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Recommended Commercial (Apple iBookstore) Serious E-Books General Options Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects
Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM General Options Last Updated: Friday, 24-Oct-2014 19:10:45 PDT Print This Page Download Print Version of Entire Page Recommended Commercial (Apple iBookstore) Serious E-Books Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects My Umbrella/Central Website www.benjamin-newton.net by Ben Huot Eugene, Oregon (America) Researcher, Non-Fiction Writer, and Designer Christian, Mentally Ill, Webmaster Quicklinks The Military and Mental Illness Learning Beyond My Books Disaster Survival Help Issues People and Design Focus Photography Focus Content Starts from Apple iBookstore (521 categorized - I bought and kept all of the following, on my iPad) Apple iBookstore and iBooks http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 1 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM I have bought several hundred books (below), from Apple and their selection is quite good now (below). Yes, Apple sells books online. Apple may seem to have an oversimplified program for managing books, but I have used a Kindle 3 and the Kindle app on the iPad and Apple's iBooks app is so much easier to use, more adjustable, and powerful, as well as, being easier to manage through iTunes and more reliable. It is also much easier to read on the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Mini, because of the higher resolution and quality screen of the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Mini. Download iBooks and search within iBooks or within iTunes on your PC or Mac. iBooks now comes with Mac OS X Mavericks (OS 10.9, released in October 2013), which is a free upgrade, for at least as far back as Mac OS X Lion (OS 10.7, released in July 2011), through the Mac App Store. All new Macs bought after July 2011 come with Mac OS X Lion or higher and the Mac App Store. OS X Mavericks is only for Macs. It will not run on PCs, iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads, iPad Airs, or iPad Minis. It is widely reported that it makes older Macs run faster. Criteria for Inclusion Topical Criteria Major Topical Focus This list is focused on world history for Asia, Africa, and Europe, with a major emphasis on Asia and a very small amount of focus, on Europe. There is also a secondary focus, on major world belief systems, so that the perspective is varied as well. Time period focus is the Asian Golden Age (about 300 AD - 1300 AD), which occurs at about the same time as the European Middle Ages (about 500 AD - 1500 AD). I have studied the history and writings produced during that 1,000 year period across most of Europe, Asia, and Africa. I also have tried to include books, that show a different perspective, than people typically study and try to correct things that most people, who study history, learn wrong, for a variety of reasons. Most Important Books The most important books sub list is the Book Series / In Depth Reading, which includes about 500 e-books. The most important books are organized, by major historical time periods. World Regions Favorite Regions Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and East Africa Regions in between and connecting Major Countries / Regional Cultures http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 2 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Focus by World Region and Religion mostly pre-colonial history and religion, especially in Southeast Asia and Africa Central, South, and East European history Medieval Christian Mystics and lesser known Christian Existentialists Medieval (mainly Oriental Orthodox) Christianity (liturgy, history, and theology) in the Middle East, Central Asia, and East Africa Classical Middle Eastern (including Turkey) Islamic, including Sufi texts Iranian and Central Asian (everything North and West of China, North of India, Pakistan, and Iran and West through the end of the Caucus mountains north of Asia Minor) history and religion also (including nonIslamic and Shia / Shiite Medieval history, literature, and religion) South Indian, Pakistani, Sikh, and Jain history and religion Chinese Zen Buddhism and Korean history and religion Contemporary Chinese history and Classical Chinese poetry Christianity, Islam, and (Atheist) Existentialism in Africa Ancient North America and Pacific, including Polynesia and Micronesia Detailed Criteria Specific Criteria Just for this List Apple e-Books: All books lists in this section include just books e-Books on Apple's iBookstore, accessed through the iTunes application for Windows and Mac OS X and the iBooks application on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Mini) Only Books I Like: The big difference between my previous regular book list and my e-book list is that the e-books only contain religious and philosophical texts that I agree with or partially agree with, plus some history. The previous regular books list contained some religious and philosophical books I totally or mostly disagreed with. I have also omitted books in this new e-books list, which I already read and understood well enough, that I do not wish to complete reading or re-read. Major Characteristics of Books Required Only Well Written Books: If you see a book that you think should be on the list but is not, likely I have already read it and didn't include it because it was too hard for others to read or it was poorly written including being too repetitive or not being clear and concise. http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 3 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Christian Friendly: This is also a great list for Christians who want to study world religions and philosophies without studying the occult. Non-White Authors: I have also particularly focused on Asian and classical texts, and have especially tried to limit the Greek, Roman, white American and English writing to as few works as possible, because I think those areas are over read and I have little interest in them after having to read so many of them in high school. I have focused on other often ignored areas of history and religion including: Minor Criteria A Slightly Different View: I also have usually only included one book by each author and not necessarily the most famous, but rather the most useful one. Reasonably Priced: Another consideration is the cost and availability of the works. All these works should be available on Apple's iBookstore in iTunes for use on iPads, iPad Airs, iPad Minis, and other Apple devices besides Macs like iPhones and iPod Touches, as I have boughten all of them there and have them on my iPad. Some books are free and some are as high as $40. The usual price is between $5 and $15. Few Feminist Authors: I generally avoid female writers as most of them I cannot understand. I am Bad at Languages: The Qu'ran (Koran) is not listed as it must be read in Arabic. Book Restrictions Many people seem to think that an ebook is just an ebook, but it is not. The file formats can be converted to and from fairly easily (except most PDFs), but the real incompatibility comes from a anti-feature called DRM. DRM is a set of software based restrictions that, make it harder to copy books, for people who want to do so legally and easily, who don't know much about computers. Copyright and technical restrictions on copying apply to e-books, but not regular books, because people usually don't photocopy real books and then sell them, as it requires a lot of work and offers little profit. On the computer, whenever you upload a file, you are actually uploading a copy of that file and whenever anyone downloads it, they are downloading a copy of that. You have never owned all the rights, to any intellectual property, unless you pay for all rights and hand over something like a million dollars per song. Another term for this is called piracy or what every major belief system and government would call stealing. What you own is a license for 1 copy. http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 4 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The reality is that anything, that can be seen on a computer, can be copied, despite any software restrictions. The big deal comes with the electronic distribution of books and the same applied to movies and music (although they never meant for it to be so easy to copy music from audio CDs, and each new format is more restricted), so there is a legal quagmire about converting DVDs to iTunes compatible formats and Blue Ray is many times harder to convert. The real unintended effect of DRM is that Amazon.com e-books cannot be seen in iBooks and Apple e-books cannot be seen on a Kindle. Ironically, Apple allows its competitors Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble to put their e-reader apps on their (Apple's) online store, but Apple is not allowed the same on their (Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble) online stores. Apple still does not even advertise its own e-book store or even bundle their e-book reading and buying app with new iPads and iPhones. Best of Book Lists Best Bible Study Lists Go To Top Longest and Most Expensive Religious Book Genesis through Revelation by Vernon McGee 5 Best Christian Bibles, Jewish Bibles, and Islamic Perspectives (Eastern Orthodox) New Testament by Editor Cleenewerck and A New English Translation of the Septuagint by Albert Pietersma & Benjamin G. Wright (all together) The Orthodox Study Bible by Thomas Nelson Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: A Translation with Commentary, The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary, The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel, Genesis: Translation and Commentary, and The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter; Commentary on the Torah by Richard Elliott Friedman; and Tree of Life Bible (New Testament) by Messianic Jewish Family (all together) The Bible from an Islamic Perspective (Jay Crook / Jay R. Crook): From the Creation to the Flood, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph, The Bible: An Islamic Perspective - Moses, From Judges to Monarchy, David and Solomon, From Monarchy to Hellenism, The Bible: An Islamic Perspective: Jesus, Paul and Early Christianity, and Armageddon (all together) The People's Bible, NIV Best 25 Christian (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 5 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Books/Series over $20 and under $40 Western Christian The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders by Peter Heather (476-1000s AD) The Carolingian World by Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes & Simon MacLean (580-876 AD) The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders by Galbert of Bruges & John Jeffrey Rider (1127 AD) The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050 by Archibald R. Lewis Spain, 1157-1300 by Peter Linehan A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: Volume One, Portugal by A. R. Disney (before 1807 AD) Cross and Scepter by Sverre Bagge (900s AD-Renaissance) Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany by David S. Bachrach (900s AD) The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown by Hugh Agnew Central Europe in the High Middle Ages by Nora Berend, Przemyslaw Urbanczyk & Przemyslaw Wiszewski (900-1300 AD) The Hungarians by Jefferson Decker & Paul Lendvai Eastern Christian A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold (2851461 AD) The Philokalia (Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4) by G.E.H. Palmer (3001400 AD) (all together) The Black Sea: A History by Charles King Scanderbeide by Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617 AD) The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean by Ronnie Ellenblum (9501072 AD) Lebanon: A History, 600-2011 by William Harris From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean by Sebouh Aslanian (1600s1700s AD) Legends of the Caucasus by David Hunt Turkestan down to the Mongol Invasion by W. Barthold (late 600s-early 1200s AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 6 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Coptologia Journal Volume II, Volume XI, Volume XV, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII, and Volume XIX by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak (all together) Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route by Steven E. Sidebotham Darfur's Sorrow by M. W. Daly (1500s AD-2000 AD) Foundations of an African Civilisation by David W. Phillipson (1000 BC1300 AD) The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman (323 BC-2000 AD) Best Islamic (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) Books/Series over $20 and under $40 History of Islam in 7 Books Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 by Peter Sarris Seeing Islam as Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam by Robert G. Hoyland (620-780 AD) The Venture of Islam, Volume 2 by Marshall G. S. Hodgson (750-1500 AD) Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean by K. N. Chaudhuri (632-1750 AD) Islamic Gunpowder Empires by Douglas E. Streusand (Ottoman/Turkey 1299-1923 AD, Safavid/Iran 1501-1736 AD, and Mughal/India 1526-1857 AD) The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands by Alfred J. Rieber (Habsburg 1526-1918 AD, Russian 1462-1918 AD, Ottoman 1299-1918 AD, Iranian 1501-1918 AD, and Qing 1644-1918 AD Empires) African Studies by Bruce S. Hall (1600-1950 AD) Best 10 Islamic (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) Books/Series over $20 and under $40 A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume I and Volume II by E.J.W. Gibb (1300-1520 AD) (all together) The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vol 2, English Translation, The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vol 4, English Translation, and The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi by Jalaluddin Rumi & Reynold A. Nicholson (1207-1273 AD) (all together) Gaza: A History by Jean-Pierre Filiu Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade by Roxani Eleni Margariti (1000-1200 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 7 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran by Patricia Crone (550 BC1501 AD) Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111 AD) multiple books The Modern Uzbeks by Edward A. Allworth (1300s-2000 AD) The Muslim Heritage of Bengal by Muhammad Mojlum Khan (after 1200 AD) India before Europe by Catherine B. Asher & Cynthia Talbot (1200-1750 AD) Writing the Mughal World by Muzaffar Alam & Sanjay Subrahmanyam (mid 1500s-early 1800s AD) Best of Other Major World Religions Go To Top 6 Indian Belief System Books/Series (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) Books over $20 and under $40 The Grandeur of Gandhara by Rafi-us Samad (600 BC-400 AD) Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia by Sheldon Pollock (15001800 AD) In the Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Long Discourses of the Buddha by Maurice Walshe, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikkhu Bodhi, and Great Disciples of the Buddha by Njaponika Thera (all together) Buddhist Scriptures by Edward Joseph Thomas, Buddhist Suttas by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The Mahavagga by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The Milinda Panha by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The SuttaNipata by Michael Viggo Fausboll, and Udana by Buddha Gotama (all together) A History of Early Southeast Asia by Kenneth R. Hall Siam & the West, 1500-1700 by Dirk Van der Cruysse 7 Chinese Philosophy Books/Series (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) Books over $20 and under $40 Li Shi Min, Founding the Tang Dynasty by Hing Ming Hung (599-649 AD) Historical Records of the Five Dynasties by Richard Davis (907-979 AD) The Tales of the Heike by Burton Watson & Haruo Shirane (late 1100s AD) Epistolary Korea by JaHyun Kim Haboush (1392-1910 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 8 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Sources of Vietnamese Tradition by Jayne Werner, John K. Whitmore & George Dutton (111 BC-1975 AD) The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang by Sally Wriggins (602-664 AD) Book of Poetry by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (1100s-700s BC), Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry in Han, Wei and Six Dynasties by Xu Yuanchong & Feetan (206 BC-589 AD), Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Poetry by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (960-1911 AD), 300 Song Lyrics by Xu Yuanchong (960-1279 AD), 300 Tang Poems by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (618-907 AD), and 300 Yuan Songs by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (1271-1368 AD) (all together) More Best of Books Lists Go To Top 10 Best Anti-Religion Abnormal by Graham Burchell and Michel Foucault The Discovery of France by Graham Robb (1890 AD) For the Soul of France by Frederick Brown (1871-1900 AD) Savage Continent by Keith Lowe (1945-1955 AD) Going Solo by Eric Klinenberg The Good Life and Its Discontents by Robert J. Samuelson In CHEAP We Trust by Lauren Weber The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean M. Twenge & W. Keith Campbell The Other Irish by Karen F. McCarthy What Money Can't Buy by Michael J. Sandel Best 11 (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) Books/Series under $10 Netherlands and Belgium War of Independence: Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy by Ruth Putnam, The Story of William of Orange by Ottokar Schup, and The Eighty Years' War by George Edmundson (individually) Medieval Germany (Holy Roman Empire): The Church and the Empire 1003-1304 