Bookshelf

 
A rendezvous with Reagan
Emily Goodin - 11/19/09 05:35 PM ET

Craig Shirley first wrote about President Ronald Reagan in his 2005 best-seller Reagan’s Revolution, in which he examined Reagan’s primary challenge to President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential race.

Effects of Iraq war shown in soldiers’ stories
Michael M. Gleeson - 10/29/09 06:47 PM ET

On Oct. 26, 14 Americans died in Afghanistan, the highest one-day total loss of life in that country in nearly four years.

Speaking of books...
Emily Goodin - 10/29/09 06:45 PM ET

SUNDAY, Nov. 1

Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America. In 1910, several small wildfires in the Pacific Northwest merged into the biggest wildfire in American history. The actions of the newly created Forest Service turned public opinion in favor of Roosevelt’s environmental crusade. 2 p.m., Borders Books at Bailey’s Crossroads, 5871 Crossroads Center Way, Bailey’s Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404.

What's on your nightstand? Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Kris Kitto - 10/29/09 06:42 PM ET



What book is on your nightstand right now?

I usually read about six books at a time, so I can have a variety. Born to Run [by Christopher McDougall] is the one I’m fascinated by right now. [Editor’s note: Born to Run is about members of an indigenous tribe in Mexico who run great distances barefoot.] I used to be in the shoe business, and a lot of what they say makes sense.

I’m also reading John’s Story by Tim LaHaye. I read [Dan Brown’s] The Lost Symbol, and I’m reading Saving Freedom, which is [Sen. Jim] DeMint’s [R-S.C.] new book.

What magazines do you read regularly?
Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and I also read The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, the Casper Star-Tribune, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle.

Which books have most influenced your political philosophy?
When I was in high school, I read The Conscience of a Conservative [by Barry Goldwater] … Incidentally, a paperback copy was 35 cents back then.

Which books about Washington should every member read?
I recommend The Lost Symbol.

What are your favorite novels of all time?
I have many of them, and I go back and reread them. One of them is Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Also, [Robert] Ludlum was a favorite author until he died. James Patterson is an interesting one, and he even writes children’s books. C.J. Box is a Wyoming author [I like], and Margaret Cole writes on the Arapaho and Shoshone reservations.

Which author do you most often reference?
I read so many of them, I reference a lot of them. One thing I do is I start every day with One Quiet Moment, a devotional book by Lloyd Ogilvie, who used to be a chaplain here.

A personal portrait of Justice Rehnquist
Albert Eisele - 10/08/09 05:00 PM ET

Herman Obermayer’s memoir of his long friendship with the late Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist is one of the most unusual, readable and historically useful books about the unassuming jurist who headed the high court for nearly a third of a century.

A new path in the Middle East: openness and trade
Michael M. Gleeson - 10/08/09 04:58 PM ET

Days before America launched its invasion of Iraq in 2003, then-Vice President Dick Cheney went on NBC’s “Meet The Press” and said, “My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” That same day, on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Cheney said the fight would last “weeks rather than months.”

Review: Fourth branch of government
Silla Brush - 09/25/09 05:00 AM ET

He who holds the purse strings, holds the power according to a new book by David Wessel.

Author Q&A - Tracy Kidder
Michael M. Gleeson - 09/24/09 04:53 PM ET

For good or bad, most Americans cannot identify Burundi on a map. And even fewer probably remember the horrific ethnic clashes that gripped the East African nation in the early 1990s.

On the nightstand: Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.)
Administrator - 07/30/09 12:01 PM ET

What book is currently on your nightstand?

There are so many. The Shack [by William Young]. It’s sitting there; I haven’t touched it yet. I was on a James Patterson kick for about a year. The reason I liked it was because he wrote all about Southeast Washington. The detective, Dr. [Cross], was from Southeast. Besides that, Patterson writes one to two pages every chapter, so you can read it anywhere and move through it. It’s even more simple than the Bible.
Author Q&A
Administrator - 07/30/09 11:57 AM ET
In his new book, Lovesick, CNN deputy political director Alex Wellen offers a new twist on the concept that only women want to get married.

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07/30/09 11:55 AM ET Bio paints McConnell’s relentless pursuit of power
07/09/09 01:08 PM ET What's on your nightstand: Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.)
07/09/09 01:06 PM ET Book offers new picture of Kennedy
07/09/09 01:04 PM ET Ted Kennedy bio leaves fans wanting more
06/11/09 01:28 PM ET Bob Graham’s blueprint on how to beat City Hall
06/11/09 01:26 PM ET On the nightstand: Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
06/11/09 01:23 PM ET Speaking of books...
05/14/09 11:45 AM ET The politics of style
05/14/09 11:44 AM ET Q&A with Author Peter Leeson
04/23/09 12:28 PM ET No news, but McCain bio engaging
04/23/09 12:01 PM ET Author Q&A
04/23/09 12:00 PM ET Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
03/19/09 02:42 PM ET Tracing Palin’s ‘trailblazing’ path
03/19/09 02:42 PM ET One decision makes history
03/19/09 02:41 PM ET Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
01/15/09 01:03 PM ET Wit and wisdom of presidential race
01/15/09 01:01 PM ET Fourscore and many years after his time, a literary hit
01/15/09 12:59 PM ET What's on your nightstand?: Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
09/18/08 01:32 PM ET The Sanchezes: A tale of two sisters
09/18/08 01:29 PM ET What's on your nightstand?
09/18/08 01:24 PM ET Q&A: A daughter’s perspective
07/23/08 12:20 PM ET ‘A microcosm for the building of the nation’
07/23/08 12:17 PM ET Unraveling the last of the Watergate scandal’s mysteries
06/19/08 02:22 PM ET Political giants befriended ex-senator
06/19/08 02:20 PM ET What's on your nightstand?
06/19/08 02:15 PM ET Author Q&A: Ralph Reed
06/12/08 08:23 AM ET Children can’t vote, but can read
06/05/08 11:28 AM ET Webb lays out Obama-friendly message
06/05/08 11:26 AM ET New RFK book examines his presidential campaign
05/14/08 12:47 PM ET A political book that packs a punch
05/12/08 11:41 AM ET Bookshelf
05/01/08 01:00 PM ET Pelosi’s path to the Speaker’s Office
05/01/08 12:58 PM ET Speaking of books...
04/17/08 12:40 PM ET A turning point in Reconstruction
04/17/08 12:38 PM ET Revisiting the golden age of television news
03/06/08 11:19 AM ET Murphy recounts meteoric rise in post-9/11 America
03/06/08 11:17 AM ET Looking forward, not left or right
02/07/08 12:37 PM ET Speaking of books...
02/07/08 12:35 PM ET How the Reagan Revolution fizzled to its end
01/17/08 07:01 PM ET ‘Politics is about destroying your opponent so you can win’
 
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