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These are the books I recommend. Wherever possible, I have included links to Project Gutenberg, where you can read a free copy on line, or I have linked to a pdf version, if available.

If you would like to purchase the books for your own library, I have provided links to Amazon.com. In cases where there is a choice of editions, I have tried to select the edition that gets you the best value for your dollar.

Current Top Twelve Recommends
Survival
Medical
Firearms
Food Production and Storage
Independent Homes
Philosophy
Religion
U.S. History
Economics
Politics
Literature

Current Top Twelve Recommends

These are my current top twelve picks:

Bacon, Francis. “The Essays" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral (Oxford World's Classics)

Franklin, Benjamin. “Autobiography” click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Autobiography and Other Writings (Oxford World's Classics)

Paine, Thomas. “Common Sense" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)

“The Declaration of Independence” pdf click here (high def jpeg click here)

“The Constitution of the United States of America” click here for free version
(Bill of Rights)
(11th - 27th Amendments)

Skousen, W. Cleon. "The Naked Communist" 8th or 9th edition, Ensign Press
Buy on Amazon - The Naked Communist

Hayek, Friedrich A. "The Road to Serfdom" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents

Alinsky, Saul. “Rules for Radicals”
Buy on Amazon - Rules for Radicals

Gatto, John. “Dumbing Us Down – The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling”
Buy on Amazon - Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

Cone, James. "A Black Theology of Liberation"
Buy on Amazon - A Black Theology of Liberation

Orwell, George. “1984”
Buy on Amazon - 1984 (Signet Classics)

Farah, Joseph. "Taking America Back"
Buy on Amazon - Taking America Back: A Radical Plan to Revive Freedom, Morality, and Justice

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Survival

Hawke, Mykel. "Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual"
Buy on Amazon - Mykel Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual

Cessna, Kit. "Equal or Greater Force"
Buy on Amazon - Equal or Greater Force

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Medical

Gray's "Anatomy"
Buy on Amazon - Gray's Anatomy

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Firearms

Ayoob, Massad. "In The Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection"
Buy on Amazon - In the Gravest Extreme

Ayoob, Massad. "Stressfire: Gunfighting for Police"
Buy on Amazon - Stressfire, Vol. 1 Gunfighting for Police

Ayoob, Massad. "Stressfire II - Advanced Combat Shotgun"
Buy on Amazon - Stressfire II: Advanced Combat Shotgun

Gonzalez, Jeff. "Combative Fundamentals"
Buy on Amazon - Combative Fundamentals, an Unconventional Approach

Cooper, Jeff. "Principles of Personal Defense"
Buy on Amazon - Principles of Personal Defense

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Food Production and Storage

Robinson, Ed. "The 'Have More' Plan"
Buy on Amazon - The Have-More Plan

Seymour, John. "The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It"
Buy on Amazon - The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It

Ashworth, Suzanne. "Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Gardeners"
Buy on Amazon - Seed to Seed

Deppe, Carol. "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties"
Buy on Amazon - Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties

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Independent Homes

Wanek, Catherine. "The New Strawbale Home" 2009
Buy on Amazon - The New Strawbale Home, 2009

Wells, Malcolm. "Earth-Sheltered House: Revised Edition" 2009
Buy on Amazon - Earth-Sheltered House, Revised Edition

Kemp, William H. "Renewable Energy Handbook: Revised Edition" 2009
Buy on Amazon - The Renewable Energy Handbook, Revised Edition

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Philosophy

Plato. "The Republic" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Republic (Oxford World's Classics)

Plato. "Theatatus" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Theaetetus

Confucius (K'ung Fu Tsu). "Analects"
Buy on Amazon - The Analects (Oxford World's Classics)

Lao Tsu. "T'ao Te Ching" Translated by Gia-Fu Feng
Buy on Amazon - Tao Te Ching

Dhamma, Rewata. "The First Discourse of the Buddha"
Buy on Amazon - The First Discourse of the Buddha

Sallust. "On the Gods and the World"
Buy from PRS - On the Gods and the World

Ocellus Lucanus. "The Nature of the Universe"
Buy from PRS - The nature of the Universe

More, Thomas. "Utopia" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Three Early Modern Utopias (Includes More and Bacon)

Bacon, Francis. “The Essays" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral (Oxford World's Classics)

Bacon, Francis. "New Atlantis" click here for free version

Rousseau. "Discourse on Inequality"
Rousseau. "Discourse on Political Economy"
Rousseau. "On Social Contract"
Buy on Amazon - Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, On Social Contract (Norton Critical Editions)

Hall, Manly. "The Secret Teachings of All Ages"
Buy from PRS - The Secret Teachings of All Ages

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Religion

The Bible - Old and New Testaments (King James Version)
Buy on Amazon - Holy Bible, Giant Print Presentation Edition: King James Version

The Book of Mormon
Buy on Amazon - The Book of Mormon : Another Testament of Jesus Christ

The Koran
Buy on Amazon - The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

The Vedas
Buy on Amazon - The Rig Veda: Complete

The Bhagavad Gita
Buy on Amazon - The Bhagavad Gita (Classics of Indian Spirituality)

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U.S. History

Morison, Samuel Eliot. "The Oxford History of the American People"
Buy on Amazon - HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Franklin, Benjamin. "Autobiography" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Autobiography and Other Writings (Oxford World's Classics)

Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)

Commager and Morris. "The Spirit of Seventy-Six"
Buy on Amazon - The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants

"Federalist Papers"
Buy on Amazon - The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)

"Anti-Federalist Papers"
Buy on Amazon - The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics)

Jefferson, Thomas. "Selected Writings"
Buy on Amazon - The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Modern Library Classics)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Uncle Tom's Cabin (Bantam Classics)

Douglass, Frederick. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself

McPherson, James P. "The Battle Cry of Freedom"
Buy on Amazon - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States)

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speeches and Writings"
Buy on Amazon - Speeches and Writings: Abraham Lincoln

DuBois, W.E.B. "The Souls of Black Folk"
Buy on Amazon - The Souls of Black Folk

Lewis and Clark. "Journals"
Buy on Amazon - The Journals of Lewis and Clark

Powell, Jim. "FDR's Folly"
Buy on Amazon - FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression

Hitler, Adolf. "Mein Kampf"
Buy on Amazon - Mein Kampf (English)

Skousen, W. Cleon. "The Naked Communist"
Buy on Amazon - The Naked Communist

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Economics

Smith, Adam. "The Wealth of Nations" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Wealth of Nations: Unabridged

Marx, Karl. "Das Kapital"
Buy on Amazon - Das Kapital

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Politics

Thoreau, Henry. "Civil Disobedience" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Portable Thoreau

Marx, Karl. "The Communist Manifesto" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Communist Manifesto

Reagan, Ronald. "In His Own Hand"
Buy on Amazon - Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America

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Literature

William Shakespeare. "The Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories"
Buy on Amazon - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Library Collection)

Dickens, Charles. "Tale of Two Cities" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - A Tale of Two Cities (Oxford World's Classics)

Twain, Mark. "Huckleberry Finn" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Puffin Classics)

Twain, Mark. "Autobiography"
Buy on Amazon - The Autobiography of Mark Twain (Perennial Classics)

Twain, Mark. "Is Shakespeare Dead?" click here for free version
Buy on Amazon - Is Shakespeare Dead?

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