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This selective list of books related to conservative American politics, values, economics, and history may interest our visitors.  We also welcome suggestions of relevant books to add to this list.  Join the new national discussion group about Tea Party books at http://www.teapartynation.com/group/books
Organize an independent "Tea Party Book Club" in your community to share ideas about conservative American values and principles.  Discuss how they are applied in our own families, communities, and by the political organizations, leaders, and government policy and administration processes at the local, state, and federal levels.  Share the work of "thought leaders" and proven "best practices" on key issues.

You can also find a further "Bookshelf" of our past suggestions related to global business investment, economic development, and foreign policy issues.

July 26, 2010 - Ten Questions about ‘To Save America’ for Newt Gingrich
January 5, 2010 - GOP chief: Post-Reagan Republicans compromised - Comment: Michael Steele launches his new book, "Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda"  Another version of the same story - Republicans "screwed up" after Reagan

GOP chairman doubts Republicans can retake House - I've got a news flash for you, AP.  It's not the NRCC or the RNC which are going to drive victory in 2010.  It's local leadership - not necessarily within the GOP party bureaucracy, which has become part of the problem, rather than the solution.

Going Rogue

by Sarah Palin

Liberty and Tyranny, by Mark Levin

Capitalism and Freedom - by Milton Friedman

Free to Choose - by Milton Friedman

Saving Freedom, by US Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)

The Road to Serfdom, by F.A. Hayek

Real Change: The Fight for America's Future, by Newt Gingrich

Rediscovering God in America, by Newt Gingrich

Arguing With Idiots - Glenn Beck

Common Sense

by Glenn Beck

Read the original Common Sense by Thomas Paine

The Five Thousand Year Leap

Culture of Corruption by Michelle Malkin

Catastrophe, by Dick Morris

Fleeced, by Dick Morris

Guilty, by Ann Coulter

Do The Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee

The Left, The Right & The State, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

End The Fed, by Ron Paul

The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul

One Party Classroom, by David Horowitz

Indoctrination U: The Left's War Against Academic Freedom, by David Horowitz

The Shadow Party, by David Horowitz

The Party of Defeat, by Ben Johnson and David Horowitz

Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech, and the Twilight of the West, by Mark Steyn

America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It, by Mark Steyn

Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad, by Andrew C. McCarthy

The 10 Big Lies About America, by Michael Medved

The Housing Boom and Bust, by Thomas Sowell

Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One, by Thomas Sowell

Economic Facts and Fallacies, by Thomas Sowell

Black Rednecks and White Liberals, by Thomas Sowell

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, by  Amity Shlaes

This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen A Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, by Jonah Goldberg

Lenin, Stalin and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophy, by Robert Gellately

American Progressivism: A Reader, by Ronald J. Pestritto

Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism, by Ronald J. Pestritto

Soft Despotism: Democracy's Drift, by Paul Anthony Rahe

Montesquoeu and the Logic of Liberty, by Paul Anthony Rahe

Lies the Government Told You, by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

The Constitution in Exile, by Andrew P. Napolitano

A Nation of Sheep, by Andrew P. Napolitano

Constitutional Chaos, by Andrew P. Napolitano

In the Graveyard of Empires, by Seth G. Jones (on Afghanistan)

Moment of Truth In Iraq, by Michael Yon

They Must Be Stopped, by Brigitte Gabriel

Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson

Charlie Wilson's War, by George Crile

(paperback)

Charlie Wilson's War (widescreen DVD) - Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts

Ghost Wars, by Steve Coll

First In, by Gary Schroen (Afghanistan)

America's Secret War, by George Friedman

Jawbreaker, by Gary Berntsen

Human Intelligence, Counterterrorism and National Leadership, by Gary Berntsen

Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West by Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)

Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles and Innovations, by Roger Z. George

Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, by Mark M. Lowenthal

Vaults, Mirrors and Masks, by Jennifer Sims and Burton Gerber

Transforming U.S. Intelligence, by Jennifer Sims and Burton Gerber

The Book of Honor: The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives, by Ted Gup

Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad, by William R. Johnson

Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning, by Cynthia M. Grabo

The Shadow Factory by James Bamford (about the NSA)

Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence, by Bradley C.S. Watson

Educating for Liberty: The Best of Imprimis, 1972-2002, by Douglas A. Jeffrey

Basic Economics, by Thomas Sowell

Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem, by Jay W. Richards

The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton

James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government, by Colleen A. Sheehan

Friends of the Constitution: Writings of the "Other" Federalists, by Colleen Sheehan, Gary McDowell

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Esential Writings by Thomas Paine

Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow

The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson, by David N. Mayer

Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787, by Christopher Collier

more to follow ...

 

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, by James M. McPherson

Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All (1976), by Craig Shirley

Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America, by Craig Shirley

 

Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny - DVD

President Ronald Reagan's Initial Actions Project, by White House staff

The End of Prosperity, by Arthur B. Laffer

The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, by Stephen F. Hayward

The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989, by Stephen F. Hayward

Other recent suggestions from readers - links not yet provided above - refer to www.Amazon.com
bullet"On The Brink" - The new book by Hank Paulson about his work as Secretary of the Treasury
bulletBooks about Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive movement as featured by Glenn Beck
bullet"Game Change", by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
bullet"A Conflict of Visions", by Thomas Sowell
bullet"Lone Survivor"
bullet"The Post-American World", by Fareed Zakaria (not to agree with his perspective)
bullet"Empire of Liberty" by Gordon Wood (Oxford History)
bullet"The Glorious Cause - The American Revolution", by Robert Middlekauff (Oxford History)
bullet"What Hath God Wrought", by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford History)
bullet"Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era", by James M. McPherson (Oxford History)
bullet"Anthem", by Ayn Rand, author of "Atlas Shrugged".  "It’s a novelette that gives a glimpse of what the world looks like after socialism and communism have taken over the globe."
Note that the books selected for this list are not exclusively by Republicans, Libertarians, or other conservative authors, nor does their inclusion in the list infer any endorsement of their views or any agreement with what they may present as facts or arguments.  The list generally does not include books by Democratic political leaders or liberal academics, which are readily available from many other sources.
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If your local public library or elementary or high school libraries do not have copies of the above books, consider buying and donating a copy personally - or a collection of books as a club gift.

Consider asking your public library to feature a collection display of such books for visitors, or to maintain a "Tea Party Book Club" list of suggested readings which the library makes available.

 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tea Party - Book Club - Citizens of Louisiana United for Real Change  
Hawaii TEA Party Book Club  
Tea Party Nation discussion group - The Bookshelf offers many book suggestions and comments  
We will link to other Tea Party Book Club websites or social networking as they come to our attention.  Please feel free to join the discussion and make suggestions in our group on Tea Party Nation.  

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