I know many people who love the book “Summer of ‘49.” I have heard so many good things about this book and am in the process of reading it.
It is the about the baseball history. In the years around 1949. It is very interesting. It shows how much baseball has changed.

Larry Miller-Spoiled Rotten America
Bill O’Reilley-any one of his books
Walid Shoebat-Why We Want to Kill You(ex-PLO)
All The President’s Men-Woodward/Bernstein
Obery Hendricks Jr.-The Politics of Jesus

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Lewis wrote this in the POV of a higher level demon (Screwtape) corresponding with his buffoon of a nephew, who is a novice demon on his 1st assignment tempting his charge, a human male. Obviously it’s a mockery of the devil and his minions, and Lewis doesn’t literally mean to say that God is the “Enemy” as Screwtape likes to call him. Lewis using Screwtape’s voice dispells some of the myths people have about the spiritual forces of evil and makes the true enemy seem all too real.

Sorry that it’s not non-fiction though! (It does have facts though depending on your beliefs, and it’s set during WWII!).

If you are interested at all in military history, I cannot recommend Stephen Ambrose highly enough. He is my absolute favorite historian, as he records facts, rather than doing heavy interpretation. I prefer to take the well-researched facts and draw my own conclusions. I recently re-read “D-Day–June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WWII” by Ambrose, and it was every bit as exciting and moving the second time around as it was the first. He also wrote “Band of Brothers” and “Citizen Soldiers”, two of my other favorites dealing with WWII. Tom Brokaw’s “The Greatest Generation” is also a really great book on WWII, but it focuses more on personal stories, and not so much on the military history aspects–still a wonderful book. Mark Bowden’s “Black Hawk Down” is an absolutely riveting book about the downing of several helicopters in Mogadishu, Somalia, and the US troops who were trying to arrest a warlord, and then, later, rescue the crews of the helicopters. If you remember the awful news footage that came out of that, you really ought to read the book. The movie is great, but the book, as usual, is better. It gives you a really good idea of what street combat in a city is like in this day and age. Jared Diamond’s “Guns, Germs and Steel” is a really interesting book about civilization in general–it’s too indepth to give a blurb on, but I remember I read an interview with Diamond, and he said the alternate title for the book would be something like “A Brief History of Everyone for the Last 10,000 Years.” One of my favorite books of the last 20 years is one that might be a bit harder to locate. It is called “Eyewitness to History” and I believe the editor’s name is Carey. It’s a little gem of a book, since all of it consists of extracts from the memoirs of people who witnessed actual events. As an example, there was a Muslim diplomat from Baghdad, I believe, named Ibn-Fadlan, and he was the first person to witness and record a Viking funeral with the funeral barge set on fire, and the virgin riding out with the body so she could serve the dead warrior in Valhalla. It is from his journals that we know of the practice. There are big events in the book, but also small ones. One of the most moving is a woman’s account of having surgery for breast cancer in the 18th century–she describes her ordeal in a very matter-of-fact way. It’s an interesting book because all of it is taken from original source materials, so it’s like being there and seeing it for yourself.

I am sorry I couldn’t suggest other titles in other areas for you. My main strengths in the areas which interest you are military and history. I hope something will be of use to you.

i read a short book called Bagdad Christmas

it is a short(like 45 pages) book about a solider who is in bagdad over christmas and how his faith keeps him strong

i cried my eyes out

I, Claudius by Robt Graves, a historical fiction work concerning the first 4 Roman Emperors. The Rise and Fall or the Third Reich by William Shirer. Considered the best non-fiction work on the inside workings of the Third Reich from beginning to end. Hard Times, an Oral Description of the Depression by Studs Terkel. Terkel, an anthropologist, conducted interviews of well known and not so well known people who lived thru the Great Depression. Very fascinating. Cobra II by Michael Gordon and General Bernard Trainor. The best book to come out of the Iraq War. Almost an hour by hour description of the fighting, politics and human tragedy of the war. Kennedy Justice by Victor Laskey, an inside view of the Justice Dept when Robt Kennedy was Attorney General. Of particular interest was the chapter entitled, “The Get Hoffa Squad.” These should keep you going for a few nights.
Regarding the books you state you planned to read: keep in mind that Culture Warrior by Bill O’Reilly will provide a rightest view of society and Michael Moore will tend to lead you off into the Leftist arena. Bias is often hard to find, but is often in an all social commentaries. Of all the books you have listed, I found Mere Christianity to be the best.
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