by D.J. Medley, Germany in the Later Middle Ages by William Stubbs, A History of the Germanic Empire by S.A. Dunham, History of Germany in the Middle Ages by Ernest F. Henderson, A Short History of Germany by Ernest Henderson (individually) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 9 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Medieval Italy (City States and Holy Roman Empire) The Barbarian Invasions of Italy by Pasquale Villari, The History of the Popes by John Farrow, The Italian Wars 1494-1518 by Arthur Johnson, and The Story of Florence by Edmund Gardner (individually) Western European Christian Mystics: Against the Pelagians by St. Jerome, Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul, The Living Flame of Love, The Spiritual Canticle by Saint John of the Cross (15421591 AD), The Dialogue by Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380 AD), First and Second Apology by St. Justin Martyr & Wyatt North (100-165 AD), Introduction to the Devout Life, Treatise on the Love of God by Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622 AD), The Journey of the Mind into God by St. Bonaventure (1221-1274 AD), The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict (Modern Translation) by St. Gregory the Great & Wyatt North (540-604 AD), A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom by Blessed Henry Suso (1295-1366 AD), Meditations on the Way of the Cross (Stations of the Cross) by St. Francis of Assisi (1226 AD), Meister Eckhart's Sermons by Meister Eckhart (1260-1328 AD), Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich (1342-1416 AD), The Rule of St. Benedict by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-543 AD), A Treatise on God as First Principle by Blessed John Duns Scotus (1266-1308 AD), and Treatise on Purgatory by St. Catherine of Genoa & Wyatt North (1447-1510 AD) (individually) Middle Eastern Christian Literature: The Ascetic Discourses and Three Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbugh by E.A. Wallis Budge (523 AD), The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by St. John Chrysostom (347-407 AD), An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by St. John of Damascus (676-749 AD), The Institutes by John Cassian & Wyatt North (360-435 AD), The Lausiac History of Palladius by Peter Farrington (360s-420s AD), Life and Essential Writings of Ephraim the Syrian by Ephraim the Syrian (306-373 AD), The Martyrdom of Polycarp - Multiple Translations by Apostolic Fathers & Wyatt North, On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto) by St. Basil The Great (330-379 AD), The Orations and Letters of Saint Gregory Nazianzus by St. Gregory Nazianzus (329-390 AD), and The Soul and the Resurrection by St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 AD) (individually) Coptologia Journal Volume II, Volume XI, Volume XV, Volume XVII, Volume XVIII, and Volume XIX by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak (individually) The Bible from an Islamic Perspective (Jay Crook / Jay R. Crook): From the Creation to the Flood, Abraham, Jacob and Joseph, The Bible: An Islamic Perspective - Moses, From Judges to Monarchy, David and Solomon, From Monarchy to Hellenism, The Bible: An Islamic Perspective: Jesus, Paul and Early Christianity, and Armageddon (individually) Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111 AD) multiple books (individually) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 10 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Buddhist Scriptures by Edward Joseph Thomas, Buddhist Suttas by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The Mahavagga by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The Milinda Panha by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The SuttaNipata by Michael Viggo Fausboll, and Udana by Buddha Gotama (individually) Hitasiksa Chatrisi - The Secret of Success by Veer Vijayji & Kalyanbodhi Suriji, Magnopanishad by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji, Purnopanishad by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji, and Viropanishad by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji & Manish Modi (individually) Book of Poetry by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (1100s-700s BC), Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry in Han, Wei and Six Dynasties by Xu Yuanchong & Feetan (206 BC-589 AD), Golden Treasury of Chinese Poetry in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Poetry by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (960-1911 AD), 300 Song Lyrics by Xu Yuanchong (960-1279 AD), 300 Tang Poems by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (618-907 AD), and 300 Yuan Songs by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (1271-1368 AD) (individually) Best 25 (Medieval Era / Asian Golden Age) Books/Series under $20 Europe The Discovery of Middle Earth Conversion of Europe Forge of Christendom Vanished Kingdoms Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness Cross and Crescent in the Balkans Middle East and Central Asia From the Holy Mountain The Third Choice Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis A Year with Hafiz Empire of the Silk Road Red Book Peoples of the Russian Empire South and Southeast Asia The Hindus History of Medieval India The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 11 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM A Short History of Indonesia A Record of Cambodia East Asia Defending Heaven Return to Dragon Mountain Bright Moon White Clouds Hagakure Du Fu Cold Mountain Poems Africa In the Heart of the Desert Trickster Travels Regional Focuses History (88 e-books) Eastern Europe (22 e-books) Go To Top North Eastern European History The Baltic by Alan Palmer Belarus by Andrew Wilson Borderland by Anna Reid The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen (1100s-1200s AD) The Teutonic Knights by William Urban (1190-1525 AD) Ukrainian Poetry (by Hryhory Skovoroda, Taras Shevchenko, Yevhen Hrebinka, etc) Polish History Camaldolese Spirituality by Peter-Damian Belisle (Catholic Christianity) (1000s AD) Jan Sobieski by Miltiades Varvounis (1629-1696 AD) Poland, A Unique Country & Its People by Alicja Deck-Partyka http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 12 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Polish Culture in the Renaissance by Lepri, Valentina (a cura di) & Facca, Danilo (a cura di) (late 1400s-late 1500s AD) Central Eastern European History The Black Sea: A History by Charles King Central Europe in the High Middle Ages by Nora Berend, Przemyslaw Urbanczyk & Przemyslaw Wiszewski (900-1300 AD) A Concise History of Romania by Keith Hitchins The Hungarians by Jefferson Decker & Paul Lendvai The Reconstruction of Nations by Timothy Snyder (1569-1999 AD) South Eastern European History The Balkan Wars by Andre Gerolymatos A Concise History of Bulgaria by R. J. Crampton Cross and Crescent In the Balkans by David Nicholle (1300s-1400s AD) Heavenly Serbia and the Medieval Idea by Matthew Raphael Johnson The Janissaries by Godfrey Goodwin (1400s-1500s AD) A Short History of the Balkans by Neville Forbes Scanderbeide by Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617 AD) African History (47 e-books) Go To Top Coptic (Egyptian) Church Literature The Incarnation of the Word (De Incarnatione Verbi Dei) by St. Athanasius In the Heart of the Desert by John Chryssavgi On the Unity of Christ by Cyril of Alexandria The Stromata (Miscellanies) by St. Clement of Alexandria & Wyatt North Coptic (Egyptian) Church History The A to Z of the Coptic Church by Gawdat Gabra, Birger A. Pearson, Mark N. Swanson, Youhanna Nessim Youssef (Coptic Christianity) The History of the Patriarchs of the Church of Alexandria by Severus of El-Eschmounein http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 13 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Coptic (Egyptian) Church Academic Journal Coptologia Journal Volume II by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak Coptologia Journal Volume XI by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak Coptologia Journal Volume XV by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak Coptologia Journal Volume XVII by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak Coptologia Journal Volume XVIII by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak Coptologia Journal Volume XIX by Prof. Fayek M. Ishak Egyptian History (Late Antiquity and Medieval/Pre-Modern) Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route by Steven E. Sidebotham City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish by Peter Parsons (300 BC-600 AD) A History of Egypt by Jason Thompson (from 3000 BC) Secrets of the Sands by Harry Thurston (from 2686 BC-30 BC) Beyond Egypt East African Church History Darfur's Sorrow by M. W. Daly (1500s AD-2000 AD) Foundations of an African Civilisation by David W. Phillipson (1000 BC1300 AD) Introduction to