~~~ Must Read Books ~~~

I liked the idea that someone on the Daily Paul had about donating great books to the library.

I thought I would mention that a wonderful source of books on liberty and the like is Laissez-faire Books which was sold and continues at www.lfb.org

The Future of Freedom Foundation is also worth visiting at www.fff.org I subscribe to their monthly Freedom Daily which is always a joy to read.

The Foundation of Economic Education produces The Freeman another monthly I would not want to live without. www.fee.org

Wonderful website with info and links at www.Mises.org the site of Ludwig Von Mises Institute. Remember Ron Paul has read von Mises and that is why he knows so much about economics and can speak so authoritatively and with such assurance about economic policy.

Although Mises' magnum opus Human Action is mentioned on your list I find his collections of essays in Planning for Freedom to be more accessible as well as Planned Chaos

Ayn Rand's novels are intense but her essays culled from The Objectivist Newsletter to be quite lucid and enlightening. The Virtue of Selfishness has essays on ethics and Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal has essays about the moral justification of a system of laissez-faire capitalism. Each have the towering achievement Rand makes explicit: Man's Rights

Given that we are struggling to create in reality the vision we share in our mind's eye we need emotional fuel (a concept created by Ayn Rand, see The Romantic Manifesto) and besides her novels Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and We The Living (see the movie) you will find the novels of Victor Hugo to be a source of delight because Hugo writes like no other and is a master of plot and of men struggling to be loyal to their values.

Rand herself was inspired by a heroic character in Ninety Three by Hugo.

No one has mentioned a work by Leonard Peikoff, The Ominous Parallels which presents his case to explain the rise of Nazism in Germany tracing ideas which were taught in the universities and colleges there all the way back through intellectuals and philosophers of the earlier Centuries on to Plato himself.

We need to know that ideas move the world and we must be willing to "check your premises!" if we want to avoid making costly mistakes.

Wm

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine" Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged p731

Three of his books that truly need to be read by all. "Billions and Billions" "Cosmos" "The Demon Haunted World - Science as a candle a the dark" He was a great astronomer and scientist. You might remember his TV series back during the 80's titled Cosmos. Words cant begin to describe the impact this man had on the world.

View this quick video it will explain it all.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...

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You really want an eye opening to the wars in the middle east, ww1, ww2
etc..... go read Richard Maybury's books.. 1) the 1000 year war... this is the best book I have read. IT WILL SHOCK AND OPEN YOUR EYES!
2) what ever hapopened to penny candy- economics.. etc etc etc..
you want a good education.. these books are it.... they are PERFECT FOR YOUR YOUNG TEENS! very easy to read!

as for me and my home, we shall worship the LORD

Cataloged all the suggestions, will prime the list when I have the time. :D
Keep em coming, if they're worthy that is! :D

The Practical Princess by Jay Williams. I highly recommend this book, actually, not only for kids (though it is intended for children), but for anyone to read.

Simple and delightful, The Practical Princess is essentially a fairy tale about a princess who doesn't wait for her "Prince Charming" to rescue her, but takes it upon herself to overcome obstacles thrown her way.

But much more than that: it is an excellent guide on critical thinking, judgment, personal responsibility, assessing situations and making wise decisions. I still have my book (Mom bought it for me when I was a kid!) and now read it with my own children. They love it, and you will too, if you can find it. It's (sadly) out of print, but you can find various editions of it on Amazon; my edition goes for $65 on Amazon -- but I ain't selling! Perhaps your library will have this title.

You don't have to be a kid to benefit from this book!

I would suggest adding Machiavelli's "Discourses" to the philosophy section, "The Tipping Point" to the Misc section and Clauswitz's "On War" to the War Section.

"The Discourses" is little read but a masterpiece fully in line with our system of separation of powers. "The Prince" is a monstrosity but remember that he was writing it to get back in the good graces of the Borgia's, in fact he begins the book (paraphrasing) "If one wants to rule by force". "The Discourses" can be viewed as the polar opposite to The Prince, though still within the "realist" school, even down to the opening sentence. To boil it down, its a collection of Discourses on Livy's history of the Roman republic which deal with the operation of the separation of powers.

"The Tipping Point" is a new book that deals with the spread of cultural phenomenon and ideas. Its a quick read and worth the time.

"On War" is the first of the books written about strategy in modern warfare. Based on the Napoleonic age of combat, its a true classic.

