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The Essential Bookshelf

Reading is essential for growth in excellence.  It is a window to great and important ideas.  An essential bookshelf is a canon of great literature that everybody ought to read.  This is my collection of good, great and essential books.

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The Vanishing American Adult

Ben Sasse

average rating is 5 out of 5

Description:

This book describes the origins of this breakdown of a shared sense of coming-of-age and his path to regaining a shared understanding of adulthood

Tags:

Culture, Personal Development, Adulthood, Work, Citizenship

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Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

average rating is 5 out of 5

Description:

In this book, Frankl discusses the experience and response to prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp. Those who were able to transcend their circumstances were able see spiritual growth and find meaning, even in the suffering they were experiencing.

Tags:

Suffering

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Toxic Empathy

Allie Beth Stuckey

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

Empathy is the idea of being able to share someone else's feeling. But often feelings can mask and hide the truth. Toxic empathy is the idea of making decisions based feelings for another person that are ultimately harmful to that person. In this book, the author discusses various social and cultural ways that an attempt to be empathetic can cause lasting and serious harms for others and society.

Tags:

Trans, Abortion, Immigration, Homosexuality, Social Justice, Bible

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Made for People

Justin Whitmel Earley

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book discusses the need for deep friendships and the various components that are involved in developing covenantal friendships.

Tags:

Friendship, Relationships

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God and the Transgender Debate

Andrew Walker

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book discusses provides a biblical understanding of gender and how Christians should view the transgender debate and treat transgender people.

Tags:

Gender, Transgender, Theology, Bible, Culture

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Descriptions and Prescriptions

Michael Emlet

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book discusses mental health from a biblical perspective and what pastors need to know when counseling people with mental health disorders.

Tags:

Health, Healthcare, Theology, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Therapy

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The Tech-Wise Family

Andy Crouch

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book discusses the importance of relationship and how to manage technology in our families

Tags:

Technology, Family, Relationships

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If You Can Keep It

Eric Metaxas

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book is a reflection on what has made us a great nation and a call to carry the torch of the idea of America.

Tags:

US History, History, Culture

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Make Your Bed

William McRaven

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book presents 10 life lessons from Adm. McRaven's experience in SEAL teams.

Tags:

Personal Development

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Building a Second Brain

Tiago Forte

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This book discusses the idea of creating a second brain to gather, store and process information.

Tags:

Productivity

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Fortitude

Dan Crenshaw

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

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Tags:

Resilience, Personal Development, Politics

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Getting Things Done

David Allen

average rating is 4 out of 5

Description:

This lays out a detailed method to collect, organize and process all the inputs and tasks in day to day life.

Tags:

Productivity, Personal Development

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