A Book That Was Like Putting on \u2018a New Set of Glasses<\/a>.<\/p>\nSo, I put it to you: name a book that was not only informative or enjoyable but paradigm-shifting, that changed your outlook or perspective on. . .either life, or some subset of it.\u00a0 (The Bible will definitely do that, but what else?)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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