Recommended Reading List
People continually ask me for book recommendations. I decided that
the best way to address that need was to have a ready catalog of
books I have read and can recommend. In this section, you won’t find
simply a listing of books, but a short synopsis of each book’s value
as well—both its strengths and weaknesses. You can choose from the
following subsections: History—US, History—World,
Public
Policy, Education, and General.
Below are featured recent additions to the list.
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Recent Additions to Recommended Reading List |
Thomas, Clarence. My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir.
Thomas reveals his mind and soul in this autobiography. Particularly valuable is his description of how his thinking changed over time—his rejection of the anger of his youth and his return to the faith of his grandfather. Thomas is the first black conservative Supreme Court justice, and his story is a fascinating first-person commentary on what he has experienced, including the controversial confirmation hearings.
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Wiker, Benjamin. 10 Books that Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others that Didn’t Help.
If you want an overview of why so many people have deviated from a Biblical worldview, this book is a good place to start. The author deals with all of the major figures of the modern age to show how they have changed people’s perspective on truth, politics, and society in general. Whether it is Marx, Darwin, Freud, Hitler, Mead, or Kinsey, Wiker writes with lucidity and humor (where appropriate)—and all from a Biblical base. |
O’Sullivan, John. The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World.
Interweaving the lives and influence of Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Margaret Thatcher, the author explains how they came together in the 1980s to overthrow the Soviet Empire—without war. O’Sullivan shows how this decade was the high point of freedom in the twentieth century. He also makes it clear that this was not by chance, but through the character displayed by these three pivotal figures in world history.
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