Anything That's Peaceful will change how you view society, at least that's what it did for me and everyone I know who has read it (my teenagers, other family members, and friends). Leonard Read, past president of the Foundation for Economic Education, was a profound thinker who devoted himself to the cause of liberty. He reasons from a premise that sounds very LDS: that the reason we are here on earth is to BECOME, to realize our creative powers and put ourselves "into as near a harmony with Infinite Consciousness as is within the power of each." He then shows how the more the government involves itself in the affairs of society, the less people are able to control their own destinies and fulfill their creative drives. ONLINE
The Law is a little book written by Frederic Bastiat. He was a French philosopher, politician, and economist in the early 1800s, who spoke and wrote vehemently against the rise of socialism. His arguments are amazingly logical; impossible to argue with. He was quoted a lot by Ezra Taft Benson in his writings and speeches. ONLINE
The Five Thousand Year Leap - A Miracle that Changed the World, is by W. Cleon Skousen (a great LDS scholar.) This book explains the 28 principles of American government that took civilization from horses and plows to the moon in less than 200 years. We are currently reading the book and watching a video series that accompanies it in our homeschool, and really enjoying it. I see that on the web site they are offering the book, which is normally $19.95, for $5 if you buy ten or more. I am interested in doing this, and if you want a copy, let me know. This book is not available at the library (though they do have some of his son Mark's books on economics.)
I love Albert Marrin's history books. They are vividly written (sometimes a bit too vivid for me) and really move along. There are 29 different titles in the Fairfax County library system, and 24 copies of The War for Independence : the Story of the American Revolution
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