Mullins' book on the Fed was the original muckraking of the banks; before G. Edward Griffin and the rest...written at the suggestion of the great Ezra Pound...come to think of it, Pound's Cantos should definitely be on this list...two of the heroes of the Cantos are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson...the villians are the Rothschilds and Usury...no wonder the Elite locked him in a cage after WWII (he won the pulitzer for the Pisan Cantos, written while in what amounted to an open air dog cage; put there by the U.S. military)...his influence on modern poetics is massive--nurtured Joyce, edited Eliot, spread the word about Henry Miller (not to mention leading Mullins to investigate the Fed)

Pound was, it can easily be argued, the true colossus of 20th century literature and this has become even more apparent as the area of his poetry that once consigned him to the Quack department--his economics--is at last being validated

This novel, by Robert A. Heinlein, from which I have taken my screen name, stands with Atlas Shrugged as the pillars of allegorical libertarian instruction. Hard to believe that it was missed, even though one of our comrades did make note of "most of Heinlein's juvenile novels". I would refine that reference to advise readers to look particularly at:

RED PLANET, THE ROLLING STONES, and STARSHIP TROOPERS.

Also worth a look is William J. Lederer's A NATION OF SHEEP (yes, the title was used before).

Viva Agora!
Professor Bernardo de la Paz
www.citizenduquesne.org

Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. I would add that one.
Great list, good job.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Mein Kampf

"We don't have to start a brand new revolution...All we have to do is restore the original Constitution." -Ron Paul

The Olive Tree Connection- John Fischer (foreign relations-in relation to faith)
Darwin's Black Box- Michael Behe (science)
Cracking the Code-Pete Hendrickson (gov. related- as is Upholding the Law)

Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips

Fortune Favors the Bold

I do think Plato's Republic is important, since it's so philosophically influential on political philosophy. Although I agree, it's logic is flawed, it was certainly very origional thinking for its time.

Having well rounded knowledge is always helpful. I think the best way to educate people, especially children, is to encourage them to read as much as possible.

I don't think Zinn's People's history is particularly well written or important.
I do think Noam Chomsky is worth reading, and his later stuff, especially about linguistics and the academic filter, is quite good.

Personally, I would not recommend Thus Spoke Zarathustra, or anything by Nietzsche for that matter.

As for fiction/allegory, I would recommend Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

This book is a must read and just happens to go with accredited course listed below. Please take time to read below and visit the site. The course itself is free. Here's what one student says about the author who also did seminars: "I had a bachelors & masters degree from a leading university and had done further graduate studies at another .... I had served successfully as a college teacher for six years. I had been raised by good parents in a Christian home. And yet with all that I realize now that like most other Americans I was completely, totally, functionally illiterate when it came to a working knowledge of the principles and practices of freedom. I had no knowledge that I had no knowledge."

"The Five Thousand Year Leap"....Am. Gov101. "

http://www.nccs.net/newsl... Scroll down to American Government and Constitution, Part I Study Course now Online . Appears text book available @ $5 if order of 10 or more otherwise $19.95. You have to sign up for account which is free, then you can see more about the program. http://www.halearn.com/

Intro below:

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Students will learn how to think like the Founding Fathers, discovering where they got their great ideas, and why these ideas made so much sense to them in forming the first free people in modern times. Participants in the class will become familiar with the 28 Principles of Liberty which launched the remarkable progress of the United States. Students will understand why these ideas of liberty took America farther in 200 years, (from oxcarts to walking on the moon) than mankind was able to progress in over 5000 years before. They will also learn how these concepts, if restored today, would solve nearly every problem we have in America today.

To the Teacher/Student
Have you ever read a book which literally changed the course of your thinking and your life? That happened to me in 1981.

When Dr. W. Cleon Skousen published The Five Thousand Year Leap in 1981, I was fortunate enough to receive one of the first copies right off the press. I had heard about the project, which lasted actually several decades, and was most anxious to see the result. Little did I know how much it's reading would be a life-changing experience for me.

As I read the text, I immediately noticed something special about the book. Being easy to read, it seemed to bring the confusion of politics into clear focus. Dr. Skousen has said many times that the Founders' success formula would solve nearly every problem we have in America today. When one studies these principles one by one, he cannot help exclaiming, "This is right, this is all true, this is really what we should be doing!" It gives one a feeling of confidence in today's confused world.

