previously read books

c h r i s t i a n p h i l o s o p h i a / a p o l o g i a

a n t i - t h e i s t i c p s e u d o - p h i l o s o p h i a

Language, Truth, and Logic, A.J. Ayer, Dover Publications: 1952, 160pp.

Logical Properties: Identity, Existence, Predication, Necessity, Truth, Colin McGinn, Clarendon Press: 2000, 114pp.

Philosophy of Logics, Susan Haack, Cambridge Univ. Press: 1978, 292pp.

Some Problems of Philosophy, William James, Univ. of Nebraska: 1996, 236pp.

Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant, Hackett Publishing: 1981, 62pp.

Kant, Roger Scruton, Oxford Univ. Press: 1996, 99pp.

The Theory of Knowledge, D.W. Hamlyn, Anchor Books: 1970, 308pp.

The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell, Oxford Univ. Press: 1997, 167pp.

Why I Am Not a Christian, and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects, Bertrand Russell, Simon and Schuster: 1957, 267pp.

Hume in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern, Ivan R. Dee: 1999, 91pp.

Comparative Philosophy, Archie Bahm, World Books: 1995, 103pp.

t h e o n o m i c / e c o n o m i c / p o l i t i c a l

Christianity and the Constitution , John Eidsmoe, Baker Book House : 1987, 415pp.

The Sinai Strategy: Economics and the Ten Commandments, Gary North, Institute for Christian Economics: 1986, 368pp.

Political Polytheism: The Myth of Pluralism, Gary North, Institute for Christian Economics: 1989, 773pp.

Westminster's Confession: The Abandonment of Van Til's Legacy, Gary North, Institute for Christian Economics: 1991, 385pp.

By This Standard: The Authority of God's Law Today, Greg Bahnsen, Institute for Christian Economics: 1985, 372pp.

Puritan Economic Experiments, Gary North, Institute for Christian Economics: 1988, 65pp

The Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist, Vintage Books: 2002, 302pp.

Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Question, D.J. Herda, Enslow Publishing: 1994, 104pp.

I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up, Jesse Ventura, Villard: 1999, 208pp

The Absurdity and Perfidy of All Authoritative Toleration, John Brown of Haddington, Lulu Publishing: 1803, 223pp.

Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption, and Incompetence on the Bench, Max Boot, Basic Books: 1998, 252pp.

s o t e r i o l o g i c a / a n t h r o p o l o g i c

The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, Loraine Boettner, Presbyterian and Reformed: 1932, 440pp.

The Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther, Revell: 1957, 322pp.

Absolute Predestination, Jerome Zanchius, Silver Trumpet: 1989, 126pp.

The Fathers of the Church: St. Augustine: The Teacher, The Free Choice of the Will, Grace and Freewill, trans. R. Russell, Catholic Univ. Press: 1990, 323pp.

The Father's of the Church: St. Augustine: Against Julian, trans. Matthew A. Scumacher, Catholic Univ. Press: 1977, 415pp.

Apostacy from the Gospel, John Owen, Banner of Truth: 2003, 166pp.

h e u r m e n e u t i c a / t e x t u a l

Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith, David King, Christian Resources: 2001, 308pp.

Postructuralism and the New Testament: Derrida and Foucault at the Foot of the Cross, Steven D. Moore, Fortress Press: 1994, 143pp.

Our English Bible in the Making, Herbert Gordon May, Westminster Press: 1952, 163pp.

The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?, F.F. Bruce, Intervarsity Press: 1975, 120pp.

The Majority Text: Essays and Reviews in the Continuing Debate, Edited by Theodore Letis, Institute for Biblical Studies: 1987, 210pp.

Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts, Sidney Greidanus, Wipf and Stock: 1970, 251pp

Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments, Geerhardus Vos, Eerdmans: 1948, 426pp

t h e o l o g i c a l s y s t e m s / c r e e d a l

A Simple Overview of Covenant Theology, C. Matthew McMahon, Puritan Publications: 2005, 124pp.

The Book of Confessions: Study Edition, Geneva Press: 1999, 378pp.

Dispensationalism, Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Moody Press: 1996, 224 pp.

Understanding Dispensationalists, Vern Sheridan Poythress, Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing Company: 1993, 142pp.

