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Also: Here are more of my favorite Christian books.
Also: Here is my "wish list" of (mostly) commentaries that I am looking for.

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Recently Finished

  1. A General Introduction to the Bible
    Norman L. Giesler and William E. Nix
    Moody Press, 1968

  2. Why Grace Changes Everything
    Chuck Smith
    The Word For Today, 1994, 2001

  3. Calvary Chapel Distinctives
    Chuck Smith
    The Word For Today, 2001

  4. The Purpose Driven Life
    Rick Warren
    Zondervan, 2002

  5. The Power Of A Praying Husband
    Stormie Omartian
    Harvest House, 2002

  6. Designing Web Usability
    Jakob Nielsen
    New Riders, 2000

  7. History of the Reformation, Volume 1, 2
    J.H. Merle D'Aubigne, Translated by M. White
    American Tract Society, 1920's?

  8. PHP Pocket Reference
    Rasmus Lerdorf
    O'Reilly, 2000

  9. How To Say It In Your Job Search
    Robbie Miller Kaplan
    Prentice Hall, 2002

  10. HTML For The World Wide Web, Visual Quickstart Guide
    Elizabeth Castro
    Peachpit Press, 2000

  11. JavaScript For The World Wide Web, Visual Quickstart Guide
    Tom Negrino & Dori Smith
    Peachpit Press, 2001

  12. All The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
    Stephen Kinzer
    Wiley, 2003

  13. World History for Dummies
    Peter Haugen
    IDG, 2001

  14. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Middle East Conflict
    Mitchell Bard
    Alpha, 1999

  15. Christianity Through The Centuries
    Earle E. Cairns
    Zondervan, 1954, 1967, 1979

  16. How Should We Then Live
    Francis Schaeffer
    Crossway, 1976

  17. Faith Alone
    R. C. Sproul
    Baker, 1995

  18. Resumes for Dummies
    Joyce Lain Kennedy
    Hungry Minds, 2000

  19. The Non-Designer's Design Book
    Robin Williams
    Peachpit Press, 1994

Currently In Progress

  1. History of the Reformation, Volume 3
    J.H. Merle D'Aubigne, Translated by M. White
    American Tract Society, 1920's?

  2. Life Together
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    Harper, 1954

  3. SQL For Dummies
    Allen G. Taylor
    Hungry Minds, 2001

  4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    Stephen R. Covey
    Fireside, 1990

  5. Learning Java
    Patrick Niemeyer and Jonathan Knudsen
    O'Reilly, 2000

Started But Set Aside

  1. Dynamic HTML
    Jeff Rule
    Addison Wesley, 1999

  2. Perl Weekend Crash Course
    Joe Merlino
    Hungry Minds, 2002

  3. Emotional Intelligence
    Daniel Goleman
    Bantam, 1997

  4. The Battle For God: A History of Fundamentalism
    Karen Armstrong
    Ballantine, 2001

  5. The Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts Into Words
    Arthur Plotnik
    Henry Holt, 1996

  6. The Culture of Disbelief
    Stephen L. Carter
    Basic, 1993

  7. Left Behind
    Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
    Tyndale House Publishers, 1995

Other Recent Purchases (Not Started Yet)

  1. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
    Roland H. Bainton
    Meridian, 1955, 1995

  2. PC Hardware In A Nutshell
    Thompson & Thompson
    O'Reilly, 2000

  3. My SQL & mSQL
    Yarger, Reese & King
    O'Reilly, 1999

  4. The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design
    Bob and Maggie Gordon
    Watson-Guptill, 2002

  5. A History Of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
    Karen Armstrong
    Ballantine, 1993

  6. The Writer's Survival Guide
    Rachel Simon
    Story Press, 1997

  7. Learning Carbon
    Apple Computer, Inc.
    O'Reilly, 2001

  8. Learning Cocoa with Objective-C
    James Duncan Davidson & Apple Computer, Inc.
    O'Reilly, 2002

  9. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS S
    Aaron Hillegass
    Addison Wesley, 2002

  10. Changing Careers For Dummies
    Carol L. McClelland
    Hungry Minds, 2001

  11. A Mathematician Reads The Newspaper
    John Allen Paulos
    Anchor Books, 1995

  12. Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen
    Clifford A. Pickover
    Quill, 1998

  13. Walking The Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
    Bruce Feiler
    Perennial, 2001

  14. Living Well With Hypothyroidism
    Mary J. Shomon
    Quill, 2001

Favorites From The Past

  1. Before You Say "I Do": Important Questions for Couples to Ask Before Marriage
    Todd Outcalt
    Perigee, 1998

  2. What's So Amazing About Grace?
    Phililp Yancey
    Zondervan, 1997

  3. Story of the Bible World
    Nelson Beecher Keyes
    Reader's Digest, 1962

  4. Writing Solid Code
    Steve Maguire
    Microsoft, 1993

  5. Effective C++
    Scott Meyers
    Addison Wesley, 1992

  6. Data Structures and Algorithms
    Aho, Hopcroft, and Ullman
    Addison Wesley, 1983, 1987

  7. Computer Graphics Handbook
    Michael E. Mortenson
    Industrial Press, 1990

  8. The Little LISPer
    Daniel, P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
    MIT Press, 1974, 1986, 1987, 1989

  9. Don't Know Much About History
    Kenneth C. Davis
    Avon Books, 1990

  10. Don't Know Much About Geography
    Kenneth C. Davis
    Avon Books, 1992

  11. In The Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis
    Karen Armstrong
    Ballantine, 1996

  12. A Brief History of Time: From The Big Bang to Black Holes
    Stephen Hawking
    Bantam Books, 1988

  13. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
    Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister
    Dorset House, 1987

  14. Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977
    James Miller
    Simon & Schuster, 1999

Useful References

  1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
    Samuel Macaulay Jackson, Editor in Chief
    Funk & Wagnalls, 1912

  2. Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
    Lefferts A. Loetscher, Editor in Chief
    Baker, 1953

  3. A History of Christianity
    Kenneth Scott Latourette
    Harper & Row, 1953

  4. A History of the Christian Church
    Williston Walker
    Scribner, 1919, 1959

  5. Windows NT4 Programming From The Ground Up
    Herbert Schlidt
    Osborne, 1997

  6. MFC Internals
    George Shepherd & Scot Wingo
    Addison Wesley, 1996

  7. Visual C++ 4 Unleashed
    Viktor Toth
    SAMS Publishing, 1996

  8. PostScript Language: Tutorial and Cookbook
    Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Addison Wesley, 1986

  9. Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music
    Joel Whitburn
    Record Research, 1986

  10. Top Pop Singles 1955-1986
    Joel Whitburn
    Record Research, 1987

  11. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide
    Dave Marsh and John Swenson
    Rolling Stone, 1983

  12. The Rolling Stone Album Guide
    Anthony DeCurtis and James Henke
    Random House, 1992

  13. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll
    Jon Pareles and Patricia Romanowski
    Rolling Stone, 1983

  14. Rock Albums of the '70s: A Critical Guide
    Robert Christgau
    Da Capo, 1981

  15. Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s
    Robert Christgau
    Pantheon Books, 1990

  16. Music Hound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
    Gary Graff
    Visible Ink, 1996

  17. Music Hound Folk: The Essential Album Guide
    Neal Walters and Brian Mansfield
    Visible Ink, 1998


Last updated Monday 3 August 2009