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Books

Here are some books I've read that I liked and I think are important. Some have had a profound impact on who I am, others have just entertained me or made me consider different points of view, but they've all made me think. Listing a book here should not be construed as endosring all of the author's opinions.

Christianity

  • The Case For Christ (Lee Strobel)
  • Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
  • Reasonable Faith (William Lane Craig)
  • The Unseen Realm (Michael Heiser)
  • Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton)
  • Warranted Christian Belief (Alvin Plantinga)
  • The Kingdom Of God Is Within You (Leo Tolstoy)

Economics

  • Economics In One Lesson (Henry Hazlitt)
  • Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action (Bob Murphy)
  • Man, Economy, and State (Murray Rothbard)
  • Human Action (Ludwig Von Mises)

Political Philosophy

  • Liberty Defined (Ron Paul)
  • Anatomy of the State (Murray Rothbard)
  • A Conflict of Visions (Thomas Sowell)
  • Against Intellectual Property (Stephan Kinsella)
  • The Law (Frederic Bastiat)
  • For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto (Murray Rothbard)
  • Democracy: The God That Failed (Hans-Hermann Hoppe)
  • Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism (Scott Horton)

Nutrition / Food

  • Food: What the heck should I eat (Mark Hyman)
  • Perfect Health Diet (Paul and Shou-Ching Jaminet)
  • Sacred Cow (Diana Rogers, Robb Wolf)
  • Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From The Local Food Front (Joel Salatin)
  • Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma (Daniel Schulof)

Homesteading / Outdoors / DIY-ism

  • Escape The City, Vol 1 & 2 (Travis J Corcoran)
  • You Can Farm (Joel Salatin)
  • Vegetable Gardeners Handbook (Farmer's Almanac)
  • Birds of Pennsylvania (Stan Tekiela)
  • Fish of Pennsylvania (Dave Bosanko)
  • Trees of Pennsylvania (Stan Tekiela)
  • Mountain Biking Pennsylvania (Rob Ginieczki)
  • Paddling Pennsylvania (Bob Frye)
  • Bushcraft 101 (Dave Canterbury)

Brewing

  • The Complete Joy of Homebrewing (Charlie Papazian)
  • How To Brew (John Palmer)

Music / Audio Production

  • The Recording Engineer's Handbook (Bobby Owsinski)
  • The Complete Guitarist (Richard Chapman)
  • The Tube Amp Book (Aspen Pittman)

Programming / Computers / Linux

  • The Cathedral and the Bazaar (Eric S. Raymond)
  • On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore (Brian Bagnall)
  • Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide (Commodore Business Machines)
  • The Art of Unix Programming (Eric S. Raymond)
  • The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction (William E. Shotts, Jr.)
  • Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python (Al Sweigart)

Fiction

  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
  • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
  • On The Road (Jack Kerouac)
  • Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) (J.R.R Tolkien)
  • The Belgariad (Series) (David Eddings)
  • The Facade Saga (The Facade and The Portent) (Michael Heiser)
  • The Divine Comedy (Dante)
  • The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
  • Discworld (Series) (Terry Pratchett)

Other

  • God and the Astronomers (Robert Jastrow)
  • Worlds In Collision (Immanuel Velikovsky)
  • Earth in Upheval (Immanuel Velikovsky)
  • The Saturn Myth (David Talbott)
  • 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Jordan B Peterson)
  • Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life (Jordan B Peterson)
  • The 4-Hour Work Week (Timothy Ferriss)