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I read Gone With the Wind, and I found it to be a very inspiring book.
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My Experiments with Truth, autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi
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Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola-Estes. Nice question!
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"Centennial" by James Michener. Like most of Michener's books, the "land" is the main character of the story. The people in the story lead fragile lives susceptible toconflicts, diseases, injuries, temptation, greed, and a myriad of problems. Some of these problems are settled satisfactorily while others spell the doom for many of the leading characters.
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Dr. Laura's "proper Care & Feeding of Husbands.
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I would have to say the Bible
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Pardon me for answering my own question but I have recently read "the girl in the picture" by Dianne Chung. It is a fascinating and inspiring biography of the girl photographed during the Viet Nam war after a napalm attack. I highly recommend it!
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"Conversations With God" series.
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...way too many to list...; and each inspirational text was the most inspiring at the time...; so the comparison holds no value to me....but - listed below were some standout authors.... Ayn Rand Ralph Waldo Emerson (not a novelist) Daniel Quinn Robert Pirsig Hemingway Somerset Maugham Look Homeward Angel, by Thomas Wolfe... on and on.... way, way, way too many more....
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I have a few: Man's Search for Meaning, Victor E. Frankl. My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen. Go Forward with Faith: The Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley, Sheri L. Dew. Grief of my Heart, Dr. Khassan Baiev. Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers. These have all touched me in powerful ways.
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I don't know if it's the most inspiring ever, but I recently read "Organic God" by Margaret Feinberg and it was thought provoking and well-written.
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"Way of the Peaceful Warrior", by Dan Millman.
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Inspiring? I really think that one of the books that made me question humanity the most was "Tenderness" by Robert Cormier. ;]
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Too many to choose...each has elements that have inspired me and helped me to grow--be it fiction or non-fiction. Right now, I'm reading "A New Earth."
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the "Language Instinct" by Steven Pinker...acually anything by Pinker...recently voted one of the 100 smartest people on the planet
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Oh so many, but mainly the works of Richard Bach and Edward Abbey.
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The first thing that comes to my mind. Would be Helen Keller's biography.
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