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Introduction to the Study of Liberty - Works to Begin with

21 items

The following texts have been selected as being particularly appropriate for those who are new to the study of individual liberty, limited government, and the free market. These works have been written as introductory works or for a…

Banned Books

83 items

Many of the works in the Online Library of Liberty have been banned or censored at various times by governments, established churches, and pubic schools for their content.

This list has been compiled from the following sources:

Best of the OLL

24 items

Helpful introductions and carefully edited selections bring the OLL into focus. With recommendations for further reading and useful explanatory notes, these Best of the OLL selections are an ideal way to begin exploring the ideas of…

Books Published by Liberty Fund

361 items

The following titles are works published by Liberty Fund which are also available online. A full list of titles published by Liberty Fund can be found in our online catalog.

Founding Fathers' Library

29 items

Donald Lutz drew up a list of the most frequently cited authors by members of the Founding Generation of the American Republic. A full list can be found here and there is a bibliographical essay on this topic by Forrest McDonald.

German Library of Liberty

9 items

This is our collection of German language books about liberty.

Goodrich Seminar Room

107 items

In the Goodrich Seminar Room in the Lilly Library at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana the limestone walls are engraved with the names of the political and legal documents and authors which Pierre Goodrich, the founder of…

Intellectual Portrait Series

27 items

Liberty Fund recorded conversations with two dozen of the most original thinkers about liberty of our times, and these conversations are available on audio and/or video online. They included Armen A. Alchian, Manuel Ayau, Jacques…

Interviews with Authors and Academics

3 items

This is an ongoing series of interviews with Liberty Fund authors and academics on their work and its relationship to the study of liberty.

Liberty Fund E-Books

112 items

These titles are in a very attractive typeset, text-based PDF format and were used in the printing of the book. They are ideal for reading on portable devices like the iPad. They are listed as “LF Printer PDF” on the book table of…

Liberty Matters

44 items

The OLL brings debate to life.

Literature

585 items

Serious discussions of liberty are not limited to academic works. Poets, playwrights, and novelists have had much to contribute as well.

One Volume Surveys of Classical Liberalism

6 items

This is a list of one volume surveys of the classical liberal position which have appeared over the past two centuries. The defining characteristic is that they are an attempt to provide the reader with a survey of the basic…

War and Peace

129 items

Wars can be fought to preserve freedom, and they can also be tragically destructive of it. The way that human societies have made war and sought peace throughout our existence provides a useful study for considering how best to keep…

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