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Reading

I read. A lot. I like reading to relax, I like it to learn, I like it to move me.

These are books I am currently reading or have read. My list is massive, this is only what I have actually taken the time to document. They say you learn a lot about people by they read. Here you go!

πŸ“Œ Now

  • From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods
    by Martha C. Howell, Walter Prevenier

πŸ“š Bookshelf

➑ American Civil War

  • 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War β€” by Frank E. Vandiver
  • The American Heritage New History of the Civil War β€” by Bruce Catton
  • America’s Civil War: The Battle of Wilson’s Creek β€” by Bill Markley
  • Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era β€” by James M. McPherson
  • The Battle of Chickamauga (Civil War series) β€” by William Glenn Robertson
  • The Battle of Gettysburg β€” by Harry W. Pfanz
  • Brothers in Arms β€” by William C. Davis
  • Campaign for Fort Donelson (Civil War Series) β€” by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III
  • The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Disputes between North and South β€” by Paul Calore
  • The Civil War Chronicle β€” by J. Matthew Gallman
  • The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac, 1861-1865 β€” by E.B. Long
  • Civil War Household Tips β€” by Maggie Mack
  • Civil War In Tennessee β€” by Steve Cottrell
  • Civil War in the Ozarks β€” by Phillip W. Steele
  • The Civil War in the Smokies β€” by Noel Fisher
  • The Civil War Reenactor’s Encyclopedia β€” by William C. Davis
  • The Civil War Research Guide β€” by Stephen McManus
  • The Civil War Round Table Handbook β€” by Matthew Borowick
  • Civil War Sites β€” by Civil War Trust
  • Civil War Trivia and Fact Book: Unusual and Often Overlooked Facts About America’s Civil War β€” by Webb B. Garrison
  • CIVIL WAR UP CLOSE, THE, Thousands of Curious, Obscure, and Fascinating Facts β€” by Donald Cartmell
  • The Civil War, 1861-1865, Interactive Package of Image and Text – Book and Illustrated CD-ROM β€” by David Roth
  • The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts β€” by Burke Davis
  • Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War β€” by Sam R. Watkins
  • Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures) β€” by Tony Horwitz
  • Dixie Victorious: An Alternate History of the Civil War β€” by Peter G. Tsouras
  • Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service β€” by Horace Herndon Cunningham
  • DON TROIANI’S CIVIL WAR β€” by Don Troiani
  • Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History β€” by James M. McPherson
  • Fighting Men of the Civil War (Rebels & Yankees) β€” by William C. Davis
  • For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War β€” by James M. McPherson
  • The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, ’61 to ’65 β€” by Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd
  • Gettysburg: The last Invasion β€” by Allen C. Guelzo
  • Great Britain and the American Civil War (Civil War Classics) β€” by Ephraim Douglass Adams
  • Hardtack and Coffee β€” by John Davis Billings
  • Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War β€” by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
  • How to Camp Out: Practical Advice for the Outdoor Adventurer Based on the Experience of a Civil War Soldier β€” by John Mead Gould
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War: The Soldiers, Generals, Weapons, and Battles of the Civil War β€” by William C. Davis
  • The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt β€” by David Miller De Witt
  • The Little Book of the Civil War β€” by Harry Ades
  • Major Problems in Civil War & Reconstruction β€” by Thomas G. Paterson
  • The Marching Twelfth: The Story of the Twelfth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment as Told by the Men Who Served In It β€” by Peggy M. Singer
  • The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby β€” by John Singleton Mosby
  • The Memoirs Of General William T. Sherman β€” by William T. Sherman
  • A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years β€” by Paul M. Angle
  • The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War β€” by H.W. Crocker III
  • Rebels and Yankees: Commanders of the Civil War β€” by William C. Davis
  • Robert E. Lee (Great American Generals) β€” by Ian V. Hogg
  • Sherman: A Soldier’s Passion For Order β€” by John F. Marszalek
  • Shiloh β€” by Shelby Foote
  • The Siege of Petersburg (National Park Civil War Series) β€” by Noah Andre Trudeau
  • Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War Between the States: The Irrefutable Argument. β€” by Gene Kizer Jr.
  • So You Want To Be A Soldier: How To Get Started in Civil War Re-enacting β€” by Shaun C. Grenan
  • Strange Battles of the Civil War β€” by Webb B. Garrison
  • The Ten Biggest Battles of the Civil War: Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Spotsylvania Court… β€” by Charles River Editors
  • Testament: A Soldier’s Story of the Civil War β€” by Benson Bobrick
  • Ulysses S. Grant (Great American Generals) β€” by F. Norton Boothe
  • Views from the Dark Side of American History (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) β€” by Michael Fellman
  • We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church β€” by Deborah P. Brunt
  • Women of Missouri in the Civil War β€” by United Daughters of the Confederacy

