People that don’t read books are missing out.
I love books I also love consuming information through media such as podcasts. However books provide a method of learning complex topics in a way you cannot learn from other media. I wrote an article on the effect of media and critical though on the usethetrivium website.
Below is a list of my most influencial books (and a few podcasts). Every book, video or podcasts on this list has been read and it rocks my world in one way or another
- Tragedy & Hope – Carol Quigley
- Getting things done – David Allen
- Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
- Four Hour work week – Timothy Ferris
- Malcom X autobiography
- Old man and the sea Ernest Hemingway
- JFK and the Unspeakable why he died and why it matters James W Douglass
- Steve Jobs – Walter Isaacson
- The Napoleon Podcast
- History of the Isles – Norman Davies
Other Books and media I like but didn’t make the top 10
Individual Resiliency
Philosophy
- Philospophy The Classics An Excellent introduction to many of the most influential philosophers
Engineering
- Freakenomics
- Structures or why things don’t fall down – JE Gordon
- The New science of Strong Materials – JE Gordon
Permaculture
- The North Carolina State University Permaculture course through itunes U (Its free 30 lectures)
- Backyard food productions DVD
Health
News
Fiction
- Island – Aldous Huxley
Investment
see my finance blog for other recommendations (its a bit screwed because google lost all my images on the blog)