Peter’s Reading List: 50 Books That Built a Diner Owner, a Craftsman, and a Philosopher
Every library is an autobiography. Not the polished kind — the real kind, with the…
English Bridle Leather Briefcases: The Complete Guide to What They Are, Why They Last, and How Marcellino NY Builds Them
Most briefcases sold today are theater. The frame is pressed cardboard. The “leather” is a…
The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche: God Is Dead, and Heavy Metal Has Known It Longest
Friedrich Nietzsche published Die fröhliche Wissenschaft — The Gay Science — in 1882, and then…
Brooklyn Skinhead by Lou Morales — Boots, Brotherhood, and the God He Found After
Sunset Park in the late 1980s did not produce philosophers. It produced survivors. The blocks…
A Kierkegaard Anthology, Edited by Robert Bretall: The Thinker Who Refused to Let Me Go
Reading Kierkegaard as someone who arrived through Nietzsche is, to put it plainly, disorienting. It…
Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill: The Book That Almost Made Me Abandon Nietzsche
Utilitarianism was first published in 1863. On Liberty came four years earlier, in 1859. Together…