➑ American West and Frontier History

  • The Frontier in American History β€” by Frederick Jackson Turner
  • An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W.F. Cody) β€” by William F. Cody
  • The Icons of the Wild West β€” by Charles River Editors
  • The Story of Cole Younger (Borealis Books) β€” by Cole Younger

➑ Ancient History

  • Babylonian Laws: The Oldest Code of Laws in the World β€” by Hammurabi
  • The Landmark Herodotus β€” by Robert B. Strassler
  • The Landmark Thucydides β€” by Robert B. Strassler
  • The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the End of the Roman World (Rott Classics Book 2) β€” by Adrian Murdoch
  • Rome and the Arabs Before the Rise of Islam β€” by Greg Fisher

➑ Apologetics and Comparative Religion

  • All That’s Wrong with the Bible: Contradictions, Absurdities, and More β€” by Jonah David Conner
  • The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God β€” by Lee Strobel
  • The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists β€” by Ravi Zacharias
  • The Islamist Delusion: From Islamist to Cultural Muslim Humanist β€” by Saif Rahman
  • Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message β€” by Ravi Zacharias
  • Muslims and Christians: A History of Conflict and Conversion (Christianity Today Essentials Book 5) β€” by James A. Beverley
  • Natural God: Deism in the Age of Intelligent Design β€” by Beth Houston
  • Orthodoxy β€” by G.K. Chesterton
  • So What’s the Difference? β€” by Fritz Ridenour
  • The Story of Mohammed Islam Unveiled β€” by Harry Richardson
  • Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God β€” by Armin Navabi

➑ Artificial Intelligence, Reality, and Simulation

  • The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence β€” by Ray Kurzweil
  • Build Your Own PERSONAL AI ASSISTANT: A Complete Beginner’s Guide β€” by Teli Publications
  • Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence β€” by Max Tegmark
  • Mastering AI Prompt Engineering: The Ultimate Guide for ChatGPT Users β€” by Adriano Damiao
  • Prompt Engineering for Generative AI β€” by James Phoenix
  • Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy β€” by David J. Chalmers
  • The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect β€” by Rizwan Virk
  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies β€” by Nick Bostrom

➑ Biography

  • The Life of Abraham Lincoln β€” by Henry Ketcham

➑ Bleeding Kansas, Missouri, and Border Warfare

  • African American Survivors and Victims of Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence – Jeanne Klein
  • Big Divide: A Travel Guide to Historic and Civil War Sites in the Missouri-Kansas Border Region β€” by Diane Eickhoff
  • Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla β€” by Albert E. Castel
  • Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre β€” by Thomas Goodrich
  • Bushwhacker: A Story of Missouri’s Most Famous Desperado β€” by George Clinton Arthur
  • Bushwhackers and Broken Hearts: Letters from Missouri during the Civil War β€” by P.J. Sullivan
  • The Civil War in Kansas: Ten Years of Turmoil (Civil War Series) β€” by Debra Goodrich Bisel
  • The Civil War in Missouri: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006 β€” by The State Historical Society of Missouri
  • Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind: the Authorized Edition with a New Preface β€” by Albert E. Castel
  • Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border β€” by Donald L. Gilmore
  • Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865 β€” by Jay Monaghan
  • General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West β€” by Albert E. Castel
  • Good Hater: George Henry Hoyt’s War on Slavery β€” by Bill Hoyt
  • Gray Ghosts of the Confederacy: Guerrilla Warfare in the West, 1861–1865 β€” by Richard S. Brownlee
  • Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume I, 1862 β€” by Bruce Nichols
  • Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume II, 1863 β€” by Bruce Nichols
  • Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume III, January-August 1864 β€” by Bruce Nichols
  • Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume IV, September 1864-June 1865 β€” by Bruce Nichols
  • Harvest the Bitter Root: Terror, Love and Border Justice in Civil War Missouri β€” by Joseph F. Dwyer
  • The Homefront in Civil War Missouri β€” by James Erwin
  • The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 β€” by David Morris Potter
  • Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War β€” by Michael Fellman
  • Kansas the Prelude to the War of the Union β€” by Leverett Wilson Spring
  • Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border 1863 β€” by Wiley Britton
  • October 25th and the Battle of Mine Creek β€” by Lumir F. Buresh
  • Rebel Invasion of Missouri & Kansas & the Campaign of the Army of the Border Against General Sterling Price in October & November 1864 β€” by Richard Josiah Hinton
  • A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War (Civil War America) β€” by Daniel E. Sutherland
  • Three Years With Quantrell: A True Story Told By His Scout β€” by John McCorkle

