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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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
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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... | | | |