General Books


Crazy Horse (second edition): The Strange Man of the Oglalas (50th Anniversary Edition) Best Price: $10.85 Crazy Horse has held a deep and sacred passion for me since childhood, I thoroughly enjoyed Mari...	Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy Best Price: $2.38 I HAVE READ MANY BOOKS ABOUT SANDY KOUFAX AND THIS ANOTHER THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. THE AUTHOR JANE...	Abraham Lincoln: The Illustrated Edition: The Prairie Years and The War Years Best Price: $17.32 Sandburg's 'Lincoln' is exhaustively researched, and magnificently illuminating. The...	Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA Best Price: $21.00 Although the early chapters of this book give a detailed if an overly glamorized version of...	Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times Best Price: $45.93 In Talking to Myself, Pulitzer Prizing-winning author Studs Terkel offers us an autobiography...



Nothing to Do But Stay Best Price: $8.00 It often happens that our own stories are intimately entwined with someone else's story, and...	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Modern Library MM) Best Price: $2.75 These two books are sometimes very hard going, but essential reading for Americans. We probably...	A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library, 14) Best Price: $0.97 This book arrived in top condition and in time. In a college book store this book cost a lot...	At Home in the World: A Memoir Best Price: $3.98 Forget any news you've heard about this, and simply start reading it for the grand achievement...	Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle Best Price: $11.81 some of these reviews with one or two stars attached are perfectly accurate. they express far...



The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family Best Price: $29.69 The Hemmingses of Montecello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed is a fascinating look...	Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary Best Price: $4.92 I think this book a "must read" for anyone who wants to know the truth about...	With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics Best Price: $17.45 I loved this book! It helped me finally find a piece of history that was missing for me. I was...	American Heretic: Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism Best Price: $7.95 Transcendentalism has never been easy to define, all the more so because its two most well-known...	FDR and Lucy: Lovers and Friends Best Price: $13.92 Unlike many other traditional biographies, "FDR and Lucy" is a fast read that gives...

Memoirs Best Price: $5.25 I have been intrigued by American Empire and its ascent over the last century. I wanted to read...	The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour and Tragedy Best Price: $18.97 I HAD NO IDEA HOW INDUSTRIOUS THESE WOMEN WERE. I LIVE NEAR THE BILTMORE AND THIS INSPIRED ME TO...	Born on the Fourth of July Best Price: $4.33 I have to admit the main reason I read this book was to compare his story to Lewis B. Puller...	America's Presidents: Facts, Photos, and Memorabilia from the Nation's Chief Executives Best Price: $13.00 Colorful images, removable memorabilia, and authoritative but easy-to-understand text combines...	John Adams: The American Presidents Series Best Price: $5.58 While the book does have good info on Adams' personal life & early career as lawyer, it is...

Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope Best Price: $3.14 Pulitzer Prize winner and former President Jimmy Carter presents his memoir/retrospective on...	Stories in His Own Hand: The Everyday Wisdom of Ronald Reagan Best Price: $3.95 This is a companion book to Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal...	Theodore Roosevelt: (The American Presidents Series) Best Price: $3.37 History never ends; it merely repeats similar but never identical challenges and opportunities...	The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial Version Best Price: $12.96 I have just had a chance to look at this book. It is obviously a labor of love. Long one of...	The Final Days Best Price: $2.29 this book provides incredible detail to what nixon was doing and saying during his impeachment...

Bound by Honor: A Mafioso's Story Best Price: $3.89 This is a sort of watered down story of a mafiosa. The author does not disclose or detail some...	The Spirit of St. Louis Best Price: $11.92 I think the book is wonderful. I wanted to attain a better sense of Charles A Lindbergh and...	Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union Best Price: $13.41 The historian Robert Remini, having written arguably the definitive 20th century biography of...	Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir Best Price: $6.15 I just finished reading this novel yesterday, I loved the novel and how Johnson describes life...	Thomas Jefferson: A Brief Biography Best Price: $2.25 .....than the man who wrote the encyclopaedia? This little [48 page] book had its genesis back...

