Sol wanted to voice his opinions, informed opinions. So he made a stack of books to see what others thought, what he might learn. This was his primary stack:
- Seeing What Others Don’t See: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights
Gary Klein - How We Know What Isn’t So: The Fallibility Of Reason In Everyday Life
Thomas Gilovich - Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella H. Meadows
Edited by Diana Wright - First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process
Robert D. Richardson - Fictive Narrative Philosophy: How Fiction Can Act As Philosophy
Michael Boylan - Tempo: Timing, Tactics, and Strategy in Narrative-Driven Decision-Making
Venkatesh Rao - Empirical Research And Writing: A Political Science Student’s Guide
Leanne C. Powner - Write Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Reviewing, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
Joan Bolker, Ed.D - Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past
John Lewis Gaddis - Battle: A History of Combat and Culture
From Ancient Greece to Modern America
John A. Lynn - The Mystery of Courage
William Ian Miller - The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
Edited by Robert B. Strassler
Introduction by Victor Davis Hanson - The Odyssey
Homer
Translated by Emily Wilson - Fistful of Shells: West Africa From The Rise Of Slave Trade To The Age Of Revolution
Toby Green - Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith - The Prince
Nicolo Machiavelli - Manifesto of the Communist Party
Karl Marx - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World
Hans Rosling - It Can’t Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis - Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose
Dierdre Barrett - The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religions
Jonathan Haidt - Henry Knox: Visionary General Of The American Revolution
Mark Puls - Mission Command: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why
An Anthology
Donald Vandergriff, editor
Stephen Weber, editor - On Obedience: Contrasting Philosophies for the Military, Citizenry, and Community
Pauline Shanks Kaurin - Redefining The Modern Military: The Intersection Of Profession And Ethics
Edited by Nathan K. Finney and Tyrell O. Mayfield - An Enquiry Concerning The Principle Of Morals
David Hume - The Evolution of God
Robert Wright - Holy Bible
NRSV XL Edition
with the Apocrypha - God Speaks
Meher Baba - Discourses
Meher Baba - Divan of Hafiz
English version by Paul Smith
Edited by Ann Smith
At his desk, with his books, in solitude, Sol was in his happy place.