➑ Business

  • Blow Up Your Income (4 in 1 bundle): How to Go from Struggling Entrepreneur into a Full-Time Money Maker β€” by Adam Bolt
  • Business Analyst’s Mentor Book: With Best Practice Business Analysis Techniques and Software Requirements Management Tips β€” by Emrah Yayici
  • ChatGPT Side Hustles 2024: Unlock the Digital Goldmine and Get AI Working for You Fast β€” by Alec Rowe
  • How I Make $1,000 Per Month Running a Minecraft Server: Strategies for Running a Successful Server β€” by Tim Vitale
  • How To Build Your Successful Online Teaching Business (Online Entrepreneurship Book 1) β€” by Vladimir Raykov
  • Launch!: How A Startup Made Over $100,000 Crowdfunding On Indiegogo With This Launch Strategy β€” by Johnathan Leow
  • LLC QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Limited Liability Companies (QuickStart Guidesβ„’ – Business) β€” by ClydeBank Business
  • Make Money Online Tactics for Beginners: Create a New Extra Income Source via Fiverr Service Flipping and Teaching on Udemy β€” by Robert Martin
  • The Power of Passive Income: Make Your Money Work for You β€” by Nightingale-Conant
  • REQUIREMENTS GATHERING FOR THE NEW BUSINESS ANALYST: The Simplified Beginners Guide to Business Systems Analysis (New Business Analyst Toolkit Book 1) β€” by Lane Bailey
  • The Side Hustler’s Guide to Making Money Online: A definitive resource for increasing your online income β€” by Emerson Strong
  • Side Hustle From Home: How To Make Money Online With Amazon Mechanical Turk β€” by Michael Naab
  • Technical Analysis: Cryptocurrency Trading Basics β€” by Theodore Mastery

➑ Christian History

  • Christianity’s Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution: A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First β€” by Alister E. McGrath
  • Concerning Christian Liberty β€” by Martin Luther
  • A History of American Christianity β€” by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
  • A History of Christian Theology: An Introduction β€” by William C. Placher
  • The History of Christianity: An Introduction β€” by Bradley Nystrom
  • History of the Christian Church – From The 1st To The 20th Century (All 8 Volumes) β€” by Philip Schaff
  • The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine β€” by Eusebius
  • The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli β€” by Johann Jakob Hottinger
  • The Story of Christianity: A History of 2000 Years of the Christian Faith β€” by David Bentley Hart
  • Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes, Volume I β€” by Martin Luther
  • Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes, Volume II β€” by Martin Luther

➑ Classics

  • 1984 β€” by George Orwell
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer β€” by Mark Twain
  • All Quiet on the Western Front β€” by Erich Maria Remarque
  • Brave New World β€” by Aldous Huxley
  • Burmese Days β€” by George Orwell
  • The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems β€” by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The Complete Sherlock Holmes β€” by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Divine Comedy β€” by Dante Alighieri
  • Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems β€” by Edgar Allan Poe
  • El DecamerΓ³n β€” by Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Frankenstein β€” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Lord of the Flies β€” by William Golding
  • The Odyssey β€” by Homer
  • Paradise Lost β€” by John Milton
  • The Red Badge of Courage β€” by Stephen Crane
  • Shakespeare’s Sonnets β€” by William Shakespeare
  • Slaughterhouse-Five β€” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

➑ Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early Republic America

  • America’s Forgotten History, Part One: Foundations β€” by Mark David Ledbetter
  • American Colonies The Settling β€” by Taylor, Alan
  • American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 β€” by Alan Taylor
  • The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin β€” by Benjamin Franklin
  • Common Sense β€” by Thomas Paine
  • The Federalist Papers β€” by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
  • The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity β€” Jill Lepore

➑ The Crusades and the Military Orders

  • The Crusades: A History From Beginning to End β€” by Henry Freeman
  • The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land β€” by Thomas Asbridge
  • The Crusades: The World’s Debate β€” by Hilaire Belloc
  • The Crusades and the Soldiers of the Cross: The 10 Most Important Crusaders, From German Emperors to Charismatic Hermits, Child Armies, and Warrior Lepers β€” by Michael Rank
  • The Fourth Crusade (The Crusades, #1) β€” by Mark Butler
  • God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades β€” by Rodney Stark
  • The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple β€” by Charles G. Addison
  • The Knights Templar: The Hidden History of the Knights Templar: The Church’s Oldest Conspiracy (History of the Knights and the Crusades Book 1) β€” by Conrad Bauer
  • Legends of the Middle Ages: The First Crusade β€” by Charles River Editors