I became so excited about the principles in this book that I determined others need to feel the enthusiasm of these foundational principles of freedom. Since 1981, I have traveled not only my own state, but into nearly every state in the union teaching these principles. I found it does for others what it did for me. I have seen state legislators turn on to these principles. I have seen ministers recognize these principles as godly. I have seen citizens from all walks of life recognize common ground with the Founders' through these Principles of Liberty.

In later years, I have particularly seen the youth of the rising generation pick up on these principles. I have grown to love to teach these to young people. They seem to be able to easily recognize the hypocrisy of many situations in public life today and they are searching for answers. There is no greater reward a teacher can have than to see his students come alive to the freedom story and begin to identify with and think like America's Founding Fathers. As they do, they begin to ask, "Why are we not doing this today?" They also carry the feeling of these principles into their homes. I have had many parents express to me that they have never had such interesting and informative family discussions than since their high school student began telling what he or she was learning about the Founding Fathers.

Young people seem to have a peeked interest in current events when approached in the right way. Not only are they interested, they are able to dissect the situation and describe the correct solution to many problems which exist in America today.

Is there any more important subject to have our young people learn in our time than that of being able to restore and preserve our liberty? I think not. As Cicero said, there is something godly about this endeavor.

You are about to embark on a study course which could help students develop a firm foundation for the study of all history. Once a student has a working knowledge of the only correct and proven principles for freedom, prosperity, and peace, then other history classes can be taught from a whole different perspective.

American History, for example, becomes a study of how the United States, throughout its 200 plus years, has either supported the principles of liberty and prospered, or how we have violated these principles and suffered. A skillful teacher can use the history and events of our own country to reinforce the value of the 28 Principles of Liberty. I have seen young people divide up United States history into 20 periods of time, relate events in each period to the principles, and then describe to the class how the adherence to or departing from correct principles has changed the course of American history.

Also, World History can be taught in terms of mankind's struggle for freedom. Once the American Founders' ideal form of government has been studied and the principles learned, one can evaluate other countries throughout history and analyze the causes of their successes and failures.

Can any other knowledge be more helpful to the rising generation in America today? America desperately needs better and stronger leaders. We need leaders who know correct answers. I believe this course is a giant step forward in preparing such leaders. I congratulate any teacher for catching the vision and teaching these precepts. We heartily agree with Benjamin Franklin who said any teacher who has recognized within himself the talent to teach young people, "is as strongly called as if he heard a voice from heaven."
Earl Taylor, Jr

All that were mentioned were are great books, here are but a few from my own Library for your consideration:

Pillars of Prosperity by Ron Paul

A Foreign Policy of Freedom by Ron Paul

The Right to Ignore the State by Herbert Spencer

The State by Oppenheimer

On Liberty by John Mill

Institutional Bases of the Spontaneous Order: Surety and Assurance Albert Loan

Treatise on Legislation Charles Comte

Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s
The Private Production of Defense

Marxist and Austrian Class Analysis

Natural Elites, Intellectuals, and the State

The Idea of a Private Law Society

Jarret Wollstein’s Society Without Coercion

Michael S. Rozeff’s An Economic Analysis of Power

Murray Rothbard’s:

Anatomy of the State

Defense Services on the Free Market

The Ethics of Liberty

For a New Liberty

Man, Economy, and State / Power and Market

Pennsylvania’s Anarchist Experiment: 1681-1690

Nations By Consent: Decomposing the Nation-State

Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State

Origins of the Welfare State in America

Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun

Men of Wealth by John T. Flynn

The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises

Human Action by Ludwig von Mises

Epistemological Problems of Economics by Mises

Fiat Money Inflation in France by John Mackay

Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom by Denson

The Conquest of Poverty by Hazlitt

The Great Conspiracy of The House of Morgan Exposed and How to Defeat It. by H. L. Loucks

The Political Economy of Natural Law by Henry Wood

The Federal Reserve Monster by Jim Jam Jems

Liberalism by Ludwig von Mises

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of Total State and Total War by Ludwig von Mises

Liberty or Equality by Erik Ritten von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Fugitive Essays by Frank Chodorov

The Cost of War by John V. Denson

The Myth of National Defense by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles by Jesus Huerta de Soto

The Causes of Economic Crisis by Ludwig von Mises

As We Go Marching by John T. Flynn

