Ten Books Every American Should Read...

Common sense by Thomas Paine

1776 by David McCullough

Founding brothers: the revolutionary generation by Joseph J. Ellis

The Declaration of Independence by illustrated and inscribed by Sam Fink

Animal farm by George Orwell ; preface by Russell Baker ; introduction by C.M. Woodhouse

1984: a novel by George Orwell ; with an afterword by Erich Fromm

In celebration of our nation's 237th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the Battle at Gettysburg...

American creation [Large print]: triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis

Benjamin Franklin [large print] by Edmund S. Morgan

Bunker Hill [large print]: a city, a siege, a revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

The killer angels [Large print] by Michael Shaara

Samuel Adams [Large print]: a life by Ira Stoll

The Americans: the national experience by Daniel J. Boorstin

America, a history in art: the American journey told by painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects by W.G Scheller

The photograph and the American dream, 1840-1940 by Foreword, William Jefferson Clinton ; American notes, Charles Dickens; essays, Stephen White and Andreas Blühm

Eyes of the nation: a visual history of the United States by Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; with Alan Brinkley

Witness to America: an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today by Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]

The May/June 2013 issue of Michigan Municipal League's The Review focuses on growing old in Michigan. Are communities ready to handle the growing number of older adult residents? Over half of Michigan's residents are now over the age of 50. How will the needs of young and old be balanced? Are they really that different?

Lost in Shangri-La: a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff

Every man in this village is a liar [Large print]: an education in war by Megan K. Stack

The American Revolution [Large print]: a history by Gordon S. Wood

Victory at Yorktown [Large print]: the campaign that won the Revolution by Richard M. Ketchum

The zookeeper's wife [Large print]: a war story by Diane Ackerman

Last flag down [Large print]: the epic journey of the last Confederate warship by John Baldwin and Ron Powers

Fraternity [Large print]: a journey in search of five presidents by Bob Greene

At the center of the storm [Large print]: my years at the CIA by George Tenet

What a way to spend a war [Large print]: Navy nurse POWs in the Philippines by Dorothy Still Danner

Operation mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an Allied victory [Large print] by Ben Macintyre

Detroit: an American autopsy by Charlie LeDuff.  Mr. LeDuff, a FOX2 television journalist, will discuss his book at Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor on Thursday, February 14 at 7:00PM.

Citizen soldier: a life of Harry S. Truman by Aida D. Donald

Detroit City is the place to be: the afterlife of an American metropolis by Mark Binelli

Do the movies have a future? by David Denby

The eve of destruction: how 1965 transformed America by James T. Patterson

The presidents club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

The information [sound recording]: [a history, a theory, a flood] by James Gleick

Ten-gallon war: the NFL's Cowboys, the AFL's Texans, and the feud for Dallas's pro football future by John Eisenberg

The racketeer [Large Print] by John Grisham

Hummingbird Lake: an Eternity Springs novel by Emily March

Waging heavy peace: a hippie dream by Neil Young

The reality of our planet is we are an aging society. Soon over half the global population will be over the age of 50. This is unprecedented in human history. What will this mean to society? A new PBS documentary is in the works, Coming of Age in America. It will look at where we live, how we work, and what impact will this have on the world. Watch your local PBS station for broadcast times.