Just went through my dad’s Amazon account, and pulled out a partial list of the books I read. Seeing years of my life reduced to a list of books reminds me of Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet”.
PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story
TIHKAL: The Continuation
December 31, 2019
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Pinker, Steven
Illegal to Legal: Business Success For The (Formerly) Incarcerated
Pelshaw, Mr. R. L.
The World’s Cheapest Destinations: 26 Countries Where Your Travel Money is Worth a Fortune
Leffel, Tim
The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget: How to Live Well on $25,000 a Year
Haskins, Suzan
Getting Out: Your Guide to Leaving America (Updated and Expanded Edition) (Process Self-reliance Series)
Ehrman, Mark
Global Career: How to Work Anywhere and Travel Forever
Swigunski, Michael
Real Tactics For Filing Your Disability Claim: Learn the “Ins and Outs” of Filing a Social Security Disability Claim in Language You Can Understand
Fróes, Tatiana M.
November 17, 2019
Defending the Damned: Inside a Dark Corner of the Criminal Justice System
Davis, Kevin
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Diamond Ph.D., Jared
The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Adoption: Everything You Need to Know About Domestic and International Adoption
Falker, Elizabeth
November 3, 2019
The Craft of Intelligence: America’s Legendary Spy Master on the Fundamentals of Intelligence Gathering for a Free World
Dulles, Allen
The Book You Were Born to Write: Everything You Need to (Finally) Get Your Wisdom onto the Page and into the World
Notaras, Kelly
The Elements of Journalism, Revised and Updated 3rd Edition: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
Kovach, Bill
A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children)
Riggs, Ransom
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Loewen, James W.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
The Portable Nietzsche (Portable Library)
Nietzsche, Friedrich
Surviving Schizophrenia, 7th Edition: A Family Manual
Torrey, E. Fuller
Battling The Administration: An Inmate’s Guide to a Successful Lawsuit
Meister, David J.
The Elements of Legal Style
Garner, Bryan A.
At Home in Two Countries: The Past and Future of Dual Citizenship (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas)
Spiro, Peter J
Gorilla Lawfair (The New Jailhouse Lawyer) (Volume 1)
Amen, Anpu Unnefer
Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA
Abu-Jamal, Mumia
August 18, 2019
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law, Fifth Edition
Feinman, Jay M.
The Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen (Columbia Global Reports)
Abrahamian, Atossa Araxia
Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
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Flipping Your Conviction: State Post-Conviction Relief for the Pro Se Prisoner
Denison, Ivan
The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook
Schiraldi,Glenn
A Concise Restatement of Torts 2nd Second edition by Institute
Institute
Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell (Nutshells)
Graham, Michael
Pennsylvania Rules of Court – Federal, 2019 revised ed. (Vol. II, Pennsylvania Court Rules)
Thomson Reuters Editorial Staff
Yardbird USA: How the United States Became the World’s Leading Jailer (Musings of a Trial Lawyer)
Cline, Jack W.
Nolo’s Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits
Morton III M.D., David A.
The Costa Rica Escape Manual 2019 (Happier Than A Billionaire)
Pisani, Nadine Hays
Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner’s Manual for Life
Spence, Gerry
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Stevenson, Bryan
September 2, 2020
Pennsylvania Rules of Court – State, 2016 ed. (Vol. I, Pennsylvania Court Rules)
Thomson West
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul by John Eldredge (21-Feb-2012) Paperback
3,000 Spanish Words and Phrases They Won’t Teach You in School
Hamer, Eleanor
August 24, 2020
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law, Newest Edition, Trade Paperback
Merriam-Webster
No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits: No Holds Barred, Kick Butt, Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Really Getting Rich
Kennedy, Dan S.
Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track
Sutton, Garrett
West’s Pennsylvania Criminal Justice, 2012 ed.
Thomson West
August 10, 2020
Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail–Every Place, Every Time
Spence, Gerry
Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track
Sutton, Garrett
Making Them Believe: How One of America’s Legendary Rogues Marketed ”The Goat Testicles Solution” and Made Millions
Kennedy, Dan S.
July 16, 2020
The Ultimate Sales Letter, 4th Edition: Attract New Customers. Boost your Sales.
Kennedy, Dan S
No B.S. Marketing to the Affluent: No Holds Barred, Take No Prisoners, Guide to Getting Really Rich
Kennedy, Dan S.
Spanish for Beginners: This Book Includes: Grammar, Vocabulary, Short Stories
Revolution, Spanish Learning
Scientology The Fundamentals of Thought (English)
Hubbard, L. Ron
West’s Pennsylvania Criminal Justice, 2009 ed.