Jesus and Israel: One Covenant or Two?, David E. Holwerda, Eerdmans: 1995, 193pp.

The Baptist Faith and Message, Herschel Hobbs, Convention Press: 1971, 152pp.

e s c h a t o n

The Great Tribulation: Past or Future? Two Evangelicals Debate the Question, Thomas Ice and Kenneth Gentry, Kregel: 1999, 224pp.

End Times Fiction: A Biblical Consideration of the Left Behind Series, Gary Demar, Thomas Nelson: 2001, 256pp.

Prophecy and the Church, Oswald T. Allis, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing: 1947, 339pp.

The Millennium, Loraine Boettner, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing: 1957, 414pp.

The Return of the Lord, John F. Walvoord, Zondervan: 1955, 160pp.

The Coming Millennial Kingdom: A Case for the Premillennial Interpretation, Donald Cambell and Jeffrey Townsend, Kregel: 1997, 290pp.

The Basis for the Premillennial Faith, Charles C. Ryrie: 1953, 160pp.

Storming Towards Armageddon: Essays in Apocalypse, New Leaf Press: 1992, 335pp.

e c c l e s i a s t i c

The Elders of the Church, Lawrence E. Eyres, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing: 1975, 69pp.

The Reformed Pastor, Richard Baxter, Banner of Truth: 2001, 256pp.

s a c r a m e n t a l

Christian Baptism, John Murray, Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing: 1980, 152pp.

The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism, Pierre Ch. Marcel, James Clark and Co.: 1981, 256pp

Children of the Promise: The Biblical Case for Infant Baptism, Robert R. Booth, Presbyterian and Reformed: 1995, 190pp

Believers and Their Seed, Herman Hoeksema, Reformed Free Publishing: 1977, 159pp

Infant Baptism: Scriptural and Reasonable, Samuel Miller, Crown Rights Book Company: 1997, 122pp.

The Lord's Supper, Thomas Watson, Banner of Truth Trust: 2004, 86pp.

p n e u m o t e r i c

The Holy Spirit, John Owen, Banner of Truth Trust: 1998, 208pp.

t h e o c e n t r i c

The Sovereignty of God, Arthur W. Pink, Baker: 1930, 269pp.

c h r i s t o l o g i c

Christ: The Fullness of the Godhead, James Gunn, Loizeaux Brothers: 1982, 254pp.

Incarnation: Myth or Fact?, Oskar Skarsaune, Concordia: 1991, 176pp.

The Victory of the Lamb: Christ's Triumph over Sin, Death and Satan, Frederick S. Leahy, The Banner of Truth Trust: 2001, 126pp.

s a n c t i f i c / d o x o l o g i c

Power Through Prayer, Edward Bounds, Moody Press: 1992, 89pp.

True Spirituality, Francis Schaeffer, Tyndale: 1982, 180pp.

Covenantal Worship: Reconsidering the Puritan Regulative Principle, R.J. Gore, Presbyterian and Reformed: 2002, 199pp.

Worship in Spirit and Truth: A Refreshing Study of the Principles and Practice of Biblical Worship, John Frame, Presbyterian and Reformed: 1996, 171pp.

With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship, D.G. Hart, Presbyterian and Reformed: 2002, 203pp.

O Come Let us Worship: Corporate Worship in the Evangelical Church, Robert Rayburn, Baker Book House: 1980, 319pp.

A Layman's Guide to the Sabbath Question, Belcher, Crowne Publications: 1991, 161pp.

h i s t o r i a

The Rise and Fall of Adolph Hitler, William Shirer, Random House: 1961, 185pp.

The Story of D-Day: June 6, 1944, Bruce Bliven, Random House: 1956, 151pp.

The Victors: Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II, Stephen Ambrose, Simon and Schuster: 1998, 396pp.

History of the Holocaust, From Ideology to Annihilation, Rita Botwinick, Prentice Hall: 2000, 264pp.

Holocaust Reader, From Ideology to Annihilation, Rita Botwinick, Prentice Hall: 1997, 207pp.

The Holocaust in History, Michael R. Marrus, Plume: 1989, 238pp.

