by Library Lin | Aug 8, 2022 | Philosophy
120. Books on Epistemology, Causation, Humankind Further Reading: 123. Books on Determinism & Indeterminism Ian Hacking The Taming of Chance, 1990. Professor Ian Hacking presents a scholarly work on the analysis of probability’s history and its influence.... 
by Library Lin | Aug 5, 2022 | Books, Economics
The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Let me plainly state that I am neither an economist nor a person who ever reads about economics. Econ 101 was one of the few classes in college that I came close to failing. None of it past the... 
by Library Lin | Aug 1, 2022 | History
943. Books on the history of Germany & Central Europe Further Reading: Carmen Callil Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland and Vichy France, 2006. Nazi sympathizers existed all across Europe as World War II raged on. This is the story of French... 
by Library Lin | Jul 28, 2022 | Literature
801. Books on the philosophy & theory of literature Further Reading: M. H. Abrams The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition, 1954. American literary critic M. H. Abrams examines the Romantic approach to literary criticism and compares it... 
by Library Lin | Jul 25, 2022 | The Arts
759. Books on the history, geographic treatment, and biography in painting Further Reading: Thomas S. Buechner Norman Rockwell, Artist and Illustrator, 1970. Norman Rockwell was known for his 20th-century cover art for the Saturday Evening Post. Brooklyn Museum...