Christmas Books Worth Reading

Whenever anyone has trouble figuring out what to get me for Christmas or my Birthday or Father's Day, I always send them to my Wish List at Amazon.com. I love books! Actually, I love history and the best way I know to learn about it is to read it. In any case, because of this I always get an interesting array of reading material at Christmas and I wanted to share my stash with you.


Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
This recent publication has been on my list since I first heard about it. Many of you will remember the author, Doris Kearns Goodwin, for her appearances on Ken Burns' "The Civil War" and "Baseball" series.




Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
I don't know about you, but I find this guy fascinating. Independently wealthy by the time he was about 35, he spent the rest of his life doing what he wanted to do ... and we're all the better for it.



The Fair Tax Book
Talkshow Host Neal Boortz (who I've been listening to for years) and Congressman John Linder (R, GA) make the case for scrapping the IRS, all Income Taxes (corporate and personal), all Employment Taxes (social security, medicare), and replacing it with a National Retail Sales Tax. Wouldn't it be great to get your full paycheck and never, ever, have to fill out a Form 1040?


Atlas Shrugged
I've been meaning to read this for years. I'm already on page 710 ... okay, it was a pre-Christmas present. Neal Boortz said it would make most people very upset to read this ... I just want to reach into the pages and slap some of these folks upside the head.


1776
Like most of McCullough's other historical works (John Adams, Truman, Path Between the Seas) 1776 once again is history made interesting. While most of us are familiar with the events of 1776, I'm not sure many of us realize how close we came to losing our new-found independence. Thank God for George Washington!