History Books

Black Like MeBlack Like Me
Best Price: $2.69
There are only a few books that have really given me a deeper understanding into the issues of...
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and FoundThe Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
Best Price: $17.79
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million...
Claude Monet, 1840-1926 (Basic Art)Claude Monet, 1840-1926 (Basic Art)
Best Price: $5.57
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the most typical and the most individual Impressionist painter. His...
The First World WarThe First World War
Best Price: $4.50
This book was rather disappointing. It contains a broad narrative history of the First World War...
What's So Great about AmericaWhat's So Great about America
Best Price: $7.00
'What's so Great about America' attempts to construct a convincing argument about the virtues of...


Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire, Revised Edition (7 CDs)Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the Earliest Nomads to the Late Roman Empire, Revised Edition (7 CDs)
Best Price: $25.03
When I first started listening to this series, I found the text engaging, and so did my 7-year...
A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the SixtiesA Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Best Price: $13.60
When I saw Suze Rotolo in No Direction Home it sent shivers down my back. You may talk of Patty...
The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War IIThe Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II
Best Price: $12.50
Since I soak up all OSS books like a sponge, it was with great zeal that I sprung on this book...
My Family and Other AnimalsMy Family and Other Animals
Best Price: $6.70
I was surprised there were no reviews for this warm and funny book. I feasted on Gerald...
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in GuatemalaI, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Best Price: $10.00
I started reading this book for a Spanish class, I felt ashamed of the human race for treating...


Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth CenturyGlobal Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $10.00
This is a good read, outlining the very important message that globalization is just the...
Survivors: True Stories of Children in the HolocaustSurvivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust
Best Price: $1.83
I felt that the content was rather dry. I'm actually reading this and another few books about...
The Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto PinochetThe Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet
Best Price: $13.75
Augusto Pinochet was the most important Third World dictator of the Cold War, and perhaps the...
Letter and Papers from PrisonLetter and Papers from Prison
Best Price: $6.71
Bonhoeffer's 'Letters and Papers' represents his final theological reflections and...
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue SeaShip of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Best Price: $4.12
A good aspect of this book is the level of detail the author manages to impart without the...

First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in AfghanistanFirst In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
Best Price: $3.97
This is a first-person account from an experienced CIA operative who, after the 2001 terroists...
The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West (Vintage)The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West (Vintage)
Best Price: $8.77
Mark Lilla's "Stillborn God" is a book about politcal theology, and more particularly,...
Surgical Speed Shooting: How To Achieve High-Speed Marksmanship In A GunfightSurgical Speed Shooting: How To Achieve High-Speed Marksmanship In A Gunfight
Best Price: $8.94
Book in great condition as promised. Delivery date was 2 week spread. Book came in middle of 2...
All the President's MenAll the President's Men
Best Price: $3.63
Though we all know how it ends, Woodward & Bernstein do a miraculous job of keeping the...
Many Lives Many MastersMany Lives Many Masters
Best Price: $87.03
I loved all his books, and I learned a lot. Having the same problems as the patient described in...

Cartoon History of the Universe 1  Vol. 1-7 (Cartoon History of the Universe) (Cartoon History of the Universe)Cartoon History of the Universe 1 Vol. 1-7 (Cartoon History of the Universe) (Cartoon History of the Universe)
Best Price: $10.94
Partly to blame for my purchase of those awesome USPS postage stamp cartoon set, which I later...
Lincoln: Speeches and Writings: Volume 2: 1859-1865 (Library of America)Lincoln: Speeches and Writings: Volume 2: 1859-1865 (Library of America)
Best Price: $21.91
The Library of America's collection of original Lincoln source documents in two volumes is a...
The Location of Culture (Routledge Classics)The Location of Culture (Routledge Classics)
Best Price: $16.86
Bhabha masks his interesting, if somewhat simple thoughts in an arcane poststructuralist...
Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on SteroidsHospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids
Best Price: $3.10
A year in the life of a hospital... Julie Salamon was given an interesting opportunity! In...
Foxfire 5 (Foxfire)Foxfire 5 (Foxfire)
Best Price: $10.00
The Foxfire Series are Great Books just to read, or to learn the old ( Real ) ways. I had all of...

