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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
Amazon Price: $16.50
Customer Reviews:
» In addition to this terrific book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder.

It will tell you about a non-patriot who started a war without reason by lies and deception and then a...

» I am usually not a non-fiction reader, so I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. A very quick read, it will not only provide insight in the life and politics of a president I...

» I've been hooked on historical biographies lately. I've read so many interesting and compelling biographies of presidents and I found this one lacking. I'm glad I read it because I learned more about ...

» Although there is a lot of interesting information here, it is presented in a somewhat helter-skelter way and seems to wander around in one place and drone on and on in the next. I haven't managed to...

» Many fine bits in here to say the least. Including Jackson's birth into dire poverty (how his mother was never the mistress of her own house); first meeting between Jackson and political rival John Qu...

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Amazon Price: $12.60
Customer Reviews:
» Good writing- but not really up to the hype you may have heard due to Obama's path of late.

» Goodwin sees history through her own prism. She depicts history to conform to her preconceived notions and to preserve her progressive perspective.

» The thing I appreciated most about this book is that Goodwin allows us to experience the voices of women and the importance of the women around Lincoln, Chase, Seward, and Bates. Although it is chang...

» This well written book will be a joy to read for history buffs. Lincoln knew how to choose an effective cabinet and at the same time essentially eliminated political rivals by incorporating them into ...

» Team of Rivals will probably endure as one of my all time favorite books. As an educator I have witnessed first hand the benefits of collaboration. Effective leadership depends upon identifying and ...

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Amazon Price: $8.51
Customer Reviews:
» Wow. Now that's some bad writing. Seriously. This book should have been a paragraph long article in Time Magazine. Unfortunately I had to read this for my book club. What an agonizing amount of work t...

» I thoroughly enjoyed reading this account of Greg Mortenson's journey through Pakistan to establish schools for girls who otherwise would not receive an education. I feel so much compassion for these...

» I loved this book! It was very easy to read, and quite an eye-opener for me. I have only heard negative things about Pakistan and Afghanistan, mainly from the news media, and I now have quite a differ...

» While a failed climb on Pakistan's majestic K2 appeared to be a disappointment, in actuality it became a life-changing mission for one American and the impoverished villages he was set on helping.
» Greg Mortenson and David Relin weave a fascinating tale of an adventurer turned advocate for rural education in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In some of the most remote and inhospitable areas of the world...

I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.
by Addison Wiggin, Kate Incontrera
Amazon Price: $11.27
Customer Reviews:
» While there is some interesting information here, I found the book sketchy and ominous in more ways than one. It offers an "objective view from all sides," which in the U.S. today means from far right...

» The powerful people interviewed in this book really astounded me. It is a case of 'what do we do now' after reading this book and essential reading to really understand how America got to its current...

» Very worth while .Very informative , Has a great deal of information that more americans need to have in order that additional questions will be asked of our elected officials,in reguard to getting th...

» The construction of the book meshes well with its organization and lends itself successfully to the study of our national deficit throughout our history. Packed with figures and facts related to the ...

» After seeing the film; this book was soon in my shopping cart. There too few books that do not preach, try to sway your vote, or lay blame on one particular person. It tells Americans what has happen...

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
by Niall Ferguson
Amazon Price: $17.61
Customer Reviews:
» Ferguson deserved considerable credit in Colossus for suggesting that a reckoning was upon us. In this book, written before the real calamity hit, he points to the assumptions that have been made lea...

» well written book, good for ordinary readers with limited economics. A lot of short stories that's interesting to read.

» Mr. Ferguson has a set pattern in his writings of lots of magician tricks to make the audience believe the show is real by telling them Jeopardy question facts before moving on to not pointing the rea...

» "Those who don't learn from History are doomed to repeat it!" - George Santayana

The current financial crisis has got almost everyone re-evaluating their financial situations. I am no d...

» Only the educated are free -- Epictetus

I think if your interested in how the world has worked, does work, and will work, you would benefit from reading this book. Ferguson has taken adv...

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
by Amity Shlaes
Amazon Price: $9.57
Customer Reviews:
» Amity Shlaes has written an excellent book. She presents a balanced and mutually negative view of both a removed, mechanistic Hoover and a vindictive, manipulative Roosevelt. The author feels that t...

