50 books for Independence Day, summer and all seasons

In light of Independence Day, summer and having just passed the midpoint of 2014, we thought it apropos to put together a list of 50 notable books that we have covered at Blaze Books (Facebook, Twitter) thus far this year.

Below are our selections, which include links to all relevant coverage for each of the 50 titles.

1. 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative by Paul Kengor

• Blaze Books Review: 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative by Paul Kengor
• An interview with Paul Kengor, Reagan biographer and author of 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative
• Biographer: 'Reagan would unhesitatingly make himself a voice for the oppressed in the Ukraine right now'; President Obama is the 'anti-Reagan'
• Kengor on Wilkow! to discuss 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative

2. A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred by George Will

• George Will: 'I'm quite confident that we're going to rebel against this abusive government'
• George Will explains his unified theory of beer (and speaks with TheBlaze about all things baseball)
• George Will says these are the three most important things to happen in baseball since WWII
• Five baseball books for Opening Day

3. America: Imagine a World Without Her by Dinesh D'Souza

• Blaze Books Review: 'America: Imagine a World without Her' by Dinesh D'Souza
• Dinesh D'Souza's dire warning: Americans 'are being prepared for a political and financial shakedown'
• Dinesh D’Souza’s compelling and controversial new book, ‘America,’ in 20 quotes
• Dinesh D'Souza explains the one great failure of the 'greatest generation' -- and how it led to America's transformation
• Claim: Dinesh D’Souza blacklisted from New York Times bestseller list

4. America's Great Depression by Murray Rothbard

• The six things you're NOT supposed to do in an economic downturn (hint: we did and continue to do all of them)

5. The American Boomerang: How the World's Greatest 'Turnaround' Nation Will Do It Again by Nick Adams

• 11 politically incorrect quotes from the Australian de Tocqueville who wants to turn America around
• Watch: This Australian author has a message about restoring America to greatness

6. Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth About the War We're In by Robert Spencer

• NYPD shuts down unit that spied on Muslims -- new book had warned against just such actions

7. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

• 17 quotes that will make you happier, healthier, wealthier and wiser in 2014

8. Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell

• We asked President Reagan's most-quoted living author what 3 books he would give to President Obama: here's what he said
• If you were starting a library today, what 3 books would you choose?
• Five books to kick off your Memorial Day Weekend

9. Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. The Obamas by Ed Klein

• 10 striking revelations from Ed Klein's bombshell new book on the Clinton-Obama 'Blood Feud'

10. Business Tides: The Newsweek Era of Henry Hazlitt by Henry Hazlitt

• One libertarian's classic response to the argument that free-marketeers are "living in the nineteenth century"
• The 1948 editorial that could be the GOP response to every Obama State of the Union Address
• Replace 'Stalin' with 'Putin' in this 1948 newspaper column, and prepare to be amazed
• In light of President Obama's comments on LBJ, you may enjoy what one critic wrote about his 'anti-poverty' agenda back in 1964

11. Choose Yourself! by James Altucher

• 10 quotes that will challenge you and spark your creative energy
• How to find your purpose in life according to James Altucher
• Want to be happy, healthy, wealthy and wise? James Altucher tells you how

12. Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education by Glenn Beck

• A scathing interview with a 5th grade teacher who was in the room when Common Core was being created
• The Michigan teacher and union member who is fighting back against Common Core
• 10 Common Core exercises that will make you tear your hair out
• These three answers will get your 3rd grader partial credit under Common Core
• The one book that explains how the existence of the Holocaust became an 8th grade 'critical thinking' exercise

13. The Cult of Common Core: Obama's Final Solution for Your Child's Mind and Our Country's Exceptionalism by Brad McQueen

• A scathing interview with a 5th grade teacher who was in the room when Common Core was being created

14. The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead: Dos and Don'ts of Right Behavior, Tough Thinking, Clear Writing, and Living a Good Life by Charles Murray

• Blaze Books Review: 'The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead' by Charles Murray
• Famed libertarian author Charles Murray tells TheBlaze why he has given up on political solutions

15. The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World by Mark Spitznagel

• A hedge fund managing acolyte of Austrian economics?
• A lesson from Henry Ford on the minimum wage and economics that the left won't like

