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Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. Each month, I invite you to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back quarterly for hand-picked selections of my favorites. I look forward to reading with you!

All-Time Favorites:

  • Watership Down by Richard Adams
  • Crazy Horse and Custer: Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors by Steven Ambrose
  • The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough
  • Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full by Conrad Black
  • Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings
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The Fate of Day
February 9, 2026
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:

  • The Fate of Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson


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Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
December 12, 2025
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:

  • Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage by Jeffrey Frank


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The Power and the Money
August 1, 2025
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:

  • The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry by Tevi Troy


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The Rediscovery of America
June 24, 2025
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:

  • The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk


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The Light of Battle
February 20, 2025
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:

  • The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day and the Birth of the American Super Power by Michael Paradis


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Book of the Month
November 18, 2024
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:

  • Last Mission to Tokyo by Michael Paradis
    • "“This is a compelling account of the fate of those ‘Dolittle Raiders’ who fell into Japanese hands and the subsequent trials of their captors. Well worth reading.” -TC

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The Search for Reagan
September 9, 2024
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:


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The Year That Broke Politics
May 13, 2024
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On my desk:


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UFO book
March 20, 2024
Books I'm Reading

As an eternal learner, I am constantly reading. I invite you each month to follow along with what I'm currently reading or check back periodically for hand-picked selections of my favorites. Here's what I'm reading this month:

On My Desk:


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The Trials of Harry S. Truman by Jeffrey Frank
January 23, 2024
Books I'm Reading
The Trials of Harry S. Truman (Jeffrey Frank)