the Ethiopian Orthodox by Alemayehu Desta Beyond East Africa Church History The Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman (323 BC-2000 AD) Trickster Travels by Natalie Zemon Davis (1492-1550 AD) White Gold by Giles Milton (1716 AD) North African Islamic History Kairwan Through The Ages by Dr. Touhami Negra The Sahara by Eamonn Gearon Tunisia Since the Arab Conquest by Jacob Abadi West African Islamic History Angry Wind by Jeffrey Tayler http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 14 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM African Studies by Bruce S. Hall (1600-1950 AD) Timbuktu by Marq de Villiers & Sheila Hirtle General African Islamic History A History of the East African Coast by Charles Cornelius A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper (1849 AD) African Islamic Literature The Awakening of the Soul by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufail (1105-1185 AD) Emir Abd el-Kader by Ahmed Bouyerdene (1807-1883 AD) African Atheist History Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus The First Man by Albert Camus Happy Death by Albert Camus The Plague by Albert Camus Entire African Continent Mixed/Pre-World Religion History Forgotten Africa by John Brownie A History of Sub-Saharan Africa by Robert O. Collins & James M. Burns Papers On Language And Culture: An African Perspective by Mary Nyambura Muchiri, Ph.D. Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop Warfare in African History by Richard J. Reid (1000-2000 AD) West African Mixed/Pre-World Religion History The Evolution of Ondo Kingdom Over 500 years (1510-2010+) by Ibidayo Ajayi, Oladipo O. Akinkugbe & Jacob K. Olupona A History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola & Matthew M. Heaton Southern African Mixed/Pre-World Religion History Becoming Zimbabwe by Brian Raftopoulos & Alois Mlambo (850-2008 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 15 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition by Leonard Thompson A History of Zimbabwe by Alois S. Mlambo Reminiscences On the Dynastic History of Ndom Mwasundem, Cameroon by S. N. Ejedepang-Koge Southeast Asian History (19 e-books) Go To Top Regional Southeast Asian History A History of Early Southeast Asia by Kenneth R. Hall The Mekong by Milton Osborne A Short History of South-East Asia by Peter Church Southeast Asian History by D. R. SarDesai Charting the Shape of Early Modern Southeast Asia by Anthony Reid Mainland Southeast Asian History A Brief History of Lan Na by Hans Penth (1200-1500 AD) A Free People by Dave Moore A Record of Cambodia by Zhou Daguan (1296-1297 AD) A Short History of Cambodia by John Tully A Short History of Laos by Grant Evans Siam & the West, 1500-1700 by Dirk Van der Cruysse Sources of Vietnamese Tradition by Jayne Werner, John K. Whitmore & George Dutton (111 BC-1975 AD) A Story of Vietnam by Truong Buu Lam (Malayan Archipelago) Southeast Asian History A Short History of Bali by Robert Pringle A Short History of Indonesia by Colin Brown A Short History of Malaysia by Virginia Matheson Hooker Chinese Southeast Asian History China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368 by Lo Jung-pang & Bruce A. Elleman http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 16 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Chinese Circulations by Eric Tagliacozzo A Short History of China and Southeast Asia by Martin Stuart-Fox Trade Routes Focuses History (46 e-books) Central Asian History (24 e-books) Go To Top General Central Asian Christian History Empires of the Silk Road by Christopher I. Beckwith Legends of the Caucasus by David Hunt The Story of Sts. Vartanants by Hagop Kizilos Medieval Central Asian Christian History Lost Enlightenment by S. Frederick Starr (800-1200 AD) The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen (200-1200 AD) Turkestan down to the Mongol Invasion by W. Barthold (late 600s-early 1200s AD) Medieval Central Asian Islamic History The Arab Conquests in Central Asia by H. A. R. Gibb (718-750 AD) Kublai Khan by John Man (1215-1294 AD) The Mongols by W B Bartlett (1167-1510 AD) Early Modern Central Asian Islamic History Europe's Steppe Frontier, 1500-1800 by William H. McNeill The Modern Uzbeks by Edward A. Allworth (1300s-2000 AD) The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire by Margus Kolga, Igor Tonurist, Lembit Vaba, Juri Viikberg, Andrew Humpreys & Krista Mits (starting 1500s AD) The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands by Alfred J. Rieber (Habsburg 1526-1918 AD, Russian 1462-1918 AD, Ottoman 1299-1918 AD, Iranian 1501-1918 AD, and Qing 1644-1918 AD Empires) Central Asian Islamic Literature The Epic of Jangar by He Dexiu (1400s-1600s AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 17 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Kyrgyz Legends by Oksana Vasilenko The Language Of The Birds by Alisher Nava'i (1441-1501 AD) Legend of Manas by He Jihong & Chun Yi & Feetan (1700s AD) Indian Central Asian History Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia by Sheldon Pollock (15001800 AD) A Great Deception by Western Shugden Society Nepal Through the Ages by Ram Niwas Pandey Secret Lives of the Dalai Lama by Alexander Norman & Dalai Lama Chinese Central Asian History Wars With the Xiongnu by Joseph P. Yap (206 BC-9 AD - Western Han Dynasty) Defending Heaven by James Waterson (1209-1370 AD) The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang by Sally Wriggins (602-664 AD) Indian Ocean (22 e-books) Go To Top Portugese Catholic History 1494 by Stephen R. Bown Bringers of War by John Laband (1400s-1700s AD) A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: Volume One, Portugal by A. R. Disney (before 1807 AD) Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen (1519 AD) Mediterranean Catholic History City of Fortune by Roger Crowley (1204-1503 AD) Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley (1521 AD) Sea of Faith by Stephen O'Shea (500-1500 AD) The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of Malta by Ernle Bradford (10991798 AD) General European History http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 18 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Spice by Jack Turner A Splendid Exchange by Barry Krakow Africa Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route by Steven E. Sidebotham Foundations of an African Civilisation by David W. Phillipson (1000 BC1300 AD) A History of the East African Coast by Charles Cornelius Middle East Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade by Roxani Eleni Margariti (1000-1200 AD) From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean by Sebouh Aslanian (1600s1700s AD) Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean by K. N. Chaudhuri (632-1750 AD) South Asia Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India by Moti Chandra (up to 1000 AD) Matritime Malabar and The Europeans 1500-1962 by K. S. Mathew The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant by Kanakalatha Mukund (after 300 BC) (China Cultural Sphere) Southeast Asian History China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368 by Lo Jung-pang & Bruce A. Elleman Chinese Circulations by Eric Tagliacozzo A Short History of China and Southeast Asia by Martin Stuart-Fox Country/Empire Focuses History (60 e-books) General Area (3 e-books) Go To Top Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 by Peter Sarris http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 19 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Islamic Gunpowder Empires by Douglas E. Streusand (Ottoman/Turkey 1299-1923 AD, Safavid/Iran 1501-1736 AD, and Mughal/India 1526-1857 AD) Seeing Islam as Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam by Robert G. Hoyland (620-780 AD) Turkey/Anatolia/Asia Minor (28 e-books) Go To Top Greek Orthodox Christian History The Alexiad by Anna Komnene & E. R. A. Sewter (1081-1118 AD) The Chronographia of Michael Psellus by Michael Psellus (1025 AD) A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold (2851461 AD) Other Greeks by Victor Davis Hanson The Philokalia (Volumes 2, 3, 4) by G.E.H. Palmer (300-1400 AD) Central Eastern Europe Orthodox History The Black Sea: A History by Charles King A Concise History of Romania by Keith Hitchins Regional South Eastern Europe Orthodox History The Balkan Wars by Andre Gerolymatos Cross and Crescent In the Balkans by David Nicholle (1300s-1400s AD) The Janissaries by Godfrey Goodwin (1400s-1500s AD) A Short History of the Balkans by Neville Forbes Specific Country South Eastern Europe Orthodox History A Concise History of Bulgaria by R. J. Crampton Heavenly Serbia and the Medieval Idea by Matthew Raphael Johnson Scanderbeide by Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617 AD) Seljuk Empire/Sultanate of Rum (Turkey/Anatolia/Asia Minor) Islamic History http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 20 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Book