Books on The Drew Archive

Building the Archive

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:38:00 -0400

This trail follows the building of a durable archive across books, tools, servers, and preservation-minded media.

Coming to Faith

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0400

This trail gathers pieces that sketch a movement toward Christianity, objective truth, and a life ordered around older and more stable things.

Owen Benjamin's Book is Great, The Narrator is NOT, How to Slay a Wizard Review

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

More rant than formal review, this entry captures reactions to How to Slay a Wizard, especially the frustration with its AI Audible narrator.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-iF1SvxBg

The Great Books of the Western World: A Complete Review

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Earlier in the year, Drew bought the Great Books of the Western World set for $150. This video captures his review after about a year of actually owning and living with the collection.

Books Are Disappearing, And It's Not An Accident

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

Why are modern books falling apart in just a few decades while much older books and manuscripts are still readable? This entry preserves the video as part of the archive’s broader concern with books, memory, and preservation.

Latin

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400

View the original post: https://drewredifer.com/blog/articles/latin-resources.html Originally published on 2021-09-07 at drewredifer.com.

WHY I want to learn it and HOW I plan to do it
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A current long term goal of mine is to read through many of the great works that have come out of Western Culture in chronological order. This year I have slowly been progressing through the great works of the ancient Greeks, starting with the Epics, moving on to the Drama and Lyrical works, followed by the Histories and finishing with the Philosophers. After completing the Greeks I will be moving on to the Romans and this has sparked an interest in looking into how difficult it would be to read these works in the original, Latin.

Drew's Personal Library

Sun, 29 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400

View the original post: https://drewredifer.com/blog/articles/library.html Originally published on 2021-08-29 at drewredifer.com.

Below is a list of books that I have in my personal library. They are listed in chronological order. If you would like a personal suggestion from my list or would like to recommend a book to me, email me (drew@drewredifer.com).