History Books


Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time Best Price: $7.03 These words, spoken by Pakistani Brigadier General Bashir, symbolize an underlying thread in...	The Post-American World Best Price: $14.25 One should be suspicious of a book on global affairs sold in airport bookshops. This is a...	What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception Best Price: $13.94 We all knew that the reasons for us to enter into war with Iraq were based on falsehoods and...	The Monster of Florence Best Price: $13.50 I'm not sure what I found more shocking in "The Monster of Florence", the sensational,...	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Best Price: $15.22 It is a rare privilege to have such a personal insight into the life and background of a...



The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder Best Price: $15.97 I had seen a pre-published version of this book and will now be buying it, as anyone with a...	The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Best Price: $8.80 Naomi Klein demonstrates that in totally unconstrained capitalism, the richest and least...	The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Best Price: $8.85 Again an example of the hyper globalisation theory taken to its extreme. Friedman is very good...	The World Is Flat Again an example of the hyper globalisation theory taken to its extreme. Friedman is very good...	One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Best Price: $17.00 Like most Americans (or maybe not...), I knew that the Cuban Missile Crisis was a dangerous time...



John Adams Best Price: $10.49 David McCullough has written a highly elegant and descriptive book about a man whose name , John...	The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine Best Price: $14.82 Mr. Wallace has produced a great read that is interesting from a historical prospective while it...	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Best Price: $17.99 In a society in which history is being cut from budgets in schools across the nation, this book...	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Best Price: $5.49 If you've read "Isaac's Storm" you have some idea of Mr. Larson's writing ability....	The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America Best Price: $12.75 If I were rating Bobby, there aren't enough stars in the heavens to measure how I feel about...

Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Best Price: $18.97 Another crap book from a has-been disillusioned American Neo-con. The fact is, Britain went to...	A Long Way Gone Best Price: $13.57 Surprisingly well written for someone with a background of being a civil war soldier at such a...	How the States Got Their Shapes Best Price: $13.87 Driving though Northeastern PA, I often passed a historical marker describing that the area was...	Night (Oprah's Book Club) Best Price: $4.26 I recall when I first read 'Night', it was just after Elie Wiesel had given a...	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Best Price: $12.00       Frankly, until reading this book, I did not fully...

People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) Best Price: $11.42 Zinn does very well in exposing the details of America's historical roots, highlighting...	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Best Price: $14.91 I thought this was a simply amazing book. Diamond's singular talent is to bring knowledge from...	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Best Price: $8.22 Ellis' work provides a series of snapshots that reveal some of the personal and political...	Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World Best Price: $13.00 Mr. Maraniss is a former reporter of the Washington Post and author of acclaimed biographies of...	Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History Best Price: $3.74 I learned so much about our country and our monuments from this short, easy to read book. Since...

Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America Best Price: $21.25 The best thing about this book is Pearlstein's descriptions of key but forgotten moments of the...	The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever Best Price: $11.45 Golf is a game whose attraction is built in part from legendary events like Ouimet's historic...	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Best Price: $6.40 I bought this book to use as ammunition against any Mormons coming knocking on my door. You know...	Einstein: His Life and Universe Best Price: $10.55 Walter Isaacson's biography of Einstein creates a fuller better rounded image of one of the...	Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives Best Price: $15.04 Please, please take the time to read this beautiful tribute to the fallen and their families and...

Fast Food Nation Best Price: $7.95 This book makes compelling reading. It will outrage, horrify, and change your perceptions of the...	Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution Best Price: $15.37 This wonderfully researched book will be pleasing and enlightening to people who may have two...	Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter Best Price: $13.75 This book was soooo much fun, even while it made me cringe. With one of the most important...	Collapse (Penguin Press Science) Best Price: $13.42 Readers familiar with Mr. Diamond's best-selling Guns, Germs and Steel will recognize the recipe...	Mythology Best Price: $7.75 Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" tell the "Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" of...

Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Best Price: $13.47 As fascinating as a today tell-all Ladies of Liberty is full of vignettes and episodes that...	The Killer Angels Best Price: $15.47 This book came out during a period when I had no time to read. Then when the time came along, it...	Death and Honor (Honor Bound) Best Price: $12.09 The book was a outstanding story by my favorite author. As a retired military man he is as...	Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God andDiversity on Steroids Best Price: $14.27 Hospital is a true story: Julie Salomon spent a year being a pest around the hospital, talking...	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Best Price: $6.81 I read this book from cover to cover in two days and it was like watching a gripping and...

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power Best Price: $16.22 I have been following Jeff Sharlet's "The Revealer:a daily review of religion and the...	The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Best Price: $2.95 I am currently reading Anne Frank. It has an introdutoin by Eleanor Roosevelt. I found the...	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World Best Price: $12.50 This is a great overview of the period that starts with the Vikings settling un the east coast...	A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World This is a great overview of the period that starts with the Vikings settling un the east coast...	George Washington on Leadership Best Price: $15.94 The Big Idea of this book is that Corporate America can learn a lot about leadership from...

Generation Kill Best Price: $8.98 Having read Evan Wright's original Rolling Stone series "The Killer Elite" last summer...	The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom Best Price: $17.00 There are 2 facets of Simon Winchester's work that make him one of my favorite authors. Firstly,...	Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression Best Price: $6.78 My father grew up on a farm in Illinois during the years this book describes. He would have been...	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, Revised and Updated Edition Best Price: $16.51 Loewen reviews many of the American history textbooks most commonly used in high school...	Faith of My Fathers Best Price: $8.95 If we've got any hope at all as a country for the 2000 campaign, we'll nominate Senator McCain...

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States) Best Price: $18.99 The decades following the War of 1812 witnessed some of the most dramatic changes in America's...	The Six Wives of Henry VIII Best Price: $14.22 I am a true and avid fan of Alison Weir.I have read all her books and feel that history has come...

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