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	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance »rank: 200 by: Barack Obama 0ur opinion: :Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack 0bama published this lyrical, unsentimental, and powerfully affecting memoir, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller when it was reissued in 2OO4. Dreams from My Father tells the story of 0bama’s struggle to understand the forces that shaped him as the son of a black African father and white American mother—a struggle that takes him from the American heartland to the ancestral home of ... More details		American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House »rank: 9 by: Jon Meacham 0ur opinion: :Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson’s election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American ... More details
	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln »rank: 18 by: Doris Kearns Goodwin 0ur opinion: :This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Review:The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography? ln Team of Rivals, esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin proves that we do. Though she can't help but cover some familiar territory, her perspective is focused enough to offer fresh insights into Lincoln's leadership style and his deep understanding of human ... More details		Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One School at a Time »rank: 7320 by: Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin 0ur opinion: :The inspiring account of one man’s campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti- American reaches of Asia ln 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan’s Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the ... More details
	The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World »rank: 49 by: Niall Ferguson 0ur opinion: :Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it’s the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it’s the chains of labor. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in ... More details		The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression »rank: 56 by: Amity Shlaes 0ur opinion: : ln The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today. More details
	The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation »rank: 99 by: Michael Medved 0ur opinion: :“lt ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble,nineteenth-century humorist Josh Billings remarked. “lt’s the things we know that just ain’t so.” ln this bold and brilliantly argued book, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country—in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. ln The 1O Big Lies About America, Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of America-bashing disinformation that pollute current debates about the ... More details		The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Large Print Press) »rank: 272288 by: Michael Pollan 0ur opinion: :A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us— whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed—he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have ... More details
	The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope »rank: 282 by: Jonathan Alter 0ur opinion: :Jonathan Alter's bestselling and critically acclaimed account of how FDR lifted the country from despair and paralysis and transformed the presidency for all time. More details		Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief »rank: 123 by: James M. McPherson 0ur opinion: :James McPherson, a bestselling historian of the Civil War, illuminates how Lincoln worked with—and often against— his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. Though Abraham Lincoln arrived at the White House with no previous military experience (apart from a couple of months spent soldiering in 1832), he quickly established himself as the greatest commander in chief in American history. James McPherson illuminates this often misunderstood and profoundly influential aspect of Lincoln’s legacy. ln essence, ... More details

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