Holocaust : Problems & Perspective of Interpretation, Donald L. Niewyk, D C Heath & Co: 1997, 270pp.

Who Owns the Land: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Stanley Ellisen, Multinomah: 1991, 248pp.

Religion and the Romans, Ken Dowden, Bristol Classic Press: 1992, 102pp.

A Thousand Years of Jewish History, Maurice H. Harris, Bloch Publishing: 1927, 319pp.

Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries, Randy MacMullen, Yale Univ. Press: 1997, 282pp.

Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers, Penguin Classics: 1988, 184pp.

Saint Augustine, Gary Willis, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1999, 153pp

A Short History of the Early Church, Harry Boer, Eerdmans: 1984, 184pp.

The Rise of Christianity, W.H.C Fend, Fortress Press, 1984, 1022pp

John Calvin, William Lidner, Bethany House: 1998, 160pp.

Protestantism, J. Leslie Dunstan, George Brazziler: 1961, 255pp.

The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop, Edmund S. Morgan, Longman: 1999, 201pp.

Many Mexicos, Lesley Byrd Simpson, Univ. of California: 1967, 389pp.

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, Bernard Lewis, Perennial: 2002, 186pp

The Cold War and the Income Tax by Edmund Wilson, Signet: 1964, 128pp,

The Russian Revolution, Robert Goldston, Fawcett Premier: 1966, 223pp.

The Story of England, Christopher Hibbert, Phaidon Press: 1992, 224pp.

The Birth of the United States, Jim Bishop, Morrow Press: 1976, 223pp.

l i n g u a

Historical Linguistics, R.L. Trask, Arnold: 1996, 430pp.

First Language Acquisition: Method, Description, and Explanation, David Ingram, Cambridge Univ. Press: 1989, 572pp.

A Course in Phonology, Iggy Roca and Wyn Johnson, Blackwell Publishers: 1999, 725pp.

African Languages: An Introduction, Dernd Heine and Derek Nurse, Cambridge Univ. Press: 2000, 396pp.

A Course in Phonetics, Peter Ladefoged, Harcourt College: 2000, 289pp.

Elements of Acoustic Phonetics, Peter Ladefoged, University of Chicago Press: 1996, 216pp.

A Practical Introduction to Phonetics, J.C. Catford, Clarendon Press: 1988, 239pp.

How Languages are Learned, Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada, Oxford Univ. Press: 1999, 192pp.

Introducing Transformational Grammar: From Principles and Parameters to Minimalism, Jamal Ouhalla, Oxford Univ. Press: 1999, 488pp.

Language and Thought, Noam Chomsky, Moyer Bell: 1993, 95pp.

Language: It's Structure and Use, Edward Finegan. Harcourt Brace: 1999, 610pp.

Patterns in the Mind: Language and Human Nature, Ray Jackendoff, Basic Books: 1994, 256pp.

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language, Steven Pinker, HarperPerennial: 1995, 494pp.

Language Culture and Communication: The Meaning of Messages, Nancy Bonvillain, Prentice Hall: 1997, 374pp.

Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction, V.J. Cook, Basil Blackwell: 1988, 201pp.

Chomsky, John Lyons, Fontana Press: 1991, 247pp

n e w t e s t a m e n t c o m m e n t a r y

The Father's of the Church: St. Augustine: Tractates on the Gospel of John 1-10, trans. John Rettig, Catholic Univ. Press: 1988, 236pp.

The Gospel in Brief, Leo Tolstoy, University of Nebraska Press; 1997, 215pp.

Mark's Story of Jesus, Werner H. Kelber, Fortress Press: 1979, 96pp.

God's Covenant and Our Time, Guy Duty, Bethany Fellowship: 1964, 157pp.

Peter, Stephen, James and John: Studies in Early Non-Pauline Christianity, F.F. Bruce, Eerdmans: 1979, 159pp.

The Acts of the Apostles: A Commentary, Ernst Haenchen, Westminster Press: 1971, 737pp.

o l d t e s t a m e n t c o m m e n t a r y

Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis, Harcourt: 1970, 160pp.

The Meaning of BRK "To Bless" in the Old Testament, Christopher Wright Mitchell, Scholars Press: 1987, 207pp.

