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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Best Price: $5.38 This book really takes you back to a time when a group of true visionaries change the world. It...	The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever Best Price: $10.92 Mark Frost leaves you breathless as he paints an unmatched literary canvas with words--you can...	Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God andDiversity on Steroids Best Price: $15.00 Hospital is a true story: Julie Salomon spent a year being a pest around the hospital, talking...	Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression Best Price: $6.76 I grew up on an Iowa farm in the early 60s so I could relate to some of the items this author...	The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL Best Price: $12.99 Fine writing, excellent content, interesting insight by Bowden make the book a great read for...



Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook Best Price: $18.74 I stumbled upon this book on Amazon and was intrigued by the other reviewer's mention of Red...	The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Best Price: $5.97 Excellent book; if you want to know what the "Dust Bowl" was all about - how it...	Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective Best Price: $27.37 This book made a Great Father's Day Gift,my husband who is a Yankee fan enjoys it.	Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad Best Price: $15.24 A masterful expose' of the democrat's 9/10 viewpoint that has taken over the 2008 campaign	The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir Best Price: $7.95 A laugh out loud look at a boy growing up in Iowa in the 1950s. A wonderful nostalgic look at...



A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties Best Price: $12.93 I've been a Dylan fan since 1970 and have followed his career through all of its ups and downs,...	The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town Best Price: $14.08 Anyone with a passion for coastal United States will appreciate Mark Kurlansky's portrait of...	Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War Best Price: $6.74 I can't actually review the book itself, since it was a gift, and I haven't read it. I ordered...	In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Bush Administration Best Price: $14.39 This is a well-written book about a serious national scandal. The office of the United States...	Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West Best Price: $14.40 Wild horses have become a political football in Congress, with battles between those who want to...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Best Price: $3.65 While I enjoyed reading "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," I had a hard time...	Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember Best Price: $14.45 Living on the Black is an interesting and insightful look at Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina, two...	Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul Best Price: $7.00 Who might imagine that a book about Chicago's bordellos at the turn of the century (late 1890s...	The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts Best Price: $4.50 The women ancestors of a geeky Chinese-American girl pile up impressive resumes, no worries ! ...	The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge Best Price: $11.07 I drive over it every day to work and know that it's the most beautiful bridge in the world, but...

The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors Best Price: $15.47 I bought this for my husband for father's day. He's a huge Phillies fan, but he's said that...	Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Best Price: $4.94 I really enjoyed the suspensefully written, detailed narrative of the event itself, but what...	Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II Best Price: $3.45 Even though most people seem to know the outcome. (I didn't) it was a great summer read. There...	Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11 Best Price: $15.18 I've just finished reading "Firefight," and it feels like September 2001 all over...	The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir Best Price: $6.47 50's nostalgia has been done over and over, but Bill Bryson hits a home run with this...

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition Best Price: $10.00 This was a return engagement to "Cadillac Desert", as I had read the original in the...	Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 Best Price: $13.48 This book is just great. For the legions of us that went through the bust and are just now...	Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West Best Price: $15.77 As an Overland Trail history lover, I've read several books on the Donner Party ordeal. This...	1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina Best Price: $7.97 Nearly three years after the tragic events surrounding Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, I am still...	Black Like Me Best Price: $7.45 Before there was comic "Soul Man" etc., there was this 50's investigative memoir about...

Dr. Mary's Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, ... Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics Best Price: $12.71 As a native New Orleanian, I was 20 years old when Dr. Sherman was murdered and remember parts...	One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Annivers Best Price: $8.99 Excellent book to read. I believe everyone will enjoy this and the story of this amazing person....	Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas Best Price: $8.40 Excellent book. Spike Walker is a good story teller. His other book "Coming Back Alive is...	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Best Price: $14.00 Robert Caro's The Power Broker, a biography of Robert Moses, contains every attribute of a...	In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities Best Price: $12.40 I've been around as long as Dan's Papers and remember in the early years Dan Rattiner had...

The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption Best Price: $14.27 Even if you live a continent away in Washington state, "The Soprano State" will amuse,...	Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon Best Price: $14.80 Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon Excellent service, great book, well laid out and very...	On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation Best Price: $14.88 The very title of the book suggests that a great deal of help was needed in overcoming one of...	The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining Best Price: $7.97 Eliot Wigginton made his students immortal when he sent them into the southern mountains to...	Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives Best Price: $5.93 Ok this was a very good book , which i did enjoy very much.. My husband is in the Army, however...

No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980 Best Price: $15.09 1970's New York, a time of polemic filth and fury with displaced art kids crashing head first...	The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) Best Price: $14.42 I have at least 10 books specifically on Sierra wildflowers and several field guides. This is...	Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story Best Price: $8.25 I read this book for a college course and found it shocking and heartbreaking. I grew up very...	The Color of Water Best Price: $8.50 I read this book when I was in the 11th grade, I simply love it. I actually had to reread the...	Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam Best Price: $15.33 I picked up this book after reading its 5 star review in an Audio magazine. Every page makes...

The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction Best Price: $16.39 The topic was well covered in an interesting and informative manner, I learned a great deal...	Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas Best Price: $15.24 Binkley presents an insightful and lively account of some of the players who operate in a world...	The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America Best Price: $8.95 Russell Shorto wrote an exiting historical novel of the days that New Amsterdam was the centre...	Thomas Jefferson on Wine Best Price: $23.81 Book purchased as gift for our son's birthday in September. Book received in excellent...	Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers Best Price: $5.17 Oh I am speechless. This is a book full of grace, character, This is the writers real life...

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World Best Price: $17.13 This is one of the best books I have ever read! There are too few stories about Sephardic Jews...	Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned Best Price: $11.22 Scott's book is completely absorbing. She reveals the astounding dedication to animals by...	Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders Best Price: $25.72 This is a unique piece of literature that gives you a sense of pride for those unsung heroes of...	Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories: 1923-2008 Best Price: $17.28 This is the best of the handful of Yankee Stadium books that came out in 2008 -- the Yankees'...	The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell Best Price: $8.20 I'll grant that Mark Kurlansky did his homework.He provides an extensive Bibliography and the...

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