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| 101.The Essential Barack Obama: The Grammy Award-Winning Recordings from: Random House Audio March 10, 2008 |
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| I chose to get this version of Obama's two books because he's such a gifted speaker I enjoyed the idea of hearing Obama read his words as only he could do.
There are those who argue we don't know enough about Obama. Well if they had taken the time to read or listen to these two books they will get a very clear idea of just who Obama is and what his vision is for this country. Obama is a real man. This is someone who has lived an amazing cultured life in a modest up bringing ... Read More: |
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| 102.Champlain's Dream by: David Hackett Fischer October 14, 2008 |
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| David Hackett Fischer, previous winner for his writings on American History, continues his winning ways with this book about the early French explorer of early post-Colombian America. This book is a window into a little examined or understood period in the discovery of America. I highly recommend this book. |
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| 103.Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by: Rick Perlstein May 13, 2008 |
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| The country was already fractured by the time Nixon took office. Why do you think LBJ voluntarily gave up his second term? Protestors had already begun marching in the hundreds of thousands, chanting "Hey, Hey, LBJ, how many babies did you kill today?" Draft cards had long since started being burned by the thousands, race riots had already spread across the nation. So the title of the book is inaccurate. Nixon's presidency may have exacerbated things, but the greatest leaders imaginable couldn't have stopped the ... Read More: |
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| 104.The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood by: Helene Cooper September 02, 2008 |
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| Covering the Middle East War in 2003, correspondent Helene Cooper had memories of another war; the war that tore her away from the place of her birth, Liberia. In The House on Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood Cooper wrote a gripping memoir that is not only a family history, but a social, cultural and historical account of this country.
Cooper is a direct descendant of the first black Americans who migrated to Liberia in the 1820s to establish a haven for freed blacks. Elijah Johnson, her maternal ancestor ... Read More: |
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| 105.A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by: Dave Pelzer September 01, 1995 |
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| I got this book delivered to me at work, I left work at 5pm, got home by 6pm and started reading this book. I read it all by 1 am the next morning. I could NOT put it down. It was the unbelelivable acts of a parent(s) that I was tyring to justify. I thought..somewhere in this book I would find the answer or that this abuse would subside or lessen the gruesomeness of it all. But..i didn't find that..it only worsens. I am at awe at the details and courage it took to write this book. I am at awe that a child can comprehend the necessary skills ... Read More: |
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| 106.Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor by: Curtis Roosevelt October 27, 2008 |
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| Public glimpses inside the White House (especially from family members) are rare, so when Curtis Roosevelt produced this fine volume, "Too Close to the Sun", it allowed readers not to get just a few snippets of casual observations but a dozen years of day-to-day remembrances. Unusual as it is for a grandchild of a president to inhabit the White House, Roosevelt did just that as he lived on and off with his famous grandparents from the time of FDR's first inauguration until the death of our thirty-second president twelve years later. In "Too Close ... Read More: |
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| 107.The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by: Lee Strobel September 01, 1998 |
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| The very introduction to the book is a perfect analogy of the exact opposite of the author's intention.
The author describes his giddiness prior to an interview then pretends to be asking hard hitting questions. And finally he looses all credibility when he assists with breaking down his own question. This is clearly a commissioned work where the conclusion was reached prior to any interviews. Only theologians were interviews. No opposing points of view. Fail. Epic Fail! |
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| 108.Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by: Tracy Kidder August 31, 2004 |
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| Life changing book for me. Introduced me to the field that is now my career. |
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| 109.Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer by: Fred Kaplan October 28, 2008 |
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| I have become very skeptical of "historical" works that are written today as they are biased and authors tend to change history or ignore it. I have read several books that are from my grandfather's library (150+ books) on Lincoln and there is a greater influence of the Bible than discussed in this book. For example, "Just as he was without the opportunity of regular attendance up the day-school, so he was also without the opportunity of attendance upon Sunday-school and upon church and Bible class. And yet there was no book to which he devoted so much time, ... Read More: |
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| 110.Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys by: David Foster November 04, 2008 |
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| I was so excited when I heard David Foster was releasing his autobiography. Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys I always scan liner notes of my favorite artists' albums to see if David produced, and am a huge fan of the "David Foster Sound." "The Power of the Dream," "Remember Me This Way," and "Shaking You" are my favorite David Foster compositions. David really opens up about so much in this book, and shares a lot of insights into his personal and professional life. To read this book and get his behind-the-scenes stories on ... Read More: |
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