Jonah: A Study in Compassion, O. Palmer Robertson, Banner of Truth: 1990, 64pp.

Jeremiah, F.B. Huey Jr., Zondervan: 1981, 157pp.

Elijah, A.W. Pink, Banner of Truth: 1985, 313pp.

Man in the Old Testament, Walther Eichrodt, SCM Press: 1961, 84pp

The Ten Commandments, Thomas Watson, Banner of Truth: 1998, 300pp.

b i o g r a p h i c a l

Henryk Sienkiewicz: A Biography, Mieczyslaw Giergielewicz, Hippocrene Books: 1991, 192pp.

C.S. Lewis, Catherine Swift, Bethany House: 1989, 127pp.

C.S. Lewis, Sam Wellman, Barbour Publishing: 1998, 206pp.

Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language, Eva Hoffman, Penguin Books: 1989, 280pp.

French Lessons: A Memoir, Alice Kaplan, Chicago Press: 1994, 221pp.

The Apologia pro Vita Sua of John Henry Newman, John Henry Newman, Christian Classics: 1973, 234pp.

Night, Elie Wiesel, Bantam Books: 1960, 109pp.

Survival in Auschwitz, Primo Levi, Touchstone Books: 1986, 187pp.

Through a Boy's Eye's: The Turbulent Years 1926-1945, Louis Posner, Seven Lock Press: 2000, 285pp.

Ann Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Bantam: 1993, 304pp.

The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux: The Story of a Soul, trans. John Beevers, Image Books: 1989, 159pp.

A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive, David Pelzer, Health Communications: 1995, 184pp.

The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family: David Pelzer, Health Communications: 1997, 340pp.

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness, David Pelzer, Plume: 2000, 290pp.

Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, Anchor: 1997, 207pp.

In the Presence of my Enemies, Gracia Burnham, Tyndale House: 2003, 305pp.

s o c i o l o g i c a l / p s y c h o l o g i c a l

Amazing Grace, Jonathan Kozol, Harperperennial: 1996, 304pp.

Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail, Ruben Martinez, Picador: 2001, 330pp.

Lives on the Line: Dispatches from the US-Mexican Border, Miriam Davidson, Univ. of Arizona: 2000, 211pp.

Tunnel Kids, Lawrence Taylor, University of Arizona: 2001, 150pp.

Our Beckoning Borders: Illegal Immigration to America, Brent Ashabranner, Cobblehill: 1996, 99pp.

Competent to Counsel, Jay Adams, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing: 1970, 287pp.

Solving Marriage Problems, Jay Adams, Zondervan: 1983, 122pp.

Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible, Jay Adams, Zondervan: 1980, 99pp.

How to Help People Change, Jay Adams, Zondervan: 1986, 203pp.

The Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, and Self-Image, Jay Adams, Harvest House: 1986, 143pp.

Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology and the Biblical Alternative, Richard Ganz, Crossway Books: 1993, 173pp

Prophets of Psychoheresy I, Martin and Deidre Bobgan, Eastgate Publishers: 1989, 360pp.

Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, Bantam Books: 1995, 352pp

The Man in the Mirror: Solving the 24 Problems Men Face, Patrick Morley, Zondervan: 1997, 379pp.

Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts, Parrott and Parrott, Zondervan: 1995, 158pp.

e a s t e r n_p s e u d o - o r t h o d o x y

For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy, by Alexander Schmemann, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press: 1973, 151pp.

Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith, Peter E. Gillquist, Conciliar Press: 1992, 191pp.

On the Divine Images, St. John of Damascus, St. Vladamir's Seminary Press: 1980, 107pp.

The Orthodox Veneration of Mary the Birthgiver of God, St. John Maximovitch, St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood: 2004, 88pp.

e d u c a t i o n a l

Excused Absence: Should Christian Kids Leave Public Schools? Douglas Wilson, Cruxpress: 2001, 138pp.

Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson, Crossway: 1991, 215pp

f i c t i o n a l

On the Eve, Ivan Turgenev, Penguin Classic: 1951, 233pp.

A Hero of Our Time, M. Yu. Lermontov, Penguin Classics: 1966, 185pp.

The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories, Nikolai Gogol, Signet Classic: 1960, 238pp.

