A perfect book really as it is basically a beginers guide to philosophy. It is written by a swedish man but I cant remember his name. I have been told that it is required reading if you are a philosophy student. Personally I found that I couldnt put it down but that it encouraged me to question everything

Now One Child is on my top list of good books. It is about a teacher who gets all of the kids that no one else wants to deal with. During her teaching years, one girl who is obviously abused in every sort of way goes in the class.. After a long while of coaxing the girl to be involved, the disturbing part comes in, where her uncle wnated sex but he wouldnt fit in her, so he got a butterknife and cut her all up in the inside... Later on, the girl is adopted by the teacher and they live happily together now... The only thing is that book may scare people into reality of what really happens in the world today and you never notice. I like it because the girl is a survivor of abuse. It is a tough/deep book, but very good...

This book is a classic... It shows of how sticking to what you believe and others following you can lead. It tells of a man who went to jail for stealing bread who was released. Then he tears up what is making him so negleted and becomes the mayor. A man of the jail looks for him, and finally finds him. That time, a lady dies in the jailors house and made the mayor promise to take care of her child. Then the mayor escapes and finds the girl. They live for a few years. The girl grew, and fell in love with a young man. The young man has a stalker who follows him everywhere, wishing she would be the one to marry him. The young man and girl fall in love. Then there is going to be a battle of rebelion from the british. The young man and mayor stay and fight. The stalker saves the young mans life by sacrificing herself. Then the battle ends, british win, the mayor and the young man live. the jailor finds the mayor and realises how the mayor let the jailor live on, sothe jailor kills himself. The young man and girl marry and the mayor dies.

I'm just in the middle of it and it is awesome. It's the story of one of the victims of the Columbine Shootings. It was written by her parents and has stuff from her personal diary, it is deep and moving.

Here's Three Books That I think are artistic, philosophical, and just plain cool:

The Gay Science, by Friedrich Nietzsche: This book is one of the deepest and most personal records of a human being's deepest philosophical and emotional ideations. The incandescent splendor in the wealth of idea and food-for-thought is almost unmatched. Nothing is wrong and nothing is right when you truly are a free-spirited, unnaffected, beautiful person like Nietzsche...although even he had his imbecilities.

The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Similar in mood and expression to The Gay science, but in novelistic form. This russian-born, christian author is not only genuine in his belief, but intelligent enough to understand the necessity of free-thought in the form of a character of immense spiritual removal and sensible nonsense. It expresses that in a world overrun by corrupt ill-mindedness and absolutism, "a sanotorium is the only place for a beautiful person".

Truth & Beauty, by Ann Patchett: This last book is a nonfiction personal re-enactment of the author's undying relationship with a friend severely tortured by manic bi-polar disorder. It provides an inside look at the depth and limitless possibilities of friendship as well as the truest account on bi-polar disorder ever embodied in a novel. It's language is moving, it's story is touching, and it even provides a sense of humor for our all-too-serious nature. A beautiful book and a pleasant read.

A good book should increase your awareness to understand other human beings and to love them like your own family.