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 Patton: A Genius for WarBest Price: $8.98 I've been facinated by history since grade school and just fell in love with this book. Patton... |  Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against LynchingBest Price: $19.91 Ida: A Sword Among Lions is a great biographic start for students of history. It provides... |  Life's a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and SuccessBest Price: $6.98 You know that non-stop, mind-numbing yakkety-yakkety-yakkety-yak that emanates from your MSNBC... |  The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American SupereconomyBest Price: $7.54 This is a fascinating book, especially for those outside the US who may, like me, be almost... |  Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the InsideBest Price: $3.95 I really wanted to like this book but it was mostly an account of how great the author thinks... |
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