The camera panned the President's bookshelves in the 2nd floor Central Hall, a place where he apparently loves to read. Who isn't insatiably curious about what the stranger on the subway is reading, let alone the president? Here are the volumes I saw with the help of the zoom function on my TV:
Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin (who isn't reading this? If I'd read this one I could probably opine on whether it's the most overrated book of the last hundred years) an Alan Furst novel Polio - (likely book by David Oshinsky) Apostle Paul - novel by James Cannon Mellon - Cannadine America Alone by Mark Steyn a Babe Ruth biography Opening Day (likely the story of Jackie Robinson by J. Eig) Hemingway's Hurricane by Phil Scott Andrew Carnegie biography Now It's My Turn - Mary Cheney Michael Lewis book (likely "The Blind Side" but can't confirm) Kremlin Rising: Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution - Baker & Glasser 1939 (likely "1939: Baseball's Tipping Point" by Boston & Grisham
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Did you catch this story in the Wall Street Journal about the reading habits of President Bush and the ongoing "book-a-week contest" he had with Karl Rove?
I'm embarrassed to say he has me beat as I tend to dip into quite a few books but have a hard time finishing.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to read at least as much as our current President.
Didn't see that link so thanks Christopher. I like your resolution. Definitely the outgoing president is out-reading me too.
ah, Christopher beat me, but it looks like your research partly confirms Rove's list.
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