of Dede Korkut by Faruk Sumer, Ahmet E. Uysal & Warren S. Walker (900s AD) Quarreling with God by Jennifer Ferraro Road to Manzikert by Brian Todd Carey, Joshua B. Allfree & John Cairns (1054 AD) Rumi's World by Annemarie Schimmel (1207-1273 AD) Ottoman Empire (Turkey/Anatolia/Asia Minor) Islamic History The Ottoman Empire by Halil Inalcik (1300-1600 AD) A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul by Ebru Boyar & Kate Fleet Turks, Moors, and Englishmen In the Age of Discovery by Nabil Matar Ottoman Empire (Turkey/Anatolia/Asia Minor) Islamic Travel Logs Among the Turks by Cyrus Hamlin (1839-1876 AD) Life on the Golden Horn by Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762 AD) An Ottoman Traveller by Robert Dankoff (1600s AD) Medieval Turkish Islamic Literature The Drowned Book by Coleman Barks & John Moyne (Father of Rumi 1152-1231 AD) (Rumi 1207-1273 AD) A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume I and Volume II by E.J.W. Gibb (1300-1520 AD) The Makalat of Haji Bektash Veli by Huseyin Abiva (1209-1271 AD) Jalaluddin Rumi (Turkish/Persian/Central Asian Sufi) - 1207-1273 AD The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vol 2, English Translation by Jalaluddin Rumi & Reynold Nicholson The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Vol 4, English Translation by Jalaluddin Rumi & Reynold A. Nicholson The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi by Jalaluddin Rumi & Reynold A. Nicholson Iran/Iraq (29 e-books) Go To Top Native Iranian Religious History http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 21 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Rostam by Abolqasem Ferdowsi & Dick Davis (20-10 BC Parthian Dynasty) Shahnameh: The Epic of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (before 600s AD) The Spirit of Zoroastrianism by Prods Oktor Skjaervo The Story of Bahaullah by Druzelle Cederquist (1817-1892 AD) Christian Mesopotamia / Iraq / Kurdistan History Assyrian Tradgedy by Mar Eshai Shimun, XXIII, Catholicos Patriarch Babylon by Paul Kriwaczek (6000 BC-600 BC) Dawn and Sunset by Michael Baizerman (4000-3000 BC) Syriac Studies by Dale A. Johnson Christian Mesopotamia / Iraq / Kurdistan Religious issues Church of the East by Mar Bawai Soro The Mesopotamian School & Theodore of Mopsuestia by Fr. Andrew Younan Persian Christian History Ch'ing-Tsing by Charles Home From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean by Sebouh Aslanian (1600s1700s AD) A History of the Iranian Plateau by Dr. Parviz Kambin Jesus In the Eyes of the Sufis by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh Paths to the Heart by James S. Cutsinger Iranian/Iraqi Pre-Shia/Medieval Islamic History The Battle of Qadisiyyah by Darussalam Publishers (636 AD) The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate by Guy Le Strange (636-1405 AD) The Life, Personality and Writings of al-Junayd by Ali Hassan AbdelKader (800s AD) The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran by Patricia Crone (550 BC1501 AD) Iranian/Iraqi Shia/Early Modern History http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 22 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Iran At War by Kaveh Farrokh (1500-1988 AD) The Other Islam by Muhammed Al Dami The Persian Album, 1400-1600 by David J. Roxburgh Travels in Persia, 1673-1677 by Sir John Chardin Shi'a Tradition and Iran by Global Scholarly Publications al Ghazzali (Iranian/Iraqi Sufi) - 1058-1111 AD al Ghazzali On Knowing this World by Abu Hamid Muhammad AlGhazzali al Ghazzali On Hope and Fearless by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On Knowing God by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On Knowing Yourself by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On Listening to Music by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On Repentance by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On the Quest for Knowledge by Abu Hamid Muhammad AlGhazzali al Ghazzali On the Remembrance of God Most Highest by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On the Treatment of Hypocrisy by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On the Treatment of Ignorance by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On the Treatment of Love of Power and Control by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On the Treatment of Miserliness and Greed by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On the Treatment of the Harms of the Tongue by Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazzali al Ghazzali On Truthfulness and Sincerity by Abu Hamid Muhammad AlGhazzali Iranian/Iraqi Islamic Literature The Glad Tidings by Shaykh Emadul Deen Al-Tabari Nahj Al-Balaghah by As-Sayyid Abul-Hasan, Ali Ibn Al-Husayn and ArRadi Al-Musawi (900s AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 23 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam by Ali M. Lakhani (600s AD) A Year with Hafiz by Hafiz and Daniel Ladinsky (1325-1389 AD) India/Pakistan/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka/South Asia (28 e-books) Go To Top North India History Banaras by Diana L Eck Dreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell Rich None But India (Bharat) The Cradle Of Aryans, Sanskrit, Vedas, & Swastika by Jagat Motwani (1800-1500 BC) The Structure of Hindu Society by Nirmal Kumar Bose The Wonder that was India by A. L. Basham South Indian Classic Literature Hundred Tamil Folk and Tribal Tales by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan Periya Puranam by Sekkizhaar Scenes from Tamil Classics by Sellathamby Sriskandarajah Silappadikaram and Manimekalai by Lakshmi Holmstrom & A. V. Ilango South Indian History Continuities and Transformations by Senake Bandaranayake Matritime Malabar and The Europeans 1500-1962 by K. S. Mathew The Trading World of the Tamil Merchant by Kanakalatha Mukund (after 300 BC) Pakistan History Bactria by Hugh George Rawlinson (250 BC-10 AD) Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Alice Albinia Empire of the Sikhs by Patwant Singh (1700s-1800s AD) The Grandeur of Gandhara by Rafi-us Samad (600 BC-400 AD) South Asian Regional History http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 24 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia by Sheldon Pollock (15001800 AD) History of the Bengali People (Ancient Period) by Niharranjan Ray (before 1200 AD) Trade and Trade Routes in Ancient India by Moti Chandra (up to 1000 AD) South Asian (Indian Dharma Traditions) Religious History Buddhism by Daisaku Ikeda A Group of Eastern Romances and Stories from the Persian, Tamil, and Urdu by W.A. Clouston The Hindus by Wendy Doniger The Jain Saga by Kalikaal Sarvagya Hemchandrasuriswarji & Muni Samvegyash Vijayji Jain Dharma Hitasiksa Chatrisi - The Secret of Success by Veer Vijayji & Kalyanbodhi Suriji Living Jainism by Aidan Rankin & Kanti V Mardi Magnopanishad by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji Purnopanishad by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji Viropanishad by Acharya Kalyanbodhi Suriji & Manish Modi Hindu Dharma The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy & Rama P. Coomaraswamy Hindu Myths by Wendy Doniger Thirty Minor Upanishads by Anonymous The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran The Upanishads by Valerie Roebuck Indian Buddhist Scriptures Buddhist Scriptures by Edward Joseph Thomas, Buddhist Suttas by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The Mahavagga by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The Milinda Panha by Thomas William Rhys Davids, The SuttaNipata by Michael Viggo Fausboll, and Udana by Buddha Gotama http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 25 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM In The Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi The Long Discourses of the Buddha by Maurice Walshe The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Nanamoli & Bhikkhu Bodhi Sikh Dharma Scriptures Ek Onkar Satnam by Taoshobuddha Guru Nanaks Divine Teaching by Swarn Singh Bains The Ultimate Sikhism Library - (A Unique Collection of 3 sacred books of the... by Publishthis Sikh Dharma Theology The Religion of the Sikhs by Dorothy Field The Soul of Sikhism by Prof. Gurpreet Singh Sikh Dharma Leaders and History Autobiograpghy of Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh by Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh Life of Guru Amar Das Ji by Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Life of Guru Arjan Dev Ji by Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Life of Guru Ram Das Ji by Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Rangle Sajjan by Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh (Pakistan / Bangladesh) South Asian Islamic History The Baloch And Balochistan by Naseer Dashti The Chachnamah by Rana Saad (664-712 AD) The Muslim Heritage of Bengal by Muhammad Mojlum Khan (after 1200 