There’s a number of Bertrand Russell books that have been influential in philosophy – his History of Western Philosophy is a great overview and has been mentioned by a few writers as an introductory text (such as Nigel Warburton, who mentions being influenced by it in his own writing – A Little History of Philosophy
Recently the Brain Pickings site wrote about Bertrand Russell on Human Nature, Construction vs. Destruction, and Science as a Key to Democracy; you should also check out
Bertrand Russell – Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
Podcast – In Our Time – Bertrand Russell
