Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride – Major Garret. A CBS News reporter’s book about Trump’s 2 years of running for & becoming President. It’s the typical Liberal’s negative opinions of his political views. **
Political Tribes – Amy Chua. A Yale Law school professor divides people with different political views into “Tribes.” Of course, the “White” tribe is painted as the worst. Read it & decide what you believe. ***
Secret Empires – Peter Schweizer. Looks at a lot of money being made by relatives of Presidents, Vice Presidents, Congress people & others in high government positions, both Republican & Democrats. ***
Silicon City – Gary McClelland. Stories of many individuals lives in San Francisco. Mostly people who can’t afford to live there with “regular jobs” vs. those who work for Google & other high tech, high paying jobs. Also the areas tolerance of different life choices.
Spygate – Dan Bongino & D.C. McAllister/Matt Palumbo. Former secret service agent & NYPD police officer writes a VERY DETAILED account of the “Russia Collusion” investigation. Tough read. ***
The Skripal Files – Mark Urban. The story of a Russian spy, Sergi Skripal, who turned into a double agent & worked with British intelligence. He was found out, and after spending seven years in prison, then freed in a “swap” and living in England for 8 years, he was poisoned. Good read. ****
The Briefing – Sean Spicer. A good look inside the white House politics. Mostly about his time as Press Secretary and all the interactions with politicians, White House staff and news reporters. ***
Ship of Fools – Tucker Carlson. Author has hosted shows on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, FOX News. He reasons Trump got elected due to the dissatisfaction with the “ruling class.” He gives many examples of the collusion, lies, cheating, and corruption of both parties and big business. ***
Baseball Cop – Eddie Dominguez. After a career as a Boston cop & member of an FBI task force, he went to work for MLB Department of Investigations. He was tasked with finding players who were using performance enhancing drugs & steroids. He writes about the cover ups, corruption and cheating going on throughout professional sports. **
West Winging It – Pat Cunnane. Author spent 6+ years in the west wing of the White House during the Obama presidency. His last position was Senior Writer & Deputy Director of Messaging. Some humor. **
The Cryotron Files – Iain Dey & Douglas Buck. The story of Dudley Buck a brilliant computer scientist who pioneered microchip technology He died unexpectedly (mysteriously?) in 1959 at the age of 32. ****
Bad Blood – John Carryrou. NY Times reporter writes the story of Thernos & founder/CEO, Elizabeth Holemes. A Silicon Valley start up, they used lies & secrecy to raise billions of dollars from people like George Schultz, Henry Kissinger, General James Mattis & others. She had Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama as friends. *****
Unnecessary Roughness – Jose Baez with George Willis. Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer got an acquittal for him on a double murder & reviews his defense in the trial. This lawyer also got an acquittal for Casey Anthony, charged with killing her daughter. Aaron committed suicide after his acquittal. He was in prison on a previous murder conviction. ****