AD) (Medieval) Delhi Sultanate Indian Islamic History The Adventures of Amir hamza by Ghalib Lakhnavi, Abdullah Bilgrami & Musharraf Ali Farooqi (1000-1562 AD) History of Medieval India by Dr. Sunil K. Saxena (711-1526 AD) (Medieval and Early Modern) Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire Indian Islamic History http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 26 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM India before Europe by Catherine B. Asher & Cynthia Talbot (1200-1750 AD) The Languages of Political Islam in India c.1200-1800 by Muzaffar Alam (Early Modern) Mughal Empire Indian Islamic History Textures of Time: Writing History In South India 1600-1800 by Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman & Sanjay Subrahmanyam Writing the Mughal World by Muzaffar Alam & Sanjay Subrahmanyam (mid 1500s-early 1800s AD) Pakistani / South Asian Islamic Literature Amir Khusro, The Nightingale of India by Khalid Hameed Shaida, MD (1253-1325 AD) Ghalib, the Indian Beloved by Khalid Hameed Shaida (1797-1869 AD) Book Series / In-Depth Reading: Religion and History (517 e-Books) 206 Christian (100 West, 97 East, and 9 Mixed), 258 Major NonChristian (113 Islamic, 61 Indian Dharma Traditions, 63 Chinese/East Asian, and 21 Jewish), and 57 Other (29 Anti-Religion and 28 Pre-World or Mixed Religion) General (Medieval) Christian Europe (9 e-books) Go To Top The Conversion of Europe (TEXT ONLY) by Richard Fletcher (300-1386 AD) The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts by Graham Robb (500 BC-85 AD) The Inheritance of Rome by Chris Wickham (400-1000 AD) Life in the Medieval University by Robert S. Rait Medieval World by John M. Thompson Mercator's Atlas of Europe by Gerardus Mercator (1572 AD) The Queen Mary Atlas by Diogo Homem (1558 AD) The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders by Peter Heather (476-1000s AD) Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 27 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Western (Roman Catholic and Protestant) Christianity (100 ebooks) Go To Top Catholic European Christian History English Pre-Protestant History Bede's The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by BEDE (672-735 AD) A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Geoffrey Hindley (450-1066 AD) England During the Dark Ages by John Green Scottish Pre-Protestant History Life of St Columba by Adomnan Of Iona (521-597 AD) The Men of the North by Tim Clarkson (450-1093 AD) The Picts by Tim Clarkson (297-1050 AD) Welsh Pre-Protestant History The Kings & Queens of Wales by Timothy Venning (540-1282 AD) The Little Book of Cornwall by John Van der Kiste The Mabinogion by Lady Charlotte Guest (1060-1200 AD) Proto-France-Germany Pre-Protestant/Catholic History Becoming Charlemagne by Jeff Sypeck (742-814 AD) The Carolingian World by Marios Costambeys, Matthew Innes & Simon MacLean (580-876 AD) The Birth of the West by Paul Collins (900s AD) French Catholic History 1,000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke (1066-2000 AD) The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050 by Archibald R. Lewis The History of the Franks by Gregory Of Tours (539-594 AD) Marshal Vauban and the Defence of Louis XIV's France by James Falkner (1633-1707 AD) The Normans by Trevor Rowley (880s-1489 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 28 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Story of the Normans by Sarah Jewett French Catholic Literature The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine Pizan (1405 AD) The Heptameron by Margaret of Queen (1558 AD) The Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France (late 1100s AD) The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard & Betty Radice (10791142 AD) Netherlands and Belgium Pre-Protestant (Burgundy) History The Cistercian World by None (1090-1153 AD) Cities of Commerce by Oscar Gelderblom (1250-1650 AD) The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders by Galbert of Bruges & John Jeffrey Rider (1127 AD) German Pre-Protestant (Holy Roman Empire) History The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger by Johannes (Johann) Schiltberger (1380-1440 AD) The Church and the Empire 1003-1304 by D.J. Medley, Germany in the Later Middle Ages by William Stubbs, A History of the Germanic Empire by S.A. Dunham, History of Germany in the Middle Ages by Ernest F. Henderson, A Short History of Germany by Ernest Henderson Frederick II by Richard Bressler (1194-1250 AD) Hildegard of Bingen's Book of Divine Works by Matthew Fox (1098-1179 AD) Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany by David S. Bachrach (900s AD) German Pre-Protestant (Holy Roman Empire) Literature The Nibelungenlied by Anonymous (1180-1210 AD) Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (early 1200s AD) Tristan with the 'Tristan' of Thomas by Gottfried Strassburg (1210 AD) Central European Catholic/Pre-Protestant History The Austrians by Gordon Brook-Shepherd Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe by Simon Winder Slovakia in History by Mikulas Teich, Dusan Kovac & Martin D. Brown http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 29 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Italian Catholic (City States and Holy Roman Empire) History The Barbarian Invasions of Italy by Pasquale Villari, The History of the Popes by John Farrow, The Italian Wars 1494-1518 by Arthur Johnson, and The Story of Florence by Edmund Gardner Before the Normans by Barbara M. Kreutz (800s-900s AD) City of Fortune by Roger Crowley (1204-1503 AD) The Pope Who Quit by Jon M. Sweeney (1294 AD) Italian Catholic (City States and Holy Roman Empire) Literature Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571 AD) The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni (1628 AD) The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375 AD) The Golden Legend: All Volumes by Jacobus de Voragine & Wyatt North (1260 AD) Orlando Furioso (Volume I, Cantos 1-24) by Ludovico Ariosto (1516 AD) Iberian Catholic History Spain, 1157-1300 by Peter Linehan Spain Under the Visigoths by Rafael Altamira Portugese Catholic History 1494 by Stephen R. Bown Bringers of War by John Laband (1400s-1700s AD) A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire: Volume One, Portugal by A. R. Disney (before 1807 AD) Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen (1519 AD) Southern European Catholic History Croatia by Marcus Tanner Imperial Spain 1469-1716 by J. H Elliott Mediterranean Catholic History Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley (1521 AD) Sea of Faith by Stephen O'Shea (500-1500 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 30 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of Malta by Ernle Bradford (10991798 AD) Polish Nominally Catholic History Camaldolese Spirituality by Peter-Damian Belisle (Catholic Christianity) (1000s AD) Jan Sobieski by Miltiades Varvounis (1629-1696 AD) Poland, A Unique Country & Its People by Alicja Deck-Partyka Polish Culture in the Renaissance by Lepri, Valentina (a cura di) & Facca, Danilo (a cura di) (late 1400s-late 1500s AD) Central Eastern European Nominally Catholic History Central Europe in the High Middle Ages by Nora Berend, Przemyslaw Urbanczyk & Przemyslaw Wiszewski (900-1300 AD) The Hungarians by Jefferson Decker & Paul Lendvai The Reconstruction of Nations by Timothy Snyder (1569-1999 AD) Overseas / Colonial History The Making of the Philippines by Frank Senauth Spice by Jack Turner A Splendid Exchange by Barry Krakow Protestant European Christian History Netherlands and Belgium Protestant War of Independence Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy by Ruth Putnam The Story of William of Orange by Ottokar Schup The Eighty Years' War by George Edmundson Netherlands and Belgium Protestant History Amsterdam by Russell Shorto Going Dutch by Lisa Jardine (mid 1600s AD) History of Holland by George Edmundson Holland by Thomas Colley Grattan German Protestant History A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 31 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Defenders of the Faith by James Reston (1520-1536 AD) The German Genius by Peter Watson Germania by Simon Winder Czech Protestant History The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown by Hugh Agnew Warrior of God by Victor Verney (1370-1424 AD) Scandinavian Protestant and Pre-Protestant History A Concise History of Sweden by Neil Kent Cross and Scepter by Sverre Bagge (900s AD-Renaissance) Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness by Ibn Fadlan (900s AD) The Northern Conquest by Katherine Holman North Eastern European Mixed-Protestant History The Baltic by Alan Palmer The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen (1100s-1200s AD) The Teutonic Knights by William Urban (1190-1525 AD) Western European Christian Theology Western European Christian Mystics Against the Pelagians by St. Jerome Ascent