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Author |
Date Read |
Comments |
| Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World |
Andrew Breitbart |
Feb 2012 |
A primer on Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and how the conservative right needs to understand them and use them to stop the left, which thoroughly understands and uses them to promote its progressive, liberal agenda. Obama's playbook. NF |
| Huey Long |
T. Harry Williams |
Jan 2012 |
The Kingfish - the guy who ruled Louisiana politics in the 20's and early 30's. Became a US senator and might well have challenged FDR in 1936 had not an assassin's bullet struck him down. A firm believer in redistribution of wealth. NF |
| America |
Stephen Coonts |
Jan 2012 |
A quick read - Adm Jake Grafton solves the mystery of a stolen US high-tech submarine and a stolen ABM satellite. F |
| Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of Command |
Lewis Sorley |
Jan 2012 |
A very honest and ethical soldier makes it to the top of the Army chain of command, and finds life very difficult working with the Johnson administration during the Vietnam War. NF |
| Foreign Influence |
Brad Thor |
Dec 2011 |
Scott Horvath is a Mitch Rapp-wannabe - a deep DOD secret operative charged with ferreting out and killing the bad guys, mainly Islamic radicals. Here he thwarts a massive attack within the US. F |
| Washington: A Life |
Ron Chernow |
Dec 2011 |
A troubled childhood, the French & Indian War, Mount Vernon, leader of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention and as first president setting the tone for the new government. NF |
| American Assassin |
Vince Flynn |
Nov 2011 |
The story of how Mitch Rapp got started in his career as a deep-cover CIA operative. We need more like him! F |
| The Guts To Try |
Col James H. Kyle |
Oct 2011 |
A no-holds barred look at the failed Iranian hostage rescue attempt, written by the on-scene commander at Desert 1. NF |
| Lonesome Dove |
Larry McMurtry |
Oct 2011 |
I'm not a fan of Westerns, but this is great read. Romance, adventure, murder and more - the 900+ pages go very quickly. F |
| After America |
Mark Steyn |
Oct 2011 |
This is the book that every American should read. Steyn carefully lays out the ruinous path down which Obama and the Progressives/Liberals are leading us. Wake up, voters - your every right is being usurped. NF |
| The Tycoons |
Charles R. Morris |
Oct 2011 |
Carnegie, Rockefeller, Gould and Morgan - not only how they influenced the American "Super Economy" but how they were influenced by it. NF |
| The Oregon Trail |
Francis Parkman |
Oct 2011 |
Not at all what I expected - should be titled A Summer Among the Indians. But to be honest, his adventures did take place along parts of the Trail. NF |
| Dereliction of Duty |
H. R. McMaster |
Sep 2011` |
This is a must read - how the highest officials of government lied to each other, to the American public and to themselves, drawing the country inexorably into the chasm of the Vietnam War. NF |
| Mad Anthony Wayne |
Thomas Boyd |
Sep 2011 |
An interesting read on a hero of the Revolutionary War. A great follow-on read to Rabble in Arms, as it picks up where that left off. NF |
| All the Little Live Things |
Wallace Stegner |
Sep 2011 |
A senior couple confronts the demons of the 1960's. F |
| Rabble in Arms |
Kenneth Roberts |
Jul 2011 |
Great historical novel about the battles of the Champlain Valley in the American Revolution. Very flattering of Benedict Arnold. F |
| The Perfect Storm |
Sebastian Junger |
Jun 2011 |
Meteorological thriller; a tragedy for the Fishing Vessel Andrea Gail, and disaster for the Air National Guard. NF |
| Atlas Shrugged |
Ayn Rand |
Jun 2011 |
Wow! Ever wonder what's down the Progressives' highway? This book shows you, and it's not a pretty sight. F |
| Riders of the Purple Sage |
Zane Grey |
Apr 2011 |
A wealthy, single Mormon woman being destroyed by the Church Elders is rescued by a mysterious gunslinger in 1870's Utah. F |
| One Ranger - A Memoir |
H. Joaquin Jackson |
Apr 2011 |
Reminisces of a Texas Ranger who served from 1966 to 1993. Some great adventures and some tragedy. NF |
| Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism |
Ronald J. Pestritto |
Apr 2011 |
A must read for those trying to understand what the left is trying to do today. Summing up Wilson: basically we're too dumb and only a few, educated elite know what is best for the country. NF |
