Dune by Frank Herbert
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Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
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The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi
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Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
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Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
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Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse
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The Ultimate Resource by Julian Lincoln Simon
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
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My Experiments with Truth by M.K. Gandhi
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Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Books Selected for the Manual for Civilization (source)
Other Manual for Civilization list - Stewart Brand & Neal Stephenson
- “How-to” Build This Log Cabin for $3,000 by John McPherson
- 40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Technical Innovation, Volume 1 by Genrich Altshuller, Lev Shulyak and Steven Rodman
- A History of Technology and Invention: Progress Through the Ages by Maurice Daumas
- A Reverence for Wood by Eric Sloane
- A Short History of Technology: From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900 by T. K. Derry and Trevor I. Williams
- A Synoptic Classification of Living Organisms edited by R.S.K. Barnes
- American Flintknappers: Stone Age Art in the Age of Computers by John C. Whittaker
- Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank H. Netter MD
- Atlas of the Year 1000 by John Man
- Backyard Sugarin’: A Complete How-To Guide by Rink Mann
- Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game by John J. Mettler
- Basketry: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques by Bryan Sentance
- Biosphere 2: The Human Experiment by John L. Allen
- Biospheres: Metamorphosis of Planet Earth by Dorion Sagan
- Building the Six-Hour Canoe by Richard Butz
- Century’s End: An Orientation Manual Toward the Year 2000 by Hillel Schwartz
- Civilizations of the World, Single Volume Edition: The Human Adventure (3rd Edition) by Richard L. Greaves, Robert Zaller, Philip V. Cannistraro and Rhoads Murphey
- Crystal Set Projects: 15 Radio Projects You Can Build by Philip Anderson
- Dowsing: A Journey Beyond Our Five Senses by Hamish Miller
- Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (3rd Edition) by Lynn Margulis and Karlene V. Schwartz
- Future Perfect: Vintage Futuristic Graphics by Jim Heimann
- Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Grand Design: The Earth From Above by Georg Gerster
- Hawke’s Special Forces Survival Handbook by Mykel Hawke
- How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built by Stewart Brand
- How to Make a Miniature Zoo by Vinson Brown
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
- Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture by Robert Bruce Thompson
- Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art by Vincent Di Fate
- Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape by Brian Hayes
- Language Acquisition Made Practical: Field Methods for Language Learners by E. Thomas Brewster and Elizabeth S. Brewster
- Letter Fountain by Joep Pohlen
- Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson
- Lightly on the Land: The SCA Trail Building And Maintenance Manual by Robert C. Birkby
- Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment by John Gowdy
- Listening to Stone by Dan Snow
- Living on an Acre: A Practical Guide to the Self-Reliant Life by U.S. Department. of Agriculture
- Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species by Mark Elbroch
- Manual of Formulas: Recipes, Methods & Secret Processes by Raymond B. Wailes
- Materials, Structures, and Standards: All the Details Architects Need to Know but can Never Find by Julia McMorrough
- Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers by Jan Gullberg
- Mirror Worlds by David Gelernter
- Mosque by David Macaulay
- Mushrooming without Fear: The Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms by Alexander Schwab
- Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora
- Nature’s Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer
- On Growth and Form by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
- Origins of Futuristic Fiction by Paul K. Alkon
- People’s Almanac Presents: The Book of Predictions by David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace and Irving Wallace
- Powers of Ten: About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe by Phylis Morrison and Phillip Morrison
- Primitive Technology: Volumes 1-2 edited by David Wescott
- Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
- Re-search: Pranks! & Pranks 2 edited by V. Vale and Andrea Juno
- Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike Bubel
- Sailboats You Can Build by Peter Stevenson
- Sailmaker’s Apprentice by Emiliano Marino
- Secret Museum of Mankind by David Stiffler
- Seeds: The Definitive Guide to Growing, History, and Lore by Peter Loewer
- Sky Atlas 2000.0 Companion by Robert Strong and Roger Sinnott
- Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections by Richard Platt
- Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Explosions: Exploded Views of Astonishing Things by Richard Platt
- Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- Systemantics: The Underground Text of Systems Lore by John Gall
- Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson
- The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
- The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing: Traditional Recipes for Modern Use by J.N. Liles
- The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A by Donald E. Knuth
- The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World by Sandor Ellix Katz
- The Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford W. Ashley
- The Barefoot Architect by Johan van Lengen
- The Book of Bamboo: A Comprehensive Guide to This Remarkable Plant, Its Uses, and Its History by David Farrelly
- The Boy Electrician by Alfred Morgan
- The Cartoon History of the Modern World by Larry Gonick
- The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volumes 1-11
- The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations by Ken Schramm
- The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores and Garden Centers (Except the Plants) by Steve Ettlinger
- The Complete Modern Blacksmith by Alexander Weygers
- The Complete Works of William R. Corliss
- The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
- The Faber Book of Utopias edited by John Carey
- The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Wild Edible Plants by Samuel Thayer
- The Foraging Spectrum: Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways by Robert L. Kelly
- The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments: How to set up a home laboratory: Over 200 simple experiments by Robert Brent
- The Heritage of World Civilizations: Brief Edition by Albert M. Craig, William A. Graham, Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment and Frank M. Turner
- The History of Science and Technology: A Browser’s Guide to the Great Discoveries, Inventions, and the People Who Made Them from the Dawn of Time to Today edited by Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellemans
- The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (2nd Edition) by Joseph Jenkins
- The Lore of Still Building by Kathleen Howard
- The Lost Art of Towel Origami by Alison Jenkins
- The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School and at Play by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas
- The Merck Manual by Robert S. Porter
- The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by Marshall Savage
- The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems: Includes Branched Drains by Art Ludwig
- The New Horse-Powered Farm: Tools and Systems for the Small-Scale, Sustainable Market Grower by Stephen Leslie
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature by Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major
- The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
- The Past From Above by Georg Gerster
- The Penguin Companion to Food by Alan Davidson
- The Reef Set: Reef Fish, Reef Creature and Reef Coral (3 Volumes) by Paul Humann and Ned Deloach
- The Scientific American Book of Projects for the Amateur Scientist by Clair L Stong
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- The Septic System Owner’s Manual by Lloyd Kahn
- The Stars by H.A. Rey
- The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms by Andrew Robinson
- The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
- The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible by Jim Hamm
- The Traditional Crafts of Persia: Their Development, Technology and Influence on Eastern and Western Civilizations by Hans E. Wulff
- The Ultimate Resource 2 by Julian Lincoln Simon
- The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation by Jonathan Hennessey
- The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer by Georges Ifrah
- The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era: A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry
- The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home by Sheridan Warrick
- The Wonderful Future that Never Was: Flying cars, mail delivery by parachute and other predictions from the past by Gregory Benford and the Editors of Popular Mechanics
- The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years by Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Wiener
- Third Views, Second Sights: A Rephotographic Survey of the American West by Mark Klett, Kyle Bajakian and William L. Fox
- Today Then: America’s Best Minds Look 100 Years into the Future on the Occasion of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition compiled by David Walter
- Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables: A Commonsense Guide by Elizabeth Schneider
- Understanding Wood: A Craftsman’s Guide to Wood Technology by R. Bruce Hoadley
- Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use by Art Ludwig
- We Came in Peace for All Mankind: The Untold Story of the Apollo 11 Silicon Disc by Tahir Rahman
- Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets: A History of Technology by Donald Cardwell
- Where There is No Dentist by Murray Dickson
- Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook by David Werner and Jane Maxwell
- Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences by Edward Tenne
- Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System by Mary Appelhof
- Writing Systems of the World: Alphabets, Syllabaries, Pictograms by Akira Nakanishi
- Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future by Joseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan
- Your Memory: How It Works and How to Improve It by Kenneth L. Higbee Ph.D
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