How To Drive A Tank: And other everyday tips for the modern gentleman, Frank Coles
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Neil Strauss

I recently finished Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem which was amazing. I remember for some reason in college I brushed off Arendt for one reason or another, but I clearly made a mistake there. The conclusions she draws are certainly provocative, but people misinterpret them all the time and it's made Arendt a bit of a black sheep in the Jewish community.

Other books/essays that had an effect were Henry Kissinger's Diplomacy (in regard to international relations) and Anscombe's War and Murder along with many other of her essays. Also all 3 volumes of Andreas Antonopolous' The Internet of Money which is a collection of his talks on digital money and modern economies.

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Neil Strauss — Michael

Yeah I was going to put this one on my list too but I thought it would be too obvious. It's just become such a universal staple in the field so why even mention it anymore?

Man's Search for Meaning -- Victor Frankl

Oh this one is one of my favorites too -- I forgot about it! Incredible book.

I think about what he said several times a year, every year.

How can a singular superlative be a list? — Mww

It's a list of letters.

Man, I could have sooo much fun with that......

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Sorry. I just had to, doncha know.

That's an excellent list.

Barth's mega novel?

Damn, there's A LOT of work to do before reading that. That's something I'll have to read sometime in the future, looks very interesting.

Hmmm.....I don’t know Barth. Still, for me at least, “most influential” isn’t going to be a book anyway, but a “most influential” book isn’t going to be a novel.

Rectangle

The book of nature.