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 The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American PowerBest Price: $14.94 A compellingly brilliant account of power in America and how it's shaped by religion. 'The... |  JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It MattersBest Price: $19.79 In James W. Douglass' outstanding new book, "JFK and the Unspeakable," the author... |  Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore RooseveltBest Price: $5.74 Teddy was a small frail asthmatic child whose iron will and loving family helped transform him... |  White Male Privilege: A Study of Racism in America 40 Years After the Voting Rights ActBest Price: $7.34 Well, I really wish I could give this book five stars. I DO support his premise and indeed... |  Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of CivilizationBest Price: $14.99 G. K. Chesterton aptly described authors who write books such as this one, noting: "He is... |
 The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest JourneyBest Price: $8.43 This book is just more evidence of how great a man Roosevelt was and how he thought about life... |  This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil WarBest Price: $14.95 I love to read. I love history. The civil war has always fascinated me. Lincoln history is... |  Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0Best Price: $13.16 As someone mentioned in the book, I'd like to nominate it for a World Fantasy award - as fiction... |  The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008Best Price: $16.45 I am a mid-30's male who voted for Gore in 2000 and was very disappointed with this book. I... |  The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign PolicyBest Price: $14.96 I agree with most of the positive review of this book. The notable thing to me is that the book... |
 The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our CountryBest Price: $14.08 Unlike other reviewers, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The approach is refreshing and very... |  White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their SpeechwritersBest Price: $14.00 It seemed to me to lend itself best to "dipping into," read a little ahead there,... |  Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped AmericaBest Price: $8.73 I have never been a history buff, but in doing my family research and learning more about my... |  Brothers In Battle, Best of FriendsBest Price: $7.38 In "Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends", Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron not only tell... |  Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central AsiaBest Price: $17.14 This timely and critical book gives and experts overview of the current situation in... |
 Bush's Law: The Remaking of American JusticeBest Price: $16.06 Eric Lichtblau, has penned a must read tomb for those seeking truth and reconciliation post... |  The Johnstown FloodBest Price: $8.19 This early McCullough book provides a look at one of the most catastrophic disasters to strike... |  Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)Best Price: $8.44 If the last time you read about history was decades ago in high school, this is a good book to... |  Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and AmericaBest Price: $13.50 I didn't know squat about James Polk and now I do. Isn't that the point. The period between... |  Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and WarBest Price: $8.39 Being from the Boston area, one cannot escape the legend that is the Mayflower. Yet, Mr.... |
 Benjamin Franklin: An American LifeBest Price: $6.23 'Benjamin Franklin: An American Life' This is a truly superb biography of our nations most... |  The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded FreedomBest Price: $13.13 It had been years that I looked for some author to explain the solidity of "stare... |  Faith of My Fathers: A Family MemoirBest Price: $8.44 This is interesting to know John MCCain's background and the reasons for some of his actions and... |  American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the RepublicBest Price: $13.35 Ellis book is simply outstanding. He beautifully conveys a feeling of events without... |  Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern CookBest Price: $18.72 I actually bought this book to support Martha and the local bookstore in my hometown of... |
 Thomas Jefferson on WineBest Price: $23.65 This book is super for anyone interested in wine-to know what was going on in wine in Jeffersons... |  Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11Best Price: $13.00 Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down until I finished it. The research that... |  Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and TodayBest Price: $12.68 The book was very interesting and a quick read. But it was also too long and was redundant at... |  Hardball : How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows The GameBest Price: $2.88 I have really enjoyed this book. If one has an interest in politics, this book explains how the... |  Alexander HamiltonBest Price: $6.25 Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton was a great read that included a remarkable amount of... |
 The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's PastBest Price: $11.90 Great book for American History buffs. Wait till you read this book. I thought I was pretty... |  Rutka's Notebook: A Voice from the HolocaustBest Price: $11.14 I bought this after the Time Magazine Review, but have to say that although informative and... |  One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan OdysseyBest Price: $10.09 This book is great! As close to the wilderness as you can get. If you find you can never make... |  The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern AmericaBest Price: $18.74 The dramatic story of the “power revolution” that turned America from an... |  The Lincolns: Portrait of a MarriageBest Price: $16.95 Early on while reading this book I began to feel that I was seeing and sensing Lincoln for the... |
 Brave CompanionsBest Price: $8.67 David McCulloug is my favorite historian ever since I read THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS. Since then... | The Johnstown Flood Best Price: $8.19 This early McCullough book provides a look at one of the most catastrophic disasters to strike... |  Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our NationBest Price: $8.43 "Founding Mothers" by Cokie Roberts provides a welcome feminist perspective on a vital... |  A Tale of Two Subs: An Untold Story of World War II, Two Sister Ships, and Extraordinary HeroismBest Price: $14.56 This book is a real page-turner. Its hard to put down, and meshes the various themes... |  The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)Best Price: $4.23 You will not know American History without reading these papers. I am a history major and forget... |
 The Hiding PlaceBest Price: $3.06 This book is beautiful inside and out. The outside is burgundy leather? bound with gold stamped... |  Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil WarBest Price: $6.57 The only thing that can deter people from buying this book is the cover. The cover will lead... |  The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's FutureBest Price: $5.98 The country is holding it's collective breath until G.W Bush is gone. Good reading for and... |  The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened AmericaBest Price: $12.47 Every Spring in recent years seems to bring a plethora of important books on the fast declining... |  Indestructible: The Unforgettable Story of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo JimaBest Price: $4.89 This book is full of self praise and a large ego. Not a humble word in it. The author talks of... |
 Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the PresentBest Price: $10.55 Any parochial notion that America only recently stumbled into the maelstrom of Middle Eastern... |  1776: The Illustrated EditionBest Price: $25.00 1776 is the best book I have ever read, period. And it is non-fiction. I could not put it down. |  The Reluctant FundamentalistBest Price: $7.19 The life one lives is often not the one he chooses but the one that he is comfortable living. |  Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to IraqBest Price: $6.48 Stephen Kinzer takes a very pointed and critical look at the rise of the American Century as a... |  The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn BridgeBest Price: $11.19 I sent for this book for myself. While reading it I realized that a particular friend would... |
 Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th EditionBest Price: $46.41 The main virtue of the Oxford Atlas of the World is its clarity. It may not be as detailed as... |  The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A MemoirBest Price: $7.25 There are over 200 reviews for this book that attest to really how good it is. What's most... |  HiroshimaBest Price: $2.65 My daughter is reading it for a 9th grade class. I skimmed through looking for the telltale... |  The Conscience of a LiberalBest Price: $14.92 I'm a political moderate who's eyes caught the title of this book, in a bookstore. Thinking this... |  The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848Best Price: $15.87 A history book that you cannot put down. Dugard impeccably details the landscape of war and the... |
 With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and OkinawaBest Price: $3.99 I am not an avid book reader and it usually takes me a long time to finish a book but I could... |  Standard Operating ProcedureBest Price: $14.26 Standard Operating Procedure is a war story that takes its place among the classics. It is the... | |||
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