History Books

The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008
Best Price: $14.30
"I reject" writes Wilentz at the close of the introduction, "the now fashionable...
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization (Politically Incorrect Guides)The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization (Politically Incorrect Guides)
Best Price: $11.74
In the latest offering from Regnery's PIG series, Dr. Anthony Esolen takes aim at politically...
Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest TreasureWine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
Best Price: $7.48
A great book that is very entertaining in a serious way. If you like the history of Europe and...
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (AnniversOne Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Annivers
Best Price: $8.99
Excellent book to read. I believe everyone will enjoy this and the story of this amazing person....
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the BarbariansThe Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Best Price: $11.26
Most company failures come as a surprise to management and shareholders alike. The downdraft is...


The Prince (Penguin Classics)The Prince (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $2.68
Maquiavello lived in a time when the winds of change were blowing hard. Putting salt in the...
Guns, Germs and SteelGuns, Germs and Steel
Best Price: $20.48
This is an excellent book and is a must read for anyone who cares about the history (and reasons...
A Distant Mirror:  The Calamitous 14th CenturyA Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Best Price: $7.90
How interesting can a history of the 14th century be? Extremely! Barbara Tuchman has an easy...
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
Best Price: $7.98
Don't be misled by the title of the book, Roger Crowley succesfully explains in his...
Five DialoguesFive Dialogues
Best Price: $4.99
Many are the college students who have read the Platonic discourses collected in this volume....


Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922
Best Price: $13.97
An important subject has almost been destroyed by concentrating on the wrong characters. Smyrna...
I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black WorldI Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World
Best Price: $14.63
A book that could have had a lot of promise turns out to be very dull and with surprisingly...
Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume I, Chapters 1-18 (with ArtStudy Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac )Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Volume I, Chapters 1-18 (with ArtStudy Student CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
Best Price: $49.25
I was quite dissapointed with my purchase. The seller could have stated in his discription that...
A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day SlaveryA Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery
Best Price: $15.79
This is an important and well written book about a hidden crime of the modern world. The author...
30,000 Years of Art30,000 Years of Art
Best Price: $32.18
This is really beautifully produced book (which must surely be a requirement of a good art...

Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American RevolutionPatriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution
Best Price: $13.00
I got this for my son and read it myself first. I learned things different from anything I have...
Kaplan ASVAB 2009 Edition (Kaplan Asvab)Kaplan ASVAB 2009 Edition (Kaplan Asvab)
Best Price: $12.40
Kaplan's ASVAB 2009 Edition offers detailed information about the test and reviews the...
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A TriumphSeven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
Best Price: $8.99
"The dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open...
We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in VietnamWe Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Best Price: $10.15
This is clearly the best military book I have every read. I couldn't put it down and found...
The Histories (Penguin Classics)The Histories (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $5.50
Whenever I read a history book I'm always amazed at how little human character has changed. You...

America Eats!: On the Road with the WPA - the Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American FoodAmerica Eats!: On the Road with the WPA - the Fish Fries, Box Supper Socials, and Chitlin Feasts That Define Real American Food
Best Price: $11.95
What a way to spend the summer! all of the good food, the bad and great philosophy of american food!
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyThe Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
Best Price: $6.44
There are a fair number of popularisations of the science of cryptology. This is not one of the...
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious TraditionsThe Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
Best Price: $8.97
History's continuum leads scholars to chop it into manageable bits. Chronological segments are...
Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of AmericanChildren's LiteratureMinders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of AmericanChildren's Literature
Best Price: $16.09
Leonard marcus has done it again. This book should be on the shelf of every lover of children's...
The FewThe Few
Best Price: $5.96
The book centres on five American pilots who volunteered for service to fly with the Royal Air...

Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks)Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks)
Best Price: $5.73
If you did not like Mr. Morris's biography of President Reagan, give Mr. Morris another chance....
Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)
Best Price: $14.49
I got a lot from this book. Its entertaining and well written, but also presents a refreshing...
The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened AmericaThe Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America
Best Price: $12.00
THE PORNOGRAPHY OF POWER serves as an update to the World War I-era book WAR IS A RACKET. The...
The Wretched of the EarthThe Wretched of the Earth
Best Price: $7.91
...Sarte's introduction had me hooked and I couldn't wait to begin reading Fanon's comments. I...
Night; with ConnectionsNight; with Connections
Best Price: $16.87
This personal account of the holocaust by Elie Wiesel's book is a horrifying story of the Nazi...

