books about: america     books:       The Revolution: A Manifesto318 reviews Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Outstanding This is a fantastic book. I agree with this man's ideas, I congratulate him on how consistent he is in his political career and I think it's well written. And at the Amazon price and the rather small size of this book, you have nothing to lose in reading this.             The New Best Recipe: All-New Edition with 1,000 Recipes191 reviews Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine America's Test Kitchen, 2004 Get it right the first time If I'm going to go to the trouble of making a dish, I want to get it right the first time. This book almost guarantees you'll do just that. The only downside is that the recipes focus more on taste than nutritional content, and not enough are fit for storage/freezing (if I'm cooking I want more than one meal out of the experience). For better nutrition you can do the usual health food nut ...             Can't You Get Along With Anyone?: A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise115 reviews Allan Weisbecker Bandito Books, 2007 Is that my reflection I see? Last year around this time, Kurt Vonnegut died, and I found myself lamenting the loss of yet another of my authorial heroes. (Can you imagine the war stories Vonnegut, Heller and Mailer must be swapping at the post-mortem bar?). I asked myself where their particular brand of balls-to-the-wall insight and reverence for the absurdity of humankind had gone. Then I read CYGAWA. And I figured it ...             Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington129 reviews NAL, 2006 A Must Read This book is a must read for anyone looking for both an accurate account of the early days of the Iraq War and anyone needing a reminder of what happened back in 2003. Paul Rieckhoff tells it as only someone who was there can. This is a brutally candid story of a Soldier and a leader, shouldering the burdens of command. He brings you so close to the action that you can smell the carbon and ...             What Is the What138 reviews Dave Eggers BBC Audiobooks America, 2007 WOW!! This book is amazing. It gives a really good explanation of the crisis in Africa. I love this book and highly recommend it!!!             Ella enchanted1078 reviews Gail Carson Levine Braille Institute of America, 1999 Cinderella Who? by Sara Martinez Many young girls dream of having a fairy tale life just like the ones that appear in Disney movies such as Cinderella, but what happens when these girls grow into young ladies and expect a little more than your usual fairy tale? In her novel Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine adds a whole new twist to the familiar story of Cinderella. With the use of point of view, characterizations and themes, ...             Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan (Dear America)104 reviews Mary Pope Osborne Scholastic Inc., 1998 A great book Standing in the Light was an excellent book. Caty and her brother Thomas are kidnapped by the Lenape on their way home from school. At first Caty feels they'll be killed but instead they return to the Lenape village where she and her brother are separated and giving to two new families. This was the first time I'd ever heard of the Lenape and the author painted a vivid picture of what these ...             The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol. Set)136 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 American Iliad There are two types of reviewers for this trilogy. Those who rate it five stars and those who have no soul.             Musashi122 reviews Eiji Yoskikawa Kodansha America, 1990 A wondrous and highly satisfying novel I read Musashi 15 years ago, and I remember it vividly. It's such a sweeping, wondrous novel, I'm surprised it's not more famous than it is. I became a bit of a Yoshikawa fan from this, and visited his home, preserved as a museum, outside Tokyo. A beautiful serene place. Musashi, in retrospect, was highly inspirational to me as a writer, in terms of pacing, character development, and raw ...             Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie, The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell (Dear America)164 reviews Kristiana Gregory Scholastic, 2003 Wonderful I love 'Oregon Trail' stories and this one was no exception. The story is stunningly written, and a careful line is trod between emphasizing the dangers and discomforts of the trail without making the story seem scary or unpleasant to the reader. My only real gripe about this book (and not even a big enough gripe to drop a star, so take it for the whining that it is) is that the adult ...             The Ordinary Princess (Lythway Large Print Children's Series)101 reviews M. M. Kaye Chivers North America, 1992 M.M. Kaye's The Ordinary Princess: Ordinary and Fantastic in Delightful Harmony One may know the story of the servant girl who gets to go to the ball, the story of the beautiful girl that falls in love with the beast, the princess that is finally awakened by a kiss from a dashing prince. But, it is quite possible that one may go half of her life before ever hearing the story of another girl, a princess in fact, who was born once upon a time in a land called Phantasmorania. ...             