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The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for LivingThe Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living
Best Price: $8.52
This is an excellent book that uses Lakota stories to show a better way of life.
9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, Fourth Edition9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, Fourth Edition
Best Price: $11.20
Author Webster G. Tarpley puts together a compelling case for the truth behind 9/11. Drawing...
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo RevolutionThe Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
Best Price: $8.99
Excellent! At time, Mr. James annoyed me to no end. But what kept me reading was he had the...
Cowboy EthicsCowboy Ethics
Best Price: $11.24
Very accurate in terms of the "cowboy" expectations of society. Truth, honesty,...
America: A Narrative History (6th Edition, Volume One)America: A Narrative History (6th Edition, Volume One)
Best Price: $28.00
I purchased this book for backup information as I prepared to take the US History I CLEP exam....


The Big Oyster: History on the Half ShellThe Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
Best Price: $8.30
I'll grant that Mark Kurlansky did his homework.He provides an extensive Bibliography and the...
Where We Stand: Class MattersWhere We Stand: Class Matters
Best Price: $14.96
I finally decided to come to terms with how class affects the decisions I make and that people...
The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: Nasa's Nazis, JFK, And Majic-12The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: Nasa's Nazis, JFK, And Majic-12
Best Price: $10.81
The Truth is Out There, just not specifically here Nazis, secret weapons, aliens,...
No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980
Best Price: $15.08
1970's New York, a time of polemic filth and fury with displaced art kids crashing head first...
Lyndon Johnson and the American DreamLyndon Johnson and the American Dream
Best Price: $7.45
After finishing David Halberstam's "Best and the Brightest," I decided to learn what...


ONE CONTINUOUS FIGHT: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863ONE CONTINUOUS FIGHT: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863
Best Price: $23.07
The understandably complex and detailed movements of both armies were handled well. ...
Faith of My Fathers: A Family MemoirFaith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
Best Price: $6.75
I found the first four chapters a bit boring because I was looking for more about McCain....
Discovering The American Past: A Look At The Evidence: Volume IDiscovering The American Past: A Look At The Evidence: Volume I
Best Price: $40.00
In my opinion, the authors should introduce evidence in The Evidence rather than making bold,...
Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security AgencyBody of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency
Best Price: $6.75
I would hardly call it an anatomy but nevertheless it provided great insight for those without a...
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Indexed Hardcover, Authorized Edition)The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Indexed Hardcover, Authorized Edition)
Best Price: $11.85
An outstanding piece of scholarship; one of the most extensively researched, documented and...

Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great DepressionDaily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
Best Price: $10.64
History is more than the story of big, important men making important decisions. Any worthy...
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American WestBury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Best Price: $7.15
There's already been much ink shed reviewing this seminal work by Dee Brown on the...
Personal HistoryPersonal History
Best Price: $0.98
Absolutely perfect biography. Graham's book is frank in ways few would care to be. Her...
The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic CultureThe Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture
Best Price: $15.95
Lawler uses the failings of the Boston Archdiocese not only recently but over its history as a...
Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His LifeFranklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life
Best Price: $13.99
In this biography, Persico paints an intimate portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through the...

The Strange Career of Jim CrowThe Strange Career of Jim Crow
Best Price: $11.72
C. Vann Woodward's "The Strange Career of Jim Crow" remains one of the most important...
Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human ServicesCultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services
Best Price: $47.76
The book I received was in great condition. The pages weren't bent and I don't think there was...
The American Pageant: A History of the Republic (Volume II)The American Pageant: A History of the Republic (Volume II)
Best Price: $67.38
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant TrailCrossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail
Best Price: $2.23
A very sad story of just one of so many Mexican families struggling to survive between Mexico...
Reading the American Past, Volume I: To 1877: Selected Historical DocumentsReading the American Past, Volume I: To 1877: Selected Historical Documents
Best Price: $14.95
I wasn't to happy about how long it took the book to get to me, but I got it just in time for my...

