Recommended Reading
Mr. Tomecko recommends the following books in American Government for students in AP Government and Politics. Books with a * may be read as a bonus-point opportunity. If interested in reading one of these books, email Mr. Tomecko for further instructions.
AMerican Government
*Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News by Bernard Goldberg
*A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin
*Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement by Michael Patrick Leahy
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media by John Stossel
*Independents Rising: Outsider Movements, Third Parties, and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America by Jacqueline Salit
Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani
Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man by David Hardy and Jason Clarke
Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong by John Stossel
No, They Can't: Why Government Fails But Individuals Succeed by John Stossel
*The Odd Clauses: Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions by Jay Wexler
*Selecting a President by Eleanor Clift and Matthew Spieler
*The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country by Howard Fineman
*A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution by Carol Berkin
*Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement by Michael Patrick Leahy
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media by John Stossel
*Independents Rising: Outsider Movements, Third Parties, and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America by Jacqueline Salit
Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani
Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man by David Hardy and Jason Clarke
Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong by John Stossel
No, They Can't: Why Government Fails But Individuals Succeed by John Stossel
*The Odd Clauses: Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions by Jay Wexler
*Selecting a President by Eleanor Clift and Matthew Spieler
*The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country by Howard Fineman