America’s Great Depression by Murry N. Rothbard

Anarchy and the Law by Edward Stringham

Commerce and Government Considered in Their Mutual Relationship by Abbe de Condillac

Principles of Economics by Carl Menger

The Collected Works of Benjamin Franklin

The Collected Works of Thomas Jefferson

The Writings of Samuel Adams

The Anatomy of Criticism: A Trialogue by Henry Hazlitt

The State by Franz Oppenheimer

Against Leviathan by Robert Higgs

The History of Money in America by Alexander del Mar

Left and Right: The Prospects of Liberty by Rothbard

The Road Ahead

Natural Rights by David Ritchie

Harmonies of Political Economy by Frederic Bastiat

A View of the Constitution of the United States of America by William Rawle

The Conduct of Federal Troops in Louisiana edited by Edmonds

Memoirs of Service Afloat by Admiral Raphael Semmes

The Federal Government: Its True Nature and Character by Upshur

The Gray Book by Jennings

Time on the Cross by Fogel and Engerman

War for What? By Springer

Republicanism in America by Guy McCellan

New View of the Constitution by John Taylor [published in 1823]

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis

The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude by Etienne De La Boetie, written in 1553

The Constitution of Liberty by F. A. Hayek

Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII by William Blum

Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L. Mencken

Anglo-American Establishment by Carroll Quigley

The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by F.A. Fayek

The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Rights of Man by Thomas Paine

The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A Century of War by William Engdahl

Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley

The Naked Capitalist by Cleon Skousen

The Tax-Exempt Foundations by William H. McIlhaney

The Politics of Heroin by Alfred W. McCoy

NeoConomy by Daniel Altman

The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian written in1600s

The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, vol. 1 (Life of Machiavelli, History of Florence)

The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, vol. 2 (The Prince, Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius, Thoughts of a Statesman)

The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, vol. 3 (Diplomatic Missions 1498-1505)

The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings, vol. 4 (Diplomatic Missions 1506-1527)

Karl Marx: Selected Writings by David McLellan

The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln

The Writings of Woodrow Wilson

The Decline of the American Republic by John Flynn

Political Writings of John Adams, edited by George Carey

King James VI and I: Political Writings edited by Johann Sommerville

Eulogy of the Life and Character of James Madison by John Quincy Adams

Constitutional Law-Judicial Decision and Practice by Thomas Sergeant

A Treatise of the Right of Personal Liberty and of the Writ of Habeas Corpus by Rollin Hurd

A Plea for Liberty by Herbert Spencer

A Treatise Concerning Political Enquiry and the Liberty of the Press by Tunis Wortman

America Among The Nations by H. H. Powers

A Few Thoughts on the Foreign Policy of the United States by William Trescot

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I was an administrator for the Democratic party for over 6 years and am well educated in the nomination process. I left the party to support Dr. Ron Paul, and assure you that I know what I am talking about.

Our founding fathers set the system up as it is to assure that there would be no false or fraudulent support for a candidate, thus forcing THE PEOPLE to become involved in the election process and to show actual support for their candidate.

They wanted to make sure they would protect us from VOTE FRAUD and to make sure that a candidate did not win a “beauty contest” but instead win an election based upon merit.

Any candidate and their supporters can do exactly what we are doing if they choose to do so.
I am sure from the reports we have received that McCain does not have real support or he would have the delegates he needs, registered as delegates, to vote for him in the upcoming conventions.

PLEASE, if you doubt my post, research it yourself here : http://www.gop.com/images...

PLEASE, EVERYONE, COPY AND SEND THIS TO THEIR EMAIL LISTS AND MEETUP HEADS AND ANY OTHER RON PAUL FORUMS.

This is a extremely needed read for anyone going to a convention for it will explain the language needed when passing resolutions, objecting and iover all how the game is played by the current RNC rules : http://www.robertsrules.o...

If you can’t be a delegate because it is too late to register, you can still help us at the convention.
Use these two links and help us win:
http://www.gopconvention.... & http://msp2008.com/volunt...

I know many of you are new to the election process but don't worry, as I am going to go into how this all works. So read and then read again, if you need to.

Did you know that the delegates can actually vote to unbind their delegates that are bound by state rules? Did you know that delegates can actually overturn any previous vote? Did you know the delegates have control of the entire process?
Mass media (MSM) is not reporting how to become the nominee in a situation like this so I suggest that you stop getting your info from the MSM.

I know many of you are bummed about Dr. Paul not getting more votes in the states popular vote BUT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE ELECTION SYSTEM WORKS : Let me explain to you the reality of how this functions to become the nominee.

