Books & Articles of Note Read in 2017
updated: 2017-12-31
- Subjects
- Computers:
- Mark Ryan 2016 _Geometry for Dummies_ (376 pages; 516)
- other computer books
- Economics
- Patrick Joseph Buchanan 1998 _The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and "Social Justice" Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy_ (380 pages; 337.73)
- Patrick Joseph Buchanan 2010 _The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization_ (320 pages; 530KB; 306.0973)
- Edmund Burke 1872, 2003, 2009 _Reflections on the Revolution in France_/_Reflections on the French Revolution_ (292 pages; 944.04)
- Ann Coulter 2015 _Adios, America: The Left's Plan to Turn the USA into a 3rd World 4377 Hole_ (392 pages; 325.73)
- Nancy Etcoff 1999, 2011 _Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty_ (245 pages; 4.4MB; 391.6)
- Francis Fukuyama 2011 _The Origins of Political Order: From PreHuman Times to the French Revolution_ (620 pages; 1.9MB; 320.9)
- Jeffrey E. Garten 2016 _From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization through 10 ExtraOrdinary Lives_ (444 pages; 337.109)
- David Neumark 2000 _On the Job: Is Long-Term Employment a Thing of the Past?_ (516 pages)
- see separate page of econ books jgo has read
- Science:
- Tom Bethell 2005 _The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science_ (270 pages; 509.73)
- Frances A. Carey 1987, 1992 _Organic Chemistry_ (1154 pages)
- Rob R. Dunn 2011 _The WildLife of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today_ (260 pages; 579.17)
- Joseph Stewart Fruton 1992 _A Skeptical BioChemist_ (264 pages; 574.192)
- Helge Kragh 2016 _Simply Dirac_ (100 pages; 530.092)
- see separate pages
- History:
- Robin George Collingwood & J.N.L. Myres 1937, 1994 _Roman Britain_ (150 pages; 936.104)
- James Thomas Flexner 1978 _SteamBoats Come True: American Inventors in Action_ (400 pages; 623.823)
- Rene Grousset & Naomi Walford 1939, 1952, 1970, 1977, 1991 _The Empire of the Steppes: An History of Central Asia_ (687 pages; 958)
- William Ryan, Walter Pitman, William Haxby & Anastasia Sotiropoulos 1998 _Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History_ (300 pages)
- see separate pages
- Career
- Marion McGovern 2017 _Thriving in the Gig Economy: How to Capitalize and Compete in the New World of Work_ (222 pages; 331.71)
- see career books
- Screen-plays/Movie-Making
- none yet
- Frank E. Beaver 1983 _On Film: An History of the Motion Picture_ (516 pages)
- see movie-making books
- Religion
- Jonathan Cahn 2016 _The Book of Mysteries_ (365 pages; hard)
- Hayim HaLevy Donin 1972 _To Be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life_ (316 pages; 296.7; hard)
- Bruce S. Feiler 2005 _Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible's Greatest Stories_ (390 pages; 200.956 hard)
- Frances E. Peters/Frank E. Peters 2004 _The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam_ (201.4)
- see earlier pages
- Fiction
- Kevin J. Anderson 2009 _Enemies & Allies: The Dark Knight Meets the Man of Steel_ (326 pagess)
- Raymond Benson 2014 _The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies, the 4th Diary 1961_ (320 pages)
- Raymond Benson 2017 _The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings 1962_ (#5; 325 pages; hard)
- John Birmingham 2004 _Weapons of Choice_ (AxisOfTime #1; 434 pages; qpb)
- John Birmingham 2005 _Designated Targets_ (AxisOfTime #2; 368 pages; qpb)
- John Birmingham 2007 _Final Impact_ (AxisOfTime #3; 343 pages; qpb)
- Elizabeth Bonesteel 2016 _The Cold Between_ (CentralCorps #1; 518 pages; qpb)
- Jessica Brody 2016 _The 13th Continuum_ (Continuum #1; 398 pages; hard)
- Raymond Chandler & Robert B. Parker 1989, 1990 _Poodle Springs_ (286 pages; large)
- Leslie Charteris 1939, 1991 _Follow the Saint_ (256 pages; hard)
- C.J. Cherryh 2001 _Defender_ (Foreigner #5; 314 pages)
- C.J. Cherryh 2002 _Explorer_ (Foreigner #6; 408 pages)
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1922, 1950, 2010 _The Man Who Knew Too Much_ (285 pages; Jax)
- Wesley Chu 2006 _Time Siege_ (430 pages; hard)
- Tom Clancy _RainBow 6_ (JackRyan #9/JohnClark #2; 740 pages)
- Tom Clancy 2000 _The Bear and the Dragon_ (JackRyan #10/JohnClark #3; 1494 pages)
- Tom Clancy & Grant Blackwood 2010 _Dead or Alive_ (JackRyan #13/JackRyanii #2/JohnClark #3; 950 pages)
- Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney 2012, 2013 _Threat Vector_ (JackRyan #15/JackRyanii #4; 973 pages; large)
- Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney 2013 _Command Authority_ (JackRyan #16/JackRyanii #9?; 780 pages; large)
- Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney 2014 _Full Force and Effect_ (JackRyan #17/JackRyanii #10; 674 pages; large)
