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Important
Books
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Investigation,
Guidance, Revelation, and other enlightening and fascinating nonfiction.
If you haven't read all of these, you're missing critical information.
[Listed in alphabetical order by title.] |
 A
History of God:
The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
by Karen Armstrong, 1993. You'll never learn this in church, temple,
or mosque. |
 Conversations
With God:
An Uncommon Dialogue
by Neale
Donald Walsch, 1999. The title may be pretentious, but the insights
are priceless. |
 Fingerprints
of the Gods by Graham Hancock, 1995. |
 How
to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie, 1937. The classic remains the best "self-help" book
ever written. |
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 The
Conscious Universe:
The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena
by Dean Radin, 1997.
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The
Nature of Personal Reality,
A Seth Book by Jane Roberts, 1974. This is the key in the most illuminating
and informative series of books ever written. Two others of special
value are Seth
Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul and The
Individual and the Nature of Mass Events.
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The
Survival Files: The Most Convincing
Evidence Yet Compiled for the Survival of Your Soul,
by Miles Edward Allen, 2007. An astonishing selection of the best
evidence for an afterlife taken from the full range of sources,
complemented by careful reasoning and intriguing speculation.
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Out-of-Print
but Still Sought
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In this day of on-demand printing and e-book publishing, there
would seem to be no excuse for a good book not being available to
the public at a reasonable price. Those who hold the publication
rights need to be informed of the options available (at little or
no cost) and encouraged to use those options or to allow the book
to be published by others.
Below is a list of books (both fiction
and nonfiction) that we and/or our visitors consider to be well
worth making available either as on-demand printed books or as e-books.
To add your favorite books that are currently out of print, send
us a note.
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[Listed in alphabetical order by author's last name.]
Becker, Stephen — The Chinese Bandit
Fawcett,
Lawrence — Clear Intent (Prentice-Hall, 1984)
Good,
Tmothy — Above Top Secret (William Morrow, 1988)
Harbinson, William — Inception (Dell, 1991)
________ — Phoenix (Dell, 1995)
________ — Genesis (Dell, 1980)
________ — Millenium (Dell, 1995)
________ — Resurrection (New English Library, 1999)
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Entertaining
Books
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These
are not just good entertainment, they are the very best. Of course,
that's a matter of opinion, but if you find any here that you have
enjoyed, you'll likely enjoy the others.
[Listed in alphabetical order by title.]
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Best
Police Story
Beyond
Recognition by Ridley Pearson
— In pursuit of a most inventive killer. |
Best
Adventure Novel
The
Chinese Bandit by
Stephen Becker — Earthy and exciting, not to mention being a
superb source of oriental curses.* |
Best
Epic Novel
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson — Codebreaking,
data havens, and high finance mix with love, war, and intrigue across
three generations. |
Best
Mystery
The
Eight by Katherine Neville —
Especially loved by those who like to think and those who enjoy chess.
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Most
Unexpected Finale
Ender's
Game by
Orson Scott Card — The thoughtful but fascinating story of a
young boy who is tricked into changing the universe forever. |
Most
Illuminating
Genesis
by
William Harbinson — An ingenious and engrossing exposé
of the forces at work behind many of the anomalies of the twentieth
century. Of course, it's fiction, but … who knows?* |
Most
Hilarious
The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams — Insanely funny and memorably imaginative. |
Best
Fantasy Series
The
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
— Many have emulated this trilogy but none have done it better.
A truly wondrous tale, wonderfully written. Read The
Hobbit first. |
Best Post-Catastrophe Novel
Lucifer's
Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry
Pournelle — Mankind fights to survive a comet strike. |
Best
Alien-Contact Tale
The
Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
and Jerry Pournelle — When Larry and Jerry get together, wonderful
books happen and this is their masterpiece. |
Best
Historical Novel
The
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
— The building of a cathedral in 12th-century England. Carefully
wrought and truly captivating. |
Best
Spy Novel
The
Secret Ways by
Alistair MacLean — Best known for The Guns of Navarone,
the master thriller writer is at his prime here. |
Best
Halloween Story
Something
Wicked This Way Comes by Ray
Bradbury — Two youths encounter high strangeness when Cooger
and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show rolls into their Midwestern town.
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Best
Psycho-Killer Novel
The
Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas
Harris — Even if you've seen the movie, the book is well worth
your time. |
Best
Apocalyptic Epic
The
Stand by Stephen King —
The world's most popular horror writer at his very best. His characters
(several of whom did not make it to the TV mini-series) are especially
well developed. A long, dark tale you will never forget. |
Best
Culture Critique
Stranger
In a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
— Morality, love, and religion are examined through the eyes
of an outsider who was raised by Martians. A classic of the 1960s,
this marvelous book remains relevant, thought-provoking, and entertaining
today. |
Most
Inventive Plot Device
To
Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip
Jose Farmer — This is the first volume of the Riverworld sci-fi
saga, in which all of the humans who ever lived on earth are brought
back to life simultaneously on an artifical planet, thus allowing
for the (otherwise impossible) interplay of historical characters
such as Mark Twain, Tom Mix, and Sir Richard Burton as they search
for the planet's architects. |
Most
Intense Thriller
Vertical
Run by Joseph R. Garber — Why is everybody (even
his family and friends) trying to kill David Elliot? |
Best
Animal Tale
Watership
Down
by Richard Adams — A tale of tragedy and triumph; so enthralling
you will quickly forget that its protaganists are rabbits. |
Best
Alternative History
The
Years of Rice and Salt
by
Kim Stanley Robinson — What sort of world would the Chinese,
Arabs, and Native Americans have forged if the Bubonic Plague had
truly wiped out Europe? Fascinating food for thought. |
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