16. The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

• #TBT: 37 definitions from the one dictionary you'll actually want to read

17. Disinformation by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa

• Blaze Books Review: Disinformation by Ion Pacepa and Prof. Ronald Rychlak
• An interview with Lt. Gen. Ion Pacepa, the highest ranking Soviet bloc intel officer to ever defect
• 11 quotes that will shock and chill you from our interview with the highest-ranking Soviet bloc intel officer to ever defect
• The little-known weapon the U.S. used to fight the Soviets during the Cold War
• Highest ranking Soviet bloc intel officer to ever defect: 'Russia today is the first intelligence dictatorship in history'

18. Don't Hurt People and Don't Take their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto by Matt Kibbe

• A 12-step rehab program for the Republic from Matt Kibbe
• The libertarian manifesto Glenn Beck has been reading

19. Economics and the Public Welfare by Benjamin Anderson

• Every major Bush-Obama recovery policy in one short passage...from a little-known 1949 book

20. Education: Free & Compulsory by Murray Rothbard

• Do Common Core's roots date back to America's earliest socialists?

21. Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment by Andrew McCarthy

• Blaze Books Review: 'Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment' by Andrew McCarthy
• An interview with the man who literally wrote the book on impeaching President Obama, former fed prosecutor Andrew McCarthy
• Former top fed prosecutor's chilling assertion: 'I would never put it past this administration...[to] release any terrorist if it thought the price was right'
• Democrats are already campaigning off of former federal prosecutor's not-yet-released book on impeaching President Obama
• Impeach President Obama? Book from former top fed prosecutor will make 'serious,' 'mainstream case'
• Citizens' Benghazi Accountability Commission to hold inaugural meeting today

22. The Federalist Papers by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and The Anti-Federalist Papers by Brutus, Cato et al

• One of the most painfully ironic things the founders ever wrote that you've probably never read
• The three books George Will believes every American should read

• A guy named 'Brutus' predicted an out-of-control IRS...back in 1787
• This Anti-Federalist paper about presidential power from 1787 will give you goosebumps

23. Good Advice from Bad People: Selected Wisdom from Murderers, Stock Swindlers, and Lance Armstrong by Zac Bissonnette

• 10 of the most hypocritical statements from politicians we've come across

24. Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips

• Blaze Books Review: 'Guardian Angel' by Melanie Phillips
• 10 quotes that shred progressivism from a best-selling British author who left the Left

25. Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family, and Freedom by Allen West

• Why does Allen West wish that more top generals would resign from the military?
• 12 quotes from Allen West's new book that will make liberals' heads explode

26. Hands Off My Gun by Dana Loesch

• Dana Loesch: 'Gun control is the ultimate war on women'
• A sneak peek at Dana Loesch's new book, which will likely drive the left crazy

27. The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz

• A lesson from a leader of Silicon Valley on honesty relevant for you and your family

28. Iran's Final Solution for Israel: The Legacy of Jihad and Shi'ite Islamic Jew-Hatred in Iran by Andrew Bostom

• An excerpt from the alarming new book 'Iran's Final Solution for Israel'

29. Islamophilia by Douglas Murray

• Blaze Books Review: Islamophilia by Douglas Murray
• 8 explosive quotes from Douglas Murray's 'Islamophilia'

30. The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East by Caroline Glick

• Blaze Books Review: The Israeli Solution by Caroline Glick
• An in-depth interview with Jerusalem Post editor and former Netanyahu staffer Caroline Glick on her controversial one-state plan for peace in the Middle East
• Is there a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that libertarians can get behind?
• 10 quotes that may challenge your views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from our interview with a former Netanyahu foreign policy advisor
• New book obliterates President Obama's view of peaceful PLO Chairman Abbas
• Anti-Zionism the product of a Soviet disinformation campaign? Controversial new book says so

31. Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World by George Gilder

• These 28 quotes may completely change your perspective on economics

32. The Law by Frederic Bastiat

• This obscure French pamphlet from 1850 predicted today's America
• Ted Cruz invokes 19th century French economist Bastiat in Obamacare tweet

33. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek

• More wisdom on business and leadership from Simon Sinek...in 7 quotes
• Looking for some summer reads? Here are five books that Glenn Beck is reading from TheBlaze chalkboard