- Tom Clancy & Grant Blackwood 2015 _Under Fire_ (?JackRyan #18/JackRyanii #8?; 505 pages; large)
- Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney 2015 _Commander In Chief_ (JackRyan #11 or #19; large)
- Tom Clancy & Grant Blackwood _Duty and Honor_ (JackRyan #20 or JackRyanii #21; 484 pages; large)
- Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney _True Faith and Allegiance_ (JackRyan #22; 879 pages)
- Genevieve Cogman 2016 _The Invisible Library_ (491 pages; hard)
- Michael Crichton 1976, 1992, 2006, 2009 _Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences with the NorthMen in 922CE_/_The 13th Warrior_ (combining ibn Fadlan's journal with Beowulf)
- Clive Cussler & Jack du Brul 2008, 2009 _Plague Ship_ (581 pages)
- Julie Czerneda 2015 _This Gulf of Time and Stars_ (ClanChronicles #7/ReUnification #1; 450 pages; hard)
- Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis 2016 _1635: A Parcel of Rogues_ (386 pages)
- Eric Flint & Walter H. Hunt 2016 _1636: The Cardinal Virtues_ (500 pages; paper)
- Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis 2017 _1636: The Ottoman Onslaught_ (579 pages; hard)
- Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills 2015 _The Survivor_ (Mitch Rapp #12; 387 pages; 3.9MB; large)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1948, 1950, 1978, 1998 _Mr. MidShipMan Hornblower_ (Hornblower #1; 310 pages; paper)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1950, 1998 _Lieutenant Hornblower_ (Hornblower #2; 312 pages; qpb)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1962, 1990 _Hornblower & the "HotSpur"_ (Hornblower #3; 394 pages; qpb)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1953, 1985 _Hornblower During the Crisis_ (Hornblower #4; 162 pages; qbp)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1953, 1981, 1985 _Hornblower & the Atropos_ (Hornblower #5; 325 pages; qpb)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1953, 1985 _Beat To Quarters_ (Hornblower #6; 270 pages; paper)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1966, 1999 _Ship of the Line_ (Hornblower #7; 323 pages; paper)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1938, 1986 _Flying Colors_ (Hornblower #8; 294 pages; hard)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1945, 1972, 2000 _Commodore Hornblower_ (Hornblower #9; 343 pages; qpb)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1946, 1974, 2010 _Lord Hornblower_ (Hornblower #10; 322 pages; library-bound pb)
- Cecil Scott Forester/Cecil Louis Troughton Smith 1950 _Randall and the River of Time_ (341 pages; hard)
- Diana Gabaldon 1991, 2005 _OutLander_ (Outlander #1; 850 pages)
- Robert Silverberg 1967 _The Time-Hoppers_ (182 pages)
- Steve M. Stirling 2006 _The Sky People_ (LordsOfCreation #1; 301 pages)
- David Weber 1999 _On Basilisk Station_ (Honor Harrington #1)
- David Weber 1993 _The Honor of the Queen_ (Honor Harrington #2; 422 pages; paper)
- Other
- Samuel Arbesman 2013 _The Half-Life of "Facts": Why Everything We [Think We] Know Has an Expiration Date_ (253 pages; 2.2MB; 501)
- Bill Bishop 2008 _The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart_ (384 pages; 305.8073)
- Barbara A. Bissonnette 2013 _Asperger's Syndrome WorkPlace Survival Guide: A NeuroTypical's Secrets for Success_ (200 pages; 650.1087)
- Patrick Joseph Buchanan 2006 _State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of the USA_ (320 pages; 491KB; 325.73)
- Susan Cain 2012 _Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking_ (155.232; large)
- Lewis Dartnell 2014 _The Knowledge: How to ReBuild Our World from Scratch_ (340 pages; 500)
- P. David Gaubatz, Chris Gaubatz & Paul Sperry 2016 _Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret UnderWorld That's Conspiring to Islamize the USA_ (422 pages; 320.557)
- Bill Gertz 2004 Treachery: How America's Friends and Foes Are Secretly Arming Our Enemies_ (280 pages; 2.5MB; 355.033)
- Bill Gertz 2006 _Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets and How We Let it Happen_ (300 pages; 2.8MB; 327.120973)
- Robert D. Kaplan 2017 _Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes USA's Role in the World_ (180 pages; 306.0973)
- Charles Murray 2014 _The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead: Dos and Don'ts of Right Behavior, Tough Thinking, Clear Writing, and Living a Good Life_ (140 pages; 650.1)
- Robert Spencer 2005 _The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)_ (270 pages; 1.2MB; 297)
- Mitchell Zuckoff & the Annex Security Team 2014 _13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi [from the POV of the security team there]_ (332 pages; 9.5MB; 363.32509612)
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