Excellent question:
My coice for the handed down book would be the Hagakure. As for a book that was published im my lifetime the choice is much harder. I want to reccomend Heinlein's Starship Troopers but it was released prior to my birth. I'm actually kind of stuck as I usually prefer series over single books. I think I'll select Tom Clancy's Executive orders as the portrayal of Jack Ryan in that book IMO exemplfies a leader should be.
Hagakure is very good.
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If you could pass on only one book to the next generation, what would it be?
01/04/2011 10:29:47 AM
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The Kama Sutra *NM*
01/04/2011 01:35:42 PM
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Well, it WOULD help insure that there would be at least 1 more generation after that... *NM*
01/04/2011 07:49:30 PM
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GRRM's SoIaF, maybe they will live long enough to see the series ended
01/04/2011 07:59:58 PM
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You live in hope, I see.
01/04/2011 08:15:05 PM
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Norton's Anthology *NM*
01/04/2011 08:44:18 PM
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Lord save me. *NM*
01/04/2011 08:46:13 PM
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quantiy over quality
03/04/2011 07:16:13 PM
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Re: quantiy over quality
03/04/2011 07:18:13 PM
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I was mostly pissed that I had to $60 for it and everything we read was available for free
03/04/2011 11:27:24 PM
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I'm tempted to say 1984
02/04/2011 01:32:22 PM
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Yeah, that seems like the obvious choice for me as well... but in my lifetime, no idea either. *NM*
02/04/2011 06:23:54 PM
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I'd go with Brave New World, actually.
02/04/2011 10:36:20 PM
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I think Huxley has a better understanding of human nature and less politcal motive
03/04/2011 04:48:19 AM
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Some parts of Orwell's dystopia did in fact come true, though.
03/04/2011 03:07:07 PM
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you really need to read Brave New World
03/04/2011 07:14:04 PM
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We agree again. *NM*
03/04/2011 07:45:06 PM
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stop that your scaring me *NM*
03/04/2011 11:27:52 PM
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I can berate you for writing "your" instead of "you're" if it makes you feel better. *NM*
03/04/2011 11:30:14 PM
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Can't recommend many published in my life that I've read;the Sprawl Trilogy if I can count a series.
03/04/2011 12:18:30 AM
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