1. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart
(Matching tags: self discovery,prose,post WWII)

I am standing at a bookshelf in Kinokuniya, not at all believing my sight, and all the words of joy I have are frozen as I pick up the book I most desire. Amazed at the power I have over bookstores, I ...

2. Shantaram: Larceny to Nirvana by Gregory David Roberts
(Matching tags: self discovery,India,autobiography)

I don't often read books twice. Not just because I have particuarly high standards, but because I am both blessed and cursed with in the word's of another: "an elephantine memory"...

3. Magical Passes by Carlos Castaneda
(Matching tags: self discovery,enlightenment,relationships)

Echoing in the halls of anthropology departments of at least several major universities in the United States is the chatter of those caught in the seemingly endless debate as to the legitimacy of don Juan ...