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Bare Naked Ladies: Rock Spectacle
Simply the best party music ever. (*****)

Bittersweet
Big Head Todd and the Monsters: Sister Sweetly
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Brad Paisley: 5th Gear
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Carrie Underwood: Some Hearts

Chris Isaak: Baja Sessions
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Eva Cassidy: Live at Blues Alley
Uncomparable voice. Eva was one of the best. (*****)

George Strait: 50 Number Ones
Can't beat George. (*****)

George Strait: Troubadour
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Joan Osborne: Relish
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Neil Diamond: Home Before Dark
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Reba McEntire: Reba Duets

Sugarland: Enjoy The Ride
Jennifer Nettles-what can I say about her voice. Check out "Stay". (****)

Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift
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Texas: The Hush
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The Call: Let the Day Begin
I wish Michael and the boys were still recording. (***)

The Mavericks: Trampoline
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The Righteous Brothers: The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers
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The Wreckers: Stand Still, Look Pretty
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The Wrights: Down This Road
The best country album of 2005 which hasn't gotten much play on radio. (*****)

The Wrights: The Wrights
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David McCullough: 1776
Doesn't get any better for American history buffs. DMC is the best. (*****)

Harry Jaffa: A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
Excellent! (*****)

Victor Davis Hanson: A War Like No Other : How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Working on it.

Walter Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin An American Life
Finally finished this. Not a big Isaacson fan, but it was very good and very readable. (***)

Dick Winters: Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Adds more detail to Band of Brothers.

Michael Cabbage: Comm Check... : The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia
Great detail on the last minutes of Columbia's flight, the investigation, the reasons why, and what needs to happen before NASA launches again. A must read for space buffs. (*****)

David Musnick: Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness
Too bad I am just "reading" it.

Paul Frey & Michael Boy: Dump the Incumbents!26 Reasons From A-Z

Glenn H. Worthington: Fighting for Time
First hand story of the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864 near Frederick, MD. Check out my review post on 5/27/05. (****)

James R. Hansen: First Man
Finally finished-excellent, detailed, great reminder of events. Puts the reader in the cockpit with one of the best test pilots in US history. (*****)

Historical Society of Frederick County: Frederick County Revisited (MD) (Images of America)

Steven F. Hayward: Greatness : Reagan, Churchill, and the Making of Extraordinary Leaders

David McCullough: John Adams
Superb. McCullough is one of the best historians we have today. (*****)

Benjamin Franklin Cooling: Jubal Early's Raid on Washington (Fire Ant Books)
Excellent account of the 1864 raid toward Washington and the Battle of Monocacy. (****)

Jonah Goldberg: Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Harold Holzer: Lincoln Seen and Heard
Would love to have seen this when read at the White House. (****)

Marcus Luttrell: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Michael Yon: Moment of Truth in Iraq: How a New 'Greatest Generation' of American Soldiers is Turning Defeat and Disaster into Victory and Hope
Want to know what really happened in Iraq? Read the whole thing!

Clarence Thomas: My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir

Laura Ingraham: Power to the People
Straight forward, simplistic approach to reasonable government. (***)

Victor Hanson: Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think
We really do fight the same battles over and over. Maybe someday we will realize how important it is to understand history.

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Lots of pages. Tough for me to get started. Still working through it.

Natan Sharansky: The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror
Must reading for today's Americans. (****)

Walter Lord: The Dawn's Early Light (Maryland Paperback Bookshelf)
Excellent account of the War of 1812. (*****)

Julian P. Boyd: The Declaration of Independence: The Evolution of the Text
Incredible images of the actual text and modifications. (****)

Christopher Hibbert: The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
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Cornelius Ryan: The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day
Read it, then watch the movie again. Written in the 50's, with many interviews of D-Day participants as source material. Excellent! (*****)

John McPhee: Uncommon Carriers

Bruce Feiler: Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
Interesting concept, powerful descriptions, informative. Enjoyed it. (****)

Bruce Feiler: Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey
Incredible photos. (*****)

Victor Davis Hanson: Why the West Has Won: Nine Landmark Battles in the Brutal History of Western Victory

Norman Podhoretz: World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism
Concise, objective look at the enemy we face today and the Bush Doctrine. (****)