First, stop looking at who wins each state’s popular vote. For most of the states, the vote by the people is really nothing but a straw poll and has no real bearing on who will become the nominee. The only way this matters is if one person receives 1191 delegates that are bound by state rules to be committed to a candidate. So if a candidate like McCain now has 906 delegates but he doesn't reach 1191, WHICH HE WILL NOT, most of the delegates the state “awarded” him mean nothing. Keep in mind that in most of the states most of the people that represent the 906 for McCain are actually Ron Paul supporters.

NOW there is no possible way that anyone in the race can achieve this goal now because of the major split in state wins by the candidates.

Normally, Convention Delegates do not matter because the convention is not brokered and we would have a clear winner if someone has 1191 delegates. BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. This will be a brokered convention – there is no way around it. Do you see how the Ron Paul campaign strategy will work?

When a candidate wins delegates by winning a primary, that does not mean there are actual people that are appointed a delegate, acting as delegates – these are virtual delegates.

What do I mean by virtual delegates: A virtual delegate is just a number – there are no actual people YET that will go and vote for the candidate who won the particular state at the national convention. We call these people convention delegates.

The actual delegates are voted on (in most states) at a statewide delegate caucus after the Primary (which is just a giant preference poll) Who can be delegates? Anyone. In closed Primary states they must be registered Republicans, in Open Primary states they can be Republicans, Democrats, or Independents.
View the hard count of actual pledged delegates here : http://www.thegreenpapers...

And we have lots of delegates...
Out of the 2,380 delegates sent to Minneapolis St. Paul in September- - -
- 463 delegates are bound all the way through the convention. Some of those 463 are Ron Paul’s people.
- 565 delegates will be bound through one ballot. That is, they have to follow the results of the state election on the first ballot. After that, if no candidate has a majority of delegates, they are free to vote as they please, and McCain will not receive over 50% on the first ballot.
- 383 will be bound through two ballots, then they are free to vote for whom they wish.
- 318 will be bound through three ballots, then they are free to vote for whom they wish.
I am not going to list every state and what the breakdowns are, just do the math from these numbers or look them up for yourself here :
http://www.gop.com/Images...

The bottom line is, less than 1/2 of the delegates are bound by state party rules. Now do you see how we can win this thing?

So what happens now, you ask? Look at the number of delegates that Dr. Paul has that are uncommitted to the other candidates and will support him These delegates are not decided by the popular vote (straw poll) of the people. Since no one will have enough delegates to skate them through to the nomination we now must look at how many delegates, NOT VOTES, but delegates Dr. Paul has that are 100% uncommitted to the other candidates and will be 100% for Dr. Paul since they are free to vote for whom they wish.

This race will go all the way to the national convention, as there is no other way for someone to receive the nomination until then.
The Republican National Convention will convene its annual Winter Meeting - and voters will continue to cast their ballots in the nation's primaries and caucuses. Candidates for delegate and alternate delegate to the convention will be elected - and thousands of convention participants and guests will begin planning their trips to Minneapolis-Saint Paul The first week in September, 2008.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
This means that all of the people that registered to become a delegate for Dr. Paul can go to the convention and cast their vote for Dr. Paul. Now think about what I just said. Do you think for one second that all the people that voted for Dr. Paul and filed to become a delegate will not show up at the convention to vote for the good doctor? Of course they will, just like they battled the rain and the sleet and the 15 below zero winter weather to knock on doors and wave signs spreading our message.

Now I assure you that even though we didn't win the popular vote in many states, WE DID PICK UP THE MAJORITY OF DELEGATES OVER ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES IN MOST STATES. So yes, they won the straw poll, and we won what counts – which is delegates.

Q: Doesn't Dr. Paul need to WIN 5 states to be on the ballot at the convention for the nomination?
A: NO, THIS IS NOT TRUE for people were just confused on how the process actually works.

We only need the majority of delegates from 5 states to be put on the ballot, NOT THE POPULAR VOTE OF 5 STATES, and I assure you we have picked up the majority of uncommitted delegates for Dr. Paul in more than 5 states!

Do any of you remember seeing posts by myself and many others that said BECOME A DELEGATE? There is still time in most states to become a delegate for the convention and we are picking up more of them every day.

So please STOP! ...worrying so much because you did not understand how the election system works and you might have thought we lost, didn't you? I assure you we have not!

The fact is Dr. Paul is a genius in his strategy and we are further ahead in delegates than you think and we can win the nomination.

I hope this gives you a better understanding of how we have been winning, even though most of you thought we were not.