The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq ConflictThe Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
Best Price: $10.85
This book puts forth a lot of numbers and tries to put a price on certain things that should not...
Standard Operating ProcedureStandard Operating Procedure
Best Price: $13.00
A devastating book, both in its depiction of genuinely rancid individual behavior in an awful...
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
Best Price: $5.99
Perusing a personal diary (portions of the diary are included in the book) which contain...
Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt Adventure)Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt Adventure)
Best Price: $3.95
If this had been given the treatment it deserved when it was made into a film then James Bond...
Ava's ManAva's Man
Best Price: $4.00
And if reading does indeed improve there is a high probability that Rick Bragg will write it....

On War (Oxford World's Classics)On War (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $5.35
An interesting read. The basis for von Clausewitz' arguments are based very much in abstract...
Massacre at Mountain MeadowsMassacre at Mountain Meadows
Best Price: $19.77
Readers should be forewarned and forearmed that this trio owes their jobs to the Mormon church....
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 (Vintage)The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 (Vintage)
Best Price: $10.09
I have read almost all of Dalrymple's books and have enjoyed his impeccable style of narrative....
Privilege, Power, and DifferencePrivilege, Power, and Difference
Best Price: $23.95
Dr. Johnson takes the "isms" and turns them on thier head. In doing so, he transforms...
Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.77
Gerald Bevan's translation of this classic text, offers the grandeur of de Tocqueville such...

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (P.S.)
Best Price: $6.50
Loung Ung lived (and survived!) one of history's most unbelievable wars. Her story is written...
Mark Twain: A LifeMark Twain: A Life
Best Price: $6.95
The best biographies are those that exemplify the skills of their subject in the telling. ...
All Quiet on the Western FrontAll Quiet on the Western Front
Best Price: $2.51
Read this in a night . Could have been any war, any side.Captured the futility, horror and black...
Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069
Best Price: $8.99
This book provides a unique view of American history. It's a biography of generations, rather...
The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the EastThe New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
Best Price: $13.14
By 2050, three of the world's largest economies will be Asian - China, Japan, and India, and...

Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Best Price: $2.65
If it were not true it would be unbelievable. A story of true heroism and bravery of the people...
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New WorldThe Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
Best Price: $15.88
This is one of the best books I have ever read! There are too few stories about Sephardic Jews...
The Stairway to Heaven: Book II of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles)The Stairway to Heaven: Book II of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles)
Best Price: $4.38
The second offering of Sitchin's landmark Earth Chronicles series,this book offers more...
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (The Simon & Schuster America Collection)The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (The Simon & Schuster America Collection)
Best Price: $8.85
Twain once said that there are two things you don't want to see made - sausages and laws. This...
His ExcellencyHis Excellency
Best Price: $22.99
The author is a well known Pulitzer Prize winner and has written a number of books on American...

Sparkling Gems From The Greek: 365 Greek Word Studies For Every Day Of The Year To Sharpen Your Understanding Of God's WordSparkling Gems From The Greek: 365 Greek Word Studies For Every Day Of The Year To Sharpen Your Understanding Of God's Word
Best Price: $22.24
Rick Renner has produced a masterpiece. You will find the devotional life changing, thought...
The House of Medici: Its Rise and FallThe House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
Best Price: $6.99
AN EXCELLENT READ ON THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTING FAMILES OF ITALY....
The Story of Art: Pocket EditionThe Story of Art: Pocket Edition
Best Price: $12.22
Gombrich's book has a very specific purpose: he wants to tell the history of art as a continuous...
Guidebook Complete: Used with ...Kennedy-The American Pageant: A History of the RepublicGuidebook Complete: Used with ...Kennedy-The American Pageant: A History of the Republic
Best Price: $12.47
I reviewed the book which this study guide accompanies. I do not like the book, but have found...
Kitchen ConfidentialKitchen Confidential
Best Price: $74.86
to be a cook this guy is a master, in few words he explain what exactly happens behind the...

Black Elk Speaks, New EditionBlack Elk Speaks, New Edition
Best Price: $7.99
I read this book more than 20 years ago and yet, even now, it still has the power to move me. ...
Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting out in Latin (Minimus)Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting out in Latin (Minimus)
Best Price: $13.41
This is not the teacher book - this is for children. Imaginative, informative, well-set out and...
Meggs' History of Graphic DesignMeggs' History of Graphic Design
Best Price: $53.00
This is one of the only serious history books on the subject of graphic design. It is concise,...
  

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