| Dark Summit |
Nick Heil |
Mar 2011 |
Into Thin Air chronucled the deadly 1996 season on Mt Everest that left 11 dead; this book recounts the equally tragic 2006 season. What should be done about a nearly-dead climber a few hundred feet from the summit? NF |
| Disclosure |
Michael Crichton |
Mar 2011 |
Based on a true story involving techworld workplace sexual harrassment....a woman being the harasser. F |
| The Guns of August |
Barbara W. Tuchman |
Mar 2011 |
The openings days of The Great War. Germany's miscalculations and France's ability to rejunate its forces in the nick of time to save Paris. But it didn't end the war - 4 more years of nasty trench fighting. NF |
| Extreme Measures |
Vince Flynn |
Feb 2011 |
Terrorists strike in DC, Mitch Rapp takes them on as well as liberal senators wo want to bring down the CIA. F |
| Lusitania - An Epic Tragedy |
Diana Preston |
Jan 2011 |
Hmmm - was she carrying munitions? Did Churchill "set her up" to get US into WWI? Was the Captain derelict? NF |
| John Adams |
David McCullough |
Jan 2011 |
A fascinating read on one of the Founding Fathers. Should be required reading for eveyone in Washington. NF |
| Protect and Defend |
Vince Flynn |
Dec 2010 |
Israel destroys Iranian nuclear facility. Iran blames US and takes CIA director hostage. Super-hero Mitch Rapp again saves the day, blasting bad guys left and right. F |
| Tuxedo Park |
Jennet Conant |
Dec 2010 |
A successful Wall Street tycoon turns to science, building a secret laboratory that changed the course of WWII. NF |
| The Worst Hard Time |
Timothy Egan |
Dec 2010 |
The story of those who stayed and survived the Dust Bowl of the 1930's. NF |
| Colossus |
Michael Hiltzik |
Dec 2010 |
Taming the lower Colorado River and the building of Hoover Dam. NF |
| Matterhorn |
Karl Marlantes |
Nov 2010 |
An excellent saga of the not-so-glorious side of war depicting the idiocy of not fighting to win. F |
| Act of Treason |
Vince Flynn |
Nov 2010 |
Presidential campaign assasination swings the election results. Who was behind it? Super-agent Mitch Rapp figures it out and takes care of the bad guys. F |
| The Big Rock Candy Mountain |
Wallace Stegner |
Nov 2010 |
An autobiographical novel of growing up with a violent, angry father in the early 1900's in the Rockies. Twisted relationships of parents and two sons. F |
| The Lost Symbol |
Dan Brown |
Oct 2010 |
Another modern-day thriller involving ancient mysteries, symbols and codes. F |
| A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole |
Diana Preston |
Oct 2010 |
A test of stamina, endurance and planning ending with suffering and death. Scott made it to the Pole, only to find Amundsen had beaten him by a few days. Scott's party did not survice the return trip. A look at how and why Scott's expedition failed. NF |
| The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid |
Bill Bryson |
Oct 2010 |
Hilarious account of growing up in Iowa in the 1950's. NF |
| Separation of Power |
Vince Flynn |
Oct 2010 |
Yeap, super-agent Mitch Rapp to the rescue yet again, this time he goes after Saddam's nuclear weapons. F |
| Patriots |
A. J. Langguth |
Oct 2010 |
American patriots rise up against the tyranny of King George III, declare independence and wage a five-year war to make it so. NF |
| The Third Option |
Vince Flynn |
Sep 2010 |
Intrigue and betrayal by DC high-ups. Barttle for control of the CIA. Mitch Rapp fighting terrorists. F |
| Transfer of Power |
Vince Flynn |
Aug 2010 |
Terrorists take over the White House. Deep dark agent Mitch Rapp to the rescue. F |
| Term Limits |
Vince Flynn |
Aug 2010 |
Flynn's first book, 1997, portrays a betrayed Navy SEAL seeking revenge on the corrupt politicians that caused the loss of half his team. F |
| Captain Lightfoot: The Last of the New England Highwaymen |
Frederick. W. Waldo |
Aug 2010 |
An early 19th century highwayman named Michael Martin has adventures in Ireland, Scotland and New England. Met his fate at a Cambridge MA gallows. NF |
| Heart of Darkness |
Joseph Conrad |
Aug 2010 |
Dark story of steam-boat trek up the Congo River to retrieve thought-to-be crazy station manager....who died before they could get him back. Escapes me why this is considered such a great classic! F |
| Mount Washington Reoccupied |
Robert Monahan |
Jul 2010 |
