For me its probably the Tao Te Ching for its spiritual wisdom as well as the courage to be disliked for how it introduced me to Adlerian psychology and teleology.
For me its probably the Tao Te Ching for its spiritual wisdom as well as the courage to be disliked for how it introduced me to Adlerian psychology and teleology.
I had a bit of a World War II kick for a bit, focusing on lesser known topics. I forget the actual titles of some of these, but if you’re into this sort of history…
Look up books on Colditz castle during WWII. This is a Renaissance era castle on a hilltop surrounded by a town that the Germans turned into a POW camp. They moved a lot of POWs there that were causing trouble at other prison camps by their constant escape attempts. They felt that the castle would make an excellent escape-proof prison. But by grouping a lot of talented escapers together the Germans were proven wrong again and again.
What I found most enjoyable about reading books on Colditz was the different perspectives. I think the most popular book was written by a former POW, which makes sense. But I also found a book in our library that was written by the former German commandant of the prison. Reading both perspectives was a real eye opener.
Another WWII book I read was called “The War Magician” by Jasper Mascalyne (sp?). He was a well known stage magician in London before the war, and used his skills to help confuse & distract the Germans. He was one of the people who helped do things like make tank battalions appear by making plywood cutouts of them, to tricking German bombers into dropping their bombs miles away from intended targets.