An Eclectic List of My Favorite Books Not In Any Other List
Discover a uniquely curated collection of eclectic favorite books not found on typical lists—from C.S. Lewis's profound essays to Thomas Sowell's political insights, and the humor of Walker Percy.
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Weight of Glory
by C. S. Lewis
Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses offer guidance and inspiration in a time of great doubt.These are ardent and lucid sermons that provide a compassionate vision of Christianity.
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The Discoverers
by Daniel J. Boorstin
An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about heaven-- but never dreamed of asking
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
A mischievous youth encounters a runaway slave and together they travel down the Mississippi in search of adventure.
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Lost in the Cosmos
by Walker Percy
Explores human nature and presents insights on the self and its fears, sexuality, boredom, depression, and other aspects.
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The Source
by James Albert Michener
In this compelling novel, Michener sweeps readers back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago, to experience the entire colorful history of the JewsQfrom the lives of the early Hebrews to the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition to present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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The Vision of the Anointed
by Thomas Sowell
Sowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Sowell sees what has happened during that time not as a series of isolated mistakes but as a logical consequence of a tainted vision whose defects have led to crises in education, crime, and family dynamics, and to other social pathologies. In this book, he describes how elites—the anointed—have replaced facts and rational thinking with rhetorical assertions, thereby altering the course of our social policy.
