Astronomy

The Smithsonian Intimate Guide to the Cosmos: Visualising the Realities of Space (Dana Derry). Beautifully illustrated. A pictorial guide to the universe, with some informative and interesting comment.

General

The Sound of One Hand Clapping (Richard Flanagan). Set in Tasmania. The style of writing is unusual but effective. A must read.

Galileo: A Dramatised Life (Gerald Smith). An interesting approach that traces the life of Galileo in some detail.

Rogue Economics: Capitalisms new reality (Loretta Napoleoni). If you want to know what drives world economics, Rogue Economics is a must.

Blind Man’s Bluff (Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew, with Anette Lawrence Drew). Blind Man’s Bluff traces the history of submarine espionage during the Cold War years. Fascinating reading.

The Brief Life of HMS Trooper (David Renwick Grant). HMS Trooper served in the Mediterranean during World War II. A technical and personal look at the exploits of Trooper and its crew. If you have an interest in submarine life of that era, this book is a good resource while serving as a tribute to submariners, many of whom were lost as was the Trooper.

Philosophy and Theology

Bible.

Word Studies in The Greek New Testament (Kenneth Wuest). Wuest has been the richest resource imaginable. Comprising 4 volumes, one of which is the Wuest version of the New Testament (available for multi-function devices, such as the Palm).

Wuest conveys the richness of the Greek language and, in doing so, elaborates the New Testament, demonstrating its consistency.

Escape From Reason (Francis A. Schaeffer). Escape From Reason is an inspiring work. For those who recognise, or suspect, that discovering the true nature of one’s being is hampered by the conventions of modern thinking, Escape From Reason is a must read.

The Last Superstition (Edward Feser). A rebuttal of atheist writings such as The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins) and that of other prominent atheist authors. A demanding read, but well worth the effort for those wanting to acquire an alternative perspective. Feser exposes the flaws in naturalistic and modernist thinking.

Consciousness And the Existence of God (J.P. Moreland). Very much an academic work arguing God’s existence from consciousness. Moreland discusses the unlikely emergence of consciousness from physical processes, postulated by the naturalistic world view.

Kingdom Triangle (J.P. Moreland). A must read. Not so academic. Moreland addresses the crisis of this age from the perspective of competing philosophies, Scientific Naturalism and Post Modernism and elaborates the underlying issues that invade human thinking.

Really, Moreland exposes the truths about modern thinking and its departure from God mindedness, demonstrating very clearly where humanity is at, in this day and age.

The Rough Guide to The Da Vinci Code (Michael Haag and Veronica Haag). More informative than the Da Vinci Code.

The God Delusion (Dawkins). One may ask, why list this here, among such worthy works of Christian insight. It would not be fair otherwise. Richard is entitled to his views, along with other atheists. No matter how much they may abhor theists.

Richard’s scornful, passionate objection and need to reconcile, naturalism and theism, is an obvious and predictable imperative, with an equally obvious solution – reject theism.