History Books


The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn BridgeThe Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
Best Price: $16.99
I drive over it every day to work and know that it's the most beautiful bridge in the world, but...
The Jews, A History of a PeopleThe Jews, A History of a People
This popular history brings the history of the Jewish people into focus, from Genesis to...
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou GehrigLuckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Best Price: $1.68
I read this book while in middle school and it inspired me. Yes even a Red Sox fan enjoyed this...
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed AmericaRising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Best Price: $16.70
The beginning - about Humphreys, Eads, Ellet is interesting; and you feel like it is all a...
Martha, IncMartha, Inc
Best Price: $6.50
This book was very well documented. There was a lot of careful research done to complete this...


Saint Augustine (Giants of Philosophy)Saint Augustine (Giants of Philosophy)
Best Price: $8.95
If you are looking for a thoughtful and honest summary of the more important aspects of Aquinas'...
Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
Best Price: $2.94
This book has a lot of details and is very good. Don't expect this book to tell you lots and...
The War of 1812 (The United States at War)The War of 1812 (The United States at War)
Best Price: $6.01
Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African SoldierScribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
Best Price: $6.24
I liked this as a follow up to her original! It was very informative of how african soldiers...
ConnectionsConnections
I saw James Burke's Connections Series when it came out years ago and it made a tremendous...


The Great Taos Bank RobberyThe Great Taos Bank Robbery
Best Price: $0.77
Taos I really enjoyed this book. It's a small volume with a series of essays that Tony...
Instant Genius, The Cheat Sheets of Culture:  Modern Art (Instant Genius Series Vol. 3)Instant Genius, The Cheat Sheets of Culture: Modern Art (Instant Genius Series Vol. 3)
Best Price: $11.75
A wonderful and quick introduction to the often mysterious world of modern art. Listeners are...
Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!
Best Price: $1.95
'Catch me if you can' is a fairly entertaining, badly written fiction book that served as a base...
The Spanish-American War (The United States at War , Part 1)The Spanish-American War (The United States at War , Part 1)
Best Price: $5.99
Did you know this war was only 113 days long? George C. Scott does a supurb read on some...
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American EmpireBlowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Best Price: $34.99
Nutshell review - A fascinating look at the build up and consequence of American military power...

12 Steps to Self-Parenting12 Steps to Self-ParentingAll You Want to Know About the United States at War: World War IIAll You Want to Know About the United States at War: World War II
Best Price: $1.68
Historians have said that World War II was a continuation of World War I -- but with greater...
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth CenturyThe Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $21.34
I am happy with the quality of the book I recieved and also the timely manner in which it arrived.
All but My LifeAll but My Life
Best Price: $31.47
This is one of the first Holocaust survival stories that I read. It is by far one that has...
Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's World War II Odyssey (Now Hear This Series)Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's World War II Odyssey (Now Hear This Series)
Best Price: $49.13
Dr. Kernan's four years overseas, which encompasses the full length of the War in the Pacific...

The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant ReligionThe Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion
Best Price: $18.48
like a typical angry westerner with biased opinion, this is a book for those people who want to...
Tales of the Celtic Saints: Stories of Seven of the Best Loved Soul-Friends of Ireland and Britain Accompanied By Traditional Irish HymnsTales of the Celtic Saints: Stories of Seven of the Best Loved Soul-Friends of Ireland and Britain Accompanied By Traditional Irish HymnsBlack Hawk Down : A Story of Modern War (Abridged)Black Hawk Down : A Story of Modern War (Abridged)
Best Price: $7.94
Great read, action packed. Some parts make you want to cringe, others make you want to cry. I...
A History of US: Book 2: Making Thirteen Colonies 1600-1740 (History of Us)A History of US: Book 2: Making Thirteen Colonies 1600-1740 (History of Us)
I love the writing in this series, it's such a pleasure to read, I wonder why are so many other...
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943)
Best Price: $27.93
The North African campaign has always been overshadowed by the European and Pacific theaters -...

History of the Peloponnesian WarHistory of the Peloponnesian War
Best Price: $62.97
If Herodotus is the Father of History, Thucydides is the first truly great historian. Building...
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American HistoryThe Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
Best Price: $34.62
Many of these things, I already knew, growing up under the tutelage of a history fanatic father....
Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American HistoryLegends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American HistoryBlackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful mercenary ArmyBlackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful mercenary Army
Best Price: $20.03
First and foremost, you should know that this book has a 60 page bibliography. ...
MacArthur: The Great Generals Series (Great Generals)MacArthur: The Great Generals Series (Great Generals)
Best Price: $12.44
Riddled with typos, this is nevertheless a model of short biography, by far the best of the four...

