Some other good ones out recently: John Adams and older: The Federalist Papers, Common Sense and other bios on Jefferson, Franklin, George Mason (Bill of Rights), Hamilton
God our young history is a rich one and full of dashing characters.
I'm an inside-the-beltway type. What I see is GWB kicking the Rats' behinds. Not to mix my animal metaphors, but there are so many cows being born by cornered Democrats, that you walk down the halls and all you hear is mooing behind their closed doors.