34. Liberty Rises by Chris Salcedo

• Blaze Books Review: Liberty Rises by Chris Salcedo

35. Mark Steyn's Passing Parade by Mark Steyn

• Mark Steyn speaks with TheBlaze on his new book, and everything from global warming to Common Core to the First Amendment
• America's decline and fall in 13 quotes from our interview with Mark Steyn
• Barbara Boxer, Mark Steyn and Strom Thurmond walk into an elevator...epic creepiness ensues

36. Miracles and Massacres by Glenn Beck

• The Tokyo Rose chronicles part I: How an ambitious young Chicago journalist discovered the truth about the patriot destroyed by our government
• The Tokyo Rose chronicles part II: Iva Toguri's pardon
• The Tokyo Rose chronicles part III: Finding Iva Toguri, two decades later
• The Tokyo Rose chronicles part IV: 'Her entire life was just destroyed by this monolithic thing called the U.S. government'

37. The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives by Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen

• 10 revealing passages from Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen's 'The New Digital Age'
• Read an excerpt from the book Glenn Beck will be discussing with Google's Eric Schmidt and Google Ideas' Jared Cohen on this evening's program

38. New Lies for Old by Anatoly Golitsyn

• What if an ex-KGB officer predicted that the USSR would fake its own collapse to ultimately defeat the West...and no one listened?

39. Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You by Greg Gutfeld

• Blaze Books Review: 'Not Cool' by Greg Gutfeld
• ‘Non-religious’ Fox anchor makes an interesting admission about the church
• 26 potentially insightful and undoubtedly offensive quotes from Greg Gutfeld's new book 'Not Cool'
• Here's a Blaze Books exclusive excerpt from Greg Gutfeld's new book 'Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You'
• Five books to kick off your Memorial Day Weekend

40. Notes on Democracy by H.L. Mencken

• 10 quotes that perfectly nail America's political class, from a 1926 book on democracy

41. Obama's Enforcer: Eric Holder's Justice Department by Hans von Spakovsky

• What one former DOJ lawyer says about who Obama might pardon at the end of his tenure is downright shocking
• The most dangerous division of Eric Holder's DOJ that you've never heard of

42. One Nation by Dr. Ben Carson

• 17 quotes from Proverbs at the heart of Dr. Ben Carson's new book
• An excerpt from Dr. Ben Carson's new book, 'One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future'

43. The People vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration by Ben Shapiro

• An interview with Ben Shapiro on his criminal case against the Obama administration: 'The People vs. Barack Obama'
• Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro's idea to enable Americans to '[cut] the Achilles heel' of the Obama administration

44. The Perestroika Deception by Anatoly Golitsyn

• This book predicted a new McCarthyism of the left...30 years ago

45. Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed by Jason Riley

• Why a conservative author vehemently disagrees with Rand Paul on such a big issue
• 13 explosive passages from a new book on the devastating impact of leftism on blacks in America

46. Politics by Aristotle

• Glenn Beck says President Obama declared himself a dictator last night -- here's what Aristotle says

47. The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek

• A way to understand one of the most important books on free-market economics in five minutes
• 'Children are smarter than we think they are, and they should not be consigned to an intellectual ghetto'

48. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

• 10 quotes that will change the way you think about business...and life (updated with video)

49. Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles into the Darkness by Neil Swidey

• Blaze Books review: 'Trapped Under the Sea' by Neil Swidey
• An interview with Neil Swidey, author of 'Trapped Under the Sea'
• Blaze Books featured excerpt: 'Trapped Under the Sea' by Neil Swidey

50. The Weed Agency: A Comic Tale of Federal Bureaucracy by Jim Geraghty

• Blaze Books Review: 'The Weed Agency' by Jim Geraghty
• An interview with Jim Geraghty on the federal bureaucracy you just can't get rid of, and why Newt Gingrich may throw a rock through his window
• This fictional passage starring Newt Gingrich is eerily and hilariously realistic

Note: The links to the books in this post will give you an option to elect to donate a percentage of the proceeds from the sale to a charity of your choice. Mercury One, the charity founded by TheBlaze’s Glenn Beck, is one of the options. Any donations to Mercury One are fully tax-deductible and go towards efforts such as tornado relief, preparedness training, and veterans support.

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