General Books


Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs Best Price: $16.19 In a letter quoted by Buddy Levy in his magnificent Conquistador, Hernan Cortes confesses that...	A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age Best Price: $8.04 I was expecting a history book. I love history books. This was more of a history story, a...	The Six Wives of Henry VIII Best Price: $10.51 Henry VIII is a fascinating man of history. He took six wives, arranged to exchange one wife...	Hiroshima Best Price: $2.55 There are works of fiction and nonfiction that transcend their genres. This is one of those...	Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History Best Price: $6.99 As a Jew Living in Israel, holocaust related books are important to read, but it's hard to do it...



The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale Best Price: $19.49 Although I am not Jewish I feel the same as the Jews that Holocaust books MUST be read. I was...	The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (Penguin History of Europe) Best Price: $11.65 The period discussed by this book starts in the reign of Louis the XIV King of France then the...	The Black Death: A Personal History Best Price: $15.00 I can't put this book down. Told with historical accuracy from the point of view of a fictional...	The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn Best Price: $12.25 Anne Boleyn was undoubtedly one history's most fascinating woman. She was not conventionally...	Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World (Hinges of History) Best Price: $11.24 Thomas Cahill has written another fantastic history book. He has the abiltiy to unlock mysteries...



The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book) Best Price: $7.67 I am a great fan of Peter Sis and collect all his books, this was my last acquisition. Being...	Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission Best Price: $3.25 This book brings an important period during WWII to life with stories that paint the horror that...	Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph Best Price: $8.99 Rightfully regarded as a modern classic, this book is nevertheless not light reading. This is a...	Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting out in Latin (Minimus) Best Price: $13.50 I purchased this book and the audio cd to go with it based on reviews I read. I was led to...	Homage to Catalonia Best Price: $7.50 "Homage to Catalonia" has long passed from the shelf for current events to the shelf...

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World Best Price: $16.88 After reading 1453 I have been waiting more than a year for Crowley's next book but alas, I read...	The Ghost Map Best Price: $3.00 Steven Johnson's book, The Ghost Map, tells the story of how a doctor, John Snow, and a local...	"What's Happening to Me?" A guide to puberty Best Price: $4.78 What can I say, this book arrived promptly, in great condition, just what we ordered. Our 10...	The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $4.00 If Herodotus is the Father of History, Thucydides is the first truly great historian. Building...	A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Best Price: $7.90 Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror is a study of European Medieval history centered on the Black...

Survivors: True Stories of Children in the Holocaust Best Price: $1.92 This book is awesome it is very sad but it allows students today see the horror of the Holocaust	Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany Best Price: $3.85 Just like a book from Barnes & Noble. Perfect Quality. No issues. No complaints. Delivered...	AP Achiever (Advanced Placement* Exam Preparation Guide) for European History (College Test Prep) Best Price: $21.37 Mr Freiler was my teacher this year for AP Euro. As one of his fellow teachers said, "Mr...	After the Reich Best Price: $17.11 Minutes after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, a co-worker from Australia told...	Cracking the AP European History Exam, 2008 Edition (College Test Prep) Best Price: $10.15 It's too bad there aren't more reviews to back my opinion, because this book easily beats out...

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History Best Price: $8.39 Napoleon's Buttons looks at how several compounds have drastically affected human history,...	God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 Best Price: $12.88 The book is great because it brings together all of the factors that brought about Western...	Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination Best Price: $18.69 Professor Freedman examines Medieval Europe and its metamorphosis into Modern Europe from the...	The Prince (Special Student Edition) Best Price: $3.54 I have not yet finished reading this wonderful book, but I about doing it...It has been a...	The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 Best Price: $7.98 Interesting with several unique approaches. The problem for me rests with his intricate...

Lincoln at Peoria Best Price: $18.62 The blurbs on the dust jacket overhype the book. Albeit a very important speech in American...	Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II Best Price: $8.04 Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose is a beautiful story of a missionary wife who gave her...	On War (Oxford World's Classics) Best Price: $6.92 I purchased the Everyman's Library edition of Von Clausewitz's On War for my husband, who is a...	An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy Best Price: $14.95 The North African campaign has always been overshadowed by the European and Pacific theaters -...	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (Lewis & Clark Expedition) Best Price: $6.00 Read this as a first edition hardback---my Amazon reviewing is a little behind, to say the...

The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist Best Price: $10.48 There is a spectacular story here. It needed far better authors to tell it. The authors of...	Europe: A History Best Price: $14.85 This book is by very knowledgeable author, who has his own interesting views and prospectives....	Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Best Price: $8.00 When I first saw the book's title, I imagined it would be a book about psychiatric hospitals and...	The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation Best Price: $5.99 kurlansky does a wonderful job telling the history and describing the basque culture to readers....	Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust Best Price: $16.06 An expertly researched, captivatingly written and long overdue book about the courage,...

The Greek Way Best Price: $5.95 Edith Hamilton, graecophile supreme, published this summary of life and culture in fifth- and...	The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia Best Price: $22.50 Douglas Smith has written a fascinating book. The Pearl tells the tale of Nicholas Sheremetev,...	In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century Best Price: $12.66 Geert Mak's book is a masterpiece. It's not a complete and exhaustive account of the 20th...	From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present Best Price: $7.57 --whatever year you happen to read it. Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence is simply a...	In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century Best Price: $12.66 Geert Mak's book is a masterpiece. It's not a complete and exhaustive account of the 20th...

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present Best Price: $7.57 --whatever year you happen to read it. Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence is simply a...	The Guynd: A Scottish Journal Best Price: $5.00 I really looked forward to reading this book because I have long wanted to travel in Scotland,...	Scandalous by Night (Carlisle Family, Book 4) Best Price: $6.99 Even among that band of rakes known as les sauvages nobles , Lord Everod’s reputation...	Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan Best Price: $7.90 I read this shortly after the first edition came out. I was taking a year off to travel around...	The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day Best Price: $4.78 Read this book first when I was 15 years old and it motivated me to learn more about history of...

The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History Best Price: $11.11 I should say, this is the most enjoyable British history I have ever read. Although more than...	Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow Best Price: $8.65 I cannot say enough about how impressed I was by this book. For students in Jr High and up, this...	The Reformation Best Price: $10.12 A dull work. I couldn't get past the first few chapters. His silly kow-towing to political...	European History (Cliffs AP) Best Price: $2.44 I became familiar with all three major books on this subject while studying (Cliffs, Princeton...

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