of Mount Carmel, Dark Night of the Soul, The Living Flame of Love, and The Spiritual Canticle by Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591 AD) The Dialogue by Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380 AD) First and Second Apology by St. Justin Martyr & Wyatt North (100-165 AD) Introduction to the Devout Life and Treatise on the Love of God by Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622 AD) The Journey of the Mind into God by St. Bonaventure (1221-1274 AD) The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict (Modern Translation) by St. Gregory the Great & Wyatt North (540-604 AD) A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom by Blessed Henry Suso (1295-1366 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 32 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Meditations on the Way of the Cross (Stations of the Cross) by St. Francis of Assisi (1226 AD) Meister Eckhart's Sermons by Meister Eckhart (1260-1328 AD) Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich (1342-1416 AD) The Rule of St. Benedict by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-543 AD) A Treatise on God as First Principle by Blessed John Duns Scotus (12661308 AD) Treatise on Purgatory by St. Catherine of Genoa & Wyatt North (14471510 AD) Eastern (Oriental and Eastern Orthodox) Christianity (97 ebooks) Go To Top Eastern European Orthodox History Greek Orthodox Christian History The Alexiad by Anna Komnene & E. R. A. Sewter (1081-1118 AD) The Chronographia of Michael Psellus by Michael Psellus (1025 AD) A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold (2851461 AD) Other Greeks by Victor Davis Hanson The Philokalia (Volumes 2, 3, 4) by G.E.H. Palmer (300-1400 AD) Political Russian Orthodox Christian History Between East and West by R. D. Charques (862-1953 AD) In Siberia by Anthony Haywood Religious Russian Orthodox Christian History On the Prayer of Jesus by Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867 AD) Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality by Matthew Raphael Johnson Way of a Pilgrim by Gleb Pokrovsky (1884 AD) North Eastern Europe Orthodox History Borderland by Anna Reid Belarus by Andrew Wilson http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 33 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Ukrainian Poetry (by Hryhory Skovoroda, Taras Shevchenko, Yevhen Hrebinka, etc) Central Eastern Europe Orthodox History The Black Sea: A History by Charles King A Concise History of Romania by Keith Hitchins Regional South Eastern Europe Orthodox History The Balkan Wars by Andre Gerolymatos Cross and Crescent In the Balkans by David Nicholle (1300s-1400s AD) The Janissaries by Godfrey Goodwin (1400s-1500s AD) A Short History of the Balkans by Neville Forbes Specific Country South Eastern Europe Orthodox History A Concise History of Bulgaria by R. J. Crampton Heavenly Serbia and the Medieval Idea by Matthew Raphael Johnson Scanderbeide by Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617 AD) Asian Church History Middle Eastern Christian Literature The Ascetic Discourses and Three Letters of Philoxenus of Mabbugh by E.A. 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Ishak Egyptian History (Late Antiquity and Medieval/Pre-Modern) Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route by Steven E. Sidebotham http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 36 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish by Peter Parsons (300 BC-600 AD) A History of Egypt by Jason Thompson (from 3000 BC) Secrets of the Sands by Harry Thurston (from 2686 BC-30 BC) Beyond Egypt East African Church History Darfur's Sorrow by M. W. Daly (1500s AD-2000 AD) Foundations of an African Civilisation by David W. 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Nicholson The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi by Jalaluddin Rumi & Reynold A. Nicholson Islamic History General Asian Islamic History Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 by Peter Sarris http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 39 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Islamic Gunpowder Empires by Douglas E. Streusand (Ottoman/Turkey 1299-1923 AD, Safavid/Iran 1501-1736 AD, and Mughal/India 1526-1857 AD) Seeing Islam as Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam by Robert G. Hoyland (620-780 AD) The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands by Alfred J. Rieber (Habsburg 1526-1918 AD, Russian 1462-1918 AD, Ottoman 1299-1918 AD, Iranian 1501-1918 AD, and Qing 1644-1918 AD Empires) Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean by K. N. Chaudhuri (632-1750 AD) The Venture of Islam, Volume 2 by Marshall G. S. 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Saxena (711-1526 AD) (Medieval and Early Modern) Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire Indian Islamic History India before Europe by Catherine B. Asher & Cynthia Talbot (1200-1750 AD) The Languages of Political Islam in India c.1200-1800 by Muzaffar Alam (Early Modern) Mughal Empire Indian Islamic History Textures of Time: Writing History In South India 1600-1800 by Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman & Sanjay Subrahmanyam Writing the Mughal World by Muzaffar Alam & Sanjay Subrahmanyam (mid 1500s-early 1800s AD) (Malayan Archipelago) Southeast Asian Islamic History A Short History of Indonesia by Colin Brown A Short History of Malaysia by Virginia Matheson Hooker North African Islamic History Kairwan Through The Ages by Dr. Touhami Negra The Sahara by Eamonn Gearon http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 42 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Tunisia Since the Arab Conquest by Jacob Abadi West African Islamic History Angry Wind by Jeffrey Tayler African Studies by Bruce S. 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Yap (206 BC-9 AD - Western Han Dynasty) Late Medieval Neo-Confucian History Epistolary Korea by JaHyun Kim Haboush (1392-1910 AD) Return to Dragon Mountain by Jonathan D. Spence (1597 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 47 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Most Venerable Book (Shang Shu) by Confucius & Martin Palmer (1100s BC) Early Medieval Chan (Zen) Buddhist History and More The Golden Age of Zen by John C.H. 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Whitmore & George Dutton (111 BC-1975 AD) Neo-Confucian Philosophy and More Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo & William Scott Wilson (1709-1716 AD) Mencius by Mencius (391-308 BC) The Scholars by Wu Ching-tzu (1750 AD) The Tales of the Heike by Burton Watson & Haruo Shirane (late 1100s AD) Taoist Literature 300 Song Lyrics by Xu Yuanchong (960-1279 AD) 300 Tang Poems by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (618-907 AD) Du Fu by Fu Du & David Young (712-770 AD) The Outlaws of the Marsh by Luo Guanzhong (1100s AD) Taoist Philosophy The Ideals of the East by Kakuzo Okakura (1883 AD) Lieh-Tzu by Eva Wong (500s BC or 300s AD) The Lunar Tao by Ming-Dao Deng Wen-tzu by Thomas Cleary (800s or 600s BC) The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine by Maoshing Ni (475 BC-220 AD) Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist Background / Compilation Philosophy 300 Yuan Songs by Feetan & Xu Yuanchong (1271-1368 AD) The Essence of Chan by Guo Gu (400s or 500s AD) Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist Individual Literature and Philosophy Cold Mountain Poems by Han Shan (800s AD) Monkey by Wu Chengen (1500s AD) The Sayings of Layman P'ang by James Green (740-808 AD) Swampland Flowers by J. 