The Goates Notes (tm): Mitt's Top Ten Reasons He Lost in 2008

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1776, by David McCullough
A Disciple's Life, by Bruce C. Hafen
A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, by LeGrand Richards
A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, by Bruce R. McConkie
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
Accomplishing The Impossible, by Russell M. Nelson
Act in Doctrine, by David A. Bednar
America Alone, by Mark Steyn
And There Was Light, Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, by Jon Meacham
Answers, by Joseph Fielding McConkie
Apostle of Freedom, by Jack Fructmann, Jr.
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
Articles of Faith, by James E. Talmage
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, by Parley P. Pratt
Becoming New, by Robert L. Millet
Believing Christ, by Stephen E. Robinson
Boyd K. Packer: A Watchman on the Tower, by Lucille C. Tate
Broken Things to Mend, by Jeffrey R. Holland
Bruce R. McConkie, Highlights From His Life and Teachings, by Dennis B. Horne
Countdown to bin Laden, by Chris Wallace
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, by Gregory A. Prince and Wm. Robert Wright
Deposition of a Disciple, by Neal A. Maxwell
Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley (2 vols.), by Gordon B. Hinckley
Doctrines of the Restoration, Sermons and Writings of Bruce R. McConkie, Edited and Arranged by Mark L. McConkie
Faith Precedes the Miracle, by Spencer W. Kimball
Falling to Heaven, by James L. Ferrell
Following Christ, by Stephen E. Robinson
Gethsemane, by Andrew C. Skinner
God on Mute, by Pete Greig
Harold B. Lee: Prophet and Seer, by L. Brent Goates
I Saw A Pillar of Light, by Robert L. Millet
In Sacred Loneliness, by Todd Compton
Increase in Learning by David A. Bednar
Insights From a Prophet's Life, by Sheri Dew
Israel The Lord's Chosen People, by Dellas W. Lee
Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage
John Adams, by David McCullough
Joseph Smith and the Law of Consecration, by Lyndon W. Cook
Joseph Smith, Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard L. Bushman
Killing Kennedy, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Killing Lincoln, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Know Brother Joseph, edited by R. Eric Smith, Matthew C. Godfrey, Matthew J. Grow
Lincoln, President-Elect, by Harold Holzer
Mediation and Atonement, by John Taylor
Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis
Mine Errand from the Lord, Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Boyd K. Packer, compiled by Clyde J. Williams
Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
Mormons and Muslims, Edited with an Introduction by Spencer J. Palmer
No Apology, by Mitt Romney
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System, by Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
One Incredible Savior, by Max Lucado
Original Grace, by Adam S. Miller
Paul's Life and Letters, by Sidney B. Sperry
Rawhide Down - The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, by Del Quentin Wilber
Russell M. Nelson, by Spencer J. Condie
Salamander, The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders, by Linda Sillitoe & Allen Roberts
Secrets of the Kingdom, by Gerald Posner
Seven Miracles That Saved America, by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
Slouching Towards Gomorrah, by Robert H. Bork
Spiritual Lightening, by M. Catherine Thomas
Standing for Something, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Teaching by the Spirit, Gene R. Cook
Teachings of Thomas S. Monson, compiled by Lynne F. Cannegieter
Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
That We May Be One, by Tom Christofferson
The Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki
The Big Fisherman, by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Blessings of Abraham, by E. Douglas Clark
The Complete Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, by Ulysses S. Grant
The Continuous Atonement, by Brad Wilcox
The Death of Outrage, by William Bennett
The First American - The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, by H.W. Brands
The Grand Design, America from Columbus to Zion, by E. Douglas Clark
The Infinite Atonement, by Tad R. Callister
The Lincoln Hypothesis, by Timothy Ballard
The Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Messiah Series (7 vols.) by Bruce R. McConkie
The Miracle of Forgiveness, by Spencer W. Kimball
The Miracle of Freedom, by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, compiled by Cory Maxwell
The Other Martyr, Insights from the life of Hyrum Smith, by Susan Easton Black
The Peacegiver, by James L. Ferrell
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, by Dean C. Jessee
The Pilgrim Hypothesis, by Timothy Ballard
The Prophetic Book of Mormon, by Hugh Nibley
The Real George Washington, by Jay Parry and Andrew M. Allison
The Real Thomas Jefferson, by Andrew M. Allison, M. Richard Maxfield, K. DeLynn Cook, and W. Cleon Skousen
The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, by Lyndon W. Cook
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Savior in Kirtland, by Karl Ricks Anderson
The Second Coming of the Lord, by Gerald N. Lund
The Soul of America, The Battle for Our Better Angels, by Jon Meacham
The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, by Ezra Taft Benson
The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, by Gordon B. Hinckley
The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, compiled by Clyde J. Williams
The Teachings of Russell M. Nelson, by Russell M. Nelson
The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, edited by Edward L. Kimball
The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith
The Washington Hypothesis, by Timothy Ballard
The Words of Joseph Smith, compiled and edited by Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook
The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
Too Big To Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
What Happened to the Cross?, by Robert L. Millet
Whom The Lord Loveth, by Neal A. Maxwell
Why Would Anyone Join the Mormon Church?, by Brad Brase
Yearning for the Living God, Reflections from the Life of F. Enzio Busche, edited and compiled by Tracie A. Lamb