World War 1World War 1
Best Price: $54.15
This was the first in depth book I have read on WWI, and I have to say overall I enjoyed it. It...
Just For Fun: The Story of An Accidental RevolutionaryJust For Fun: The Story of An Accidental Revolutionary
Best Price: $1.28
This is the story of Linus Benedict Torvalds, the creator of Linux OS in what seems like his own...
The Diary of Samuel PepysThe Diary of Samuel Pepys
Best Price: $106.31
Very entertaining and enlightening. Pepys gives us a glimpse of what life was like in that...
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Unabridged)The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Unabridged)
A glorious failure, Ernest Shackleton's attempt to become the first to cross Antarctica on foot...
With My Face to the EnemyWith My Face to the Enemy
Best Price: $4.74
I listened to this book on audiocassette. I assume that the editor picked six of the best essays...

Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World (Library of Contemporary Thought (Los Angeles, Calif.).)Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World (Library of Contemporary Thought (Los Angeles, Calif.).)
Best Price: $29.74
This little 83-page tract against The Walt Disney Company is intended to entertain more than...
Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made EasyAristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy
Best Price: $13.90
Philosophy is everybody's business according to Mortimer Adler and to him Aristotle is our best...
The Politically Incorrect Guide?? to the Middle East (Politically Incorrect Guides)The Politically Incorrect Guide?? to the Middle East (Politically Incorrect Guides)
Best Price: $18.68
This book supplies a strong dose of historical realism for a region that seems to attract...
The Language of Life (BBC Radio Presents)The Language of Life (BBC Radio Presents)
Best Price: $11.95
ok...i tell u why i love this book...or let's say audio cassettes. well,when i started listening...
The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny & TerrorThe Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny & Terror
Best Price: $18.87
Sharansky is a saint. But unfortunately, he is dead wrong about the power of Democracy. That is,...

False ProphetsFalse Prophets
Best Price: $6.00
As individuals, what the Jake's did is unbelievably heroic. As individuals, they exercised...
Commies: A Journey through the Old Left, the New Left, and the Leftover LeftCommies: A Journey through the Old Left, the New Left, and the Leftover Left
Best Price: $28.31
Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left is the best sort of...
The Fourth TurningThe Fourth Turning
I loved this book! If you hate history, this is not the book for you. Some parts of this book...
The History of Theatre (Non Fiction)The History of Theatre (Non Fiction)
Best Price: $7.87
I found this set to be highly entertaining to listen to. The 5 hour course on the whole span of...
Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: Revised EditionControl Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: Revised Edition
Best Price: $1.45
Hero worship this book is without shame. Sure, the book calls Jack Welch an "As***le"...

Band of BrothersBand of Brothers
Best Price: $11.00
This book defines what it means to be an American Soldier. It's a story of victory, defeat,...
Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended TragedyAmish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
Best Price: $28.32
This book is a grace note in an age of religiously fuelled hate crimes and suicide bombings. It...
Night Flying Women: An Ojibway NarrativeNight Flying Women: An Ojibway Narrative
Best Price: $21.99
Night Flying Woman is a marvelous little book that captures the essence of the Ojibway way of...
The Google StoryThe Google Story
Best Price: $45.99
David Vise captures the true concepts and ideas of Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The reader can...
Black Mutiny (Nova Audio Books)Black Mutiny (Nova Audio Books)
Best Price: $38.46
Black Mutiny is a well-written, highly interesting account of the events surrounding the...

Direct From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an IndustryDirect From Dell: Strategies That Revolutionized an Industry
Best Price: $8.14
This book gives an excellent overview of Dell's strategy up until Rollins became CEO....
ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT: SECRETS OF THE GREAT I: "Money Managers and Mutual Funds Taxes, Asset Protection, and Estate Planning" (All You Want to Know)ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT: SECRETS OF THE GREAT I: "Money Managers and Mutual Funds Taxes, Asset Protection, and Estate Planning" (All You Want to Know)
Best Price: $10.95
Young StalinYoung Stalin
Best Price: $18.86
Even with today's conveniences of travel, it would take an extraordinary person simply to get...
The ChildrenThe Children
Best Price: $14.95
The Children is David Halberstam's look at the college students who helped make the Civil Rights...
War Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in VietnamWar Paint: The 1st Infantry Division's LRP Ranger Company in Fierce Combat in Vietnam
Best Price: $4.00
Two Cassettes, 2 hrs. Read by Jake Robards The men who served with in the 1st Infantry...

Few, The: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of BritainFew, The: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
Best Price: $64.82
This outstanding narrative reads as more like a novel than a piece of researched non-fiction. I...
Native American Wisdom (Classic Wisdom/Cassette)Native American Wisdom (Classic Wisdom/Cassette)
This was a very small book of short quotes from Indians. It was mildly interesting but not as...
The Sword and the ShieldThe Sword and the Shield
Best Price: $6.75
Christopher Andrew uses a ridiculous amount of information to create a vivid picture of Soviet...
  
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