Game Change offers a detailed account of the 2008 United States presidential election, focusing on the campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Sarah Palin. It provides an insider’s view of the strategies, personalities, and dramatic events that shaped the election.
This book offers a conservative perspective on American history, highlighting the achievements and contributions of the United States to the world. It counters traditional narratives by emphasizing patriotism and American exceptionalism.
The 5000 Year Leap explores the 28 fundamental beliefs that helped shape the United States’ Constitution and its unprecedented leap in human progress. Skousen discusses how these principles fostered freedom, prosperity, and success.
Super Freakonomics explores the hidden side of everything, using economic theories to reveal surprising truths about why people behave the way they do. It challenges conventional wisdom through data-driven insights and witty anecdotes.
Liberty and Tyranny delves into the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism, contrasting it starkly with liberal ideologies. Levin argues for a return to foundational principles to preserve American freedom and prosperity, critiquing contemporary political trends and policies.
Glenn Beck’s Common Sense challenges the status quo of American government, urging citizens to protect freedoms. Inspired by Thomas Paine, it critiques current governance, advocating for responsible, informed citizenry.
In ‘Arguing with Idiots’, Glenn Beck uses humor and logic to tackle common arguments about politics and American society, aiming to equip readers with facts to counter baseless claims.
Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries. Beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, it moves through the ages to explore the lives of other scientists, writers, and artists who have pondered the universe and our place in it. Maria Popova weaves together biography, history, and science to tell the stories of people like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, and Marie Curie, among others, showing how their quests for knowledge intersected with their personal lives in intricate and fascinating ways.
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend unfolds a rich tapestry of the Aztec civilization through the eyes of the indigenous people themselves. Unlike typical accounts of the Aztecs which are often based on sources after the Spanish conquest, Townsend’s book draws extensively on Nahuatl-language sources written by the Aztecs. The narrative challenges many conventional ideas about the Aztecs, providing a fresh perspective on their society, culture, history, and the tragic encounter with European colonizers.