books: history - top sellers ...     books:       Truman325 reviews David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 1992 History comes alive! For a 992 page piece of nonfiction, there are times when this biography reads like a page turner. Because the late forties, early fifties is a time period all but ignored in most public school History classes I was ignorant of many aspects of the Truman presidency, and certainly about his life in general. This tome has cleared up that problem for me! McCullough is obviously a good writer and ...             The Six Wives of Henry VIII183 reviews Grove Press, 1992 Amazing read for Tudor lovers!! This is my first book from Alison Weir and I could not put it down!! It is so well written and easy to read. She makes sense of some confusing situations. This book is full of detail and I could not recommend it more! 5 stars for sure!!             These Is My Words274 reviews Nancy Turner Flame, 1999 Touching Poignant Beautiful Well over 200 reviews and over 200 with rating of 5 stars. There's obvious truth in that. Here's my two cents. It was one of the best historical reads ever in my library and believe me I've read alot. Ms. Turner wrote as Sarah and kept me captivated from the beginning to end. I did not want to put this book down. I've now started her second in the series, "Sarah's Quilt" and it is the same as ...             Lonesome Dove420 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 1985 A Missing Scene (Spoilers) I first read Lonesome Dove 21 years ago, and loved it. Recently, I decided to listen to it, and downloaded the audio files from Audible.com with Lee Horsley narrating. The narration is superb, although the audio quality is uneven (volume varies.) The voices Horsley uses for Gus McCrae and Blue Duck are particularly good. However, this is not the same book I read 21 years ago - or so I do ...             Seabiscuit: An American Legend654 reviews Laura Hillenbrand Ballantine Books, 2002 absolute best It is one of the best books I have ever read. It was a fascinating story from page one all the way to the last one, and I am not even a horse person. I am very happy I stumbled across it at the library.             With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa329 reviews Sledge, E.B. Presidio Press, 2007 The REAL old breed Great story - can't recommend it more highly. I already had the greatest respect for the Marines who fought in the Pacific, and this just confirms and reinforces it.             Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust450 reviews Immaculee Ilibagiza Hay House, 2007 Left To Tell A heart warming real life story of forgiveness and faith. Unbelievable courage and belief in God while enduring the worst kind of evil, genocide of an entire people. I recommend it for anyone who wishes to be inspired by ones capacity to forgive.             The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography274 reviews Simon Singh Doubleday, 1999 what the others said This book is one of the most highly-rated non-fiction books on Amazon, and for good reason. I won't reiterate the other reviews except to say that the clarity of presentation of complex material is extraordinary. The one caveat is that the book is now ten years old, so you'll need to look for something beyond this to bring you up to the present.             Stones into Schools237 reviews VIKING ADULT, 2009 Should be required reading This follow up to Three Cups of Tea is amazing. It is inspiring and humbling. Read it today. Buy a copy for everyone you know. Who says one person can't make a difference?             I Have Lived a Thousand Years Growing Up in the Holocaust184 reviews Livia Bitton-Jackson Demco Media, 1999 Draws You Right In Reading about the holocaust is usually a very difficult thing to do. You must take in the horror, but at the same time, take in the amount of courage and hope it took for these very few survivors telling their story to survive. Some stories are not well told, while others are exceptional. Like this one. I Have Lived A Thousand Years is a brilliant story about one of the few living people who went ...             Here Be Dragons174 reviews Sharon Kay Penman Ballantine Books, 1993 There Be Dragons This is a very subjective review not based on my abilities to write a review but on my impressions of the book itself and the author: I was totally spellbound by this book, it's story and it's author's ability to stay so true to history; and how she fills her characters with fact and imagination to make 3-dimensioned characters. I have read many books of this nature and traveled through the ...             The Civil War Volume II (Vol 2)160 reviews CCV Digital, 2009 Outstanding! If my high school and college history courses used this set of books I certainly would not have slept through those classes. The narrative brings the Civil War to life; not just a bunch of facts.             Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow Series)165 reviews John Marsden Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 1995 Probably the most accurate portrayal of modern AUS teens. Yeah, yeah it set in a fictitious war that would never happen etc. but what really got me is how accurate John potrayed MODERN australian teens. I'm reading all these lovely reviews from older readers, but i must say if you are australian and have teens make them read this book before it's too late. I'm pretty much writing this because there was an australian program that interviewed John M and ...             Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington166 reviews Paul Rieckhoff NAL Hardcover, 2006 An Honest Account Paul Rieckhoff gives an honest account of life in the early part of the invasion. Poor planning and egotistical views of the US's ability to free Iraq and it's people created unthinkable situations for unprepaired soldiers. Rieckhoff takes you into his own experiences dealing with these situations and gives a soldiers account of how he went into war with the army that he had, not the army that ...             The Forgotten Soldier: The Classic WWII Autobiography (Brassey's Commemorative Series WWII)164 reviews Guy Sajer Brassey's, 1990 Sobbering and Balanced Echos of Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" - this book's actual accounts will leave the reader mentally drained. The graphic reality of combat on the Eastern front are jaw dropping. Combat experiences are conveyed expertly without self-praise nor self-loathing - just the facts and the struggle. Politics are abscent. The story shows a man's journey and his witness to the horrors of ...             The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt179 reviews Edmund Morris Random House Audio, 2004 Should be Required Reading for Civil Servants The lessons learned from Roosevelt and illustrated by Morris are essential to any budding civil servant: Lesson 1: A Free & Independent Press is Crucial for Reform. Even though individual people may be Democrats, Republicans, Greens and Independents, the public as a whole wants the right thing to happen. It is the duty of the press to put these issues of public concern to the forefront and it ...             From A Name to A Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography179 reviews Alter Wiener AuthorHouse, 2007 A unique perspective The unique persective given in Mr. Wiener's book, gave me as a reader both a lesson in history and also a profound view of tolerance and forgiveness. After reading the book, I was fortunate enough to hear Mr. Wiener speak at Pacific University Oregon. You feel the power of his message in the book and he fortifies that outlook in person. As with most autobiographical material, Mr. Wiener tells in ...             The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors165 reviews James D. Hornfischer Random House Large Print, 2004 great story The book arrived in great shape. The merchant delivered on time as promised. Will use this merchant again! Would recommend to friends also.             The Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was175 reviews Barry Hughart St Martins Pr, 1984 Beautiful, Beautiful Story... When I first started to read this book, it seemed a little slow. But I've learned over the years that some books (and usually the best ones!) take a little more 'setting up' than others. This book was certainly NOT a disappointment! It quickly turned into one of those books you simply CANNOT, for the life of you, put down! And want to read again and again. I gave it away thru [...] and have since ...             Winterdance: Fine Madness of Alaskan Dog-racing --1995 publication.164 reviews Gary Paulsen Weidenfeld & Nicholson,1995, 1995 More Than Just a Dog Story If you love dogs, you absolutely have to read this book. And, if you don't love dogs, you still absolutely have to read this book because it is so rich in its enthusiasm for living life and meeting its challenges that it would be a shame to miss it. Paulsen enters the Iditarod, but the book is much more than his account of the race. 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