| 1. |  | The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)
from Vintage
Price: $4.39
Customer Review:
This book is highly intellectual. Insights are very deep. I would just like to add a few things:
One has to view the race obsession lightly, it is not always someone's experience.
Obama is a wise man who himself has come to these conclusions - policies that are for everyone's good or are... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Outliers: The Story of Success
from Little, Brown and Company
Price: $15.39
Customer Review:
"Outliers", like other Gladwell books, is very enjoyable. It offers some interesting perspectives about what makes some people more successful than others, with particular emphasis on those who far exceed expectations. Many of the book's criticisms focus on what the book is not. I think that is a... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
from Three Rivers Press
Price: $8.22
Customer Review:
During the 2004 Democratic Convention Barack Obama burst onto the US national political scene with a speech that included this line: "I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
from Simon & Schuster
Price: $12.60
Customer Review:
The thing I appreciated most about this book is that Goodwin allows us to experience the voices of women and the importance of the women around Lincoln, Chase, Seward, and Bates. Although it is changing, so much American history is delivered to us through the voices of men. Not only is this a great... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
from Grand Central Publishing
Price: $14.95
Customer Review:
Don't let the fear of mush scare you away from Dewey! This book is not as mushy as it is real. The author describes the Iowa town vividly--you FEEL the cold, you feel the poor kitten shivering...For all of us, animal lovers or not, this book will make you feel like small town America is alive and... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Price: $16.77
Customer Review:
Mr. Friedman does an excellent job of describing the problem. He also leaves no doubt about the urgent need for a solution. He discusses many viable renewable energy sources, but recognizes the need for a reliable robust clean long term 'renewable' energy source to the provide the US and the world... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
from Broadway
Price: $15.60
Customer Review:
Who hid the nun's underwear under the bed?
Who is Bill O'Reilly and where does his passion come from? What is the impetus for his gritty "No Spin Zone" attitude? What and/or who shaped his vision and philosophy? Well folks it's all in his new autobiographical book A Bold Fresh Piece of... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $8.51
Customer Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this account of Greg Mortenson's journey through Pakistan to establish schools for girls who otherwise would not receive an education. I feel so much compassion for these innocent children who are victims of their existence. I would recommend this book to anyone living... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
from Wiley
Price: $11.27
Customer Review:
While there is some interesting information here, I found the book sketchy and ominous in more ways than one. It offers an "objective view from all sides," which in the U.S. today means from far right to right to center right. Who is to blame for our debts? Oh, politicians, of course. There is no... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
from Penguin Press HC, The
Price: $17.61
Customer Review:
Ferguson deserved considerable credit in Colossus for suggesting that a reckoning was upon us. In this book, written before the real calamity hit, he points to the assumptions that have been made leading to the crash. It's plain that no there's no quick fix, that problems are deep, but not without... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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