Maybe not one, but 3 books: Into the Wild (book and movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ArZ7VD-QQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ArZ7VD-QQ When I was

Maybe not one, but 3 books: Into the Wild (book and movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ArZ7VD-QQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7ArZ7VD-QQ When I was in high school I was considering the same path as Christopher took, but then I heard about him and I learned from his story. "Happiness only real when shared" Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289283-born-to-run https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289283-born-to-run This is how I got really hooked up to triathlon and ultramarathons. Great book, I lent it to many people and changed some of their lives too. Learning PHP and MySQL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40544.Learning_PHP_and_MySQL https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40544.Learning_PHP_and_M... The book is ok, not great, but it changed my life. This is how I learned to program. But I would say that other media also had an impact. Like poems: "If—" by Rudyard Kipling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH5txHlSOUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH5txHlSOUI Then there are some short videos: The Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5A1K6TxxM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5A1K6TxxM Godspeed: https://youtu.be/pNSWTwB-_bk https://youtu.be/pNSWTwB-_bk "The Hubble Ultra Deep Field" by Deep Astronomy: https://youtu.be/oAVjF_7ensg https://youtu.be/oAVjF_7ensg