Show off your [ever-expanding] library of Austrian books.
These are the ones I have in physical form, while I have nearly every book in the Mises.org library on my eBook reader.
History of Economic Thought - Economic Thought Before Adam Smith
Man, Economy, and State with Power & Market
America's Great Depression
Human Action
Theory of Money and Credit
Socialism
Theory and History
Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles
End the Fed
PIG to the Great Depression and the New Deal
Meltdown
The Privatization of Roads and Highways
Democracy - The God That Failed
Crisis and Leviathan
Defending the Undefendable
The School of Salamanca
A Tiger by the Tail (original first edition)
History of Economic Thought - Classical Economists
This is fun! I had like every Ayn Rand book but gave them all away and never got them back! I hope thats a good thing...
I had more on my Kindle but usually archive stuff when I am done with it. Can't remember what all I've read...
P.S. Is "The Driver" any good? I hadn't really started it yet. Caught up in Human Action atm..
Statism is a religion.
(Those are my precious Loeb Classical Library books making a cameo appearance on the top shelf.)
My collection of Austrian books isn't as impressive as Le Master's, but it consists of...
A huge proportion of my "reading", however, is in audio form. Besides these I've listened to Block's Defending the Undefendable, Woods' Meltdown and Rothbard's Conceived in Liberty, Ethics of LIberty, For a New Liberty, The Case Against the Fed, What Has Government Done to Our Money, Economics 101, and much more. I've also read Rothbard's entire History of Money and Banking in the United States and countless of his monographs online.
Four of the books pictured above (Menger's Principles, de Soto's MBCEC, Rothbard's MESwPM, and Hazlitt's FotNE) sit on my shelf courtesy of the generosity of Jeff Tucker, and his eagerness to support writers who are just starting out. Thank you again Mr. Tucker!
Human Action Comics Issues 1-6
filc:Is "The Driver" any good? I hadn't really started it yet
The Driver is fantastic.
If you find something evil that wobbles, push it. - Gary North
filc:I had like every Ayn Rand book but gave them all away and never got them back
My mom currently has my Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Also not included in my library pic are The Ethics of Liberty, which one of my little brothers is borrowing, and Economics in One Lesson, which another little brother is reading.
liberty student:The Driver is fantastic.
I have it on my Reader too. I'm considering putting it near the top of my long queue of books. You ought to put a review of it on Amazon.com if you're up to it, liberty student.
At first, I kept a list of all my WWII books (and still do), and now I keep a list of all my economics/politics/libertarianism books. As you may notice, they are not all so "liberty" (Marx, Keynes and Stiglitz, e.g.).
Economic Thought: Thoughts on Liberty
Lilburne:Besides these I've listened to Block's Defending the Undefendable,
Ha! I just finished reading it on my Kindle. Very thought provoking, fantastic!
I guess I'll have to toss Driver up next on my list.
Lilburne:Those are my precious Loeb Classical Library books making a cameo appearance on the top shelf
Wowzers. I want those! Do you have every volume? I'm always on the lookout for an affordable auction of it on eBay. I also desperately want the complete Franklin Library. I found the complete OED 2nd Ed sealed for next to nothing and that's where my AE books currently rest atop.
I thought I was the only sicko who enjoyed being walled in by books. =p
Le Master:Wowzers. I want those! Do you have every volume?
Oh no, not even close. The Loeb Library numbers in the hundreds; I only have 15. :( Most of my Greco-Roman reading is with the much more affordable Penguin Classics. But I love those too: beautiful covers, and superb introductions and footnotes.
Le Master:I'm always on the lookout for an affordable auction of it on eBay.
The husband of one of my co-workers teaches Greek and Latin, and he got his school to buy the ENTIRE set for his classroom!
Le Master:I found the complete OED 2nd Ed sealed for next to nothing
Way to keep an eye out!
filc: I thought I was the only sicko who enjoyed being walled in by books. =p
It's nice to see you guys owning a personal library, which I don't.
Anybody has genuine information on Hazlitt's library? One of my friends said he (Hazlitt) had over 10,000 books in his personal library.
I'm not nearly organized enough to keep my books on an actual physical bookshelf together; however, I did find and start using Shelfari because of my slowly-expanding Austrian library. Seems like the perfect site for the people on here.
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
I attempted to sign into Shelfari, and it turns out that I registered two years ago. I didn't even realize it. The site and concept seem pretty neat. I think I may set up my library on there over the next couple of days.
I just created my own shelfari, although I can see it getting very old very fast. :P http://www.shelfari.com/o1514465113/shelf
I would take a picture of my book shelf but it might scare some people.
'It is difficult to imagine any normal person wishing to meet Marx for a third time.' - Alexander Gray, The Socialist Tradition
Laughing Man: I would take a picture of my book shelf but it might scare some people.
Oh, come on. We can handle it.
filc: This is fun! I had like every Ayn Rand book but gave them all away and never got them back! I hope thats a good thing...
I cant understand why The Creature From Jekyll Island isnt more hyped than it is.
It might be one of the best, if not the best, books on the Fed.
The power of Christ compels you!
I would post mine but...Some books are on my iPod in audiobook form, others on the computer. Right now I have: America's Great Depression, For a New Liberty, What Has Government Done to Our Money?, and Atlas Shrugged. I'm about halfway through For a New Liberty.
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. - H.L. Mencken
Laughing Man:I would take a picture of my book shelf but it might scare some people.
I bet it's mostly socialist/commie books. :D
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