Biographies and Autobiographies

 

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris

Theodore Rex, Edmund Morris

Mornings On Horseback, David McCullough

The River of Doubt:  Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, Candice Millard

His Excellency George Washington, Joseph J. Ellis

Seven Men and The Secret to Their Greatness, Eric Metaxas

It Doesn’t Take A Hero: General H. Norman Schwarzkof The Autobiography, Peter Petre

My American Journey, Colin Powell

Lincoln, David Herbert Donald

Nimitz, E.B. Potter

Bull Halsey, E.B. Potter

Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, Editorial Board of Diamond Sutra Recitation Group

Real Heroes- Inspiring Stories of Courage, Character and Conviction. By Lawrence Reed

Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy

Born Again, by Charles W. Colson

Finish Strong, The Dan Russell Story by Dan Russell with Craig Borlase

Killing Kennedy, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

Character:  Profiles in Presidential Courage, Chris Wallace

A Man Called Intrepid, William Stevenson

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris

T.R.: The Last Romantic, H.W. Brands

King Sejong the Great, Editorial Board of Diamond Sutra Recitation Group

When Hell Was In Session, Admiral Jeremiah Denton

The Soul of a Butterfly, Muhammad Ali and Hana Yasmeen Ali

Coming Back Stronger, Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity, Drew Brees with Chris Fabry

Every Man A Tiger, Tom Clancy

The Making of  Robert E. Lee, Michael Fellman

Kelly: More Than My Share of It All,  Kelly Johnson

If I Had It to Do Over Again, I Would, F. James McDonald

It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, Lance Armstrong

I, Caesar, Phil Grabsky

Einstein: A Life, Denis Brian

The Evangelist, Bob Hill

Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom

Under Fire, Oliver L. North

My Years With General Motors, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch

Courage of Defiance, Amadou Amadou (Adam Amhed)

 

Leadership:

 

Launching a Leadership Revolution, Chris Brady & Orrin Woodward

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell

Character in Action: The U.S. Coast Guard on Leadership, Donald T. Phillips and Admiral James M. Loy (Retired USCG)

Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit, James M. Strock

Extreme Ownership, How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin 

Leadership: Tidbits and Treasures, Chris Brady & Orrin Woodward

Cigars, Whiskey & Winning: Leadership Lessons from General Ulysses S. Grant, Al Kaltman

Talent Is Never Enough, John C. Maxwell

The Maxwell Leadership Bible, NKJV Notes by John Maxwell

The 360° Leader, John C. Maxwell

Lee & Grant:  Profiles in Leadership From the Battlefields of Virginia, Major C. Bowery Jr, US Army

The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual, FM22-100

Be Know Do:  Leadership the Army Way, Frances Hesselbein, Eric K. Shinseki

Good to Great, Jim Collins

The Servant, James Hunt

First, Break All the Rules, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

Machiavelli on Modern Leadership, Michael A. Ledeen

Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek

When You Are Asked to Do the Impossible, Anthony J. Le Storti

Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership, James Strock

Team Secrets of the Navy Seals, Anonymous

3 Seconds, Les Parrot

The Centurion Principles, Col. Jeff O’Leary

Leadership:  The Warrior’s Art, Christopher Kolenda

AXIOM Powerful Leadership Proverbs, Bill Hybels

Ten Powerful Phrases for Positive People, Rich DeVos

All Buts Stink!, Walter Bond

The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon

The No Complaining Rule, Jon Gordon

Team Secrets of the Navy Seals: The Elite Military Forces’ Leadership Principles for Business, Anonymous (an active Navy Seal Officer)

When You’re Asked to do the Impossible: Principles of Business Teamwork and Leadership from the U.S. Army’s Elite Rangers, Anthony J. LeStorti

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars, Patrick Lencioni

The Centurion Principles, Colonel Jeff O’Leary

It's Your Ship, Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff

Get Your Ship Together, Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff

Fly Boys, James Bradley

Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Area Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, Theodore Roosevelt

No Excuse Leadership Lesson from the U.S. Army’s Elite Rangers, Brace Barber

Racing To Win: Establish Your Game Plan For Success, Joe Gibbs

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

Once An Eagle, Anton Myrer

Leadership Lessons From Bill Snyder, Robert J. Shoop and Susan M. Scott

Leadership, Rudolph W. Giuliani

Moses on Management, David Baron

Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson, M.D.

Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Tom Clancy

Zapp!  The Lightning of Empowerment, William C. Byham, Ph.D.