The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York StoryThe Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story
Best Price: $8.91
This was a book club selection that was unanimously voted "thumbs down." Since the...
The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008
Best Price: $14.70
Reagan was a moderate. Consider the facts: He: - Cuts taxes in 1981, then raised then in...
The Jewish Book of WhyThe Jewish Book of Why
Best Price: $8.37
I returned this item. I was looking for something that had a little humor and was 'light'...
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New HollywoodPictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
Best Price: $11.56
This is a very impressive book. Great concept, great research, all very well woven together to...
The Big Oyster: History on the Half ShellThe Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
Best Price: $8.35
This is an eye-opening book about the bounty that surrounded New York in the early years of the...

The Right StuffThe Right Stuff
Best Price: $8.93
This tells the true story of how and why the Americans first broke the sound barrier and then...
The Complete World of Greek MythologyThe Complete World of Greek Mythology
Best Price: $24.76
All you need to know about greek mithology can be found with in this book. Great mixture of...
The FewThe Few
Best Price: $4.80
The book centres on five American pilots who volunteered for service to fly with the Royal Air...
The Puritan Gift: Triumph, Collapse and Revival of an American DreamThe Puritan Gift: Triumph, Collapse and Revival of an American Dream
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Founded in London in 1628, the Massachusetts Bay Company came to foreshadow a golden age of...
Inside the Vatican (National Geographic)Inside the Vatican (National Geographic)
Best Price: $10.54
This is without doubt a must have book. The photographs are breathtaking and the narrative...

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of LockheedSkunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
Best Price: $4.19
Ben Rich describes the Skunk Works from a very personal perspective. His words teach a lesson...
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the AztecsConquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Best Price: $15.43
The book is a readable account of the Conquest of the Mexica empire. Unfortunately, I think the...
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and LoveGalileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Best Price: $3.94
I started reading with great anticipation. At the bottom of the second page I read "in the...
Riding on the Edge: A Motorcycle Outlaw's TaleRiding on the Edge: A Motorcycle Outlaw's Tale
Best Price: $15.66
I'm not sure I can say that John Hall is a better writer than Hunter S. Thompson, as another...
Islam: The Religion and the PeopleIslam: The Religion and the People
Best Price: $13.44
Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton...

The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents--6th Edition: Includes Material through 2005 (Complete Book of Us Presidents)The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents--6th Edition: Includes Material through 2005 (Complete Book of Us Presidents)
Best Price: $14.00
"The Complete Book of the U.S. Presidents" is an excellent resource to keep available...
The Urantia BookThe Urantia Book
Best Price: $13.30
This book purports to tell you all you ever wanted to know about the nature of God, his...
America: The Last Best Hope Volumes I & II Box SetAmerica: The Last Best Hope Volumes I & II Box Set
Best Price: $26.19
Dr. Bennett shares American history like no one else. He presents the good, the bad and the...
100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines
Best Price: $41.10
This is an excellent book if you are looking for something to sit on your coffee table or desk...
A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential CampaignA Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
Best Price: $5.75
...the more they haven't. Politics have not just "recently" become bitterly...

Joseph Smith: Rough Stone RollingJoseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Best Price: $11.65
Richard Bushman's Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling sets a new standard for biography of...
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris AtelierThe Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Best Price: $7.23
This is a wonderful book, a leisurely amble through the streets of Paris - you can almost smell...
The Richest Man in BabylonThe Richest Man in Babylon
Best Price: $1.54
There is a song popular today: You Gotta Be by Desiree. Says: "read the books your father...
Persepolis 2: The Story of a ReturnPersepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Best Price: $6.50
Fans of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis 1 will need no encouragement to find out what happened to...
The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded FreedomThe Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom
Best Price: $2.92
Only a libertarian, or the authors' mothers, will truly agree with all 12 of the Supreme court...

Five Negro PresidentsFive Negro Presidents
Best Price: $4.00
This pamphlet is only 18 pages long, but they are very provocative pages. Rogers has basically...
Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, AfghanistanRoberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
Best Price: $2.96
A good read. Just as it says on the front page - "Impossible to put down". The story...
The Good LifeThe Good Life
Best Price: $8.37
This is a fantastic book. It's full of information, fun facts, excellent recommendations and...
All But My LifeAll But My Life
Best Price: $6.26
This is one of the first Holocaust survival stories that I read. It is by far one that has...
The Frontiersmen: A NarrativeThe Frontiersmen: A Narrative
Best Price: $12.27
I received this book as a gift. The story of legendary frontiersman Simon Kenton is riveting...

Palenque: Eternal City of the MayaPalenque: Eternal City of the Maya
Best Price: $23.07
The story of the city's rediscovery, deep in the forest-clad mountains of southeastern Mexico,...
    

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