West
May 17, 2020
The “Hitler Myth”: Image and Reality in the Third Reich
Kershaw, Ian
Dianetics The Modern Science of Mental Health
L. Ron Hubbard
The Direct Mail Solution: A Business Owner’s Guide to Building a Lead-Generating, Sales-Driving, Money-Making Direct-Mail Campaign
Simpson, Craig
May 2, 2020
Mastering the Adventure of International Dating: Real answers and straight talk for Gen Y-ers, Gen X-ers and Boomers to finding Romance in Eastern Eur
Davis, Mark Edward
April 13, 2020
Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away
Goldstein, Rebecca
Learn Spanish via Etymologies: The Addictive Way To Learn Spanish Quickly
Friedman, S. Morgan
Pen Pal Success: The Ultimate Guide to Getting & Keeping Pen Pals
Kruger, Josh
High Noon in Skivvies: The Adventurer’s Guide to Retiring Early, Simple Living, and Homesteading in Nicaragua
Allen, Jeff
Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe
Mercier, Hugo
Merriam-Webster’s Word-for-Word Spanish-English Dictionary, Newest Edition, 2016 Copyright (Spanish and English Edition)
Merriam-Webster
Spanish Language For Beginners: How to learn and speak Spanish from scratch. A self-study guide with practical exercises to get familiar with Spanish language.
Swank, Matthew
The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Penguin Handbooks)
Brown, Nicholas J.
The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children)
Riggs, Ransom
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Pinker, Steven
Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual
Boston, John
Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
Roth, Alisa
Post-Conviction Relief: Secrets Exposed
Riggs, Kelly Patrick
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, Jacketed Hardcover, Indexed, 2020 Copyright
Merriam-Webster
January 11, 2020
Jury Decision Making: The State of the Science (Psychology and Crime)
Devine, Dennis J.
The CIA World Factbook 2019-2020
Central Intelligence Agency
July 24, 2021
The Leader in Me: How Schools Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time
Covey, Stephen R.
Start A 501c3 Nonprofit That Doesn’t Ruin Your Life: How to Legally Structure Your Nonprofit to Avoid I.R.S. Trouble, Lawsuits, Financial Scandals & More! (Nonprofit Law Series)
Chisholm Esq., Audrey K.
How to Start, Run & Grow a Successful Nonprofit Organization: DIY Startup Guide to 501 C(3) Nonprofit Charitable Organization For All 50 States & DC
Sanders, Aaron
The Robert Collier Letter Book: Fifth Edition
Collier, Robert
Winning through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life
Ringer, Robert
Seducing Strangers: How to Get People to Buy What You’re Selling (The Little Black Book of Advertising Secrets)
Weltman, Josh
The prospect of immortality
Ettinger, R. C. W
May 31, 2021
Zero Resistance Selling
Maltz, Maxwell
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Covey, Stephen R.
Copywriting Secrets: How Everyone Can Use The Power Of Words To Get More Clicks, Sales and Profits . . . No Matter What You Sell Or Who You Sell It To!
Edwards, Jim
April 7, 2021
The New Psycho-Cybernetics
Maxwell Maltz
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Stone, Brad
Iron John: A Book about Men
Bly, Robert
No B.S. Guide to Powerful Presentations: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Plan to Sell Anything with Webinars, Online Media, Speeches, and Seminars
Kennedy, Dan S.
March 30, 2021
Lolita
Nabokov, Vladimir
Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity (Jewish Encounters Series)
Goldstein, Rebecca
Grow Rich!: With Peace of Mind
Hill, Napoleon
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Cahalan, Susannah
No B.S. Price Strategy: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Kick Butt Take No Prisoner Guide to Profits, Power, and Prosperity
Kennedy, Dan S.
The NO EXCUSE Travel Guide: A Blueprint for Making Your Travel Dreams a Reality
Gloeckl, Philipp
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Kick Butt Take No Prisoners Guide to Time Productivity and Sanity
Kennedy, Dan S.
February 19, 2021
Spanish-English Dictionary (Barron’s Bilingual Dictionaries)
Martini, Ursula
The Costa Rica Escape Manual 2019 (Happier Than A Billionaire)
Pisani, Nadine Hays
No B.S. Ruthless Management of People and Profits: No Holds Barred, Kick Butt, Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Really Getting Rich
Kennedy, Dan S.
Get Laid or Die Trying
Allen, Jeff
Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Erard, Michael