History Books


West with the Night Best Price: $2.98 Fantastic! I don't care if Beryl Markham wrote this or not (it is rumored that her third...	Mein Kampf Best Price: $13.01 AN AUTOBIGRAPHICAL BOOK OF HITLER. A PRICELESS MANUSCRIPT OF A MANS DESIRE TO CREATE A WORLD IN...	Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook Best Price: $16.47 Honor, fearlessness, calm, decisive action, strategic thinking, and martial prowess have been...	Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence Best Price: $14.74 AAM is a solid piece of historical writing covering the American War of Independence. (I...	How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It Best Price: $6.88 This is a detailed look at the role the Scots have played in the developement of the modern...



The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 Best Price: $8.95 Interesting with several unique approaches. The problem for me rests with his intricate...	The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind Best Price: $10.93 Several reviews have criticized this book for lack of technical depth, yet the author clearly...	Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit Best Price: $3.48 I read this book after being a long-time fan of "The Unit". Haney gets straight into...	Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know Best Price: $15.03 there was no unpleasant surprise with my purchase. the book came a day or two later than was...	The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine Best Price: $12.04 Very good introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine. The autor explains very clearly the...



The Good Rat: A True Story Best Price: $15.29 Brotherhood: The Story of Two Cops Who Murdered For The Mafia is a must better read and truer...	Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.) Best Price: $5.73 There are a hosts of books that purport to prove that there was a conspiracy at the root of the...	Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America Best Price: $17.18 [[ASIN:0061246514 Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America] This is an...	White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son Best Price: $7.99 He sure knows not much about the Civil War, even that it was not a Civil War	Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Best Price: $7.95 As the title of this review implies, this work is a very short, cursory introduction to the rise...

The Wretched of the Earth Best Price: $7.50 Frantz Fanon's political commentary on colonization is the perfect example of revolutionary...	War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier Best Price: $5.25 This is an interesting book that was initially written in 1936 by a Marine know as "The...	Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History/Here My Troubles Began/Boxed Best Price: $15.00 Elegant and bittersweet. Humorous and horrifying. Astonishing original and intuitive. The...	1421: The Year China Discovered America Best Price: $5.75 Excellent book. This should be publicized more by the media. It should also be recognized by the...	Military Flight Aptitude Tests, 6/e (Arco Military Test Tutor) Best Price: $14.50 The ARCO Mikitary Test Tutor is amazing! It really helps, and the practice tests are amazing!

Wrong on Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past Best Price: $17.21 Prior to writing this review, I went to the web sites of both the Democratic Party & the GOP...	Secrets of the Unified Field: The Philadelphia Experiment, The Nazi Bell, and the Discarded Theory Best Price: $12.89 Check it out! These ideas are rad, but the thinking behind presenting them is disorganized. ...	Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels Best Price: $11.25 What I like about this book is the fact that it is not only instructional for comic book artists...	The Bookseller of Kabul Best Price: $4.44 This book has nothing remotely to do with books or love of books or looking at a culture or hard...	A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.) Best Price: $8.75 According to this author the 20th century was "the age of genocide". Incredibly, in...

The Practice of Everyday Life Best Price: $12.74 I have received two copies of this book, possibly by my own mistake, but am still waiting for...	Same Kind Of Different As Me Best Price: $12.93 Second only to the Bible, Same Kind of Different As Me is the most outstanding book I have ever...	Man's Search For Meaning Best Price: $2.50 This book is incredibly inspiring, both from a theoretical and practical perspective. I highly...	The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation Best Price: $21.44 When I saw this volume on the bookshelf, I shook my head. I picked it up and examined it a...	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Best Price: $4.95 Doris Kearns Goodwin did a remarkable job of not only recounting the hietorical events which...

Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life Best Price: $17.20 This is an important and carefully thought-out book. It's not for the faint of heart, or for...	Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Best Price: $19.47 Were World Wars I and II—which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter...	Holy Blood, Holy Grail Best Price: $3.48 After reading The Davinci Code, this gives you more reasons to think. Very interesting if you...	A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery Best Price: $14.63 I believed that we, as a nation, where able to stand tall and be proud of our abolishment of...	Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau Best Price: $13.45 Very uplifting. A page-turning eye witness account full of tragedy but also inspiration. The...

1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina Best Price: $3.84 I couldn't put 1 Dead in Attic down as soon as I picked it up from the library. I thought it...	The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy Best Price: $21.74 A very good book and the most up to date account of what happened and who were involved.A.T.Kiln	Twelfth Planet: Book I of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles) Best Price: $3.95 Ancient Sumeria is without doubt the most neglected part historical research. In schools, it is...	The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi Best Price: $15.91 As a member of the Intelligence Community, I have been following the public discussion of the...	Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Best Price: $7.00 Another brick from the the Professors' classroom. I got to page 148, which was quite a feat,...

In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India Best Price: $8.05 This is a good book to read on India's progress in the last 60 years. Ed Luce has conducted a...	The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Special Edition Best Price: $12.26 If you plan on going to war, whether it be in your everyday life or literally, this is the book...	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Best Price: $8.99 This is a fantastic book that provides great insight into one of the most inspirational leaders...	Lincoln Best Price: $5.76 Well written book with great detail. The depth of research must have been great to give this...	The Nightingale's Song Best Price: $4.87 This book was important when it was published and remains so today. It describes in detail key...

Cracking the SAT U.S. & World History Subject Tests, 2007-2008 Edition (College Test Prep) Best Price: $11.33 The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT U.S. and World History Subject Tests is very...	Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller Best Price: $12.97 Author Steve Weinberg writes that Ida Tarbell's expose of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard...	The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War Best Price: $16.16 I will not repeat the praises of the preceding reviewers with which I fully agree. This I must...	Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats Best Price: $12.81 I greatly enjoyed Matt Yglesias's new book. I'm generally not the type to read foreign policy...	The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn Best Price: $16.89 From the reign of Tsar Nicholas II to the brutal cult of Stalin to the ebullient, uncertain days...

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Best Price: $10.00 Anti-Intellectualism in American Life I found this book shocking as to the lack of education in...	Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal Best Price: $10.99 The trials and tribulations of Eddie Chapman might have made an interesting story with another...	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Best Price: $2.72 This is a first rate, well crafted work of non-fiction. The author has a gift for putting...	Our World Best Price: $7.94 I just loved this book. Somehow it opened an intimate window into the life of Molly Malone Cook,...	The Guns of August Best Price: $4.24 This book describes one of the most incredible examples where rigidity of thinking and planning...

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers [7th Edition] Best Price: $5.76 I do think this is a very informative book, but I think the author tries too hard. I have a...	Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women Best Price: $6.18 This is just one of the facts that I learned from this book. It became not just a fact but an...

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History Books