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Contributors to this blog have mentioned the following books and articles.  Follow up comments and book reviews are welcome on these and other titles:

1984 -- by George Orwell.  Recommended by 'cbrown' in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

The 5 Love Languages -- by Gary Chapman.  Recommended in the post, 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

* The Alphabet and the Goddess -- by Leonard Shlain.  Recommended by Robert in the post, 'The Limits of Literacy Consciousness.'

Animal Farm -- by George Orwell.  Recommended by 'cbrown' in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

Death in the Long Grass -- by Peter Capstick.  Recommended in the post, 'You've Got To Read This Book!'  

* Descent of the Dove -- by Charles Williams.  Recommended by Robert Heid in the post, 'William Blake, Charles Williams, and Anglican Spirituality.'

* Descent Into Hell -- by Charles Williams.  Mentioned by Isaac Fox in comments on the post, 'William Blake, Charles Williams, and Anglican Spirituality.'

* De-Schooling Society -- by Ivan Illich.  Mentioned by Robert in comments to the post, 'The Limits of Literacy Consciousness.'

* The Dogs of War -- by Frederick Forsythe.  Mentioned by Anonymous in comments to the post, 'Amnesia, Atrocity, and The War Prayer.'

* Economics in One Lesson -- by Henry Hazlitt.  There is a post about this book on this website.

* For the Life of the World -- by Alexander Schmemann.  Recommended by Sharon and Ben

Godel, Escher, Bach -- by Douglas Hofstadter.  Recommended by Robert in 'You've Got To Read This Book' 
 
* His Holiness -- by Carl Bernstein et al.  Published about 1995, in the middle of John Paul II's papacy.  Besides being a good treatment of the pope, it has very enlightening facts about the Reagan Administration and the whole bit about the fall of the Soviet Union.  Someday I hope to do a longer book review, but for now this mention will have to serve.  I recently picked it up at a used book sale for a dollar.  It is available on line for not much more than that.--Robert

 * Imperial Cruise -- by James Bradley.  Recommended by Anonymous in comments on the post, 'One Cheer For Veterans.'

* Jesus, Friend To Terrorists -- by Radu Valentin (Richard Wurmbrand).  Recommended by Anonymous in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

* The Jesus Style -- by Gayle Erwin.  Recommended by Anonymous in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

* Lies the Government Told You -- by Judge Andrew Napolitano.  Mentioned by Sharon in comments on the post 'Doctor Future, Tom Bionic, and  . . . Future Quake!'

* "The Night I Met Einstein" -- article by Jerome Weidman.  Recommended by Robert in the post, 'Reading the Night I Met Einstein.'

* Reflections Without Mirrors -- by Louis Nizer.  Recommended by Robert in the post, 'Two Cheers For President Obama.'

* Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ -- by John Piper.  Recommended by 'cbrown' in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

* Theology of the Body -- by John Paul II.  Recommended by Isaac Fox in comments on the post, 'The Limits of Literacy Consciousness.'

* Tortured For Christ -- by Richard Wurmbrand.  Recommended by Anonymous in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

* "The War Prayer" -- by Mark Twain.  Recommended by Robert in the post, 'Amnesia, Atrocity, and The War Prayer.'

* What Happened -- by Scott McClellan. Recommended by Robert in comments on 'Two Cheers For President Obama."

You've Got To Read This Book! -- by Jack Canfield and other writers.  Recommended by Robert in 'You've Got To Read This Book!'

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- by Robert Pirsig.  Recommended by Robert in the post, 'You've Got To Read This Book!'  Extensive comments by Ben at that post.

* Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea -- Recommended by 'cbrown' in comments on 'You've Got To Read This Book!'


In addition to the web links found on the 'Connexions' page, contributors to this blog have mentioned the following web links favorably:

* www.musicanet.org/robokopp/english/armentir.htm -- Recommended by Anonymous in comments to the post, 'One Cheer For Veterans.'


* http://www.ntwrightpage.com/sermons/Durham_Wisdom.htm -- Recommended by Ben Carmack in comments on the post, 'William Blake, Charles Williams, and Anglican Spirituality.'

* truthout.org -- Recommended by Robert Heid in the post, 'Recalling An Old Anti-War Post I Made.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11698287 -- Recommended by Phillip in comments on the post, 'World War I: History, Significance, and Lasting Lessons.' 


Updated 5 April 2011.


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7 comments:

  1. A few days ago I picked up another book of Wendell Berry's poetry. Really it is two books in one, as the title indicates:

    'Sayings and Doings and An Eastward Look.'

    The first part has the strongest rural flavor of any of Wendell Berry's work -- you find yourself drawn right in, sitting on a chair or a barrel in the old store, with half a dozen men who have arranged themselves around the wood stove. They have spent a lifetime perfecting their jokes and stories in each others' company -- some things you are hearing again, but most of it you are hearing for the first time.You can feel the warmth, and you can almost smell the tobacco smoke and stale leather. You come away from the conversation knowing that life is individual, communal, significant, transient, and funny. What a pleasure.

    The second part is poetry based on perceptions of the east. First of all, there is an offering of haiku, followed by a skein of verse titled, 'A Long Journey & A Small Notebook.' Wendell will surely pardon me for giving away a crucial stanza that goes like this:

    Confess. You're afraid
    the end of the world will come
    before you make it home.

    The book concludes with a set of 'Chinese Painting Poems.' When I read them, I felt like I was practically sitting in a little boat on a big river, with Laotse as companion. 'Do without ado,' he says.

    And that's what Wendell Berry does.

    The book is published by Gnomon Press, Frankfort Kentucky

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  2. Try out the following books too

    Sun Tzu - The Art of War (compulsory reading for all Chinese government officials)
    Chanakya - Arthashastra (political, military and diplomacy strategy)
    The Bhagawat Gita. Try and get a Bhandarkar Institute edition


    Bangalored

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  3. Mr. Heid was kind enough to invite me to do a little self promotion in this section. My book is called The New World Order and the Eugenics Wars: A Christian Perspective. When I was a guest on Future Quake, Dr. Future said that he would recommend this book and Andrew Napolitano's "Lies the Government Told You" as the two books someone who is new to this information should read. There is also enough detail on a wide array of subjects that even conspiracy veterans will find something new.
    Regards,

    Andrew Hoffman

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  4. I mentioned "Descent Into Hell", but I'm pretty sure I didn't actually recommend it....:-) Especially see end of post.

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  5. Isaac: Good point. Adjustment made to post.

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  6. Some Ron Paul books are available for free in pdf:
    http://www.ronpaul.com/books/

    I recommend Freedom Under Siege and Pillars of Prosperity

    Free books on mises.org (Austrian Economics). Go to mises.org/literature and sort by Full Books:

    http://mises.org/literature.aspx?action=subject&Id=117

    I recommend For A New Liberty, America's Great Depression, The Law, What Has Government Done to Our Money, Bureaucracy, The Cause of the Economic Crisis, I Pencil, Man, Economy, & State (excellent textbook for homeschool), On That Day Began Lies, The Roosevelt Myth...

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