Books that inspired you

[IKE]

This isn't my list, but a list worth sharing. During High School I was blessed with a teacher that chose to teach history, government, and economics through books. I only remember a couple of the History books:
Frontiersman: A very gripping story of early american exploration.
Citizen Tom Paine and Common Sense- American revolution.
Killer Angles: Civil War book that Glory was based off of.
Night- Holocaust 1st person perspective. Warning do not start reading this unless you plan to finish. You will miss whatever else you were planning to do.
The Longest Day: Amazing D-Day book
Black Like Me- Post civil rights racism written by a white man that made himself black in the deep south.

For Government and Economics:
Essays on the Making of the Constitution: Very interesting perspectives and theories on "why" the founding fathers did what they did.
Watership Down: Basically the book version of Meerkat Manor (only Rabbits)
The Jungle: Will make you believe in the power and right of Unions. It will also make you never want to eat processed meat.
and lastly
Atlas Shrugged: To show you that "Charity" can be a bad thing among a ton of other themes.

I am sure that there were many others, but those were the ones I remember most. Looking back this teacher was a great teacher in that he truly made you think.

One of my personal Favorites I did not see of this list was "The Way Things Work" by David M. My mother got this book for me when I was in the 4th grade after the guidance counselor told her I was cursed and would likely become an engineer.