NOW LET'S KEEP WORKING. FILE TODAY AND BECOME A DELEGATE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
Info on how to become a delegate here : http://www3.webng.com/ron...

Dr. Steve Parent

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Remember: Debt is a form of slavery.

Great Books to Read; If you can find them
Posted February 1st, 2008 by Treg

http://www.dailypaul.com/...

Study up friends.

My liberty-minded home base of thought:

www.ponderthis.net

I read most of them. Once in a while I like to read stuff from the other side as well. It can be a good source of the potential arguments, no matter how silly they are, that can be expected.

I would demote:

Freakonomics -- Stephen D Levitt -- How is this about or supporting liberty? It isn't.

William Golding - Lord of the Flies -- This book is anti-liberty. Without a central authority to govern, it would be a war of all against all and everyone would die! Right? Why would the kids not homestead pieces of the island and work out a way to live peacefully? Why is communal ownership the only option?

Plato's - The Republic -- this is a terrible book with a terrible message. Classic, sure, but it should be required to *not* read it. Or read in the same spirit as a good freedom-lover would read the Communist Manifesto. But even then: don't read it. Not worth it.

Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary -- Voltaire was no libertarian.
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha -- Siddhartha? Because? Actually, the whole "Philosophy and World View" section should probably be axed other than Walden.

Sun Tzu - The art of War -- Brilliant book, and well worth reading. Nothing to do with liberty.
Machiavelli - The Prince -- Horrible, horrible, horrible, as bad as Plato (maybe).

The Death of the West by Pat Buchanan
Day of Reckoning by Pat Buchanan -- Two books by Pat Buchanan? He's one of the bad guys. He's mainstream, conventional, nothing special, I imagine his books are tripe and not worth reading. Political books like this are churned out 100 a week by Washington has-beens. They could all be titled "If Only They Had Listened To Me" and they are all worthless.

Failure to mention any does not mean they are worthy, just that I have perhaps not heard of them.

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I would add:

More fiction:

The Girl Who Owned A City

Most of Heinlein's juveniles

The Probability Broach and Gallatin Conspiracy by L. Neil Smith

Kings of the High Frontier by Victor Koman

Also:

Defending the Undefendable: The pimp, prostitute, scab, slumlord, libeler, moneylender and other scapegoats in the rogue's gallery of American society

Crisis and Leviathan -- why and how does gov't get bigger?

Against Leviathan -- by same author as above, Robert Higgs

Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression -- persuasive.

Send In The Waco Killers -- Vin is great. He'll make you mad. Being mad is good.

The Market for Liberty -- anarchism from an objectivist bent.

The Ultimate Resource 2 -- anti-environmentalist

The Bottomless Well -- ibid

The Voluntary City

The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude could go along with The Law as long as we're including old French books.

New libertarian manifesto -- Hard core. Good.

Our Enemy, the State -- A classic that's *not* horrible and tyranny-worhipping. In short, that's not Plato.

The Freedom Outlaw's Handbook: 179 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution

Bulletproof Privacy: How to Live Hidden, Happy and Free!

How to Start Your Own Country

Thank you so much for posting this.

I definitely see some great summer reading on that list.

Excellent list. I would like to add some books about reading that I find very valuable for one's own personal education:

How to Read A Book by Mortimer Adler - A practical guide that teaches you how to become a better reader of Great Books. Also includes his Great Booklist, the books that have had the the greatest influence on Western Civilization. Became a living classic when it was published.

The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer - basically Adler lite, but sets out a well-defined program for getting through and learning all those important books you never have time to read.

I'd also add an essay by Dorothy Sayers entitled "The Lost Tools of Learning" about the classical model of education and the value of Latin, Logic, and Rhetoric. This essay forms the basis for the classical school movement that's making vast gains in the US today. I'm convinced that it's from this quarter that a great restoration in American education is going to come. The essay can be found in its entirety all over the internet.

This book describes the history of mankind at the most basic level. It explains how the societies with the guns, germs and steel have taken over other societies without these things since the beginning of time. It also goes into the beginning of farming and how that impacted progress in other areas as they didn't have to spend all day hunting for food.

by Saul Alinsky. I haven't read it because I heard of it too recently but heard it was our type of people oriented. Please keep up the great work conza88. Your list is impressive.

Please suggest a few / comment on ones that you think don't deserve to be there; or do = if why, etc. :D