Earth 101: Essential Reading
So many good books, so little time….....…but so few truly great books.
Here’s a short list – author’s picks: some of the best books and articles for both breadth and depth of awareness.
Essential readings for early 21st century human beings on this small blue speck in space.
38 books, 9 essays – one hell of a tour of human existence.
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” - Henry David Thoreau
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” - Henry David Thoreau
J. Todd Ring
April 2007
Links to all texts not online are listed below
Civil Disobedience - Henry David Thoreau - full text
Necessary Illusions; Thought Control in Democratic Societies - Noam Chomsky
Year 501: The Conquest Continues - Noam Chomsky
The Dispossessed - Ursula Leguin
Stolen Continents: 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance - Ronald Wright
The Chalice and the Blade - Riane Eisler
The Ecology of Freedom -
Roads to Freedom - Bertrand Russell
Escape from Freedom - Erich Fromm
The Power Elite - C. Wright Mills
The Corporation - Joel Bakan
A History of God - Karen Armstrong
The Power of Myth – Joseph Campbell
No Boundary - Ken Wilber
Dialogues With Scientists and Sages – Renee Weber
Dreamtime and Inner Space – Holgar Kalweit
The Holographic Universe – Michael Talbot
Mysticism and the New Physics – Michael Talbot
World As Lover, World As Self – Joanna Macy
Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra with Commentary – Jamgon Kontrul and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso
The Mother of the Buddhas – Lex Hixon
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal Rinpoche
The Gospel of Thomas – Marvin Meyer, transl.
Tao Te Ching – Jane English, transl.
Chuang Tsu: The Inner Chapters – Gia-Fu Feng, transl.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The
Tao: The
The Way of Zen – Alan Watts
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are – Alan Watts
Psychotherapy East and West – Alan Watts
The Art of War – Sun Tzu (Shambhala Dragon Edition – translation matters!) The classic text on both strategy and conflict management: decidedly anti-war.
A Short History of Progress - Ronald Wright
Ancient Futures – Helena Norberg-Hodge
The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies - Richard Heinberg
Hegemony or Survival:
Blowback:
The CIA’s Greatest Hits - Mark Zepezauer
The Threat of a Good Example - Chomsky Example Odonian
A Marxist Threat to Cola Sales?
Drain The Swamp And There Will Be No More Mosquitoes - Chomsky
The Responsibility of Intellectuals
Scientific American: The Samaritan Paradox
Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior – Chogyam Trungpa
Where to find them:
full links below, or search with these tools
Alibris: Used, Rare & Out-of-Print Books
AbeBooks: New & Used Books, Textbooks, Rare & Out of Print Books
Earth 101: Essential Reading
Who or what are we?
Cosmology, epistemology, ontology, philosophy
(don’t let the terms scare you)
Amazon.com: Dreamtime and Inner Space: Books: Holger Kalweit
Amazon.com: The Holographic Universe: Books: Michael Talbot
Amazon.com: Mysticism and the New Physics (Arkana): Books: Michael Talbot
Amazon.com: World as Lover, World as Self: Books: Joanna Macy
Powell's Books - The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
Amazon.com: Mother of the Buddhas: Books: Lex Hixon
The Gospel of Thomas - Marvin Meyer, transl.
Amazon.com: Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition: Books: Lao Tsu,Gia-Fu Feng,Jane English
Amazon.com: Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters: Books: Gia-Fu Feng
Amazon.com: Tao: The Watercourse Way: Books: Alan Watts,Al Chung-liang Huang
Amazon.com: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are: Books: Alan Watts
Amazon.com: The Way of Zen : Books: Alan W. Watts
Amazon.com: Psychotherapy East and West: Books: Alan W. Watts
Amazon.com: No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth: Books: Ken Wilber
The
Human Society: Understanding the Basics
Amazon.com: Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions): Books: Henry David Thoreau
Amazon.com: The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future: Books: Riane Eisler
Amazon.com: Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism & Syndication: Books: Bertrand Russell
Amazon.com: Escape from Freedom: Books: Erich Fromm
Understanding Human Society – part two:
(The categories over-lap of course, both within these sections and between sections: phenomenon are non-dual, interdependent – categories are a function of thought, not actual boundaries in reality. “Naming is the mother of the ten thousand things.” – Lao Tsu)
Amazon.com: Year 501: The Conquest Continues: Books: Noam Chomsky
Amazon.com: Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies: Books: Noam Chomsky
Amazon.com: The Dispossessed: A Novel (Perennial Classics): Books: Ursula K. Le Guin
Amazon.com: The Power Elite: Books: C. Wright Mills,Alan Wolfe
Amazon.com: The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power: Books: Joel Bakan
Amazon.com: The Art of War (Shambhala Classics): Books: Sun Tzu
Amazon.com: A Short History of Progress: Books: Ronald Wright
Amazon.com: The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies: Books: Richard Heinberg
Amazon.com: The CIA's Greatest Hits (The Real Story Series): Books: Mark Zepezauer
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