(It will be good to have a president who actually reads books :)
On February 1, 2008 Bill Moyers asked his audience what books ahould be required reading for the next president. Thousands replied and here are the leading suggestions:
Naomi Klein, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
Howard Zinn, A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Kim Michaels, THE ART OF NON-WAR
Jared Diamond, COLLAPSE
Chalmers Johnson, BLOWBACK triology
Tom Paine, COLLECTED WORKS/COMMON SENSE
Al Gore, ASSAULT ON REASON/AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
David Cay Johnston, FREE LUNCH
George Orwell, 1984/ANIMAL FARM
Naomi Wolff, THE END OF AMERICA: LETTERS TO A YOUNG PATRIOT
Greg Mortenson, THREE CUPS OF TEA
Barbara Ehrenreich, NICKLE AND DIMED
Barbara Tuchman, MARCH OF FOLLY
Doris Kearns Goodwin, TEAM OF RIVALS
David Korten, THE GREAT TURNING
John Steinbeck, THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Ayn Rand, ATLAS SHRUGGED
John Dean, BROKEN GOVERNMENT
John Perkins, CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN
James Carroll, HOUSE OF WAR
Thomas Friedman, THE WORLD IS FLAT
Lao Tzu, TE TAO CHING
Tim Weiner, LEGACY OF ASHES
Dr. Seuss (THE LORAX, HORTON HEARS A WHO, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO, IF I RAN THE ZOO)
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