History Books


Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Best Price: $7.49 Great ability to make these stories fascinating. Much info this Revolutionary Era buff did not...	HO'OPONO Best Price: $15.06 This book not only gives plenty of history of Hawai`i, and Moloka`i specifically, but it teaches...	The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Best Price: $6.99 I read this book thinking it would be a story about the "Forgotten Man," or maybe the...	Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today Best Price: $14.24 A must read as many of us were tied down with so much happening in the late boom years. Great to...	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) Best Price: $30.95 I haven't finished the book yet but it's hard to put down. sometimes it gets a bit long in...



The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Large Print Press) Best Price: $10.17 The Omnivore's Dilemma should be required reading for every single American, period. American...	The Hiding Place (Walker Large Print Books) Best Price: $16.94 This book is beautiful inside and out. The outside is burgundy leather? bound with gold stamped...	Under the Banner of Heaven (Random House Large Print (Hardcover)) Best Price: $4.96 This story is one of the best warnings of the dangers of fanaticism I've read. Religion can be...	Nothing Like It In The World Lp : The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 18631869 Best Price: $24.95 'Nothing Like it In the World' by Stephen Ambrose As usual, Mr. Ambrose delivers his straight...	Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's Kill Best Price: $13.47 James Swanson's "Manhunt:The 12-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's Killer" is a captivating...



Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan Best Price: $12.16 I think that this book is certainly researched thoroughly and he takes a great deal of time to...	Summer at Tiffany LP Best Price: $8.93 I absolutely loved this book. I read it and have now recommended it to my book club so we will...	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) Best Price: $31.95 Shows the darker side of Douglas McArthur and some of his underlings. Makes you proud of the...	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $15.47 But, the guys were bright enough to make the Constitution ambiguous enough to allow for future...	The Greatest Generation Best Price: $2.97 I think Tom Brokaw should be applauded for writing this book. A lot of reviewers have commented...

Come to the Cow Pens: The Story of the Battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781 Best Price: $8.98 This book is a wonderful narrative about the battle of Cowpens and the personalities involved....	Einstein: His Life and Universe (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) Best Price: $31.95 More than any book on Einstein, this delves into his human side. This fascinating man was a...	A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) Best Price: $29.95 This book had a great deal of promise as a historical true detective mystery. However it turned...	Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Thorndike Press Large Print American History Series) Bought this book for my grandfather, a Paratrooper...and he really enjoyed this book. I would...	Flyboys: A True Story of Courage Best Price: $4.87 This book really surprised me. It was the first one I read by this author (and I will now...

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War Best Price: $11.96 Throw out everything you were taught regarding Pilgrims, the Mayflower, and the new world. That...	1776 Best Price: $8.99 If you have a few minutes and want to read a book that develops the characters well, provides...	Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) Best Price: $31.95 Eig's extensive research and thoughtful treatment of Jackie Robinson does not vary or question...	An Hour Before Daylight : Memories Of A Rural Boyhood Best Price: $26.18 This is a very enjoyable book. I love to read about the true South. Jimmy Carter is a...	All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families This is a book that fills a void in the historical record of Presidential Families. There is...

Love Stories of World War II (Random House Large Print (Hardcover)) Best Price: $67.06 This is a great book for all ages. I'm 22 and I obviously wasn't alive during WWII, but I still...	Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (Random House Large Print) (Random House Large Print (Paper)) Best Price: $15.99 Liked this book as much as the How the Irish Saved Civilization. I am a Greek history buff and...	On Wings of Eagles I absolutely loved this book. Full of brilliance, persistence, determination, loyalty,...	Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $18.87 When the history of the west was written Kit Carson fur trapper, scout and explorer was there...	In A Sunburned Country (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $6.41 Bill Bryson's take on Australia is hilarious. I'm going there in a few weeks and can't wait to...

The Fifties Best Price: $19.99 Ugh! Well-researched, but ultimately poorly written historical account. In fact, this is one...	Flower Confidential (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) Best Price: $29.95 This book is a fascinating look at the flower industry. I've looked at especially beautiful cut...	The Boys of Pointe du Hoc LP: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion Best Price: $7.35 I enjoyed this book very much. Before reading the book, I was only generally familiar with the...	Islam: A Short History Best Price: $11.50	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) Best Price: $32.95 Great read. We all need to be made aware of the atrocities that war brings, especially in the...

Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945 (Large Print Press) Best Price: $8.50 This was a suggested read by a fellow at the library over a chat about WWII. As the book...	History of Rome, Volume 3, The (Large Print) Best Price: $31.55	Archaeological Researches at Teotihuacan, Mexico Best Price: $34.95	The Great Republic (Random House Large Print (Paper)) Best Price: $5.99 This book looked promising but I'm sorry to say that I have not gone past the first few pages....	Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $16.88 Knowing how WWII was one of the greatest upheavals of human history, I've been a buff for years...

The Looming Tower: Al-qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Best Price: $31.00 wright prepared an excellent book. it's written as engagingly as a novel, but it is choke full...	Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy This is an amazing true story and shows how corrupt our government (and educational institutions...	On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker Best Price: $59.78 This a wonderfully written biography on Madam C.J. Walker's life. I felt uplifted and inspired...	Devilfish Bay: The Giant Devilfish Story Best Price: $58.89 The Devilfish story describes the scenic beauty of the primeval forest and complex culture of...	The President's House (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $18.30 This book by the daughter of President Harry Truman offers a wonderfully insightful and...

How the SunGod Reached America: A Guide to Megalithic Sites Best Price: $24.95 The concept of this book that ancient petroglyphs and monoliths like Stonehenge are actually...	His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi have written an excellent portrait of Karol Woytyla - both the...	The Real All Americans: The Team that Changed a Game, a People, a Nation (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $16.67 This is actually three intertwined books. It begins with a history of the later stages of the...	October 1964 (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) Because it's not all about sports. The baseball is almost incidental other than creating a far...	Head for the Hills: The Amazing True Story of the Johnstown Flood (Houghton Mifflin Leveled Library: Read It to Believe It!: Pa) Best Price: $11.10 This book is a great book with pictures and exitement! its about a flood that nobody thought...

Slaves in the Family (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) Quite often history textbooks can be dry and boring. Edward Ball's "Slaves in the...	The First Salute/a View of the American Revolution	Vanishing American Outhouse Best Price: $10.50 I bought this book when it came out as a gift for my father's birthday, he always talked about...	Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History Monitor skillfully holds the reader spellbound about the ship, and her irrascible genius...	The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 I could not put down this book, and read it in two sittings. Wladyslaw Szpilman, the famed...

Freedom's Voice: The Perilous Present and Uncertain Future of the First Amendment (Thorndike Press Large Print American History Series) Best Price: $5.95 The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is a busy one. In a mere forty five...	Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $17.16 The book is historical non-fiction about the Civil War exploits of the Confederate raider,...	Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers,Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization Large Print Edition Best Price: $35.00	Flags of Our Fathers Best Price: $10.13 I thought that this book was amazing. Even though it was a little slow at the beginning and the...

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