➑ Education and Learning

  • The Elements of Style β€” by William Strunk Jr.
  • Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction (Teach Yourself) β€” by Emma Darwin
  • Global Studies: The Middle East β€” by Azzedine Layachi
  • Greek in a Nutshell β€” by James Strong
  • A History Teaching Toolbox: Practical Classroom Strategies β€” by Russel Tarr
  • History Mysteries: Curses, mummies, ghost ships, spies, disappearances and other awesome cases to study as a family β€” by Kara S. Anderson
  • Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong β€” by James W. Loewen
  • The Slackers Guide to U.S. History: The Bare Minimum on Discovering America, the Boston Tea Party, the California Gold Rush, and Lots of Other Stuff Dead White Guys Did β€” by Don Stewart

➑ Eschatology and End Times

  • Are These the Last Days? (Crucial Questions Series Book 20) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • The End of America: The Role of Islam in the End Times and Biblical Warnings to Flee America β€” by John Richard Price
  • Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We Made Up β€” by Francis Chan
  • Escape the Coming Night β€” by David Jeremiah
  • The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment β€” by Edward Fudge
  • Four Views on Hell (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology) β€” by Preston Sprinkle
  • Hope Beyond Hell: The Righteous Purpose of God’s Judgment β€” by Gerry Beauchemin
  • The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth about the Real Nature of the Beast β€” by Joel Richardson
  • The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment β€” by Thomas Baldwin Thayer
  • Patristic Universalism: An Alternative to the Traditional View of Divine Judgment β€” by David Burnfield
  • Satan’s Hoax: End-Times Prophecies Through the Eyes of a Modern-Day Paul β€” by Brad L. Burge
  • Universalism the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years (1899) β€” by John Wesley Hanson

➑ Fiction

  • American Gods (American Gods, #1) β€” by Neil Gaiman
  • Anansi Boys (American Gods, #2) β€” by Neil Gaiman
  • Apocalypse Machine β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Artifact β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1) β€” by A.G. Riddle
  • Beneath (Origins, #3) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Diaspora β€” by Greg Egan
  • The Didymus Contingency (Origins, #1) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Distance β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Divide β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Exo-Hunter (Infinite, #6) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell β€” by Robert Dugoni
  • Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates – Tom Robbins
  • Flux (Infinite, #3) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • From Above β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Godless Machine β€” by Nick Burchett
  • The Gospel of Errors β€” by Nick Burchett
  • H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction β€” by H.P. Lovecraft
  • Infinite (Infinite, #1) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Infinite2 (Infinite, #10) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Khaos (Infinite, #12) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Kronos – Jeremy Robinson
  • The Dark (Infinite, #7) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future β€” by Marshall Brain
  • Mind Bullet (Infinite, #8) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • MirrorWorld β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Nature Girl – Carl Hiaasen
  • Neverwhere (London Below, #1) β€” by Neil Gaiman
  • NPC β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane β€” by Neil Gaiman
  • The Order (Infinite, #11) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Others (Infinite, #2) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Raising the Past β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Revolt of the Angels β€” by Anatole France
  • SecondWorld β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Singularity (Infinite Timeline #13) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • The Song of Achilles β€” by Madeline Miller
  • Tether β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Torment (Infinite, #9) β€” by Jeremy Bishop
  • Torpedo Juice – Tim Dorsey
  • Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances β€” by Neil Gaiman
  • Tribe (Infinite, #4) β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Unity β€” by Jeremy Robinson
  • Viking Tales β€” by Jennie Hall