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Cleary (1100s AD) Trust in Mind by Mu Soeng (606 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 49 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Zen Teaching of Huang-Po by John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld & P'ei Hsiu (850 AD) The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma by Bodhidharma and Red Pine (400s or 500s AD) Medieval Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy The Awakening of Faith of Ashvagosha by Timothy Richard (Ancient/Sutra) A Flock of Fools by Kazuaki Tanahashi & Peter Levitt (Ancient/Sutra) Beyond Thinking by Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253 AD) Ikkyu: Crow With No Mouth by Stephen Berg (1394-1481 AD) The Mirror of Zen by Zen Master So Sahn (1520-1604 AD)) Early Modern Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy and Literature Bankei Zen by Yoshito Hakeda (1622-1693 AD) The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho & William Scott Wilson (1573-1645 AD) The Old Tea Seller by Baisao & Norman Waddell (1675-1763 AD) Original Nature by Sokei-an Sasaki (1900s AD) The Book of Equanimity by Gerry Shishin Wick (Contemporary) Mixed and Other East Asian (Chinese Cultural Sphere) Philosophy, Literature, and History Mixed East Asian (Chinese Cultural Sphere) Philosophy and History The Chinese on the Art of Painting by Osvald Siren (206 BC-1911 AD) The Essential Huainanzi by John S. Major (200s BC) Master of the Three Ways by William Scott Wilson & Hung Ying-ming (1600s AD) The New History of Korean Civilization by Chai-Shin Yu Other East Asian (Chinese Cultural Sphere) Philosophy and Literature 1000 Poems from the Manyoshu by Anonymous (347 AD-759 AD) The Book of Master Mo by Mo Zi & Ian Johnston (470-391 BC) The Shin Buddhist Classical Tradition by Alfred Bloom Jewish Theology (21 e-books) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 50 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Go To Top Literary Translations Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel by Robert Alter Genesis: Translation and Commentary by Robert Alter A Literary Bible by David Rosenberg The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter Traditional / Classic Theology The Babylonian Talmud by Michael L. Rodkinson (Translator) (200-500 AD) The Doctor and the Soul by Viktor E. Frankl Hebrew Daily Prayer Book by Jonathan Sacks & United Synagogue, The Kuzari by Yehuda Halevi (1140 AD) Moses Maimonides On Teshuvah: The Ways of Repentance, a New Translation and Commentary by Henry Abramson The Unheard Cry for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl Modern Messianic Theology Jewish New Testament Commentary by David H. Stern The Orthodox Jewish Bible by Dr. Phillip E. Goble Tree of Life Bible by Messianic Jewish Family Walking Genesis by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D. Modern Rabbinic Theology American Reform Responsa by Walter Jacob Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament by John Walton Commentary on the Torah by Richard Elliott Friedman The Taryag Companion by Rabbi Jack Abramowitz http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 51 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM The Torah's Seventy Faces by Simcha Raz & Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins Anti-Religion History (27 e-books) Go To Top French Atheist History Abnormal by Graham Burchell and Michel Foucault The Chomsky-Foucault Debate by Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky The Discovery of France by Graham Robb (1890 AD) Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus The First Man by Albert Camus For the Soul of France by Frederick Brown (1871-1900 AD) Happy Death by Albert Camus The Plague by Albert Camus Savage Continent by Keith Lowe (1945-1955 AD) Contemporary American History The Art of Conversation by Catherine Blyth Farming by Wendell Berry The Fine Art of Small Talk by Debra Fine Going Solo by Eric Klinenberg The Good Life and Its Discontents by Robert J. Samuelson How To Be a Man by Glenn O'Brien & Jean-Philippe Delhomme In CHEAP We Trust by Lauren Weber Louder than Words (Enhanced Edition) by Joe Navarro and Toni Sciarra Poynter Made to Stick by Chip Heath & Dan Heath The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean M. Twenge & W. Keith Campbell The Other Irish by Karen F. McCarthy The Pain Chronicles by Melanie Thernstrom Sound Sleep, Sound Mind by William J. Bernstein Spy the Lie by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero, & Don Tennant http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 52 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Standing by Words by Wendell Berry The Upside of Irrationality (Enhanced Edition) by Dan Ariely Urban Dictionary by Aaron Pecklham What Money Can't Buy by Michael J. Sandel Pre-World/Mixed Religion History (29 e-books) Go To Top Native Iranian Religious History Rostam by Abolqasem Ferdowsi & Dick Davis (20-10 BC Parthian Dynasty) Shahnameh: The Epic of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi (before 600s AD) The Spirit of Zoroastrianism by Prods Oktor Skjaervo The Story of Bahaullah by Druzelle Cederquist (1817-1892 AD) Entire African Continent Mixed/Pre-World Religion History Forgotten Africa by John Brownie A History of Sub-Saharan Africa by Robert O. Collins & James M. Burns Papers On Language And Culture: An African Perspective by Mary Nyambura Muchiri, Ph.D. Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop Warfare in African History by Richard J. Reid (1000-2000 AD) West African Mixed/Pre-World Religion History The Evolution of Ondo Kingdom Over 500 years (1510-2010+) by Ibidayo Ajayi, Oladipo O. Akinkugbe & Jacob K. Olupona A History of Nigeria by Toyin Falola & Matthew M. Heaton Southern African Mixed/Pre-World Religion History Becoming Zimbabwe by Brian Raftopoulos & Alois Mlambo (850-2008 AD) A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition by Leonard Thompson A History of Zimbabwe by Alois S. Mlambo Reminiscences On the Dynastic History of Ndom Mwasundem, Cameroon by S. N. Ejedepang-Koge http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 53 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Pacific Ocean History Beyond the Coral Sea: Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific (Text Only) by Michael Moran Polynesia in Early Historic Times by Douglas Oliver Medieval North American History Cahokia by Timothy R. Pauketat (1050 AD) House of Rain by Craig Childs (1000s-1200s AD) Indian Nations of North America by National Geographic, Herman Viola, George Horsecapture, Rick Hill and ... 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Granberg Motherland Lost by Samuel Tadros An African Prayer Book by Desmond Tutu Africa Bible Commentary by Tokunboh Adeyemo The Other Side Of Jordan: A Commentary On The Book Of Hebrews In The Historic, Orthodox Tradition by Earl Cripe The Art of Personality by Hazrat Inayat Khan The Mysticism of Music, Sound, and Word by Hazrat Inayat Khan Sufi Mysticism by Hazrat Inayat Khan Sufi Teachings by Hazrat Inayat Khan Russia and the Arabs by Yevgeny Primakov (1947-1991 AD) From Malayan Union to Singapore Separation by Mohamad Noordin Sopiee A Servant of Sarawak: Reminiscences of a Crown Counsel in 1950s Borneo by Peter Mooney The Letters by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960 AD) The Rays by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960 AD) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 58 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM Speech and Power of Expression by M. 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These websites all serve different purposes or audiences, but all share one thing in common: they are all created by me and are about me and my mission/ministry. I am the webmaster, so that I not only create everything on these websites, but also have designed and done all the technical things, to make this site work well, on a wide range of the most popular devices. I have worked on all this for 16 years now, while understanding that I would never make any money off of it, as my niche is too small. Website Purpose Go To Top Most problems we encounter, in the world, these days are solved by highly intelligent people, in elite teams. But the most difficult problems have to be solved by you, as an individual, often times without any outside help. The most difficult problems do not have answers: the solution is to manage the problems and not let them control you. These are the problems I deal with, on this website and in my own life. These are also the kind of problems our current world has to deal with, as well. Nothing less than divine intervention will save us; for the biggest problems, we need to enlist the grace of God. (more on my challenges) http://benjamin-newton.net/above-beyond/serious-books.shtml Page 64 of 67 Benjamin-Newton Challenging Projects: Recommended Serious e-Books 10/24/14 7:11 PM I have spent a decade and a half studying the major world religions and world history, to try to find a way to explain who I am in a way that is both accurate and understandable to the lay person. The technical terms would be my unique philosophy combining Philosophical Taoism and Christian Existentialism, in order to find a way to understand the Bible better within its Asian and mystical traditions. I found along the way that Christianity first caught on in what is now occupied by Islamic fundamentalists, from North Africa and East Africa to Iran and Central Asia and has surprisingly close connections to Islam, in almost all of its practices and worldview. I am now able to explain who I am in a few simple words. First of all I am very religious, I am very literal, I have Schizophrenia, and I have extremely bad luck. To deal with these challenges, I have leveraged my creativity, my attention to detail, and my inability to give up on anything, to live a happy life. I took many risks, when I joined the military, and came out of that miraculously well. I now choose to live a very carefully thought out life and take as few risks as possible. (more on me) In my designs and my writing, I aim to be as clear, concise, and direct as possible, while still being polite. 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