July Reading List

The Ezekiel Option, by Joel C Rosenberg. Knocked it out at the beach, in the condo and down by the pool at night (while Matthew hung out in the hot tub).

The Copper Scroll, by Joel C Rosenberg (2006). The third and fourth of the five book series.

The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell (2008), ...examines the New England Puritans and their journey to and impact on America. She studies John Winthrop’s 1630 sermon “A Model of Christian Charity” – and the bloody story that resulted from American exceptionalism. And she also traces the relationship of Winthrop, Massachusetts’ first governor, and Roger Williams, the Calvinist minister who founded Rhode Island – an unlikely friendship that was emblematic of the polar extremes of the American foundation. Throughout, she reveals how American history can show up in the most unexpected places in our modern culture, often in unexpected ways.

Finally read Vowell's Assassination Vacation on the beach. Hilarious history, even though tomes by an atheist Democrat usually aren't my style.

Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America, by Christopher Matthews (1996). The TV guy, but thats not why I checked it out.

First Family: Abigail & John Adams, by Joseph J Ellis (2010)

The Templar Legacy, by Steve Berry (a Mercer grad). I listened to this book a year or two ago, but accidentally checked it out again. But it's so good I will listen to the whole thing a second time.