➑ Genealogy and Family History

  • Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques β€” by George G. Morgan
  • The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy β€” by Kenyatta D. Berry
  • Genealogy Standards β€” by Board for Certification Of Genealogists
  • Genetic Genealogy in Practice β€” by Blaine T. Bettinger
  • Gravestone Photography and Documentation β€” by Gary W. Clark
  • Guide to DNA Testing: How to Identify Ancestors, Confirm Relationships, and Measure Ethnic Ancestry through DNA Testing β€” by Richard Hill
  • How to Use Maps in Genealogy (One-Hour Genealogist Book 2) β€” by Nancy Hendrickson
  • The Purposeful Family Historian: A Guide for Researchers β€” by Tara Cajacob
  • Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide β€” by Diana Elder
  • The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy β€” by Loretto Dennis Szucs
  • Start & Run a Personal History Business: Get Paid to Research Family Ancestry and Write Memoirs β€” by Jennifer Campbell
  • Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree β€” by Megan Smolenyak
  • Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians β€” by Jonathan Oates
  • Understanding Cemetery Symbols: A Field Guide for Historic Graveyards (Messages from the Dead Book 1) β€” by Tui Snider
  • Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the Largest Free Genealogy Website β€” by Dana McCullough
  • Zotero for Genealogy: Harnessing the Power of Your Research β€” by Donna Cox Baker

➑ General History

  • America’s Battlegrounds: Walk in the Footsteps of America’s Bravest β€” by Richard Sauers
  • America’s Forgotten History, Part Two: Rupture β€” by Mark David Ledbetter
  • Collinsville (IL) (Postcard History Series) β€” by Collinsville Historical Museum
  • Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 (Cambridge History of Europe) β€” by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
  • Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power β€” by Niall Ferguson
  • England Under the Tudors β€” by Arthur Donald Innes
  • Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (History of England #1) β€” by Peter Ackroyd
  • Gender Matters: Race, Class and Sexuality in the Nineteenth-Century South β€” by Leeann Whites
  • Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour β€” by Julie Wheeler
  • The History of England, Volume I β€” by David Hume
  • A History Of Scotland β€” by Neil Oliver
  • Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe (New Approaches to European History, Series Number 37) β€” by Charles G. Nauert
  • The Lessons of History β€” by Will Durant
  • 1913: The Eve of War β€” by Paul Ham
  • Plain Words from America: A Letter to a German Professor (1917) β€” by Douglas W. Johnson
  • A Popular History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics β€” Complete β€” by Thomas D’Arcy McGee
  • Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson β€” by John Charlton Hardwick
  • Selected Writings β€” by Galileo Galilei
  • A Short History of Renaissance and Reformation Europe: Dances over Fire and Water β€” by Jonathan W. Zophy
  • The Story of Western Civilization β€” by T.H. Baughman
  • The Twin Towers β€” by Richard Todd
  • U.S. History Sourcebook: Basic β€” by CK-12 Foundation
  • The War of the Roses β€” by John G. Edgar

➑ General Interest and Miscellaneous

  • Echoes from the Battlefield: First-Person Accounts of Civil War Past Lives β€” by Barbara Lane
  • Motorhome and RV Retirement Living: The Most Enjoyable and Least Expensive Way to Retire β€” by Jerry Minchey
  • SITTING IN THE DESERT KICKING ROCKS: A Series of Random Thoughts About Motorcycle Culture β€” by DAN SHOUP
  • The Vertical Plane – Ken Webster
  • The Weird and Mysterious United States: Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena across America β€” by Sean McLachlan

➑ Historical Fiction

  • The Divided Homestead β€” by Nick Burchett
  • The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) β€” by Michael Shaara
  • The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) β€” by Bernard Cornwell
  • The Last Test Pilot of Daedalus β€” by Nick Burchett
  • The Madness of Trees and Stars β€” by Nick Burchett
  • The Nero Prediction β€” by Humphry Knipe
  • True Enough To Bury The Dead β€” by Nick Burchett
  • The Widow of the South β€” by Robert Hicks
  • Wildwood Boys β€” by James Carlos Blake

➑ Historiography and Historical Method

  • Comparing the Incomparable (Memory in the Present) β€” by Marcel Detienne
  • From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods β€” by Martha C. Howell
  • The Historian’s Craft β€” by Marc Bloch
  • Historical Writing in England c. 550 to c. 1307 β€” by Antonia Gransden
  • Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Third Edition β€” by Ernst Breisach
  • History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction β€” by Mark T. Gilderhus
  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 β€” Edward Gibbon; David Womersley (ed.)
  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 β€” Edward Gibbon; David Womersley (ed.)
  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3 β€” Edward Gibbon; David Womersley (ed.)
  • The Idea of History β€” by R.G. Collingwood
  • The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past β€” by John Lewis Gaddis
  • The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History β€” by Brooks Adams
  • The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide β€” by Michael J. Salevouris
  • A Pocket Guide to Writing in History β€” by Mary Lynn Rampolla
  • A Short Guide to Writing about History β€” by Richard Marius
  • A Student’s Guide to History β€” by Jules R. Benjamin