The experiences of a scientific expedition upon the highest mountain in New England over the winter of 1932-1933. NF |
| Skull Rack |
Ron Braithwaite |
Jul 2010 |
First of two novels that re-write the history of the Conquest of Mexico. F |
| JFK and the Unspeakable |
James Douglass |
Jun 2010 |
Yes, another conspiracy book. Was the CIA behind it? Did Allen Dulles know "The Man Who Smokes Cigarettes"? NF |
| Water for Elephants |
Sara Gruen |
Jun 2010 |
Old guy in nursing home reminisces about his life in the circus - the good, the bad, the ugly. At the age of 93 he gets another chance to run away with the circus. F |
| Pursuit of Honor |
Vince Flynn |
Jun 2010 |
Al Queda operatives strike at the heart of the US intelligence system; super-agent Mitch Rapp tracks down the bad guys and administers his unique brand of justice. F |
| Unknown Seas |
Ronald Watkins |
Jun 2010 |
How Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and opened the sea lane to the riches of India. NF |
| Sailing Alone Around the World |
Joshua Slocum |
May 2010 |
Saga of a solo round-the-world sail in late 1890's. NF |
| Lost and Found |
Jacqueline Sheehan |
May 2010 |
| Recent middle-aged widow escapes to Peaks Island, Maine and rescues a wounded dog…..or does the dog rescue her? F |
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| Before the Fallout |
Diana Preston |
May 2010 |
| The enthralling story of the race to build the bomb is often as complicated and full of twists as nuclear physics itself. NF |
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| Seven Years in Tibet |
Heinrich Harrar |
May 2010 |
| German escapes WWII British POW camp in India, treks 22 months across plains and the Himalayas to seek refuge in Tibet, becomes enmeshed in life in the capitol city of Lhasa, and becomes a confidant and teacher of the young Dalai Lama, fleeing in 1950 when China invades Tibet. NF |
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| The Professor and the Madman |
Simon Winchester |
Apr 2010 |
| A tale of murder, insanity and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. NF |
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| Over the Edge of the World |
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Apr 2010 |
| Fantastic story of human endeavor - only 18 of 260 men survived the first circumnavigation, Magellan himself not among them, done in by his flawed character. NF |
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| The Last Patriot |
Brad Thor |
Apr 2010 |
| Was the Koran unfinished? Did Mohammad write a final chapter calling for peace with all? Did Thomas Jefferson figure it out? Find out in this spy-vs-spy thriller. F |
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| Hawke |
Ted Bell |
Mar 2010 |
| Pirates, a rich British-version of Mitch Rapp, overthrow of Castro, romance, private purchase of Russian nuclear missile sub - a quick read. F |
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| Fortunes of War |
Stephen Coonts |
Mar 2010 |
| Great fighter-jock story: Can F-22 Raptors and their crews, on loan to Russia, prevent Japan and Russia from nuking each other after Japan invades Russia? F |
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| The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt |
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Edmund Morris |
Mar 2010 |
| Life story of Roosevelt, from his wealthy youth, through his Badlands ranching, politics appointed and elected, leading his Rough Riders up San Juan Hill, and, as vice-president, learning that Pres. McKinley has died at the hands of an assassin. NF |
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| Consent to Kill |
Vince Flynn |
Mar 2010 |
| CIA agent Mitch Rapp faces an assassination attempt that kills his wife, then hunts down those responsible. F |
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| Empire Falls |
Richard Russo |
Mar 2010 |
| Dysfunctional folks/familes in a down and out former mill town in Maine. F |
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Ron Chernow |
Mar 2010 |
| Story of Jewish-German banking dynasty, wiped out by the Nazis, yet regrouped after the War. NF |
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| The Innocent Man |
John Grisham |
Feb 2010 |
Murder and injustice in small town. NF |
| Executive Power |
Vince Flynn |
Jan 2010 |
