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To: geode00 who wrote (149280)	12/7/2008 3:40:25 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush's reading list: heavy on bios and baseball By Kenneth T. Walsh Posted 8/17/06 George W. Bush a bookworm? White House aides say it's so. The born-again president's literary interests start with the predictable, such as his daily readings from the Bible. But he also enjoys books about Abraham Lincoln, his political hero, and, of course, yarns about baseball-in a past life, he was, after all, the managing partner of the Texas Rangers. Staffers say the president is actually engaged in an informal contest with White House senior adviser Karl Rove to see who can read more books this year. The latest score card has Bush ahead 60-50.A sampling of the president's reading list so far this year, according to White House aides: Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar by Edvard Radzinsky Related News * More from Nation & World American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin (a biography of Robert Oppenheimer, an inventor of the atomic bomb) Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss (about the late all-star Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder) Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power by Richard Carwardine Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural by Ronald C. White Jr. Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky (discussing how polio affected the United States in the mid-20th century) The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky The Stranger by Albert Camus