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The Abolition of Man - C. S. Lewis

All Things Considered - G. K. Chesterton

Some others I daren't mention.

Category Theory for Programmers - Bartosz Milewski

The Design of Relational Databases - Heikki Mannila, Kari-Jouko Raiha

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C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton are great authors. I rather enjoy them along with Tolkien from that period and part of the world.