| Super CIA agent Mitch Rapp once again saves the day, this time disrupting a middle-east terrorist plot. |
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Jan 2010 |
| Biography of one of the world's greatest despots, his role in the October 1917 Revolution and his use of terror to stay in absolute power. NF |
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Jan 2010 |
| True life novel of her grandmother; helps explain her dysfunctional mother of "The Glass Castle" NF |
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| North Star Over My Shoulder |
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Bob Buck |
Jan 2010 |
| Fascinating life story of a commercial aviation pioneer NF |
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| Time and Chance - Gerald Ford's Appointment with History |
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James Cannon |
Jan 2010 |
| Good guy Ford becomes VP, then President as Nixon flounders. Some interesting background on the Watergate mess. NF |
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Jeanette Walls |
Dec 2009 |
| True story of a truly dysfunctional family. NF |
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Tom Clancey |
Dec 2009 |
| True story of Gen Chuck Horner and his role running the Air War in Desert Storm. NF |
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Dec 2009 |
| Is Birdie really a lunatic, or was he framed by the mob or J. Edgar Hoover? Lived 63 years in Union Station in Kansas City. F |
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Dec 2009 |
| Poor immigrant becomes richest man in America, gives it all away. NF |
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Oct 2009 |
| Young daughter of lobsterman grows up on small ME island, eventually succeeds. F |
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Oct 2009 |
| Russian agent spends 20 years underground in US, turning 3 billion in Russian gold into 100 billion. Who will get it? F |
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Sep 2009 |
| Englishman builds merchandising empire, from a barrow to England's largest store. Can he hang on to it? Many twists to this plot. F |
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Aug 2009 |
| Memoirs of a young woman in the Maine woods in the 1930's. NF |
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Vince Flynn |
Aug 2009 |
| Super CIA agent Mitch Rapp single-handedly saves DC from terrorist nuclear bomb. A quick read. NF |
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Aug 2009 |
| Man adopts border collie with personality problem, both their lives are changed, tragic ending. NF |
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| Marching toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq |
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Apr 2009 |
| America's governing elite do not recognize the dangers we face, and make decisions based on political considerations instead of national security considerations. NF |
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Mar 2009 |
| How the New Deal prolonged the Depression. NF |
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Feb 2009 |
| She has terminal cancer, he has Alzheimers, they escape in their RV for one last trip. F |
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| American Prometheus: Triumph & Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer |
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Feb 2009 |
| Father of the atomic bomb, done-in in the 50's over the red scare and McCarthyism. NF |
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Jan 2009 |
| The 4 deficits we face: budget deficit, personal savings deficit, trade deficit, and leadership deficit. NF |
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| Dewey - The Small Town Library Cat |
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Dec 2008 |
| Dropped into the book return, lived 18 years in the library. NF |
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Nov 2008 |
| Secret group of heavy-hitters from around the world who supposedly run the world. NF |
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| The Creature from Jekyll Island |
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G. Edward Griffin |
Nov 2008 |
| The history of the Federal Reserve System and its hold on our economy. NF |
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