1 |
Army Group North |
Military History |
Werner Haupt |
1997 |
Schiffer Military History |
Great in depth review of Eastern Front |
2 |
Money |
Economics |
L.S.Ritter & W.L. Silber |
1984 |
Basic Books |
Required reading for exchange rate policy |
3 |
Economic Policy, Exchange Rates and the International System |
Economics |
W. Max Corden |
1994 |
Oxford University Press |
Wide, overall coverage of complex issues |
4 |
British Economic and Social History 1700-1982 |
Economics/Social History |
C. P. Hill |
1985 |
Hodder & Stoughton |
Immensely readable, often eye opening; impacts today |
5 |
The Spear of Destiny |
Super Natural |
Trevor Ravenscroft |
1973 |
Weiser |
Banned post WWII; about the Sprea of Longinus |
6 |
Law, Legislation and Liberty |
Economics/Political Science |
Friedrich A. Hayek |
1979 |
The Iniversity of Chicago Press |
Underlaying free market process |
7 |
Individualism and Economic Order |
Economics/Political Science |
Friedrich A. Hayek |
1948 |
The University of Chicago Press |
Core reading for understanding people |
8 |
River out of Eden |
Science/Genetics |
Richard Dawkins |
1995 |
Basic Books |
Leader in field, after Sir Peter Medawar |
9 |
Climbing Mount Improbable |
Science/Genetics |
Richard Dawkins |
1997 |
Penguin |
Dawkins continues to write very readible genetics |
10 |
The Sovereign Individual |
Economics/Social Science |
J.D.Davidson/W.Rees-Mogg |
1997 |
Simon & Schuster, New York |
Forecasts of Internet toppling society - good read! |
11 |
Theorists of Economic Growth |
Economics |
W.W.Rostow |
1990 |
Oxford University Press |
Good detail on different perspectives from David Hume to the present. |
12 |
Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues |
Medicine |
Frank Ryan, M.D. |
1997 |
Little Brown, New York |
Fascinating feading of growth and working against world virus…. |
13 |
The Causasus and the Oil |
Military History |
Wilhelm Tieke |
1995 |
J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc. |
German-Soviet war in caucasus during 1942/43 - the defeat of Army Group South - good overview and detail. |
14 |
Clash of Wings |
Military History |
Walter J.Boyne |
1994 |
Simon & Schuster, New York |
World War II in the air - east and west - not too detailed, about right. |
15 |
Writers on World War II |
Military History |
Mordecai Richler |
1991 |
Vintage |
Anthology of various writings - lottsa stuff - very sad, bed time reading |
16 |
Hitlers War Directives 1939-1945 |
Military History |
H.R.Trevor-Roper |
1964 |
Pan |
Translation and review of all directives - got to read to know…. |