One
by Richard Bach
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I read this just to see how bad it was, back in high school. The answer: painful. Oh, man. Whine whine whine oh daddy never loved me, my parents drank alcohol, I don't think the world understands my hippy love for flying airplanes. I like airplanes as much as the next person but this book nearly killed that love.
Brief synopsis: Richard Bach is back. He and his wife go on a plane ride and get visited by an interdimensional being who is a cross between them. She is a young Polynesian gir...more
Brief synopsis: Richard Bach is back. He and his wife go on a plane ride and get visited by an interdimensional being who is a cross between them. She is a young Polynesian gir...more
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Read in July, 2008
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This is so far my favorite of Bach's books. The ideas portrayed are so incredibly powerful and touching, they really speak to that core within.
Richard and Leslie (AKA RiLesChardlie) are flying to LA to attend a conference at Spring Hills where other unique thinkers of the time are gathering there to discuss their ideas. As they come in to approach LA in their rainbow seaplane something extraordinary happened and they find themselves ripped from the world they were in and in a dimension of ...more
Richard and Leslie (AKA RiLesChardlie) are flying to LA to attend a conference at Spring Hills where other unique thinkers of the time are gathering there to discuss their ideas. As they come in to approach LA in their rainbow seaplane something extraordinary happened and they find themselves ripped from the world they were in and in a dimension of ...more
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Read in January, 2003
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I love this book! It is by Richard Bach, author of Johnathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions. It manages to be wonderfully philosophical and thought-provoking without being overly weighty or hyper-intellectual.
The main themes that I got out of this book are:
-The infinite possibility of every life every moment
-All possibilities existing simultaneously (the very same idea behind quantum mechanics, though there is no mention of such science in this book)
-Since all possibilities e...more
The main themes that I got out of this book are:
-The infinite possibility of every life every moment
-All possibilities existing simultaneously (the very same idea behind quantum mechanics, though there is no mention of such science in this book)
-Since all possibilities e...more
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Read in January, 1990
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This was a very influential book for me. I read it in high school and kept going back to it for inspiration. I read a variety of Richard Bach's books. I own more than I read because I could never get into the more technical flying ones, but I loved these books in this order: (Best first:) One, The Bridge Across Forever, & Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Those are the ones I remember off hand. I did read one written by Bach's son and I really enjoyed that also. Inspiring writing. I don't ...more
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If you've ever seen yourself in someone else, or felt how they bring something out in you...if you've ever wondered what a world without war would be like, or a world that bombed instead of blinked to "end" the Cold War...if you've ever wondered how life would be if you'd met your soulmate at a different time in your life, or felt like your soul is connected with everyone else's...this book is totally for you. Simply open your mind a little, sit back and enjoy the ride.
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The ultimate question: "If I was not who I am now, who would I be? Was it worth giving up everything to be what I am now? What is this 'everything'?". One does not give you answers. It's just a fairytale probe of an individuals parallel existences, of how things would be if something didnt happen at that point of time in your life. It makes you think, and find your own answers.
And indeed, sometimes, the best answers are what you can give yourself.
And indeed, sometimes, the best answers are what you can give yourself.
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I read this book (and all the other Richard Bach books on my list) in my mid-teens... Loved them at the time because they gave me a whole new perspective of looking at life, meaning of life, making choices, life's possibilities, etc.-- exactly what I needed during my self-absorbed and angst laden adolescent years. I probably quoted every other passage in them in my teenage diaries.. I might recommend these books to young readers.
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This one got a little weird. Okay, maybe a lot weird. But I'm not entirely sure it was the weirdness (new-age reincarnation-ness?) that offput me. Can't quite remember, but I don't think I'll reread to find out. I definitely remember thinking I would NOT read any more Bach books in this "series".
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There was a point in my life when this book profoundly influenced the way I thought about about my place in the universe. I was, however, only a teenager. I'm not sure how it would hold up 20 years later, but I'm also not sure I can dis-entangle some of Bach's thoughts from my currently held beliefs.
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Read in February, 2008
Like many of his books, One focuses on the idea of personal choice, and how much control we really have over our lives, shown here literally! It will make you smile, it will make you cry, it will make you want to run out into the street and dance alone at midnight for the sheer love of CHOICE.
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This is one of my favorite book. I've read it is Persian, but Ic an't remember the name of the translator.
Then, I bought the book in English and for the first time, the original book didn't attract me at all.
Nevertheless, it is still one of my favorite stories.
Then, I bought the book in English and for the first time, the original book didn't attract me at all.
Nevertheless, it is still one of my favorite stories.
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I belive I am too young to fully appreciate the allusive spiritual writing of this New Age master. (Is the New Age genre finally dead?) I am also trying not to hold Bach's divorce to Leslie (a key character in this book) against the message he is trying to convey.
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Read in January, 1997
All the Ricjhard Bach books I've read are of the "if you truly believe it you can make it happen" variety, and whether you truly believe that or just like the idea of a world that could really be that idealistic, these are good books to get you in the mood.
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از اونجایی که در مورد دنیا موازی و سری صحبت میکنه و می گه دنیا مثل کانالهای ماهواره می مونه ولی تو فقط می تونی یک کانال رو ببینی خیلی خوشم میاد
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I read this book 10 - 15 years ago, while I was in Eastbourne, England.
After 15 minutes, I don't want this book have an end page!!!
I really like all the plot flying around with small plane, going throught many worlds.
Can't hardly put it down!!!
After 15 minutes, I don't want this book have an end page!!!
I really like all the plot flying around with small plane, going throught many worlds.
Can't hardly put it down!!!
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I didn't get it the first time I read it. I was too young.
I took it up again after a year or so cos it was lying around.
Now I quote from this book in my moral science classes to 17 yr olds.
One of the books which shaped me to what i am today.
I took it up again after a year or so cos it was lying around.
Now I quote from this book in my moral science classes to 17 yr olds.
One of the books which shaped me to what i am today.
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Read in July, 1994
incredibly creative point of viw about life and decisions!
"a little change today is a big change tomorrow" RB
Un increiblemente creativo punto de vista acerca de la vida y la toma de desiciones. "Un pequeno cambio hoy, es un gran cambio manana" RB
"a little change today is a big change tomorrow" RB
Un increiblemente creativo punto de vista acerca de la vida y la toma de desiciones. "Un pequeno cambio hoy, es un gran cambio manana" RB
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Read in January, 1998
I've read this book a couple of times, as with much of Bach's writtings, while you read it, it just makes you feel full of hope for humanity. It also makes me feel responsible for our world's future. Because after all we are all ONE.
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Read in January, 2002
This book had a lot of interesting plot points that really resonated with me. The main characters fly over ocean waves of the lives they could have been. If you like Bach's simple story-telling, read it.
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This is a fun adventure into other possible realities. It's full of interesting perspectives on a lot of different subjects, stretching your imagination and giving you plenty to think about afterword.
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"I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?"
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