Category Archives: Required Reading

Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative by Craig Shirley

Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative by Craig Shirley

The definitive, authorized biography of the one of the most important, provocative, and visionary political figures of our time. In one way or another Newt Gingrich has been leading a revolution for most of his life. Citizen Newt is the definitive account of that struggle. Writing with the full cooperation of Speaker Gingrich and the…MORE

Smashing the DC Monopoly by Senator Tom Coburn

Smashing the DC Monopoly by Senator Tom Coburn

Pork-barrel projects like the $452 million bridge to nowhere and Keynesian economic debacles like the $840 billion stimulus package that saved as few as 600,000 jobs ($1.4 million per job) have led to a staggering $20 trillion in national debt (about $150,000 per citizen). With most members of Congress focusing only on their own interests,…MORE

Written Out of History by Senator Mike Lee

Written Out of History by Senator Mike Lee

Some of America’s most important founders have been erased from our history books. In the fight to restore the true meaning of the Constitution, their stories must be told. In the earliest days of our nation, a handful of unsung heroes—including women, slaves, and an Iroquois chief—made crucial contributions to our republic. They pioneered the…MORE

Rising Star by David Garrow

Rising Star by David Garrow

Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama’s formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four…MORE

A Pope and A President by Paul Kengor

A Pope and A President by Paul Kengor

Even as historians credit ­Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize the depth or significance of the bond that developed between the two leaders. Acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor changes that. In this fascinating book, he reveals a singular bond—which…MORE

Shattered by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes

Shattered by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes

It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the riveting story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate, no explanation of defeat can begin with…MORE

Ike’s Gamble by Michael Doran

Ike’s Gamble by Michael Doran

This major retelling of the Suez Crisis of 1956—one of the most important events in the history of US policy in the Middle East—shows how President Eisenhower came to realize that Israel, not Egypt, is America’s strongest regional ally. In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession of the Suez Canal, thereby bringing…MORE

Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980 by Craig Shirley

Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980 by Craig Shirley

New York Times bestselling biographer Craig Shirley charts Ronald Reagan’s astonishing rise from the ashes of his lost 1976 presidential bid to overwhelming victory in 1980. American conservatism—and the nation itself—would never be the same. In 1976, when Ronald Reagan lost his second bid for the GOP presidential nomination (the first was in 1968), most…MORE

The Shroud Conspiracy: A Novel by John Heubusch

The Shroud Conspiracy: A Novel by John Heubusch

In this intense thriller, a forensic anthropologist sets out to prove that the Shroud of Turin is a fake, but quickly discovers the opposite—and must race to stop the evil forces who want to use traces of blood in the fabric to clone Jesus Christ and bring on the second coming of their own design.…MORE

Three Days In January by Bret Baier

Three Days In January by Bret Baier

January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation’s future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power — a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War. Bret Baier, the Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel and the Anchor and Executive…MORE