My Ten Favorite Reference Books (Ones You May Not Know About)

In which I list out my favorite reading and learning resources.

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Chapters:
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00:00 Intro
02:57 History of Ideas
06:24 New History of Ideas
10:30 Literary Terms & Literary Theory
15:32 Philosophy & Psychology
18:25 Politics
20:15 Theories
22:56 Thesaurus
24:49 Usage
27:16 Global Culture
29:39 Bonus Reference & Anthology
32:52 Outro

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Books Featured and Extra Ones Suggested by Viewers (With Amazon Links):
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Dictionary of the History of Ideas: https://amzn.to/3Ucb6Ek
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas: https://amzn.to/3PTaUaM
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory: https://amzn.to/3VPAVeR
A History of Literary Criticism by M.A.R. Habib: https://amzn.to/3vMTJRf
The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3Jf0lej
The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology: https://amzn.to/3Q1WJ31
Safire's Political Dictionary: https://amzn.to/3vPaqeS
Dictionary of Theories: https://amzn.to/3vMvJxA
The Dictionary of Global Culture: https://amzn.to/3Uaazmu
The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus: https://amzn.to/4aMuv4i
Garner's Modern English Usage: https://amzn.to/3xta9i1
Art in Theory 1900–2000: https://amzn.to/4avgrfV
The Emotion Thesaurus: https://amzn.to/3PYOchd
Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: https://amzn.to/3w1efgX
The Dictionary of Untranslatables: https://amzn.to/3vL1Xtg
Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society: https://amzn.to/3Q5ZCQl
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: https://amzn.to/3UjyLTC
The Syntopicon: https://amzn.to/3UksRSe
The New Fontana Dictionary Of Thought: https://amzn.to/3vPRLj7
Nonsense: A Handbook of Logical Fallacies: https://amzn.to/49G0suj
The Oxford English Dictionary (20-Volume Set): https://amzn.to/3JvDtHI
The World of Mathematics: https://amzn.to/4d7zGO3
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: https://amzn.to/3xPVo9i
Collier's Encyclopedia: https://amzn.to/4dhRg1V
The Timetables of History: https://amzn.to/3xSvZvC
Flew's Dictionary of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3Qq9pRu
The Browser's Book of Beginnings: https://amzn.to/3UtSLSp
Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things: https://amzn.to/3WrWCSh
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: https://amzn.to/3UsQS8p
The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations: https://amzn.to/4dAklpN
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1966 ed.): https://amzn.to/4afnMPR
Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion: https://amzn.to/3QDhQZH
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language: https://amzn.to/4acmWmL
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: https://amzn.to/4ag1MV1
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3QNUW1S
Who's Who in the Middle Ages: https://amzn.to/4bFnV02
Great Books of the Western World (60 Volumes): https://amzn.to/4bxry8a
The Dictionary of Important Ideas and Thinkers: https://amzn.to/4dKqHms
The Annals of America (22 Volumes): https://amzn.to/4dYQtDI
Webster's International and Seven Language Dictionary: https://amzn.to/3wGJVsy
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: https://amzn.to/3QWej9c
The New Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy: https://amzn.to/3X423HH
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2024: https://amzn.to/4bVEPaU
The International Encyclopedia of Ethics: https://amzn.to/4bAbDGs

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