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> THE BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE

Alfred North WHITEHEAD, An Introduction to Mathematics (1911)

Morris KLINE, Mathematics in Western Culture

Giovanni Battista VICO, The New Science (1725)

The Catalog of Books, Jason Epstein, ed. --trb

Great Books of the Western World, First Edition, Vol. 2 (Syntopicon part I) x3

Great Books of the Western World, Second Edition (60 vol.)

A Guide to Oriental Classics, First Edition, Second Edition

The Harvard Guide to Influential Books, C. Maury Devine et al., eds. --trb

HUGH of St. Victor (1096?-1141), Didascalion (On the Study of Reading)

An Invitattion to the Classics, Louise Cowan and Os Guinness, eds.

Noel PERRIN, A Reader's Delight (1988) --trb

TIME May 6, 1985, and May 4, 1987

Waterstone's Guide to Books --trb

World Masterpieces --trb First Edition (1956) Second Editon (1965) vol. 1 Third Edition Fourth Edition

Auguste COMTE, Course of Positive Philosophy (1830-42)

Jurgen HABERMAS, Theory and Practice, Legitimation Crisis

G. W. F. HEGEL, Philosophy of Right [public domain]

Martin HEIDEGGER, Basic Writings from..., Being and Time (1927), The Task of Thinking (1964)

Pope LEO XIII, Aeterni Patris (1879) --Edward T. Oakes

Richard RORTY, Consequences of Pragmatism Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

George SANTAYANA, Skepticism and Animal Faith (1923)

>MATTER AND ENERGY

John DALTON, A New System of Chemical Philosophy (1808-27)

Albert EINSTEIN, The Meaning of Relativity

Johannes KEPLER, Epitome of Copernican Astronomy (1609) aka The New Astronomy

> THE EARTH

Charles LYELL, Principles of Geology (1830-33)

Alfred WEGENER, The Origins of Continents and Oceans (1915)

> LIFE ON EARTH

> HUMAN LIFE

> HUMAN SOCIETY

Demetria TAYLOR, The Cook's Blessings (1965)

Orestes A. BROWNSON, Selected Writings (1991) Patrick W. Carey, editor

T. S. ELIOT, Christianity and Culture; contains: The Idea of a Christian Society, and Notes Toward the Definition of Culture

Richard ROEPKE, Social Crisis of Our Time

John von NEUMANN and Oskar Morgenstern, The Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour

Luca PACIOLI, Summa de arithmetica, geometrica, proportioni et proportionalita

Irving BABBITT, Democracy and Leadership

James BURNHAM, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom (1943) --Brian Crozier

John C. CALHOUN A Disquisition on Government, A Disquisition on the Constitution

Donald DAVIDSON, The Attack on Leviathan or Regionalism and Nationalism in the United States

Joseph J. JACOBS, The Compassionate Conservative (1996)

W. H. MALLOCK, A Critical Examination of Socialism (1908) --Frank Ellis

The National Interest Magazine, No. 11, No. 14

George A. PECK, The Political Writings of John Adams

Piero CALAMANDREI, Eulogy of Judges (1924) --trb

Milton FRIEDMAN, Capitalism and Freedom (1960) -- John E. Coons

Benjamin GRAHAM, Security Analysis -- Face Value, The Economist

> ART

Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE, Poetry and Truth (1775)

John RUSKIN, Praeterita (1885-89)

Farid al-Din ATTAR, The Conference of the Birds

BALZAC Cousin Bette GBWW [II]

BHARTRIHARI, Satakatraya: Niti, Srngara, Vairagya [Centuries of Worldly Life, Passion and Renunciation] (or Poems)

BILHANA, Caurpanchasika [Fifty Lyrics of a Thief]

CHU Hsi [Chin-ssu lu], works

CH'U Yuan, et al., The Songs of the South [Ch'u Tz'u]

DICKENS Little Dorritt GBWW [II]

DIDEROT Rameau's Nephew GBWW [II]

