[SnakeDoctor]

Any thoughts or recommendations?

[theDentist]

The Reagan Diaries. It's huge, and I'm STILL reading it.

Ann Coulter's stuff is often a pretty good read. Ollie North's recent book is on my list. My step-niece got an autographed copy.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

An older book I found at a yard sale is a good read - Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking, edited by william F. Buckley. It's a nice little collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects, all of interest to the conservative.

For a personal look at Ronaldus Magnus, try Ronnie & Nancy: A Love Story. I got it for Christmas last year and was afraid it might be a hatchet job, but it's actually a warm and loving look at RR and Nancy.

[Neoncon]

Dinesh D’Sousa has a good biography of Ronald Reagan. It’s relatively light, but it’s good. If you want really heavy reading, I recommend The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk.

[H.Bowman]

The Tempting of America by Robert Bork. You will finish the book inspired, enlightened and saddened that this constitutional giant was denied a supreme court seat he so richly deserved. We are a lesser nation for it.
Witness by Whitaker Chambers. An American classic - Bob Novak said it changed his life. A must read.
America Alone by Mark Steyn. Find out what all the fuss is about in Canada’s Human Rights Star Chamber.
Off Topic Warning: Unintended Consequences by John Ross - fictional epic that is deliciously over the top as the gun grabbers in Congress get their come-uppance.
Still Off Topic: Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. True story of a Navy Seal Op gone bad in the mountains of Afghanistan. Do not start this book until you have 8 hours to finish it - you have been warned!

[Dems_R_Losers]

Best Reagan book is “President Reagan: Role Of A Lifetime” by Lou Cannon. Lou Cannon is a California journalist who covered Reagan from the beginning of his political career all the way through his Presidency. The book is an objective, non-ideological view of Reagan and what made him so successful. It’s especially enlightening about his years in Hollywood and how they shaped his political views, and about his campaigns for Governor of California.

[Hildy]

Read “what I Saw at the Revolution” by Peggy Noonan

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[day10]

I loved “When Character was King” by Peggy Noonan. The last part of the book where Noonan took her soon to meet Reagan and he didn’t know who she was brought tears to my eyes.

[Swiss]

The following was pretty good. More about what Reagan was like as a friend than about policy.

http://www.amazon.com/Different-Drummer-Thirty-Ronald-Reagan/dp/0060957573/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214932781&sr=8-2

[votelife]

a great personal Reagan book is How Ronald Reagan Changed my Life by Peter Robinson

it’s not too policy heavy and Robinson is the speechwriter who helped with the Tear Down this Wall!
excellent book

[SnakeDoctor]

Here’s my list of books I’m thinking about trying:

- “Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America, and how we can get more of it”, Brooks
- “Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation”, Schuck and Wilson
- “Why We Wisper”, DeMint and Woodward
- “Liberal Fascists”, Goldberg
- “Indoctrination U”, Horowitz
- “Female Chauvinist Pigs” (feminists make me laugh)
- “The Heritage Guide to the Constitution”, Ed Meese/Heritage Foundation
- “Cheney” - Hayes
- “An Inconvenient Book” - Beck
- “Who Stole Feminism?” - Summers
- “Strategery” — Sammon
- “Misunderestimated” — Sammon
- “What’s So Great About America?” — D’Souza
- “What’s So Great About Christianity?” — D’Souza
- “Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex and Feminism”

Anyone read any of those?

H

[Reagan79]

Democratic Capitalism and its Discontents - Brian Anderson