books about: americas     books:       Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America6 reviews Chuck Norris Regnery Publishing, 2008 Get Involved and Become a Black Belt Patriot! I have been a fan of Chuck Norris for years. His early movies helped motivate me to study martial arts, and now as an instructor myself, I respect and admire the accomplishments he has achieved, and especially like how he has helped so many kids through his youth programs. It was an honor to meet Chuck Norris, his wife, and the late Howard Jackson a few years ago when he was signing copies of ...             Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America25 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Who Will Shape our Future? Regulators or Inventors? A Review of Thomas L. Friedman's Book "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" CLIMATE CHANGE - GOLD RUSH OR DISASTER? FACTS, CAUSES, TECHNOLOGIES, OPPORTUNITIES Mr. Friedman just published a new book. Mr. Friedman is respected worldwide as an intelligent, thoughtful commentator of environmental and energy issues. His book is bound to make a unique contribution to a better understanding of the ...             A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)637 reviews Howard Zinn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 A People's History of the United States This is a book that everyone should read & should be a requirement in all schools.             Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise15 reviews Three Rivers Press, 2008 The guide for modern solutions for a country with modern problems An excellent breakdown on how Obama intends to get the country back on track. Very forward thinking and logical, he explains how he will pay for all his programs and how he will cut taxes on 95 percent of Americans. Also has a few of his great speeches. great read. vote Obama             The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future9 reviews T. Boone Pickens Crown Business, 2008 Make it easy on yourself! T. Boone Pickens deals in big figures. Very big. Now he wants to save the United States hundreds of billions every year by cutting its appetite for imported oil, which made billions for Pickens during his long career. His road map provides a lot of good old-fashioned advice such as working hard and keeping up with the news. There's less on producing actual fuel than on big bold trades in stocks ...             Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America16 reviews Barbara Ehrenreich Holt Paperbacks, 2008 EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS RELATIVE Well, what Ms. Ehrenreich doesn't know is that there is MUCH MUCH worse to come!! In just a few years when the greatest depression in US history (13 years long) is visited upon us, surviving on the minimum wage will seem like the good old days. Sadly, people will be glad to work under the conditions she's explored. Everything is relative. Don't think it's going to happen? Read Arnold's The Great ...             The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Vintage)565 reviews Barack Obama Vintage, 2008 A Clear-Eyed Politician Another eloquent and insightful and sometimes humorous book by one of the stars of our political scene. I am reminded of another man from Illinois of some 140 years ago.             The Revolution: A Manifesto652 reviews Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Excellent If you have not read this book, you are seriously missing out. It's not a book about the biography about his life, what makes him a good person, etc. that you see so many other politicians come out with. Ron Paul brings out the real issues Americans should be concerned with, discusses problems with the current system, and makes recommendations on how to get back to the basics laid out by the ...             Pulling Weeds to Picking Stocks84 reviews The Beatty Boys Tate Publishing, 2008 Great Pick of Juvenile Nonfiction "Pulling Weeds" is a time-honored way for entrepreneurial boys to make some pocket money. More than that, pulling weeds taught the Beatty brothers (David, 16, Devin, 14, and Deric, 8) lessons about service-based jobs. From these nitty-gritty lessons in personal finances, they moved on to reading books, asking questions, listening to others, and putting what they learned about personal finances ...             MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition80 reviews Joseph Gibaldi Modern Language Association of America, 2003 The Best of Class The Modern Language Association has developed a crisp contemporary style with ready application well beyond the realms of modern literature. The style is an evolution of Chicago style. The reference format for the "Works Cited" in MLA-speak, are virtually indistinguishable from those in Chicago-style bibliographies. However, MLA has added a unique parenthetical "author-page" citation to ...             The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian90 reviews Sherman Alexie Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007 A Protagonist To Love I am 27 and I loved this book! I would tear up and then burst out with laughter. The drawings add to the charm of the book. I would gladly let my young teenager read this. It is real issues that we can all relate to. Absolutely exceeded my expecations!             America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It494 reviews Mark Steyn Regnery Publishing, 2008 I hope world leaders have read this book, especially the liberal ones. Facts have a way of enlightening how we examine the past, and this book is written in a fascinating manner that weaves facts in between some very humorous passages, yet does not miss the point of warning the West and free market democracies everywhere that culture matters; population momentum is shifting in ways that will and are shrinking the world's centers of positive improvement for humans on ...             I Am America (And So Can You!)426 reviews Stephen Colbert Grand Central Publishing, 2007 I Am America! If you like The Colbert Report, you will love this book! It is typical Stephen Colbert humor, and you even get "The Word" as you read. This book is hilarious and a must-read for anyone who likes sarcasm and outrageous humor. It is full of truthiness! Be a hero, read this book, and I promise, you will laugh out loud!             Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America36 reviews Rick Perlstein Scribner, 2008 Insightful history of the US 1955-1975 The book gives a detailed and insightful history of US politics 1955-1975, roughly the "Era of Nixon." Anyone who lived through those times, or anyone who is interested in the principal trends of American politics, will benefit from this analysis. It's really a very good book.             Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America1079 reviews Barbara Ehrenreich Holt Paperbacks, 2002 Must read for the 'Haves' in this country I have to admit, I grew up as person of privilege. I am from a large home in suburbia and drove a Mercedes SUV to high school every day. I was always taught to appreciate the things you have, and how lucky I am. Being born into wealth doesn't take talent, it takes luck. Even being born in the United States alone takes luck, you only had a 5% chance of being born here. This book reaffirmed my ...             The Crucible (Penguin Classics)47 reviews Arthur Miller Penguin Classics, 2003 The Devil is Precise On my walk through the LoA edition of Arthur Miller plays I bypass The Enemy of the People, the Ibsen adaptation, which I think is a waste of everyone's time, and go straight to the Crucible, which I had never read, nor watched on stage or screen. Very odd. It is a truly gripping piece of modern classic stage writing. Of course AM needed to educate us always, so this story is not just a story ...             The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America16 reviews Jim Marrs William Morrow, 2008 Another great book from Jim Marrs I am glad to see another great book authored by Jim Marrs. This book is well researched, as are all of his previous books. If you liked his earlier works, then you will like this. Don't pay attention to the negative reviews on here. None of them address any of the actual material in the book. Starchild22's review is ridiculous. He obviously is not familiar with Jim Marrs' books. Marrs ...             The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America759 reviews Erik Larson Vintage, 2004 magical not many books transport you to a time of great changes like this one does. for the too brief of period I have lived in the book I have lived the rise of a nation and the dawn of great evil and vision. wonderfull depictions, great people and amzing time.             A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World34 reviews Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co., 2008 A forgotten historical time For those who loved Confederates In The Attic, Tony Horwitz once again travels back into time, following the paths of Vikings, conquistadors and settlers. The main theme is the black hole Americans have of the time between Columbus and the Pilgrims, a not insignificant period of 128 years in which much occurred. Names like Coronado and DeSoto were just names in history books to many people, ...             Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution30 reviews T. J. English William Morrow, 2008 EXCELLENT!!! THE MOST INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING, FAST-READING NON-FICTION BOOK EVER. GREAT LESSON IN HISTORY, GREAT PICTURES.              search for books absolutely, american, audacity, classics, comebacks, crucible, fracturing, getting, handbook, madness, manifesto, nixonland, nocturne, part-time, patriotism, penguin, picking, president, pulling, reawaken, reclaiming, rediscovering, reflections, research, revolution, societies, strange, thoughts, threaten, vintage books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen cell phone: Motorola W370 Prepaid Phone (NET10) home  impressum - about us