Thursday, January 03, 2019

books read: 2018

this year I read just over 100 books (106 to be exact)

~ Science & Spirituality ~

SPIRITUALITY   (23)
  Holiness (JC Ryle, 1877)
  Marriage God's Way (Scott LaPierre, 2016)
  All Things New (John Eldredge, 2017)
  Walking with God (Eldredge, 2016)
  Alien Intrusions (Gary Bates, 2010)
  The All-or-Nothing Marriage (Eli J. Finkel, 2017)
  Easy Chairs, Hard Words (Douglas Wilson, 1997)
  No More Christian Nice Guy (Paul Coughlin, 2016)
  How to be Free from Bitterness (Jim Wilson, 2016)
  Christianity vs. Liberalism (J. Gresham Machen, 1923)
  Fidelity: How to be a One-Woman Man (Wilson, 1999)
  Books on Spiritual Warfare
    The Adversary: The Christian Versus Demon Activity (Mark Bubeck, 2013)
    Reclaiming Surrendered Ground (Jim Logan, 2016)
    Victory over the Darkness (Neil Anderson, 2000)
    The Bondage Breaker (Anderson, 2006)
    Freedom in Christ (Anderson, 2017)
SCIENCE
  An Atlas of Life on Earth (Windmill Books, 2014)
  The History of Life (Michael J. Benton, 2008)
  Dinosaurs of the Triassic Period (Explore Series, 2013)
  Dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period (Explore Series, 2013)
  Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (Explore Series, 2013)
  The Bird Dinosaurs (Explore Series, 2013)
  A Survival Guide to the Jurassic (Dougal Dixon, 2009)



~ Histories of the Early Modern World ~

Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History (Euan Cameron, 2001)
Warfare in the Era of Pike and Shot (Sean McLachlan, 2013)
Pike and Shot Tactics, 1590-1660 (Keith Roberts, 2010)
The Advent of Early Modern Warfare (McLachlan, 2017)
The French Religious Wars, 1562-1598 (Robert Knecht, 2014)
French Musketeer, 1622-1775 (Chartrand & Turner, 2013)
A Brief History of the Thirty Years' War (Israel Smith Clare, 2012)
The English Civil Wars, 1642-1651 (Peter Gaunt, 2014)
Warfare in the Eighteenth Century (Jeremy Black, 1999)
The Redcoats: The History of the British Army in the 18th Century
   (Charles River, 2018)
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket (Richard Holmes, 2011)
The War of the Spanish Succession (Wilbur Cortez Abbott, 2015)
The War of the Spanish Succession (Jesse Braun, 2018)
The War of the Austrian Succession (Atkinson & Daniels, 2014)
French and Indian Wars (Francis Russell, 2015)  
The French & Indian War, 1756-1763
  The Seven Years' War (Henry Dyer, 2018)
  The Seven Years War & Its Aftermath (Olga Wawer, 2018)
  The French & Indian War (Hourly History, 2017)
  The French & Indian War (i60education, 2018)
  The French & Indian War (Christopher & James Collier, 2012)
The American War of Rebellion, 1775 - 1783
  The American Revolution, 1774-1783 (Daniel Marston, 2002)
  Whirlwind: the American Revolution and the War That Won It (John Ferling, 2015)
  Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought
    (Michael Stephenson, 2008)
  Rebels and Redcoats (George Scheer, 1987)
  British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution
    (Don N. Hagist, 2014)
The French Revolution
  The French Revolution (Peter Davies, 2011)
  The French Revolution (Jon Oldham, 2017)
  The French Revolution (Hourly History, 2017)
  The French Revolution & Napoleon (Charles Hazen, 1917)
  The French Revolutionary Wars (Gregory Fremont-Barnes, 2001)



~ Fiction and Literature ~

HISTORICAL FICTION OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS*
  Compendiums
    The Sharpe Companion: The Early Years (Mark Adkin, 2005)
    The Sharpe Companion (Adkin, 2000)
    Patrick O'Brian's Navy (Richard O'Neill, 2003)
    The World of Jack Aubrey (David Miller, 2008)
    A Sea of Words (Dean King, et. al., 2012)
    Harbors and High Seas (King, 2012)
  Novels from 1799 to 1812
    Sharpe's Tiger: The Siege of Seringapatam, 1799 (Cornwell, 1996)
    Master and Commander, 1800 (O'Brian, 1969)
    Post Captain, 1802 (O'Brian, 1972)
    Sharpe's Triumph: The Battle of Assaye, 1803 (Cornwell, 1998)
    Sharpe's Fortress: The Siege of Gawilghur, 1803 (Cornwell, 1998)
    Sharpe's Trafalgar: The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (Cornwell, 2000)
    HMS Surprise, 1804-1806 (O'Brian, 1973)
    Sharpe's Prey: The Siege of Copenhagen, 1807 (Cornwell, 2001)
    Sharpe's Rifles: The French Invasion of Galica, 1809 (Cornwell, 1988)
    Sharpe's Havoc: The Campaign in Northern Portugal, 1809 (Cornwell, 2003)
    Sharpe's Eagle: The Talavera Campaign, 1809 (Cornwell, 1981)
    Sharpe's Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, 1810 (Cornwell, 1981)
    Sharpe's Escape: The Battle of Bussaco, 1810  (Cornwell, 2004)
    The Mauritius Command, 1810 (O'Brian, 1977) 
    Sharpe's Fury: The Battle of Barrosa, 1811 (Cornwell, 2006)
    Desolation Island, 1811-1812 (O'Brian, 1978)
    Sharpe's Battle: The Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, 1811 (Cornwell, 1995)
    Sharpe's Company: The Siege of Badajoz, 1812 (Cornwell, 1982)
    The Fortune of War, 1812-1813 (Patrick O'Brian, 1979)
    Sharpe's Sword: The Salamanca Campaign, 1812 (Bernard Cornwell, 1983)
    Sharpe's Skirmish: The Defence of the Tormes, 1812 (Cornwell, 2002)
    The Surgeon's Mate, 1813 (O'Brian, 1980)
A HODGEPODGE OF FICTION
  The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie, 1920)
  Mr. Mercedes (Stephen King, 2015)
  Just After Sunset (King, 2008)
  2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke, 1968)
  Rendezvous with Rama (Clarke, 1990)
  The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Red Mars (1993)
    Green Mars (1995)
    Blue Mars (1997)
  J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Saga
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1999)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1999)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
WESTERNS
  The Virginian (Owen Winster, 1920)
  Desperadoes (Ron Hansen, 1997)
  Deadwood (Pete Dexter, 2005)
  Dead Man's Walk (Larry McMurtry, ??)
  Welcome to Hard Times (El Doctorow, 2007)
  Under the Sweetwater Rim (Louis L'Amour, 1971)
  The Iron Marshal (L'Amour, 1969)
  The Branch and the Scaffold (Loren D. Estleman, 2009)
  The Master Executioner (Estleman, 2001)
STAR WARS NOVELS
  A.C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy
    The Paradise Snare (1997)
    The Hutt Gambit  (1997)
    Rebel Dawn (1997)
  Roger Allen's The Corellian Trilogy
    Ambush at Corellia (1995)
    Assault at Selonia (1995)
    Showdown at Centerpoint (1995)


*Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey-Maturin series and Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe series come together in relative chronological order during the course of the Napoleonic Wars.

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