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MY ESSENTIAL LIBRARY
​The books in my library provide context to my work.
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What follows are some of my favorites, categorized into 13 themes.
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Categories:
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Fundamentals:
Inspiration + Theory:
Reference:
Architecture:
Interior Design:
Estimating + Project Management:
Audio Recording:
General History:
First World War:
Russian Revolution:
Second World War:
Holocaust:
(bonus) Personal + Professional Growth:
FUNDAMENTALS
Think Like An Architect by Hal Box
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick
The Short Story of Architecture by Susie Hodge
INSPIRATION + THEORY
Bauhaus by Magdalena Droste
On Architecture: Thinking In Action by Fred Rush
REFERENCE
The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice: Student Edition (Thirteenth Edition) by The American Institute of Architects
The Architecture Reference + Specification Book: Everything Architects Need to Know Every Day by Julia McMorrough
ARCHITECTURE
Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Fourth Edition) by Kenneth Frampton
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater by Ezra Stoller
LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide by Philip Wilkinson
INTERIOR DESIGN
Interior Design Atlas by Francisco Asensio Cerver
Scandinavian Design by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
ESTIMATING + PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Historic Preservation: Project Planning & Estimating by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
AUDIO RECORDING
Practical Recording Techniques: The Step-by-Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording (Sixth Edition) by Bruce and Jenny Bartlett
GENERAL HISTORY
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant
FIRST WORLD WAR
Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 by Prit Buttar
The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21 by Prit Buttar
Burn, Bomb, Destroy: The German Sabotage Campaign in North America 1914–1917 by Michael Digby
Fighting the Kaiser's War: The Saxons in Flanders 1914/1918 by Andrew Lucas & Jürgen Schmieschek
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of The World's Greatest War by Francis A. March
World War I by S.L.A. Marshall
Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror by W. Scott Poole
The First World War by Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson
The Red Air Fighter by Manfred von Richthofen
The First World War: The War to End All Wars by Peter Simkins, Geoffrey Jukes, & Michael Hickey
World War One: A Short History by Norman Stone
The First World War Volume I: To Arms by Hew Strachan
Blood on the Snow: The Carpathian Winter War of 1915 by Graydon A. Tunstall
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution by China Miéville
Russian Sideshow: America's Undeclared War 1918-1920 by Robert L. Willett
SECOND WORLD WAR
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers by Larry Alexander
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 by Stephen E. Ambrose
War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War by John W. Dower
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon by Alex Kershaw
HOLOCAUST
The Holocaust and History: The Known, The Unknown, The Disputed, and The Reexamined by Michael Berenbaum and Abraham J. Peck
The Holocaust: A Concise History by Doris L. Bergen
FDR and the Jews by Richard Breitman, Allan J. Lightman
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher R. Browning
The Dachau Concentration Camp, 1933 to 1945
There Once Was A World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok by Yaffa Eliach
The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures
PERSONAL + PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
Directing Your Debut: How to Hack Your Mindset to Direct A Badass First Film (Short, Feature, or Anything in Between) by Christopher Folkens
A Guide to A Good Life by Dave Johnson