Books of inspirational triumph

[TSE]

Anyone have any suggestions of books or biographies of people conquering life obstacles?

i've been ruminating a lot lately and need something to distract myself when I do.

 

[Grey Beard]

Anyone have any suggestions of books or biographies of people conquering life obstacles?

i've been ruminating a lot lately and need something to distract myself when I do.

Just to give your thread a tug along, try the american classic by Phillip Roth; "Portnoy's Complaint"

KGB😎

 

[Huntn]

Lord of the Rings- It's fictional, but it's a triumph. 😉

I googled this and had to laugh when the first 5 titles were about people making their financial fortunes. http://www.lifehack.org/articles/co...hat-can-steer-you-towards-the-right-path.html

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Anyone have any suggestions of books or biographies of people conquering life obstacles?

i've been ruminating a lot lately and need something to distract myself when I do.

Would you like recommendations from the world of fiction, or recommendations for self-help books, or actual biographies of real people? Or would you prefer a spot of good, old-fashioned escapism - which is one of the reasons I read fantasy?

 

[Khalanad75]

When the Road Turns is a collection of stories from people with MS.

They go into the daily struggles of living and how they cope and overcome.

 

[TSE]

Would you like recommendations from the world of fiction, or recommendations for self-help books, or actual biographies of real people? Or would you prefer a spot of good, old-fashioned escapism - which is one of the reasons I read fantasy?

I'd like non-fiction biography, and I'd like not overly depressing stories... just a story of someone who overcame a lot, has an interesting story, and good ending. And is real.

 

[haxrnick]

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

http://www.amazon.com/Zero-Regrets-Greater-Than-Yesterday/dp/1451609078

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I'd like non-fiction biography, and I'd like not overly depressing stories... just a story of someone who overcame a lot, has an interesting story, and good ending. And is real.

Alright.

Try Primo Levi's astounding, moving and very powerful (first) book, published in Europe, as 'If This Is A Man.' The original US edition - missing the point completely which, unfortunately, is not all that unusual - published it under the deplorable title 'Survival in Auschwitz'.

 

[Arran]

I'd like non-fiction biography...

You could give this a try.

http://www.amazon.com/What-Should-Do-My-Life/dp/0345485920/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

50 mini-biographies of people at a crossroads. A wide cross-section of real people in real situations. Easy to pick up and put down. I enjoyed it. Lots to reflect on.

I recognized several people (or rather "types") I knew in the book. Individuals desperately clutching for "success", but not really having their heart in it. Others not even understanding why they wanted "success" (or if they even really wanted it at all). Others starting to realize they'd been sold a dud definition of "success". Good material for reflection.

 

[Suture]

Probably not exactly what you're looking for, but Born to Run is what inspired me to start running a few years ago.

 

[mscriv]

I'd like non-fiction biography, and I'd like not overly depressing stories... just a story of someone who overcame a lot, has an interesting story, and good ending. And is real.

A simple and fun read is books written by Peter Jenkins. As a young man he was sort of lost and wanting to find his own way. Thus, he decided to walk across America and take in all that the experience could bring. It's a neat and fun real human story.

"I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "and found both." In this timeless classic, Jenkins describes how disillusionment with society in the 1970s drove him out onto the road on a walk across America. His experiences remain as sharp and telling today as they were twenty-five years ago -- from the timeless secrets of life, learned from a mountain-dwelling hermit, to the stir he caused by staying with a black family in North Carolina, to his hours of intense labor in Southern mills. Many, many miles later, he learned lessons about his country and himself that resonate to this day -- and will inspire a new generation to get out, hit the road and explore.

Link to his first book on Amazon