Capitol Annex’s Holiday Book Guide, Part II

Dec 10th, 2007 | Holiday Book Guide | No Comments

Last week, we started our Holiday Book Guide series. This week, we’re returning with several selections we’d like to bring to your attention.

First and foremost this week, we want to highlight a book that is a great Christmas pick even though it won’t actually end up in your mailbox until next year (you can pre-order, though). That’s “Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army Of Bloggers And Online Activists Is Changing American Politics” by Lowell Fields and Nate Wilcox.

[Disclaimer: Nate Wilcox is a friend, but we still wouldn't hype his book if it sucked. Hey, we've got our standards. :)]

Check out this review of the book by none other than James Moore:

“Two histories are emerging for our country’s past decade. One is in the headlines and the network newscasts and it consistently misses the profound political changes washing over American democracy. Nate Wilcox and Lowell Feld, however, are leading thinkers in the gathering army of citizens determined to use the Internet to return our democracy to its founding principles. And in Netroots Rising, you will read the story of all the bright young minds who have found a new way to water the roots of our tree of liberty. America is still in good hands and you can see its bright future reflected on these pages.” - James C. Moore, Author of Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential

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Capitol Annex’s Holiday Book Guide: Part I

Dec 3rd, 2007 | Holiday Book Guide, Holiday Gift Guide | No Comments

Chances are, if you are reading this post, that you or someone you know and/or love is interested in Texas Politics (that is, of course, unless you stumbled upon us by chance).

People who list “politics”–much less “Texas politics”–as one of their primary interests and activities are quite often difficult to buy for.

So, in hopes of making your holiday gift giving a little easier this season (and because we wanted an excuse to write about books related to Texas politics), Capitol Annex has compiled a handy Holiday Book guide for 2007. All of these books–or, at least, most of them–relate directly to Texas politics. Some are old and obscure, some are classics, and some are new.

In any instance, over the next few weeks, we hope to introduce you to some of our favorite books on Texas politics and, perhaps, give you some ideas for holiday gift giving.

So, without further ado, here’s our first selection: Allan Shivers: The Pied Piper of Texas Politics.

I suspect some of our younger readers who are more familiar with the Bush-Perry-DeLay-Craddick era of Texas politics may have only heard of former Texas Governor Allan Shivers in passing. Indeed, Shivers was even before Capitol Annex’s time but he remains an important figure in Texas politics.

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