Read & discuss: The ARCC Book Club meets periodically to discuss books on politics and modern culture. We recommend the selections shown below as worth reading, and we invite you to join us at our next Book Club meeting. (For more information, contact us at ).
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May 2008
"Party of Defeat:
How Democrats and radicals undermined America's War on Terror before and after 9-11" Author: Author/activist David Horowitz Publisher: Spence Publishing (Apr. 2008, 224 pp.)
Alexandria Commons shopping center
3201 Duke St., Alexandria
(2 blocks east of Quaker Ln. - seemap)
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Previous selections
April 2008
"Real Change:
From the world that fails to the world that works" Author: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Publisher: Regnery (Jan. 2008, 310 pp.)
How America can achieve transformational change--from a government of bureaucratic failure to a government that can meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Meeting: Thursday, April 17 (7 - 8:30 pm)
March 2008
"Comeback:
Conservatism that can win again" Author: Columnist David Frum Publisher: Doubleday (Dec. 2007, 224 pp.)
How Republicans must evolve in accordance with the challenges and fluidity of contemporary America to win hearts, minds and elections.
Meeting: Thursday, March 20 (7 - 8:30 pm)
February 2008
"Why We Whisper:
Restoring Our Right to Say It's Wrong" Author: U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Jan. 2008, 280 pp.)
A call for Americans who believe in traditional values to resist the urge to stay silent.
Meeting: Thursday, February 21 (7 - 8:30 pm)
January 2008
"Stealing Elections:
How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy" Author: Columnist John Fund Publisher: Encounter Books (Sep. 2004, 210 pp.)
A chilling portrait of our electoral vulnerability.
Meeting: Saturday, January 26 (10 - 11 am)
"Claiming the Mantle:
How Presidential Nominations Are Won and Lost Before the Votes Are Cast" Author: Prof. Larry Butler
(former member, ARCC)
Publisher: Westview Press (Sep. 2004, 208 pp.)