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Books (Favorites)

The Classical World

• Pericles Of Athens And The Birth Of Democracy
• The Last Days Of Socrates (Plato)
• Discourses And Selected Writings (Epictetus)
• The Iliad (Homer)
• The Expedition Of Cyrus (Xenophon)
• The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide To The Peloponnesian War
• Thermopylae: The Battle For The West
• A War Like No Other: How The Athenians And The Spartans Fought The Peloponnesian War
• The Naked Olympics: The True Story Of The Ancient Games
• Rubicon: The Triumph And Tragedy Of The Roman Republic
• Persian Fire: The First World Empire And The Battle For The West
• Reading Greek: Text And Vocabulary
• How To Run A Country: An Ancient Guide For Modern Leaders

International Relations & Military History

• The Return Of History And The End Of Dreams
• The Clash Of Civilizations And The Remaking Of World Order
• Lawrence In Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly And The Making Of The Modern Middle East
• On The Origins Of War And The Preservation Of Peace
• Ripples Of Battle: How The Wars Of The Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, And How We Think
• Gulag: A History
• Lenin, Stalin And Hitler: The Age Of Social Catastrophe
• Czechoslovakia Between Stalin And Hitler: The Diplomacy Of Edvard Beneš In The 1930s
• Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege 1942-1943
• Churchill And The Jews
• The Ancien Régime And The Revolution
• Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea And The End Of A Stable Pacific
• The Soccer War

Economics

• The Armchair Economist: Economics And Everyday Life
• The Road To Serfdom
• The Doomsday Myth: 10,000 Years Of Economic Crises
• Ethical Oil: The Case For Canada's Oil Sands

Aviation

• The Right Stuff
• The Bishop's Boys: A Life Of Wilbur And Orville Wright
• Flight To Arras

Nautical Literature

• The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe (unabridged)
• The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner And Other Poems
• The Bounty Trilogy
• Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Biography

• Buying The Night Flight: The Autobiography Of A Woman Foreign Correspondent
• Guerrilla Prince: The Untold Story Of Fidel Castro
• Out Of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa

Classic Literature

• Don Quixote

Philosophy & Psychology

• Candide
• The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements
• How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide To Human Nature And Happiness
• The Theory Of Moral Sentiments
• A Conflict Of Visions: Ideological Origins Of Political Struggles
• Maxims of La Rochefoucauld
• The Open Society And Its Enemies
  Vol. 1: The Spell Of Plato

Asia

• Forbidden Nation: A History Of Taiwan
• The Empire Of Lies: The Truth About China In The Twenty-First Century
• For All The Tea In China: How England Stole The World's Favorite Drink And Changed History
• Shanghai: The Rise And Fall Of A Decadent City 1842-1949
• The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II
• The Good Man Of Nanking: The Diaries Of John Rabe

Historical Fiction

• The Egyptian
• Gates Of Fire: An Epic Novel Of The Battle Of Thermopylae

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• The Lord Of The Rings
• Dune
• God Emperor Of Dune
• Starship Troopers
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
• War With The Newts
• The Conquering Sword Of Conan
• The Bloody Crown Of Conan
• The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian

Sports

• The Dark Side Of The Game: My Life In The NFL

Coffee Table Books

• The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures Of The Abyss
• The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification Of Photographs In Stalin's Russia
• The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
• Watchmen: The Art Of The Film

Humor

• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
• The Essential Calvin And Hobbes

Mystery

• Red Harvest
• The Big Sleep