Good reads

Uncle Buck · Post by **Uncle Buck** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:52 pm

I ride the bus to work and home (about an hour each way), and am always looking for suggestions for reading material. What have any of you read lately that you could recommend?

I'll start with the two best books I've read this year, one fiction and one non-fiction.

The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth. (An alternative WWII history, beginning with FDR losing the 1940 election to Charles Lindberg - but I think the author is using the fictional setting to give an autobiography of his childhood.)
God's Politics, by Jim Wallis. (He makes the most compelling and honest arguments for the proper role of religion in politics and policy, and is equally critical of Republicans and Democrats.)

OK, what can you add to the list? (Preferrably ones that are likely to be available at a small public library.)

Uncle Buck · Post by **Uncle Buck** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:03 am

Thanks, Bloke. I think I already know as much about

bloke wrote:

as I need to, but I will give

Walter E. Williams, Thomas Sowell, and Michael Savage.

a try.
I need something for the bus rides that is a little more productive than PDA Tetris.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:08 am

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:33 pm

I saw this on BookTV last weekend.

Looks like a good read, as does Christina's other book The WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men

And I've wanted to find time for this one.

Looks to be a great read.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:39 pm

Wow! There are tuba players who can read??? (guess I better start learning then... )

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:28 pm

bloke wrote:From my own evaluations of some of these graduates, I believe the study materials may include this text:

Dick and Jane I got, but who's that chick that's trying to 3-way?

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:22 am

windshieldbug wrote:
bloke wrote:From my own evaluations of some of these graduates, I believe the study materials may include this text:

Dick and Jane I got, but who's that chick that's trying to 3-way?

If I'm not mistaken, that's Charlie Brown's little sister ...

funkcicle · Post by **funkcicle** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:25 pm

If you're into religious fiction I highly recommend "Towing Jehovah" by James Morrow. I won't attempt to give a summary or review, except to say that I really, really enjoyed it.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 1?v=glance

Doug@GT · Post by **Doug@GT** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:26 pm

Given current events, you might try "The Johnstown Flood" by David McCullough.

"The Supreme Court" by William Rehnquist is the best book I've read so far this year.

Pippen · Post by **Pippen** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:02 am

"The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom" by Slavomir Rawicz is un-put-downable.

"Seven Years in Tibet" by Heinrich Herrier is also very good.

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