And Quiet Flows the Don, Mikhail Sholokhov, Borzoi Books: 1934, 554pp.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Noonday Press: 1991, 182pp.

Ham on Rye, Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press: 2001, 283pp.

Factotum, Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press: 2001, 205pp.

Being There, Jerzy Kosinski, Grove: 1999, 141pp

Steps, Jerzy Kosinski, Bantam Books: 1982, 148pp.

Blind Date, Jerzy Kosinski, Arcade Publishing: 1977, 236pp.

The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski, Bantam Books: 1976, 251pp.

The Hand : Or, the Confession of an Executioner, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Farrar Straus Giroux: 1989, 261pp.

Ashes and Diamonds, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Northwest Univ. Press: 1997, 239pp.

In Vain, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Little Brown and Company: 1899, 237pp.

Through the Desert, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Benzinger Brothers: 1912, 540pp,

Where Worlds Meet, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hurst & Company: 1899, 216pp.

The Teutonic Knights, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hippocrene Books: 1994, 787pp.

With Fire and Sword, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hippocrene Books: 1991, 1135pp.

The Deluge, Henryk Sienkiewiecz, Hippocrene Books: 1991, 919pp.

Fire in the Steppe, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hippocrene Books: 1992, 717pp.

The Little Triology, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Hippocrene Books: 1995, 226pp.

The Trilogy Companion: A Reader's Guide to the Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Ed. Jerzy Krzyzanowski, Hippocrene Books: 1991, 80pp.

Meir Ezofowich, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Delamare Publishing: 1980, 248pp.

Rat, Andrzej Zaniewski, Arcade: 1994, 157pp.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy, Bantam Classic: 1981, 134pp.

Characters of Dostoyevsky: Studies from Four Novels, Richard Curle, St. Ann's Press: 1950, 224pp.

Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and selections from The House of the Dead, Andrew Macandrew, Signet Classic: 1980, 239pp.

Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Mcduff trans., Penguin Classics: 1991, 647pp.

The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Magarshack trans., Penguin Classics: 1956, 591p

Demons, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear trans., Vintage: 1995, 733 pages

The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Penguin Classics: 1993, 920pp

The Slave, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux: 1968, 311pp.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Perennial Classics: 1998, 458pp.

The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka, Bantam Classic: 1986, 201 pp.

Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis, Scribner: 1996, 160pp.

Perelandra, C.S. Lewis, Scribner: 1996, 222pp.

The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis, Touchstone: 1996, 125pp.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis, HarperCollins: 1994, 160pp.

The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis, HarperCollins: 1981, 253pp.

The Stranger, Albert Camus, Vintage Books: 1989, 123pp.

The Source, James Michener, Random House: 1965, 909pp.

Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas, Oxford Univ. Press: 1998, 1130pp.

Catch 22, Joseph Heller, Simon and Schuster: 1961, 472pp.

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin: 1999, 272pp.

The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin: 1999, 398pp.

The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin: 1999, 323pp.

The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin: 1994, 404pp,

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Remarque, Fawcett: 1995, 295pp.

Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, Bantam Classic: 1991, 278pp.

A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess, W.W. Norton: 1987, 192pp.

Sarah, Orson Scott Card, Forge: 2000, 341pp.

Angels and Demons, Dan Brown, Mass Market Publication: 2001, 608pp.

The Dream Master, Roger Zelazny, ACE Books: 1987, 182pp.

Liars and Thieves, Stephen Coonts, St. Martins: 2005, 401pp,

The Robe, Lloyd Douglas, Grosset and Dunlap: 1942, 508pp.

The Holy Sinner, Thomas Mann, Alfred A. Knopf Inc.: 1951, 336pp.

Gods and Kings, Lynn Austin, Bethany House: 2005, 316pp.

Song of Redemption, Lynn Austin, Bethany House: 2005, 348pp.

The Strength of His Hands, Lynn Austin, Bethany House: 2005, 330pp.

The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel, Walter Wangerin, Zondervan: 2001, 660pp

The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum, Random House: 1990, 611pp.

O t h e r S t u f f

The Dynamic Earth : An Introduction to Physical Geology, Brian J. Skinner, John Wiley & Sons: 2000, 640pp.