About the book club 

• Visit the inSPIRe group at GoodReads.com to participate in discussion, connect with other book clubs, or share book recommendations across the web.

• Click here to see a list of books previously read by the inSPIRe book club.

• View a list of books suggested for future book clubs or make your own suggestion.

• A review by Jim Scanlan of The End of Faith by Sam Harris
• A synopsis by Dave Gamrath of The Story of B by Daniel Quinn (the author of Ishmael)

What we're reading for our January 23, 2009 gathering:

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
By Ron Suskind

From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation’s struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. From the White House to Downing Street, from the fault-line countries of South Asia to the sands of Guantánamo, Suskind offers an astonishing story that connects world leaders to the forces waging today’s shadow wars and to the next generation of global citizens. Tracking down truth and hope within the Beltway and far beyond it, Suskind delivers historic disclosures with this emotionally stirring and strikingly original portrait of the post-9/11 world. In a sweeping, propulsive, and multilayered narrative, The Way of the World investigates how America relinquished the moral leadership it now desperately needs to fight the real threat of our era: a nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists. Truth, justice, and accountability become more than mere words in this story. (From Amazon.com)

Planning ahead? We will be discussing Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama at the gathering to follow the one described above.