➑ Medieval and Viking History

  • Anglo-Saxon Britain β€” by Grant Allen
  • The Black Death: A History From Beginning to End (Pandemic History) β€” by Henry Freeman
  • The Danish History, Books I-IX β€” by Saxo Grammaticus
  • The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe β€” by Michael Pye
  • Famous Men of the Middle Ages β€” by John Henry Haaren
  • A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain β€” by Marc Morris
  • The Handbook to English Heraldry β€” by Charles Boutell
  • A History of the Art of War: The Middle Ages from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century β€” by Charles Oman
  • A History of the Popes: Volume I: Origins to the Middle Ages β€” by Wyatt North
  • The Inquisition: A History From Beginning to End (Medieval History) β€” by Hourly History
  • King Arthur: The History and Folklore of the Arthurian Legend β€” by Charles River Editors
  • Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Vlad the Impaler β€” by Charles River Editors
  • Medieval Europe β€” by Henry William Carless Davis
  • Medieval Gnostics: The Paulicians (Volume 4) β€” by Judith Mann
  • The Middle Ages: A History From Beginning to End β€” by Henry Freeman
  • The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England β€” by Marc Morris
  • The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England β€” by Dan Jones
  • The Viking Great Army and the Making of England β€” by Dawn Hadley and Julian Richards
  • A Viking Odyssey: Around the World 1,000 Years Ago β€” by John Man
  • The Vikings β€” by Else Roesdahl

➑ Military History and Warfare

  • Carl von Clausewitz’s On War: A modern-day interpretation of a strategy classic (Infinite Success) β€” by Andrew Holmes
  • Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, … Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. β€” by Henry Wager Halleck
  • Hitler’s War and the Horrific Account of the Holocaust β€” by Scott S. F. Meaker
  • A Short History of the Great War β€” by A.F. Pollard
  • The Third Reich: Joseph Goebbels β€” by Parkway Publishing
  • Training for War: An Essay β€” by Tom Kratman
  • A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War β€” by Williamson Murray
  • World War One: A Concise History – The Great War β€” by Scott S.F. Meaker
  • World War One: History in an Hour β€” by Rupert Colley

➑ Music – Craft

  • Beginning Songwriting: Writing Your Own Lyrics, Melodies, and Chords β€” by Andrea Stolpe
  • Chord Tone Soloing for Jazz Guitar: Master Arpeggio-Based Soloing for Jazz Guitar (Learn How to Play Jazz Guitar) β€” by Joseph Alexander
  • Get Started with Recording, Mixing & Mastering: The Quick Guide to Starting Your Home Studio β€” by Keith Scully
  • Logic Pro 9 and Logic Express 9 β€” by David Nahmani
  • Logic Pro X: Professional Music Production (Apple Pro Training) β€” by David Nahmani
  • Mixing Music Like A Pro: Leveling Equalization and Compression β€” by Joshua Hamilton
  • Music Composition For Dummies β€” by Scott Jarrett
  • Music Theory: Simple Music Theory for Electronic Music Production: Beginners Guide to Rhythm, Chords, Scales, Modes and a lot, lot more… β€” by Roy Wilkenfeld
  • Piano Chords β€” by Dan Lupo
  • Song Starters: 365 Lyric, Melody, & Chord Ideas to Kickstart Your Songwriting β€” by Robin Frederick

➑ Music – Career and Business

  • Get More Gigs: The Essential Guide To Booking, Performing And Making Money From Gigs As An Independent Musician β€” by Bjorgvin Benediktsson
  • How to Make a Million Dollars Playing the Guitar: A No-Nonsense Guitarist’s Guide to Making a Living in the Music Business β€” by Douglas Ashton Niedt
  • How To Make MONEY Making MUSIC!: A Concept to Cash Walkthrough β€” by Danielle Barnett
  • Make Music, Make Money; Sell Your Music: Sell Music & Make $5,000/Month With This Simple Guide! β€” by Jason Copeland
  • Managing Your Band: A Guide to Artist Management (Music Pro Guides) β€” by Steve Marcone
  • (Not) Just a Bar Band: Marketing and Promoting Your Cover Band β€” by Band Grrl
  • The Realist’s Guide to a Successful Music Career β€” by Joel Cummins
  • Social Media Promotion for Musicians: The Manual for Marketing Yourself, Your Band, and Your Music Online β€” by Bobby Owsinski
  • Stop Selling Music: Career Changing Lessons for Musicians β€” by Damian Keyes
  • This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion, Revised and Updated Edition β€” by Tad Lathrop