» A great read at the right time in history. I read this book during the 08 presidential campaigns juxtaposing the FDR administration and the Obama campaign; I could not help but feel an ominous déjà vu...

» Amity Shlaes has written a timely book that informs and intrigues. No politician, regardless of which side of the aisle they sit, is safe.

I literally could not put The Forgotten Man dow...

» If you are a student of modern history, especially economic history, you must read this book. If you are a student of modern economics, you must read this book. If you care about what is being done ab...

» Great book. For those who do not believe history repeats itself - it really does - but not in the exact same way each time. After the excesses of the 1920's, socialism (FDR) arose in America and now...

World Without End
by Ken Follett
Amazon Price: $12.50
Customer Reviews:
» My wife and listened to Pillars of the Earth on a long road trip in March 2008. We were both completely enthralled, and we knew as soon as we finished it that we had to listen to the sequel.

» WORLD WITHOUT END: Another great read by Ken Follett! A little longer than PILLARS OF THE EARTH, but it, too, left me wanting more. Two hundred years after Prior Philip in Kingsbridge, the characte...

» As good as Pillers of the Earth was that's how bad the World Without End is.

It is a real soap opera. The characters are tortured without end in an unrealestic way. As a student of midevi...

» A good follow-up to "Pillars of the Earth".
Very suspenseful story, Really enjoyed this book.

» I didn't think Ken Follett could follow up The Pillars of the Earth very well, but he proved me wrong. Pillars is still one of the all time greats, but I loved World without End. It had tremendous c...

Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
Amazon Price: $18.45
Customer Reviews:
» (Memo to those who do: I heard yesterday that he may be at work on a new book right now, so don't get too mad about your current disappointment...)

As other reviewers have noted, this is ...

» OK, this is clearly a collection of articles that Michael Lewis had sitting around. He's a good journalist, and I expect he copies and files any bit of good writing that might come in handy as a futu...

» Michael Lewis, who previously wrote the popular book "Liar's Poker," takes his own spin on our country's most notable financial catastrophes of the last twenty years. These include:

1. Th...

» As I look at the Amazon product page for the book I've just received, there's nothing that indicates that this is NOT a book written by Michael Lewis. Rather, it's a collection of short articles (a l...

» I have to admit, I read the Dave Barry segment first. In it I learned that there are three proven techniques guaranteed to lose you money in real estate: Buy an old house, buy a new house, or get a mo...

The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Na...
by Michael Medved
Amazon Price: $16.17
Customer Reviews:
» I've been waiting for a book like this. It's loaded with factual information to counter the revisionist history imposed upon the younger generation. I'm buying several copies as Christmas gifts for ...

» I am an Iranian living in Canada and as a pro-America individual, I'd like to express my gratitude to the American people who have done so much good for the world. In this book, Mr. Medved (host of hi...

» This book is great for anyone interested in the truth about America and it is necessary for those infatuated with the lies mentioned.

» When I think of American "myths" I think of the myth of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, or Paul Revere, etc. These "myths" that Mr. Medved references are political myths only in the min...

» Recently, I was sitting in a pub in Oxford with a friend from India. He seems to find me, an American who did not share in the general "euphoria" in the UK over Obama's election, a rather exotic crea...

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2009 (World Almanac and Book of Facts)
by World Almanac Books
Amazon Price: $7.79
Customer Reviews:
» There are many imitators on the market, some of them quite good, but this almanac has set the standard for more than a century. The New York World newspaper began publishing an almanac in 1868, "a 120...

» I have bought copies of some of the other yearly almanacs out there and The World Almanac is consistantly the best. I have bought this book for many years now and it is amazing how much I learn from i...

» If an alien landed in Idaho and wanted to learn about the strange place it had dropped in on, this is the book it should start with. After picking up a pair of reading glasses.

The typefa...

» Each year, I look forward to this volume. I love the masses of trivia and minutiae contained within the pages of this book. I literally find it fun to rifle through the pages and see what tidbits are ...

» The World Almanac has been published since the nineteenth century, and for good reason--it is a great reference book. My favorite parts of the almanac are the sports section, the meteorological data,...