Books To Read

Books to Read

• Tongdong Bai, The Political Philosophy of hte Middle Kingdom.

• The Icon and Axe: An Interpretative History of Russian Culture, by James Billington

• Richard Dawkins, Flights of Fancy.

• Zoning Rules!The Economics of Land Use Regulation, William A. Fischel July 2015

• The Best of Myles. Flann O’Brien

• Stilicho recommendations:
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather
  • How Rome Fell by Adrian Goldsworthy.
  • The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins
  • The Restoration of Rome by Peter Heather.
  • Empires of Faith by Peter Sarris focuses on the various states that succeeded the Roman Empire up to the rise of Islam. It strikes a good balance between narrative and explanation, it's a very good standalone work on the period after the fall.
  • History of the Franks by Gregory of Tours.

• The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs, by George Griffin Lewis (1913).

• We, Zamyatin, novel about a future organized society. See the Haywood review.

• General View of the Criminal Law of England, James Stephen (1863).

• Householders' Guide to Community Defence Against Bureaucratic Aggression (1972) JAY. Too expensive. $180 used. Out of print.

• Michael Thompson’s 2005 book, Understanding Independent School Parents (co-written with Alison Fox Mazzola)

• Calculus Made Easy, up on the Web.

• Memorabilia, Xenophon.

• An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Adam Ferguson.

• Henry Friendly: Greatest Judge of His Era, by Dorsen.

• "The Registers of the Consistory of Geneva at the Time of Calvin: Volume 1: 1542-1544," 2002,

by Mrs. Isabella M. Watt (Editor), Mr. Robert M. Kingdon (Editor), Mr. Thomas A. Lambert (Editor).

Books I Have Read That Are Good

• Dorothy Crawford, Viruses: A Very Short Introduction.

• Rex Stout, The Rubber Band, The Red Box.