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Taft 2012: A Satirical Take On Contemporary Politics by Jason Heller

On January 24, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A most extraordinary satire, Jason Heller’s debut novel follows the strange new life of a presidential Rip Van Winkle: a man who never even wanted the White House in the first place, yet finds himself hurtling toward it once more—this time, through the media-fueled madness of 21st-century America.

The Man in the Middle: An Inside Account of Faith and Politics in the George W. Bush Era by Timothy S. Goeglein

On January 9, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Political, Religious Studies, by Wilfried F. Voss

The Man in the Middle is Goeglein’s unique insider account of why he believes most of the 43rd president’s in-office decisions were made for the greater good, and how many of those decisions could serve as a blueprint for the emergence of a thoughtful, confident conservatism.

Locked On – Tom Clancy On Top Of His Game

On January 1, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

Jack Ryan, Sr. has made a momentous choice. He’s running for President of the United States again and thus giving up a peaceful retirement to help his country in its darkest hour. But he doesn’t anticipate the treachery of his opponent, who uses trumped up charges to attack one of Ryan’s closest comrades, John Clark.

Ben-Gurion: A Political Life (Jewish Encounters) by Shimon Peres and David Landau

On December 18, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that Ben-Gurion would lead through war and peace had not yet declared its precarious independence, the “Old Man,” as he was called even then, was already a mythic figure.

Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life by Ann Beattie

On November 12, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Wilfried F. Voss

Drawing on a wealth of sources from Life magazine to accounts by Nixon’s daughter and his doctor to The Haldeman Diaries and Jonathan Schell’s The Time of Illusion, Beattie reconstructs dozens of scenes in an attempt to see the world from Mrs. Nixon’s point of view.

Kill Alex Cross – A Crime Novel by James Patterson

On November 12, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he’s ever been part of. The President’s son and daughter have been abducted from their school – an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it.

Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero – A Biography by Chris Matthews

On November 5, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Recommended Reviews, by Wilfried F. Voss

Chris Matthews’s extraordinary biography is based on personal interviews with those closest to JFK, oral histories by top political aide Kenneth O’Donnell and others, documents from his years as a student at Choate, and notes from Jacqueline Kennedy’s first interview after Dallas.

Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President by Eli Saslow

On October 23, 2011, in Book Reviews, Essays, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Ten Letters is an inspiring and important book about ordinary people and the issues they face every day—the very issues that are shaping America’s future. This is not an insider Washington book by any means, but a book for the times that tells the real American stories of today.

Eisenhower – The White House Years by Jim Newton

On October 6, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Political, by Wilfried F. Voss

Dwight Eisenhower was bequeathed the atomic bomb and refused to use it. He ground down Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism until both became, as he said, “McCarthywasm.” He stimulated the economy to lift it from recession, built an interstate highway system, turned an $8 billion deficit in 1953 into a $500 million surplus in 1960. (Ike was the last President until Bill Clinton to leave his country in the black.)

It’s Classified: A Political Novel by Nicolle Wallace

On October 3, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

From the bestselling author of Eighteen Acres comes a novel with a true insider’s look at the lives of Washington’s political elite. It’s Classified reveals the intrigue and drama that go on behind the closed doors of the White House and opens up a world few have access to.

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