Library

Recommendations: Arranged from most recent to earliest.

• What’s So Amazing About Grace?
  Philip Yancey
  Profound and beautifully written
• The Christian Family
  Larry Christenson
  Much need not be said with such a straightforward title…
• Stop Dating the Church
  Joshua Harris
  I actually this by another title, Deje De Coquetear Con La Iglesia. I picked up the Spanish version in San Salvador this summer. It’s great!
• Let Me Be a Woman
  Elisabeth Elliot
  I started this a while ago and just recently re-read the first chapters and finished the book.
• The God Who is There
  Francis A. Schaeffer
  Schaeffer carefully traces the overall decline of western civilizations through philosophy, art, music, and theology from the late 1800’s to the present, revealing the need for Christians of today to familiarize themselves with the basics of apologetics and formal argumentation once again.
• The True Measure of a Woman
  Lisa Bevere
  This is one is obviously directed at a very specific group. Ladies, we’ve all questioned our worth at one time or another. This book was a wonderful reminder that we perform for an audience of One.
• How to Respond When You Feel Mistreated
  John Bevere
  I think the title speaks for itself. John and Lisa Bevere are two favorite speakers of mine and they’re good with a pen as well!
  
• The Dream Giver
  Bruce Wilkinson
  What to expect while in pursuit of those dreams that God has placed in your heart. Revealed through the tale of an Ordinary man in a John Bunyan sort of style.
• Selected Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  I have too many favorites of his to list, so suggesting his works in general will have to suffice. “In Memoriam” and “Ulysses” I liked particularly, if you happen to come across them.
• The Shepherd of the Hills
  Harold Bell Wright
  A book I picked up on our trip to the Ozarks a few years ago. Down in MO, it’s considered a household classic, though I had never heard of it till then.
• Mark of the Lion Series
  Francine Rivers
  Three books following the lives of a group of men and women living in the Roman Empire during the years AD. They’re quite good as far as novels go. I’m not easily moved by fiction, but the second (An Echo in the Darkness) actually brought tears!
• The Cross and the Switchblade
  David Wilkerson
  A true story, written by the man who started Teen Challenge Ministries.
• Paradise Lost
  John Milton
  The epic version of the Creation, Fall and Temptation of man. One of the most beautifully written books I’ve read in a long time.
• Evidence That Demands a Verdict
  Josh McDowell
  A response to the more historical/scientific accuracy questions regarding the claims of Christianity and the Bible.
• The Lord of the Rings Series
  J.R.R. Tolkien
  I haven’t read these since I was in the fourth grade, so I am currently reading through them again. They are proving to be even better the second time.
  
• The Chronicles of Narnia
  C.S. Lewis
  Must read classics for young and young at heart. I’d particularly like to highlight my favorite, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
• Don Quixote
  Miguel de Cervantes
  It would probably be appropriate to reference the book that inspired one of the themes of this blog.
• The Bible
  Even before I mention any favorite novel or topical non-fiction, I’d like to recommend reading what is currently my favorite book. It’s safe to say that there’s something in there for everyone: history and wars, poetry and prose, advice and encouragement, as well as an amazing love story of which we all are actively involved. I haven’t linked a specific version because there are many translations. I have an NIV (as well as NVI Esp and La Reina Valera) which is one of the most common. I guess I’m not too particular, though it is my personal opinion that some of the new ones have been watered down. Anyway, good book. Read.

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Monday, January 21st 2007: All afternoon I’ve been boxing. No, not with gloves. I’ve been packing things in cardboard boxes in anticipation of a possible move. Now I have piles of books strewn all over my room. Not that anyone asked, but below is the list of books I still need to pack somewhere (I’m hoping that by making a list I will remember to return the ones that do not belong to me). Yikes… this is only the beginning!

Robinson Crusoe
The Shepherd of the Hills
Tennyson (Selected Poems)
Christy
The Summa, by Aquinas
Pilgrim’s Progress
Wuthering Heights
Laesebog For Folkeskolen (Norwegian folktales, and no, I cannot read Norwegian …yet)
Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
New England Primer
TI–84 Calculator Guide
A Distant Challenge
Infantry in Vietnam
The Civil War
The Civil War -Strange and Fascinating Facts
Encyclopedia of Minerals
Science Year-by-Year
The Word at War: 1939-45
The Anne of G.G Series
1, 2, 3, 4… 15 journals/notebooks!
While Mortals Sleep
His Watchful Eye
The Hobbit
The Treasure Principal
The Cross and the Switchblade
Give Us This Day
Paradise Lost
Rousseau, Hobbes, Descartes and Locke (eek! those need to go back…)
Tacitus (so does that one)
The Scarlet Letter
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Prince (Machiavelli)
Deje de Coquetear Con La Iglesia (Joshua Harris translated!)
The Educated Child
Don Quixote de la Mancha (the original -yay!)
Mark My Word
Beowulf
Empezando Tu Dia Bien (Joyce Meyer)
Canticos de Jubilo
The God Who is There
The Fellowship of the Ring
Mark of the Lion Series
The Dream Giver
Beautiful Girlhood
Peace With God (Graham)
Follow Me
Getting Along
Before You Teach
William Shakespeare -Complete Works
Utopia and Faust (to be returned also)
Morgan Family Series
Latin-English Dictionary
Wheelock’s Latin
2 Wheelock’s Workbooks
Revolution in WM
Let Me Be a Woman (Elliot)
Everyday Words
Ecce Romani
Names
Glimpses of Glory