10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor - Hardcover

Wiker, Benjamin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596986042 ISBN 13: 9781596986046

Publisher: Regnery Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Following up his 10 Books That Screwed Up the World, author Benjamin Wiker brings you 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor. Offering a guide to some of the most important literary works of our time, Wiker turns his discerning eye from the great texts that have done so much damage to Western Civilization to the great texts that could help rebuild it. 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read features a range of works from classics such as Democracy in America and The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, to more "pop" classics like Sense and Sensibility and The Tempest. Through these works, Wiker reveals some of the most important lessons for our time as well as the true meaning of conservatism. Written with an educational purpose and witty tone, this is a must-read for conservatives, Republicans, and booklovers everywhere!

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From the Back Cover:

Praise for 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read

Because of too much TV and too little decent schooling, too many Americans are unread in the classics that have defined our culture. That s why Wiker s 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read is so important: it provides a shopping list for those who want to understand what makes America and the West exceptional.
Brett M. Decker, Editorial Page Editor, Washington Times

Benjamin Wiker illuminates some of the great books of our civilization with an insightful simplicity that is not only breathtaking but potentially life changing.
Joseph Pearce, author of biographies of Chesterton, Belloc, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien

Praise for 10 Books That Screwed Up the World

Benjamin Wiker has read the worst books in Western Civilization so you don t have to. Professor Wiker s poison pen portraits are great critical aids to analyzing some of the worst ideas that have ever contaminated Western Civilization. Professor Wiker recommends actually reading the booksbut his own book is a whole lot more fun.
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Ph.D., author of How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization

If you want to know where Western civilization ran off the rails, read this book. And if you want to help get us back on track, buy extra copies and see what you can do to get them into doctor s office waiting rooms, faculty lounges, and your local public library. Wiker has the goods on the authors of our current confusion about (among other things) human nature, morality, sex, economics, law, and governmentthis book will open many eyes.
Elizabeth Kantor, Ph.D., Editor of the Conservative Book Club and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature
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About the Author:

Benjamin Wiker received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and has taught at Marquette University, St. Mary’s University, Thomas Aquinas College, and Franciscan University. He now writes full time as a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He has written several other well-received books, including most recently, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World, The Darwin Myth, and Answering the New Atheism (co-authored with Scott Hahn). He lives in rural Ohio with his beloved wife, seven children, and sundry goats, chickens, rabbits, dogs, cats, and whatever else happens to wander along.

About this edition

• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1596986042
• ISBN 13: 9781596986046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256