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My Personal Library

This page is dedicated to free resources and books that I recommend in various disciplines and areas of interest. These are all books that I personally own and are not just links for their own sake. As with all of my links, I only recommend items I believe are worthy of purchase. All of the book links below are affiliate links and help to support my work, allowing me to continue creating content. I get nothing for the free resources provided. I will continue to add resources on a continuous basis. 

Free Resources

Project Gutenberg - This is an excellent repository for free classical texts, histories, and primary sources. You can download materials in almost any format or read them on the web.

Libby - Formerly Overdrive, all you need is a public library card to access ebooks and audio books from anywhere. You can read them through the Libby app, download directly from the Kobo store or if you are in the U.S., you can use the "Send to Kindle" option.

Leadership Books


- John Kotter 

- John Kotter

- Black & Gregersen

- Ira Chaleff

- Ronald E. Riggio

- James McGregor Burns

Historical Fiction

- Caleb Carr

- Caleb Carr

- Edward Rutherford 

- Edward Rutherford 

- Edward Rutherford

- Edward Rutherford 

- Edward Rutherford 

- Edward Rutherford

- Edward Rutherford

- Edward Rutherford

- Amor Towles

- Amor Towles

- Amor Towles

History

- Erik Larson

-Erik Larson

-Erik Larson

-Erik Larson

- Erik Larson

- Erik Larson

Biographies & Autobiographies

-Ron Chernow

-Doris Kearns Goodwin

- Doris Kearns Goodwin

- H.W. Brands

- Nelson Mandela

More to Come... 

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