchemist (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ the valkyries (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ the fifth mountain (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ eleven minutes: a novel (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ veronika decides to die (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ by the river piedra i sat down and wept (by paulo coelho) ***
▪ siddharta (by hermann hesse)
▪ beyond good & evil: prelude to a philosophy of the future (by friedrich nietzsche)
▪ the anti-christ (by friedrich nietzsche)
▪ will to power (by friedrich nietzsche)
▪ on the geneaology of morals and ecce homo (by friedrich nietzsche)
▪ critique of pure reason (by immanuel kant)
▪ critique on the power of judgement (by immanuel kant)
▪ religion and rational theory (by immanuel kant)
▪ being and nothingness (by jean-paul sartre)
(*** books i have already read, but i still want a copy of)
and because robert t. kiyosaki will always have a special place in my heart:
▪ rich dad's guide to becoming rich...without cutting up your credit cards (by robert t. kiyosaki)
▪ real estate riches: how to become rich using your banker's money (by dolf de roos, robert t. kiyosaki)
▪ rich dad's before you quit your job: 10 real-life lessons every entrepreneur should know about building a multimillion dollar business (by robert t. kiyosaki & sharon l. lechter)
▪ rich dad's advisors: the abc's of building a business team that wins: the invisible code of honor that takes ordinary people and turns them into a championship team (by blair singer)
▪ rich dad's advisors: the abc's of writing winning business plans: how to prepare a business plan that others will want to read -- and invest in (by robert t. kiyosaki)
▪ rich dad's advisors: how to attract other people's money for your investments -- the ultimate leverage (by michael a. lechter)
▪ rich dad advisors: the abc's of real estate investing: the secrets of finding hidden profits most investors miss (by ken mcelroy)
▪ own your own corporation (by robert t. kiyosaki, et al)
i should make it a point to buy at least one book on business and one book on anything but business every month in order to help balance myself out. i feel like i'm being re-wired to become boring and monotonous... i'm into philpsophy books, so turning inwards and reflecting on why i think the way i think should be a good start. oh! and one filipino author too! since a lot of their works are interesting to say the least, it's a pity most of them go unnoticed.