➑ Mythology

  • Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes β€” by Edith Hamilton
  • Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide β€” by Hourly History
  • The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok β€” by Ben Waggoner
  • The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda β€” by Anonymous
  • The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion β€” by Daniel McCoy
  • Uncovering Greek Mythology β€” by Lucas Russo
  • World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide β€” by Roy Willis

➑ Personal Development

  • The Book of Numbers: Analyzing the ROI on the Pursuit of Women β€” by Aaron Clarey
  • Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope β€” by Mark Manson
  • How To Become A Modern Viking: A Man’s Guide To Unleashing The Warrior Within β€” by Liam Gooding
  • The Joy of Minimalism: How to Simplify Your Life with Less β€” by Vincent Miles
  • Self Discovery Journal: (For Men) 200 Breakthrough Questions for Finding Yourself, Making Transformational Changes, and Mastering Every Area of Your Life β€” by Gerald Confienza
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life β€” by Mark Manson

➑ Philosophy, Consciousness, and Belief

  • Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals β€” by Immanuel Kant
  • Living the Law of One 101: The Choice β€” by Carla Lisbert Rueckert
  • Nicomachean Ethics β€” by Aristotle
  • The Theory of Knowledge: A Jargon-Free Guide to Epistemology (Jargon-Free Guides to Philosophy) β€” by Doug Erlandson
  • Utilitarianism β€” by John Stuart Mill

➑ Politics and Society

  • The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival β€” by John Bagot Glubb
  • The Fate of Empires: Being an Inquiry into the Stability of Civilization (1913) β€” by Arthur John Hubbard
  • Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail β€” by William Ophuls
  • Mexifornia: A State of Becoming β€” by Victor Davis Hanson
  • The Prince β€” by NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
  • Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society β€” by John Horvat
  • Utopia β€” by Thomas More
  • Your Brain’s Politics (Societas Book 59) β€” by George Lakoff

➑ Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction

  • Alas, Babylon β€” by Pat Frank
  • Bleed (Slow Burn #6) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • The Book of M β€” by Peng Shepherd
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz β€” by Walter M. Miller Jr.
  • Chaos Comes (After the EMP Saga #4; After the EMP: Chaos #1) β€” by Harley Tate
  • City of Stin (Slow Burn #7) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • Darkness Begins: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (After the EMP) β€” by Harley Tate
  • Darkness Grows (After the EMP Saga #2; After the EMP: Darkness #2) β€” by Harley Tate
  • Darkness Rises (After the EMP Saga #3; After the EMP: Darkness #3) β€” by Harley Tate
  • Dead Fire (Slow Burn, #4) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • Destroyer (Slow Burn, #3) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • Earth Abides β€” by George R. Stewart
  • Edge of Collapse (Edge of Collapse, #1) β€” by Kyla Stone
  • The Extinction Trials β€” by A.G. Riddle
  • Firestorm (Slow Burn #10) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • 48 Hours β€” by William R. Forstchen
  • The Giver (The Giver, #1) β€” by Lois Lowry
  • Grind (Slow Burn #8) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • Infected (Slow Burn, #2) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • Into the Forest β€” by Jean Hegland
  • The Last Day β€” by Andrew Hunter Murray
  • The Man in the High Castle β€” by Philip K. Dick
  • One Second After (After #1) β€” by William R. Forstchen
  • One Year After (After #2) β€” by William R. Forstchen
  • The Passage (The Passage, #1) β€” by Justin Cronin
  • The Road β€” by Cormac McCarthy
  • Sanctum (Slow Burn #9) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • The Stand β€” by Stephen King
  • Station Eleven β€” by Emily St. John Mandel
  • Torrent (Slow Burn, #5) β€” by Bobby Adair
  • Winter World (The Long Winter, #1) β€” by A.G. Riddle
  • Zero Day (Slow Burn, #1) β€” by Bobby Adair

➑ Practical Skills and Self-Reliance

  • The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man β€” by Brett McKay
  • The Family Handyman β€” by Reader’s Digest Association
  • Natural Green Cleaning: Eco-Friendly Recipes to Clean Your Home Naturally β€” by Tara Evans
  • Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship β€” by Peter Korn

