 | Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin
Buy new: $11.00 / Used from: $11.99 What truly makes America great, and the internal forces that are working against her.
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 | Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine by Glenn Beck
Buy new: $7.19 / Used from: $3.25 A new take on the classic book. Read it and pass it on. Full of questions that need to be asked by all.
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 | Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics) by Thomas Paine
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $3.02 The original call to arms against an outrageous government.
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 | The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $4.00 The reasoning behind the Constitution from the minds that wrote it.
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 | The Heritage Guide to the Constitution by Edwin Meese
Buy new: $19.25 / Used from: $15.95 Even more insight into the Constitution and what it truly means.
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 | The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift Editions)
Buy new: $2.00 / Used from: $0.01 All of the truly essential early American speeches are here, including some by Henry Clay, Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Also includes the Monroe Doctrine and Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill. A quick, but enlightening read.
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 | John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy by Evan Thomas
Buy new: $12.48 / Used from: $0.08 "I have not yet begun to fight." The story of the man who flew an American flag with red, white, and blue stripes. Also, the story of what it was truly like to build a navy and fight on the high seas during the American Revolution.
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 | The Essential Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $1.49 Excerpts of the first journey into the American West. A story of survival, ingenuity, and inspiration.
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 | Democracy in America (Penguin Classics) by Alexis de Tocqueville
Buy new: $8.57 / Used from: $5.88 An outsider's view of America in 1831.
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 | Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $23.36 / Used from: $21.33 A novel about the clash of industry and government, the value of individual rights, and so much more.
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 | The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.23 Novel about the power of the individual and the struggle of good versus evil
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 | Ground State: Odyssey of the Last Scientist by Anthony Stender
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $16.86 My contribution to this list. A techno-thriller in a similar vein to The Fountainhead. Story of a scientist who struggles to maintain her identity and her principles while working for a totalitarian eemployer.
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 | Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
Buy new: $15.60 / Used from: $14.91 Two classic stories of totalitarianism and overreaching government.
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 | The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $5.10 The economic story behind the Great Depression and the effects of government intervention on the economy.
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 | The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy by Daniel Yergin
Buy new: $11.87 / Used from: $3.17 The case for capitalism and the efforts to undermine it.
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 | UNDER FIRE: AN AMERICAN STORY - THE EXPLOSIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER NORTH by WILLIAM NOVAK OLIVER NORTH
Buy used from: $3.81 Even if you weren't there for this trial of the century, you need to read this story about an honorable man and his role in the fight against terrorism in the 1980s.
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 | Yeager: An Autobiography by Chuck Yeager
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 The unsung heroes who helped shape the American Air Force and the space program.
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 | The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing by Jayna Davis
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $15.38 An alarming account of the OKC bombing in 1995 and troubling questions about the investigation that followed.
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 | Godless: The Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.37 How faith in God is being attacked in America, only to be replaced by faith in liberalism.
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 | The Wit & Wisdom of Ronald Reagan by James C. Humes
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $13.25 A good starter (or reminder) book on what Reagan stood for, with a focus on his sense of humor.
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 | America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations by William J. Federer
Buy used from: $2.80 Good source of many great quotes about American principles. Often includes a brief history behind the quote and the person who said it.
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 | The BOOK OF VIRTUES by William J. Bennett
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $1.53 Classic stories (arranged by morals) for young and old alike.
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 | Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
Buy new: $17.54 / Used from: $5.50 An insightful study into what makes an American company successful and profitable.
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