1. BETTER OFF WITHOUT 'EM by Chuck Thompson & Williams-Sonoma BBQ Sauces
2. THE PRICE OF POLITICS by Bob Woodward & THE GUARDIAN newspaper oven mitts
3. THE NEW NEW DEAL by Michael Grunwald & A Colbert Christmas DVD
4. THE PRESIDENTS CLUB by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy & The West Wing Complete Series DVD set
Recommended Post-Election Reading:
Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss “A revelatory book…which will certainly shape our understanding of President Obama’s strengths, weaknesses and inscrutabilities.” -The New York Times Book Review
The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward “A highly detailed dissection of the debt-limit negotiations...A remarkable achievement.” -The Washington Post
The New New Deal by Michael Grunwald "The most interesting book that has been published about the Obama administration. Even Republicans should read it.” -The Economist
New York Magazine piece places Michael Grunwald's THE NEW NEW DEAL at the intersection of BRILLIANT and HIGHBROW!
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era.
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