Michael Medved Books in Order

Michael Medved and David Wallechinsky revisit former classmates from Los Angeles's Palisades High School a decade after graduation. Through interviews, they compare youthful expectations with adult experiences, tracing changing careers, relationships, and the aspirations of their generation.

This illustrated film guide selects fifty movies its compilers regard as unusually unsuccessful works of cinema. Plot accounts, critical observations, and contemporary reactions explain the choices, offering a survey of filmmaking missteps and disputed artistic ambitions.

Medved examines the influence of presidential chief aides, tracing their relationships with American presidents from the nineteenth century onward. Profiles explore how advisers worked behind the scenes and shaped decisions often associated primarily with the chief executive.

Interviews with workers at a major teaching hospital explore the institution through its staff's experiences. Physicians, nurses, technicians, and other employees discuss their professional pressures and personal lives, presenting medicine as a demanding workplace with many perspectives.

Harry and Michael Medved investigate expensive films that became notable commercial disappointments, including Cleopatra and Heaven's Gate. Accounts of ambitious productions, escalating costs, and failed expectations explore the decisions and circumstances behind Hollywood's large financial misfires.

This sequel assigns humorous awards to films and performances the Medveds consider especially misguided. Unusual categories, critical commentary, and photographs turn a range of cinematic disappointments into an irreverent tour through Hollywood's less celebrated achievements.

Medved argues that film, television, and popular music increasingly conflict with traditional American values. Examining depictions of violence, sexuality, and authority, he presents a conservative critique of entertainment and its possible effects on audiences and society.

Michael and Diane Medved argue that cultural pressures expose children too quickly to adult concerns. Their critique of media, schooling, and peer influence accompanies suggestions for parents seeking to preserve childhood innocence and strengthen family life.

Medved recounts his transition from liberal activism to conservative commentary through pivotal personal experiences. His memoir connects political reassessment with religious commitment, marriage, fatherhood, and a career interpreting American popular culture through film criticism and radio.

Medved challenges ten arguments he regards as distortions of American history and national character. Addressing religion, race, government, war, and economic life, he presents a conservative interpretation of the country's past and debates over its identity.

Medved defends American business against five criticisms he considers misleading, including objections to large corporations and executive compensation. His discussion argues for capitalism and private enterprise while examining competing claims about government, markets, and economic responsibility.

Written during the 2012 presidential campaign, this collection of commentary argues that Barack Obama's reelection prospects were weaker than commonly assumed. Medved combines historical election comparisons and political analysis to present his case for a Republican victory.

Medved recounts events from America's founding through the Civil War, interpreting unexpected developments as evidence of divine providence. His historical narrative connects improbable circumstances and consequential decisions with a religious argument about the nation's emergence and survival.

Continuing his exploration of providence in American history, Medved examines developments after the Civil War, including political survival and wartime reversals. He interprets coincidences and unlikely outcomes as signs of divine involvement in the country's continuing story.