“The Middle East” by Bernard Lewis: As one of, if not, the greatest Middle Eastern Scholar of all time the sophisticated and humanitarian Bernard Lewis brings to life one of the most controversial and reclusive regions in the entire world today and of the many past generations. Thoroughly documenting the history, culture and politics of the region as well as its development over the generations he manages to pull it off expertly with a non bias sense of humanity and understanding combined with a professional in depth look at many of the triumphs and problems of the region, which have shaped its attitude toward itself and the rest of the world. His sophisticated British language and wit doesn’t make it that bad to read either.

“The Triumph of Liberty” by Jim Powell: A wonderful analysis about the creation and implication of arguably the greatest and fairest ideology of all time. From its humble beginnings contributing to the fall of the holy Roman Empire to its explosion in Renaissance Era Europe and culmination in the American Revolution this excerpt makes you feel the generations of sacrifice and intellect that have been needed to keep this essential element to the survival of Western Civilization alive. As a strong champion of this ideology myself it certainly brings a powerful feeling of nostalgia for me to read the stories of the brave many who have fought to keep it alive for my freedom and that of the ones I love too.

“The Rotten Heart of Europe” by Bernard Connolly: Another sophisticated British Academic merges you into the world of late 20th Century Europe and the attempt over the decades to merge into one thriving and peaceful continent on Earth. Through the inevitable hardships faced in trying to unify so many culturally rich and inspirational nations to the economic issues of government spending and overt regulation on one massive economy to the issues of a small group of non elected officials gaining too much power while the millions have no voice. It really makes one think about the difference between a romanticized utopia and the actual reality of such an important place our modern world and realizing that many of the issues of the past are being brought back with this idea today in such turbulent political times. While incredibly long every page is rich with dialogue and intellect from the brilliant observational mind of the author.