NEW YEAR

It is 2006 and I hope everyone has a great year. With a new year we all have another opportunity to experience many things, and to learn many more new things. I am going to make a few suggestions on some books that may challenge and teach many people. I may add suggestions throughout the year. Here is the first list:


Iraq is going to be a subject that is talked about a lot in 2006. Here is a book that gives a first hand account of the struggles we are facing in Iraq.

Book:My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of HopeAuthor: L. Paul Bremer, with Malcolm McConnellReleased: 2006
Purchase My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope at:
Amazon

You can listen to an Interview with the Author at:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5139135

In the period after the Civil War, former slaves were made promises of equality and citizenship by the federal government. Historian Eric Foner analyzes the fate of those promises in Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.
Book:Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and ReconstructionAuthor: Eric Foner, Joshua BrownReleased: 2006
Purchase Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction
Amazon

You can listen to a great interview with the Author at:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5133942

Polio : An American Story by David M. Oshinsky

You can find the book at Amazon.com