Now in his 30th season of hosting The Price Is Right, Bob Barker has won 14 Emmy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Barker also heads the DJ&T Foundation, which gives grants to clinics providing low-cost or free spaying and neutering of animals. For more information, go to djtfoundation.org. Here he chooses some of his recent favorite books on history:

New Age Now Begins by Page Smith (Viking Penguin, $27). This is a two-volume history of the American Revolution, beginning with the first settlements on the East Coast, but concentrating on the years between 1765 and York Town. It’s a stirring account of our forebears’ bitter struggle for independence.

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