The American Journey: Volume I (Chapters 1-16) (4th Edition) (American Journey)The American Journey: Volume I (Chapters 1-16) (4th Edition) (American Journey)
Best Price: $80.00
Volume I: Pre-1492 to 1877 For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level survey...
The Good Rat: A True StoryThe Good Rat: A True Story
Best Price: $12.46
On a strictly personal level, I was never much of a fan of Jimmy Breslin's, but I must give him...
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of MidwayShattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Best Price: $17.49
Shattered Sword by Parshall and Tully is simply breathtaking, the most thoroughly researched and...
Young Men and FireYoung Men and Fire
Best Price: $2.99
This is the quintessential non-fiction account of Mann Gulch. It creates the foundation of our...
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
Best Price: $0.54
This is a disappointing book on many levels. I read the book during research for my Ph.D....

A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush PresidencyA Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
Best Price: $8.35
Mr. Greenwald has introduced to the political lexicon a new word - "Manichean". I...
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient AmericaThey Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Best Price: $8.95
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RNAC6IWWMBGSK The ancient Olmec came from Africa...
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in AmericaThe Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
Best Price: $4.30
This book is an amazing tour through cultural, legal and philosophical ideas in America from the...
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: $12.49
I got this for my son and read it myself first. I learned things different from anything I have...
When the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Murder, Mayhem and MoneyWhen the Mob Ran Vegas: Stories of Murder, Mayhem and Money
Best Price: $11.98
I enjoyed reading this book. The author revealed factual information about early life in Vegas....

Fargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North DakotaFargo Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
Best Price: $6.79
Klosterman understands the universe, and why heavy metal had to exist to make it balanced and just.
Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The TalibanAfghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban
Best Price: $5.49
I highly recommend this book to the general reader--it's written in very readable and enjoyable...
Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11
Best Price: $12.97
When American Airlines Flight 77 hit the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, local firefighters were...
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: $14.88
The book traces standard form films, two films representing the new of age of filmography, and...
Down These Mean StreetsDown These Mean Streets
Best Price: $7.32
Down These Mean Streets is the story of Piri Thomas' journey into adulthood. The book is set in...

Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the WorldWhy the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World
Best Price: $12.32
The Dalai Lama's life is devoted to peace and non-violence - but few are aware of how he's...
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: $11.99
THE PORNOGRAPHY OF POWER serves as an update to the World War I-era book WAR IS A RACKET. The...
In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and CelebritiesIn the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities
Best Price: $14.38
DAN'S PAPERS are a local institution in The Hamptons, where I live myself. And, yes, there...
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New YorkHow the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Best Price: $8.81
Few books in American history have had the social impact that Jacob A. Riis's How the Other Half...
The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and StupefyThe Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
Best Price: $10.57
I married a history buff, and never know what to get him as a gift. I usually go through old...

Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
Best Price: $4.86
Although the primary focus of this book is on the Constitutional Convention, and the brilliant...
The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and StupefyThe Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
Best Price: $10.57
I married a history buff, and never know what to get him as a gift. I usually go through old...
Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
Best Price: $4.86
Although the primary focus of this book is on the Constitutional Convention, and the brilliant...
Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American EmpireSoldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire
Best Price: $12.99
This book is a mixture of a history of the origin of RAND, combined with a biography on several...
Houses of the Founding FathersHouses of the Founding Fathers
Best Price: $16.92
I found this book to be very interesting and one which told me more about people with whom I am...

Bush's Law: The Remaking of American JusticeBush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice
Best Price: $15.18
This book illustrates how George W Bush and his administration have interpreted the US...
Route 66: The Mother Road 75th Anniversary EditionRoute 66: The Mother Road 75th Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $11.10
I travelled the Mother Road in September 1960 in a 1956 Ford from Chicago to LA. The book...
Black Rednecks and White LiberalsBlack Rednecks and White Liberals
Best Price: $5.00
The more Thomas Sowell I read, the more I want. Few writers are capable of conveying so much...
Boyer's the Enduring Vision: A History of the American PeopleBoyer's the Enduring Vision: A History of the American People
Best Price: $67.00
I save alot of money buying this book. If is in really good shape. I am very satisfied with my...
If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (If You.)If You Lived At The Time Of The American Revolution (If You.)
Best Price: $2.40
We have other in you books that we really enjoyed while my son learned some history. This book...
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