One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 200166 reviews Life Magazine Bt Bound, 2006 A portrayal of any kind... is the truth of 9/11/01... A message to each and every reviewer who takes time to add thoughts to a any media of memorial of 9/11, World Trade Center Towers tragedy... thank you from my heart. My spouse and I resided on the Lower West Side, Battery Park City, Gateway Plaza, So. End Ave. As survivors of the 9/11 World Trade Center Towers tragedy... From our Gateway Plaza apartment, facing the street and 300 yards from the ...             Dear America62 reviews Kathryn Lasky Scholastic, 2003 Gabby Have you ever wondered how long and painful a trip across the Atlantic, would be? Leaving your home, your customs, your whole life, all left in the waves. In the book, Dreams in a Golden Country by Kathryn Lasky, a girl named Zipporah Feldman, mostly known as Zippy struggles to adjust to the American way of life. Zippy would not even have had to come to America, but in her small town in Russia ...             SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam102 reviews John L. Plaster Simon & Schuster, 1997 Superb! This is a book I bought based on the VERY high reviews on Amazon. To me this one lived up to the high praise. I had no idea what SOG was - now I do ...& I am very impressed. There are so many great stories in here - almost all incredible life & death situations. I have the highest respect for the men who served in SOG. Worth buying for sure.             One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 200166 reviews Life Magazine, editors of LIFE magazine, 2001 A portrayal of any kind... is the truth of 9/11/01... A message to each and every reviewer who takes time to add thoughts to a any media of memorial of 9/11, World Trade Center Towers tragedy... thank you from my heart. My spouse and I resided on the Lower West Side, Battery Park City, Gateway Plaza, So. End Ave. As survivors of the 9/11 World Trade Center Towers tragedy... From our Gateway Plaza apartment, facing the street and 300 yards from the ...             The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict64 reviews Arbinger Institute BBC Audiobooks America, 2008 Great Follow-up book to Leadership and Self-Deception This book is a great follow-up to Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box. The book is actually a prequel to Leadership and Self-Deception, but I enjoyed reading The Anatomy of Peace second because it expanded on the back story of a book I already love. The book expands the philosophy presented in Leadership and Self-Deception from a business and home focus to a much larger ...             A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska85 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Scholastic Inc., 2000 Great Story A great story about a Polish girl who immigranted to America as a mail ordered bride. It takes a lot of courage to marry someone you have never met. To become an instant wife and mother. The mother part Anetka didn't find out about until she met Stanley. Anetka is full of amazing courage and strength. To go through with the marriage, raising three little girls and becoming the sole responsiblity ...             The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family62 reviews Martha Raddatz Tantor Media, 2007 Will make you feel like you are there! This was an excellent book. Well written and really made you know the soldiers involved and placed you in the action. It really made it personal. I was expecting the author to point fingers at the rediculous methods employed by the US commanders, but the author just tells the story and lets the reader come up with his or her own opinion. I am in the middle of reading another book about Iraq, ...             A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America ...60 reviews Patricia C. Mckissack Scholastic, 2003 Wonderful This is a wonderful, heartwarming story that is perfect for introducing the plight of slaves to children without frightening the children to death. Clotee, though a slave, retains power from her masters by learning to read and write and keeping a hidden diary of her observations. Though this is admittedly unrealistic (where is she getting all these writing materials), the power she retains in ...             The Scrambled States of America62 reviews Laurie Keller Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1998 Great book! My alumnae group read this book to 3rd graders at an inner-city school and the kids loved it! We had a map and games to go with it and the program was a big success. I highly recommend this book for teachers.              search for books all-new, anatomy, campbell, captive, catharine, children, commandos, conflict, enchanted, freedom, kaminska, lonesome, manifesto, narrative, ordinary, paradise, picture, plantation, prairie, princess, remembers, resolving, revolution, scrambled, september, soldier, standing, vietnam, virginia, washington books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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