➑ Religion and Christianity

  • Can I Be Sure I’m Saved? (Crucial Questions, #7) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • Can I Lose My Salvation? (Crucial Questions, #22) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • Can I Trust The Bible? (Crucial Questions, #2) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • Common Sense and an Uncommon God: A Patriotic Devotional β€” by Kendra Hazlett Armstrong
  • Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God β€” by Francis Chan
  • A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels β€” by Gustav Davidson
  • Don’t Take Your Dreams to the Grave β€” by Jimmie Bratcher
  • Eternal Security: Can You Be Sure? β€” by Charles F. Stanley
  • Everyone’s a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • Fight: Winning the Battles That Matter Most β€” by Craig Groeschel
  • Found: God’s Will (John MacArthur Study) β€” by John F. MacArthur Jr.
  • The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day β€” by Paul Carus
  • The History of Time and the Genesis of You β€” by Peter Hiett
  • The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (with Cross-References): Old and New Testaments β€” by Anonymous
  • If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat β€” by John Ortberg
  • JUDAS ISCARIOT: REVISITED AND RESTORED β€” by Ivan Rogers
  • A Life Well Lived: A Study of the Book of Ecclesiastes β€” by Tommy Nelson
  • Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus β€” by Kyle Idleman
  • The Pursuit of God β€” by A.W. Tozer
  • Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? β€” by Gary L. Thomas
  • Treasure: A Collection of Orthodox Theology (Best Works Book 23) β€” by C.J.S. Hayward
  • Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts β€” by Jerry Bridges
  • What Is Faith? (Crucial Questions, #8) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • What is the Relationship between Church and State? (Crucial Questions Series Book 19) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • What Is The Trinity? (Crucial Questions, #10) β€” by R.C. Sproul
  • Who Is The Holy Spirit? (Crucial Questions, #13) β€” by R.C. Sproul

➑ Science and Nature

  • The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design β€” by Leonard Susskind
  • Discovering the Universe β€” by Neil F. Comins
  • Lights Out: How It All Ends β€” by Scientific American

➑ Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living

  • Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills β€” by Abigail R. Gehring
  • Backyard Chickens Book Package: Beginner’s Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens & The Backyard Chickens Breed Guide (Modern Homesteading 4) β€” by Rashelle Johnson
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Raised Bed Gardening (Gardening Quick Start Guides Book 4) β€” by Martha Green
  • Camping For Boys β€” by Henry William Gibson
  • Egg Production with Urban Chickens: How to Raise Chickens in Your Backyard β€” by Amber Richards
  • EMP: Electromagnetic Pulse (Prepping For Tomorrow, #1) β€” by Bobby Akart
  • EMP: Electromagnetic Pulse. Protect Your Family and Survive Long After the EMP β€” by Lauren Kelley
  • EMP Survival: How to Prepare and Survive, When an Electromagnetic Pulse Destroys Our Power Grid β€” by Larry Poole
  • Homesteading: Guidebook: A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Sufficient Living β€” by Dean Deschain
  • How To Make Compost: A Quick & Easy Guide β€” by John Berry
  • Living Off the Grid: A Simple Guide to Creating and Maintaining a Self-Reliant Supply of Energy, Water, Shelter, and More β€” by Dave Black
  • Mini Farming: How to Create a Sustainable Organic Garden in Your Backyard You Can Be Proud Of β€” by Better Gardening Guides
  • Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre β€” by Brett L. Markham
  • Off Grid Living: 25 Lessons on How to Live off The Grid and Survive in the Wild β€” by Kevin Evans
  • Off The Grid Living: A Guide on How to Successfully Build an Eco-Friendly Home in the Wild with the Aid of Sustainable Energy β€” by Oliver Stokes
  • Preparing for Off-Grid Survival: How to live a self-sufficient, modern-day life off the grid β€” by Nicholas Hyde
  • Raised Bed Gardening System: A book on soil, irrigation, designs and ideas for growing vegetables β€” by Kaye Dennan
  • SHTF Prepping: Ultimate Guide to Dirt Cheap SHTF Prepping β€” by Charlie Ross
  • When Crisis Hits Suburbia: A Modern-Day Prepping Guide to Effectively Bug in and Protect Your Family Home in a Societal Collapse β€” by Ted Riley

➑ Technology and Digital Culture

  • Amazon Mechanical Turk Getting Started Guide β€” by Amazon Web Services
  • Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies β€” by Neel Mehta
  • The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary β€” by Eric S. Raymond
  • Minecraft Building: The Ultimate Guide β€” by Anthony Wright
  • Minecraft Handbook: Ultimate Minecraft Secrets: An Unofficial Guide to Minecraft Tips, Tricks, and Hints β€” by Zack Zombie
  • SharePoint records management and metadata: Digital archiving in Office 365 β€” by Alfred Weerd
  • The SharePoint Shepherd’s Guide for End Users: 2013 β€” by Robert L. Bogue
  • Systems Analysis and Design β€” by Harry J. Rosenblatt