Intelligent Book Suggestions?

Hi,





I'm looking kindly for some novel suggestion.





I'm a swedish guy in my 20's who lives in the country side, having moved here due to my disillusionment with the capitalist lifestyle. In doing so, I made a lot of sacrifices including leaving my ex-girlfriend and a well paid job behind.





I find people on the land very friendly and they've been so helpful with regard to me finding my feet here. Ive also started playing music with a folk group which I toughly enjoy. I played in an orchestra in Stockholm when I was younger and dreaded it.





The only negative thing I can say is that there is a serious shortage of people my own age here.





Anyway, a lot of the books I have read in the past have played men, whites or rural people in a negative light and I feel that such a culture fails to challenge all western world people in terms of how we impact on the third world. For example, my ex often complained about the fact that I got paid more than her, but when I challenged her for buying clothes made in sweatshops by children, she never changed her shopping habits. My ex would also complain that it was harder for her to get a job because she had a Bosnian surname, but would drive to work rather than take the subway, despite knowing fine well the effect oil production has on third world regions. Its pure hypocrisy and I don't think such attitudes are challenged in many of the books I have read. Please help? It feels that everyone wants to be a victim today and that there is a whole range of authors there to facilitate them in doing so. People want to complain about the inequalities that are part and parcel of capitalism, while still enjoying the luxuries it offers.





I saw a really good film recently about a man who is jailed for beating his wife. The woman in question then meets a new man, before her husband is released having been through the process of rehabilitation. The married pair, against all common sense, then indulge in a secret affair while you are left wondering if he actually has been cured. In the end, the new man is left heart broken. I thought it was a very intelligent film, which left you sympathizing with all three in different ways. I would like to read books which explore intelligent themes as this one does. Themes relevant to the world today.





So to sum up, I'm looking for intelligent books and indeed books which celebrate the rural lifestyle.





I've read Into the Wild before. I liked it but his isolation eventually led to his own demise.





Thanks for reading,





Johannas. Intelligent Book Suggestions?
Wendell Berry, ';The Unforeseen Wilderness,'; ';The Art of the Commonplace,'; and ';The Unsettling of America.';





Annie Dillard, ';Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,'; ';Holy the Firm,'; and ';Teaching a Stone to Talk.';





Mark Prophet, The Soulless One,'; ';The Masters and Their Retreats,'; and ';The Path of the Higher Self.';





';Talks with Great Composers,'; Arthur Abell, M.D., ';The Third Music,'; Ann Ree Colton, and ';The Master of Lucid Dreams,'; Dr. Olga Kharitidi.





O. M. Aivanhov, ';Creation: Artistic and Spiritual,'; ';The Living Book of Nature,'; and ';The Yoga of Nutrition.';





Beryl Markham, ';West with the Night,'; Slavomir Rawicz, ';The Long Walk,'; John G. Bennett, ';Long Pilgrimage.';Intelligent Book Suggestions?
Read ';New Earth'; by Echart Tolle. It was featured in O magazines a while ago. Wonderful book. It takes you on a journey inward to yourself.





Enjoy reading
Walden - Henry Thoreau





non-fiction but it is the basis for much of what you're looking for in the idea line.
Here is a free read that might just work for you. Very intelligent and at the same time with childlike simplicity. And this book challenges the thinking of today's culture and suggests that the human race is off course. The theme suggests a ';letting go'; of the sort you have done. It's called ';Gospel Enigma.'; It's about a couple of kids who challenge long-standing doctrines. This book is loaded with simple and yet powerful content.





Find it here: http://newfreebooks.com It;s the 10th free book on the list.





And if that one does not make it for you, there are about a hundred other legal, in copyright books there that may interest you.