The Situational Leader, Dr. Paul Hersey

How To Argue And Win Every Time, Gerry Spence

Riding the Waves of Culture, Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner

The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Dale Carnegie

Tribes, Seth Goodin

Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, Editorial Board of Diamond Sutra Recitation Group

King Sejong the Great, Editorial Board of Diamond Sutra Recitation Group

The Mission, The Men and Me, Pete Blaber

The Energy to Lead, the Thermodynamics of Leadership, Terry J. Woychowski

 

Business:

Foresight 2020, Jack Uldrich with Simon Anderson

Economics In One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt

American Drive, Richard E. Dauch and Hank H. Cox

Passion for Manufacturing, Richard E. Dauch and Dr. Jack Troyanovich

The Goal, Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Critical Chain, Eliyahu M. GoldRatt

"Execution" The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan

The Knowledge Creating Company, Ikujior Nonaka & Hirotaka Takeuchi

The Paradox of Choice:  Why More is Less, Barry Schwartz

A History of Manufacturing for Quality, J.M. Juran

Rivethead, Ben Hampter

The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman

24 Keys that Bring Complete Success, Paul J. Meyer

Nuts!: Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, Kevin and Jackie Freiberg

If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris

Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell

The Art of War, Sun Tzu

Warfighting: The U.S. Marine Corps Book of Strategy, Published by Currency and Doubleday

The Machine That Changed the World, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos

The Lessons of Experience: How Successful Executives Develop on the Job, McCall Jr., Lombardo, and Morrison

Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos, Donald J. Wheeler

Clock Speed, Charles H. Fine

Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant, Robert T. Kiyosaki

Product Development Performance, Kim B. Clark and Takahiro Fujimoto

Own Your Own Corporation, Garret Sutton

Just Business:  Business Ethics in Action, E. Sternberg

Bushido, The Soul of Japan, I. Nitobe

Breakthrough:  How Great Companies Set Outrageous Objectives & Achieve Them, Bill Davidson

Built To Last :  Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, Collins & Porras

Commerce through Community, Chris Brady & Orrin Woodward

 

Philosophy:

Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine

Aristotle for Everybody, Mortimer J. Alder

If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris

The Discourses, Books 1-4, Epictetus

The Foundations of Morality, Henry Hazlitt

The Art of War, Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot, Jim Stockdale

Mans Search for Meanng, Viktor E. Frankl

The Existential Pleasures of Engineering, Samuel C. Florman

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig

 

 

Spiritual:

The Holy Bible, New Living Translation

Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis

Jesus Calling, Sarah Young

Born Again, by Charles W. Colson

Raising A Modern-Day Knight: A Father’s Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood, Robert Lewis

Wild at Heart, John Eldredge

Man’s Search For Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl

God’s Smuggler, Brother Andrew

Curious, The Unexpected Power of a Question Led Life, by Tom Hughs

Parenting Adolescents, Kevin Huggins

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For?, Rick Warren

The Blue Parakeet, Scott McKnight

Slaves, Women, & Homosexuals – Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis, William Webb

Taking Responsibility, Nathaniel Branden, Ph D.

Seismic Shifts:  The Little Changes that Make a Big Difference in Your Life, Kevin G. Harney

Confession of a Remission Rev.  Mark Driscoll

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, Phillip Keller

The Shepherd, Joseph F. Girzone

Love Does, Bob Goff

Joshua And The Children, Joseph F. Girzone

The Gospel According To Job, Mike Mason

Improving Your Serve, Charles R. Swindoll

In His Steps, Charles M. Sheldon

What Makes A Man?: 12 Promises That Will Change Your Life, Bill McCartney

Where’s the Duck in Peking?, Cliff Schimmels

Toward Understanding Islam, Abul A’la Mawdudi

The Soul of a Butterfly, Muhammad Ali and Hana Yasmeen Ali

The Meaning of The Holy Qur’an, (various readings) ‘Abdullah Yusuf ‘Ali

Seven Practices of Effective Ministry, Stanly, Joiner, Jones

One Month to Live, Kerry & Chris Shook

The Shack, W. Paul Young

The Way of the Wild Heart, John Eldridge

The Map, David Morrow           

Courage of Defiance, Amadou Amadou (Adam Amhed)

Da Jesus Book, New Testament in Hawaii Pidgin

 

Fiction, Novels and Fun:

To Try Men’s Souls, Newt Gingrich & William Forstchen

The Old Man and The Sea, Ernest Hemingway

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Don Quixote, Miguel DeCervantes

Mark Twain: Historical Romances, Mark Twain

Gulliver's Travels,  Jonathan Swift

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

Slaughterhouse – Five, Kurt Vonnegut

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne

The Bear and the Dragon, Tom Clancy

Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose

The Iliad, Homer

The Expanded Quotable Einstein, Alice Calaprice

All Corvettes Are Red, James Schefter

Sturgis Experience, Jim Casey

Favorite Poems of Yesterday, Hallmark Editions

 

Children's Books:

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Rosie Revere, Engineer, Andrea Beaty

Ada Twist, Scientist, Andrea Beaty

Interstellar Cinderella, Deborah Underwood