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| Lira |
Although you can often find links to e-books in the thread about book recommendations, I was wondering whether it wouldn't be a better idea if we also had a small e-library, where we'd link to important books of important fields, with nothing more than a title, a link, and a synopsis.
This means it wouldn't be a copycat of the "book recommendation thread": it would be an organised link deposit. Sorry for using French, but this I have this in another tab and I couldn't be arsed to look for another example:
| quote: | Humanities
- Sociology
-- Émile Durkheim
--- Les formes élémentaires de la vie religieuse (Les représentations religieuses sont en fait des représentations collectives : l'essence du religieux ne peut être que le sacré, tout autre phénomène ne caractérise pas toutes les religions. Le sacré, être collectif et impersonnel, représente ainsi la société elle-même)
----The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (translation would come here)
---Suicide (Pour Durkheim, le taux de suicide ne peut s'expliquer qu'ŕ partir d'une analyse globale de la société ; il montre que celui-ci varie en proportion inverse du degré d'intégration des groupes sociaux dont fait partie l'individu)
----Suicide (translation would come here)
--Max Weber
--- ... |
We could limit ourselves to the original version and the English translation (whenever available). Also, we could link to that Internet Archive website, where they make back-up copies of all websites (this means it will take longer for links to be broken).
What do you guys say? |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psy-T
i say you should all make friends with Project Gutenberg ;) |
I'm aware of it, but it's far from being the only source of e-books out there: in fact, it doesn't even have the books by Durkheim I posted :p |
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| jdat |
www.teach12.com can also be your friend!
College lectures by highly reputable college professors... unfortunately there are few political courses but there's tons of other interesting things.
( If you're interested in the stuff I can hook you up with a nice 'online' place :p ) |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
( If you're interested in the stuff I can hook you up with a nice 'online' place :p ) |
Check PM :D |
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| ogvh5150 |
I read some of these sites hard copy or pdf periodicals when I can:
Foreign Affairs - Home
Federation of American Scientists
GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information
GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable news and security information, directed by John Pike
Foreign Affairs magazine
The Power and Interest News Report (PINR)
FirstWatch International
The Brown Journal of World Affairs
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
(BCSIA) is the hub of the Kennedy School of Government's research, teaching, and training in international security affairs, environmental and resource issues and science and technology policy.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
WTRG Economics
OPEC, crude oil, natural gas, analysis, forecasts and data
New Statesman
Political, cultural and current affairs magazine
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Institute For Science and International Security
ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide, and achieving deep reductions in nuclear arsenals.
Foreign Press Review
Think-tank Reports
This site is a repository for either .pdf or .html reports.
Arms Control Association
Schema-Root.org - an encyclopedia of current events
connecting the dots... a cross-linked encyclopedia of current events
The Washington Quarterly
The Washington Quarterly is a journal of international affairs and is published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Middle East Institute: The Middle East Journal
Foreign Policy:
Your portal to global politics, economics, and ideas
New Scientist
Policy Review
Policy Review is the preeminent publication for new and serious thinking and writing about the issues of our day.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is a scholarly publication of articles on contemporary foreign policy and world affairs An International Affairs Journal on global topics Sections include business finance politics diplomacy culture society law ethics science technology books forum conflict security Get informed Free synoposis.
Harvard International Review: Defining Power
The Harvard International Review is a quarterly journal of international relations distributed on six continents. Published by the Harvard International Relations Council, Inc., the HIR offers incisive commentary on global developments in business, science, technology, and politics.
World Policy Institute - Home
Jane's Intelligence Review
Jane's Information Group
Jane's Information Group is the ultimate source for information in the world on the subjects of defence, geopolitics, transport and police. Jane's is the publisher of such world renowned titles as Jane's Fighting Ships,Jane's All the Worlds Aircraft, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's International Defence Review, Jane's Airport Review and Police Review.
NATO Organisation & Structure: NATO Library
American Enterprise Institute - Foreign Policy Studies
Almanac of Policy Issues
Comprehensive background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues, including education, the environment, crime, health policy, economic issues, social welfare, and foreign policy.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources ... |
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| rustyryan |
some helpful and interesting pro-liberty resources:
http://www.fee.org/ - Foundation for Economic Education
they have an e-library with tons of free books and essays
http://www.cato.org/ - The Cato Institute
tons of editorials, articles, essays, and studies
http://www.reason.org - The Reason Foundation
editorials/articles
http://www.reason.com - Reason Magazine
lots of articles and blogs daily |
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