 | Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies by Michelle Malkin
Buy new: £11.28 / Used from: £9.25 Malkin's superb book is a thorough & devastating expose of the current bunch of Chicago-style crooks who now run the US Government. Great follow-up to the classic "Unhinged".
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 | Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America by Ann Coulter
Buy new: £12.16 / Used from: £10.32 Well, Ok, it was published late in 2008, but it is still one of the best political books of the year. Easily Coulter's best work since "Slander" - lookout Obots & single mums, lol!
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 | Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End by Daniel Gordis
Buy new: £11.23 / Used from: £7.36 A passionate & eloquent defense of Israel & Zionism. An uplifting read alongside Alan Dershowtz "Case for Israel" & "Case Against Israel's Enemies".
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 | A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (and Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media by Bernard Goldberg
Buy new: £14.36 / Used from: £8.90 A short & witty book on the disgusting fawning pro-Obama liberal media in America, who gave a smiling, charming but inexperienced, unqualified leftist the Presidency.
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 | Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
Buy new: £10.76 / Used from: £6.50 Debunking the credulous. Devastating takedown.
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 | The Broken Compass: How British Politics lost its way by Peter Hitchens
Buy new: £9.71 / Used from: £6.83 A wonderful collection of essays by Hitchens-the-Younger on the state of British politics, ideology, the post-60's consensus...(Awesome chapter on Grammar schools too)
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 | Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West by Christopher Caldwell
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £7.77 A thoughtful look at the subject, as opposed to some hyterical ones out there. (by great Weekly Standard writer)
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 | God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World by John Micklethwait
Buy new: £13.13 / Used from: £14.22 Another thoughtful & intelligent look at why religion is important & growing more popular. Facts, as opposed to Dawkins hysteria & hectoring.
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 | Why Are Jews Liberals? by Norman Podhoretz
Buy new: £16.12 / Used from: £14.25 Superb volume by Podhoretz. Chronicles the Jewish "religion" of secular liberalism & its ramifications for American politics, culture & Israel.
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 | Heaven And Earth: Global Warming - The Missing Science by Ian Plimer
Buy new: £15.00 / Used from: £13.21 Totally demolishes the other leftist cult of Global Warming. Again, facts over hysteria & messianic politics.
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 | The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts
Buy new: £12.50 / Used from: £11.87 Another fantastic history book by Andrew Roberts (having just published Masters & Commanders last year). This time, a sweeping history of WW2.
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 | Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran by Robert Spencer
Buy new: £7.76 / Used from: £6.43 Another brilliant book by Robert Spencer, who has launched a one-man campaign against aggressive Islam, political correctness & liberal masochism. A great into.
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 | The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars by Patrick Hennessey
Buy new: £9.49 / Used from: £6.25 One of the best soldier books to come out of the Iraq & Afghan wars. Puts silly books like "Squaddie" to shame. Amazing read.
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 | The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East by Joshua Muravchik
Buy new: £16.14 / Used from: £13.61 One of the brightest neoconservative thinkers around who has beeen banging the drum for promoting democracy for decades. He speaks to the new democrats in post-Saddam Middle East. Heroic.
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 | The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise by Joe Scarborough
Buy new: £14.28 / Used from: £2.12 A surprisingly good read by Joe Scarborough. Was well received too by liberals. Rethinking conservatsim?
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 | From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy by Kenan Malik
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £6.00 Fantastic analysis by Kenan Malik about the Rushdie affair & the rise of jihadism in Britain. One of the few decent liberals left today who isn't comprimised by their apologetics for Islamism.
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 | Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America Without Guns or Bombs by Robert Spencer
Buy new: £11.94 / Used from: £16.78 Another excellent contribution about the threat of jihadism by the peerless Robert Spencer. I disagree with some of his conclusions though, for the US (end ALL Muslim immigration etc)
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 | United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror by Jamie Glazov
Buy new: £11.39 / Used from: £6.98 Jamie Glazov's devastating critique of the Left's disgusting alliance with Islamist fascism. Has been documented in many other books, but Glazov gives us the question - WHY?
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 | Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom by Bruce Bawer
Buy new: £10.11 / Used from: £13.40 Another depressing, but flawless, book by Bawer (following from his Why Europe Slept) about the multiculturalist Left & it's credulous support/appeasement for Islamist bullying in the heart of Europe.
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 | Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
Buy new: £8.96 Moyo's book was predictably attacked by the usual liberal/Left consensus (who are consumed by post-colonial guilt & condescention). Do yourself a favour & read it.
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 | Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America by Mike Huckabee
Buy new: £8.96 / Used from: £4.37 One of the most qualified, experienced, interesting & honest 2008 candidates. A bit harsh on Romney in places, but a great vision & sensible policies (chapter on Fair Tax is superb)
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 | One-Party Classroom: How Radical Professors at America's Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy by David Horowitz
Buy new: £14.83 / Used from: £9.95 Horowitz continues his one-man crusade against the propaganda & brainwashing that passes for education on America's politically correct campuses. Gr8 follow-up to "Indoctrination U" & "Professors"
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 | The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £11.23 Wonderful & powerful. Gertrude Himmelfarb is a great neoconservative scholar & original thinker.
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 | Under a Mushroom Cloud: Europe, Iran and the Bomb by Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £0.01 Easily one of the smartest experts on Iran & its relationship with the West. He blogs at Commentary too. Brilliant book on the crisis.
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 | Khomeini's Ghost: Iran since 1979 by Con Coughlin
Buy new: £16.00 / Used from: £3.05 Another superb book by Coughlin, following on from his Blair & Bush study. Ignore the facile pro-Khomeini critics on the review page. Know your enemy folks.
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