General James Longstreet: The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier Best Price: $5.27 From Bull Run to Appomattox: He saw it all Simply the best biography on the South's most...	The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' Best Price: $4.83 Answer: "You bypass the acquaintanceship stage immediately. Either your currents are...	Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford Best Price: $4.55 The New York Times bestseller-and the candid voice of an American president In 1974, ...	Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Modern Library Paperbacks) Best Price: $6.66 Having just finished Chambers's "Witness," I was pleased (mostly) that Tanenhaus tells...	Last Man Down: A New York City Fire Chief and the Collapse of the World Best Price: $2.89 Number one fact: Picciotto probably sensed the opportunity to make a few extra bucks from his...

A House in Bali Best Price: $11.39 Even as the art & tradition of classical gamelan music fades in Java, gamelans are built...	Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made Best Price: $8.00 This book not only offers the most incisive portrait of Jordan, the Bulls championship years,...	Alexander Hamilton, American Best Price: $4.79 Interesting, because of its interesting subject. However, it could have been better written,...	Mary's World : Love, War, and Family Ties in Nineteenth-century Charleston Best Price: $10.00 Mary's World helped me to understand life in the Antebellum South and the culture that thrived...	An Autobiography of George Washington Best Price: $12.53 Without a doubt one of the best books published. You will have no doubt this great nation was...

Faces of the Confederacy: An Album of Southern Soldiers and Their Stories Best Price: $18.76 "The history of the Civil War is the stories of its soldiers," writes Ronald S....	Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World Best Price: $10.40 Great story !! An amazing story of a Great horse and a really great horse "teacher" !!...	Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw Best Price: $16.49 After viewing the movie Glory for many years I came across this book and purchased it...	The Insanity File: The Case of Mary Todd Lincoln Best Price: $12.32 THis was great book, with a lot of historical value. We have all heard the stories about Mary...	A Woman's Civil War: A Diary, with Reminiscences of the War, from March 1862 Best Price: $5.95 Cornelia Peake McDonald's diary shows us what life was like for the South during the Civil War....

Plantation Mistress on the Eve on the Civil War: The Diary of Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, 1860-1861 (Women's Diaries and Letters of the South) Best Price: $11.83 Reflects the events leading up to the Civil War and records of everyday	"An Honorable Profession": A Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy Best Price: $7.05 This Book is a must read for all who Loved Kennedy.What a great man and Father.Its great reading.	Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (An Owl Book) Best Price: $7.50 What do most of us know about Daniel Boone? Boonesborough? Cumberland Gap? Maybe even the...	Jefferson Davis, American Best Price: $11.80 Before opening up Jefferson Davis, American I knew nothing about the actual man apart from his...	Combat Swimmer: Memoir of a Navy Seal Best Price: $3.00 At first this was a bit of a tough one to get into. Gromly's style of writing is a matter of...

Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire Best Price: $8.53 So much of our American history is not taught in our schools, so when we become adults, we must...	Five Sisters: The Langhornes of Virginia Best Price: $2.85 I can't agree enough with the articulate, erudite reviewers who rated this book highly. I came...	Talking to Myself: A Memoir of My Times Best Price: $11.99 Studs Terkel's passing leaves a large gap in our ability to understand each other. He was able...	A House in Bali Best Price: $11.37 Even as the art & tradition of classical gamelan music fades in Java, gamelans are built...	Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer (An Owl Book) Best Price: $7.50 What do most of us know about Daniel Boone? Boonesborough? Cumberland Gap? Maybe even the...

Because He Could Best Price: $1.90 The style is smart and at times engaging, but between the lines you can tell this guy is plain...	Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Best Price: $7.81 John D. Rockefeller Sr. was probably the biggest, baddest robber baron in 19th century America,...	Jackie Style Best Price: $22.45 Jackie Kennedy's Francophile roots made her a unique style icon as the US First Lady. Her appeal...

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