Charles Harrington ELSTER et al., Tooth and Nail

Benito PEREZ GALDOS, Nazarin (1895) --trb

Frank R. STOCKTON The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton except Vol. IV, VI, VIII, IX, X

Torquato TASSO, Jerusalem Delivered (1581)

Lionel TRILLING, collected works

William WORDSWORTH, Lyrical Ballads

Samuel BECKETT, Endgame

MOLIERE, The Critique of the School for Wives GBWW [II], Tartuffe GBWW [II], Don Juan GBWW [II], The Miser GBWW [II], The Would-Be Gentleman GBWW [II], The Would-Be Invalid GBWW [II]

RACINE Berenice GBWW [II]

Tennessee WILLIAMS, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)

Joel M. LERNER, The Complete Home Landscape Designer (1992) --trb

World Architecture; An Illustrated History, Trewin Coppleston, ed. (1971) --trb

Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

> TECHNOLOGY

George GILDER, Telecosm (2000)

George F. HILTON and John F. DUE, The Electric Interurban Railways in America (1960) --trb

> RELIGION

The Talmud

Bible: Hebrew-English Old Testament --trb
The Hendrickson Interlinear Bible --trb

G. R. EVANS, The Church and the Churches: Toward an Ecumenical Ecclesiology

Walter RAUSCHENBUSCH, A Theology for the Social Gospel --Christopher Lasch

Ernst TROELTSCH (1865-1923), The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches and Sects (1911) --Max Stackhouse

Howard MUMMA, Albert Camus and the Minister

> THE HISTORY OF MANKIND:

Marcus Tullius CICERO, Letters

DEMOSTHENES, Philippics

PINDAR, Odes

PLAUTUS, Plays

POLYBIUS, History [per Russell Kirk]

QUINTILIAN, Institutio Oratoria

SALLUST, The War with Catiline

HAN FEI TZU, Works

JAYADEVA, Gitagovinda [Krishna Praised in a Song]

KAMO no Chomei, An Account of My Hut [1212] [Hojoki]

KUKAI, Writings

Man'yoshu

MENCIUS, Works

Milindapanha

PATANJALI, Yoga Sutras

SEI Shonagon, The Pillow Book [Makura no Soshi]

The Book of Songs [Shih Ching]

SSU-MA CH'IEN, Records of the Historian [Shih Chi]

TAKEDA Izumo, et al., The Treasury of Loyal Retainers [Chushingura]

VALMIKI, Ramayana of Valmiki

WANG YANG-MING, Complete works

WU CH'ENG-EN, Journey to the West, or, Monkey [Hsi Yu Chi]

Sir Richard BURTON, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (1855-56)

Francois-Rene de CHATEAUBRIAND, Memoirs from Beyond the Grave

Winston S. CHURCHILL, The World Crisis, 1911-1918 (6 books in 5 vol.) --trb

James COOK, The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery (1773-84)

Harry V. JAFFE, Crisis of the House Divided (1959) --Richard John Neuhaus

Evelyn WAUGH, Mexico: An Object Lesson or Robbery Under Law (1939)

Carlos RANGEL, The Latin Americans: Their Love-Hate Relationship with the United States [per Lawrence E. Harrison]

Claudio VELIZ, The New World of the Gothic Fox (1994) [per Lawrence E. Harrison]

Plinjo APULEYO Mendoza, Alvaro VARGAS Llosa, and Carlos Alberto MONTANET, Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot [per Lawrence E. Harrison]

Wantlist, uncategorized

The Carl Barks Library, sets 2 through 10
DANTE
The Divine Comedy: Inferno, translated by Michael Palma
Benjamin CONSTANT
Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments
Robert Hugh BENSON
Lord of the World (1911)
Dawn of All
Tom DOOLEY
Deliver Us from Evil (1954)
The Edge of Tomorrow (1958)
The Night They Burned the Mountain (1960)



Revised March 12, 2004.

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