One of her six favorite books, as told to The Week magazine:
Eyewitness to History edited by John CareyRead about the other books on the list.
This fascinating book gathers 300 firsthand accounts of significant events throughout history, from Pliny the Younger's take on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to an early breast-removal operation described by the patient herself. It made me want to be a reporter.
--Marshal Zeringue