Six Brave Presidents

This was a book that I picked up at the library sale last summer. I found a bunch of Kennedy books for a quarter and picked them up. I left them in a bag and forgot all about them. I decided to try one after work today, and I am done with it already. The [...]

The Audacity of Hope

Yesterday I had lots of downtime when I was at the NCAA Tournament. I took a book to pass the time. What I didn’t expect was what that would do to me today. I had made up my mind yesterday that I would not go to South Bend to see the Clinton’s. I finished this [...]

Team of Rivals

Finally! I have been reading this book on and off since last April. I really enjoyed the book, but it was just a lot all at once for me. I have been having trouble the last few years keeping my attention span on a book for any length of time. This one was over 750 [...]

Christmas in Plains: Memories

Yet another book that I have read by President Carter this year. His style of writing is very enjoyable to read, and keeps me looking to him for entertainment. This book focuses on President Carter’s many Christmases. It starts with his early days living on the farm and waking up an hour before daylight. The [...]

Profiles in Courage

I did not feel well today so I had an excellent chance to finish this book by President Kennedy. The book was written while Kennedy was laid up in 1954 and 1955. He looks into the acts of eight former members of the Senate. He shows how personal courage helped shaped this country. Most of [...]

Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer

I have always liked Lincoln, and when I saw this book on the shelves I thought it would be interesting. James Swanson does a great job moving the story along to the point where it is hard to put down. The narrative is very good, and is very different from most historical books. The author [...]

My Life

This is the autobiography of former President Bill Clinton. I have always enjoyed listening to him give speeches, so I downloaded the audiobook of him reading his own story. The only one that I could find with him reading it was the abridged version. So I read what I could, and also listened to him [...]

Gerald R. Ford

After the events that played out at the beginning of the year I have been looking for a book on the late President. I have been to President Ford’s Library in Grand Rapids several times, and was even there as he was lying in state. Several days later I went back to his library to [...]

John F. Kennedy on Leadership

This book is also subtitled the lessons and legacy of a president. That really sums up what John A. Barnes had in mind when he wrote this book. He took examples (good and bad) from John F. Kennedy’s life and showed how they can be used in the business world today. The book is fairly [...]

Truman

Truman by David McCullough was a book that I have always wanted to read. After reading his daughter’s biography and visiting his hometown I wanted to learn more. Unfortunately the 992 pages that the book brings with it has always made me a little gun shy of reading it. I received an iPod this Christmas, [...]