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What is your all time FAVORITE book?

Posted on 01/29/2003 7:19:10 PM PST by Capitalism2003

need some conservative book recommendations...


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To: Capitalism2003
John Stormer's "None Dare Call It Treason" was probably the book that most influenced my political thinking.
41 posted on 01/29/2003 7:32:41 PM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: Capitalism2003
Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy for light reading is alway fun.
42 posted on 01/29/2003 7:32:52 PM PST by fuente
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To: Capitalism2003
Some Great Books:

The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth. A novel set during the first Gulf War. Great writing, great research. Will keep you absolutely riveted.

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David Landes. A good read of why some countries are rich and others are poor.

Mirage by James Follett (not Ken). A British book about how the Israelis stole plans for the Mirage fighter after France stopped selling them to Israel. The other books he's written are pretty bad, but this one was magnificent.

The Bottom Line by James Harman. A great novel from Britain about a ruthless Businessman in the 1970s and 1980s.

Triumph of Liberty by Jim Powell. Short bios of those who have advanced liberty throughout the ages.

Ronald Reagan by Dinesh D'Souza.

43 posted on 01/29/2003 7:33:11 PM PST by Koblenz
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To: toenail
A lot of it is online, if you'd like to peruse it first.

Oh, wow... they really are posting it, chapter by chapter. Thanks for the link.

IMO the institution of "school" is one of the biggest problems we face in defending liberty. It warps minds, getting them used from an early age to thinking that it is normal to sit quietly in an assigned place and obey orders from strangers.

As you'll learn when you read The Underground History of American Education the new purpose of schooling - to serve business and government - could only be achieved efficiently by isolating children from the real world, with adults who themselves were isolated from the real world, and everyone in the confinement isolated from one another. Only then could the necessary training in boredom and bewilderment begin. Such training is necessary to produce dependable consumers and dependent citizens who would always look for a teacher to tell them what to do in later life, even if that teacher was an ad man or television anchor.
As for the original question in the thread, I recommend Solzhenitsyn's GULAG ARCHIPELAGO. I read it when I was about your age and it definitely... expanded... my resolve against socialism.
44 posted on 01/29/2003 7:33:17 PM PST by jodorowsky
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To: billorites
A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe.

Good but not as good as Bonfire Of The Vanities.

45 posted on 01/29/2003 7:33:38 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy Can Be Quite Catchy As Well As Contagious)
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To: marvlus
Stephen King is a guilty pleasure of mine and The Stand ranks up there pretty high. I saw the TV miniseries on it and it was pretty good. But again, no substitute for the book itself. About 10 years ago, King released a version of The Stand that had some 300 extra pages. Evidently the publishers made him cut a lot of material from this book before he became very famous. Well worth checking out if you are only familiar with the original version.
46 posted on 01/29/2003 7:33:41 PM PST by SamAdams76 ('Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens')
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To: Capitalism2003
It's a tie between The Bible, actually The Torah, and Das Kapital. Sort of makes a nice duality don't you think? :-)

(Hope everyone can take a joke here).

47 posted on 01/29/2003 7:34:04 PM PST by Archangelsk (Quote from a friend, "I'm SF, the world is my lane.")
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To: SonnyBubba
wow...5 minutes and I already have quite a collection...thanks alot everyone! Keep posting...I'm writing them all down. :)
48 posted on 01/29/2003 7:34:22 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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To: TheExploited
And The Fountainhead!
49 posted on 01/29/2003 7:34:22 PM PST by OldFriend (SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH)
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To: Capitalism2003
From Here to Eternity!
50 posted on 01/29/2003 7:34:26 PM PST by csmusaret
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To: Capitalism2003
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Explores the importance of values in life, and how to deal with the real way the world works.
51 posted on 01/29/2003 7:34:48 PM PST by fnord (aint it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?)
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To: Capitalism2003
Try "A Country with No Name" by Sebastian de Grazia.

While its not nonfiction its not exactly fiction either. Its an entertaining and educational read.

52 posted on 01/29/2003 7:34:48 PM PST by CharacterCounts
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To: Capitalism2003
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

My God, what a wonky answer to give, true. But it is the best single work of history I have ever read.

53 posted on 01/29/2003 7:35:07 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Capitalism2003
Anything by P.J. O'Rourke, especially ALL THE TROUBLE IN THE WORLD and GIVE WAR A CHANCE

OUT OF THE ASHES by William W. Johnstone

AT ANY COST by Bill Sammon

54 posted on 01/29/2003 7:35:09 PM PST by TheBigB (The American people delivered their verdict on Clinton twice. Once in 1994. Once in 2000.)
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To: StriperSniper
Bought the Ultimate Hitch Hiker's Guide in gold leaf and hardback last time I was in Chicago for $12
55 posted on 01/29/2003 7:36:19 PM PST by fuente
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To: Capitalism2003
From Here To Eternity by James Jones was definitely THE Great American Novel. We discussed it recently at the Freeper Reading Club.
56 posted on 01/29/2003 7:36:26 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy Can Be Quite Catchy As Well As Contagious)
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To: Capitalism2003
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart.

An old story from a different perspective.
57 posted on 01/29/2003 7:36:47 PM PST by midwestmidnight
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To: Capitalism2003
To Kill a Mockingbird.
58 posted on 01/29/2003 7:37:10 PM PST by mrs slocombe
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To: csmusaret
From Here to Eternity!

Recently discussed at the Freeper Reading Club.

59 posted on 01/29/2003 7:37:11 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Redundancy Can Be Quite Catchy As Well As Contagious)
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To: PJ-Comix
Speaking of your book club, let me remind everybody that your reading assignment for this month is the short stories of Raymond Chandler. I ordered the "Everyman's Library" collection of all his short stories and should get it sometime this week. It was only $19.25 - not a bad value at all for 1,344 pages! I won't have time obviously to read the entire book before our discussion but I'll at least read the two stories you assigned and a couple of the others.
60 posted on 01/29/2003 7:38:15 PM PST by SamAdams76 ('Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens')
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