Summary: A comprehensive biography from an admiring, but critical author. I picked up His Very Best on audiobook a few days before President Carter passed away. I had wanted to read one of the recent biographies for a while, and the sale price, and then his death moved it to the top of my list. … Read more
Summary: A religious biography of Jimmy Carter focused on his progressive Evangelicalism and the rise of the religious right. I have begun to pay more attention to Jimmy Carter since I moved to Georgia 15 years ago. I was able to go to one of the quarterly report meetings of the Carter Center about seven … Read more
Summary: A short, but wide ranging book about not only Jimmy Carter’s faith, but his approach to Christianity, culture, how his faith impacts his politics and how his Christianity influences his work and life. Many people think that Jimmy Carter has had the most influential post Presidency of all of the United States presidents. Just … Read more
Takeaway: Regardless of your politics, Carter is a fascinating man. Carter is a fascinating man. I have read a couple of his books, but this the first of his that is more more memoir than policy. I listened to this as an audiobook and he narrates it himself. This feels like a bit of a … Read more
Summary: Well written biography of a man that was interested in character and service to country. Earlier this year, I read a biography of Jimmy Carter and I was struck by how much that I learned, even though I had read multiple books by or about Carter. A good biography, even if it appreciates the … Read more
Summary: The first definitive style biography of King in nearly 40 years. At the end of the audiobook is an interview with Jonathan Eig and Lerone A. Martin, author of The Gospel of J Edgar Hoover. Their discussion about the lack of full biographies and the new sources is compelling. I had not realized that it … Read more
Summary: The first two women on the Supreme Court changed it dramatically, but also had different perspectives. I have been long fascinated with the Supreme Court. I have read several books on the court, including O’Connor’s reflection on the court, The Majesty of the Law, and a light biography of Ginsberg, The Notorious RBG and a … Read more
Takeaway: Class matters. The idealism of a classless society and the myth that everyone can move up the social ladder with a little hard work has never been true for the majority in the United States. Class matters. That shouldn’t be a controversial idea, but it is. It is controversial because it flies in the … Read more
Summary: Thoughts from an elder as he reflects on his life, the church and the world. I have read just about everything that John Perkins has written. So I pre-ordered Dream with Me months ago on kindle and picked up the audiobook as well. I have followed John Perkins’ work since I first became aware of … Read more
Summary: A pop-culture infused brief biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I am fascinated by the Supreme Court. I have read a number of books about the history of the court and some biographies of individual justices that have been on the court. So I picked this up when it was on sale last week. The … Read more