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Byzantium (Harper Fiction) 118 reviews
Stephen R. Lawhead
Eos, 1997
A magnificent adventure tale
+ Truly epic
+ Galloping Adventure - Shaky Theology
+ Will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787 28 reviews
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Back Bay Books, 1986
Miracle at Philadelphia is a good popular history of the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787
+ Excellent mixture of people, places and events
+ LAYMAN'S GUIDE OF MOST SIGNIFICANT DOCUEMENT IN POLITICAL HISTORY
+ The Story Of The Miracle
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The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine30 reviews
Robert Conquest
Oxford University Press, USA, 1987
What Conquest's power is over the unknowing.
+ The Horrors of the Soviet State.
+ One of the more important conservative books of our time
+ Incentives matter
+ Informative, but a bit too academic
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Abandon Ship!: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster34 reviews
Richard F. Newcomb
Harper Paperbacks, 2002
Damn That Torpedo
+ How Could This Have Happened?
+ Riveting nonfiction
+ Tragic Disaster Written With Finesse
+ Some of the best reading this year
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.) 213 reviews
Simon Winchester
Harper Perennial, 2005
Fascinating, interesting, but wordy.
+ Thorough and interesting
+ Exceptionally interesting, detailed account of the worst volcanic eruption in recorded history
This is a generally well-written account of the famous volcanic eruption which was one of the first such major events to take place after the development of worldwide communication technology. The author has been criticized for including details - many details - about not only geology, but also ...
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The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War (Modern Library) 19 reviews
Michael Shaara
Modern Library, 2004
The Three Days that Decided the War.
+ Great read even if you're not a history buff!
+ a book for the ages!
+ The Spy of Gettysburg
+ Exquisite model for historical fiction
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour128 reviews
James D. Hornfischer
Bantam, 2005
Ranks with Shattered Sword
+ Simply The Best
+ One of the finest book's On Naval warfare I have ever read!
+ The Battle Off Samar
+ Great Valor Should Never Be Forgotten
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War and Remembrance61 reviews
Herman Wouk
Back Bay Books, 2002
A Sucker Punch of Powerful Historical Fiction
+ The Best Book You Will Read On Any Subject
+ 1,382 pages worth of continuing monumental saga!
+ Winds of War/War & Remembrance Great Reads
+ My favorite book
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The Winds of War93 reviews
Herman Wouk
Back Bay Books, 2002
Tolstoyan
+ More epic than classic
+ Wonderful book, would recommend to anyone
+ Wonderful
+ One of the best
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The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy13 reviews
Penelope Wilcock
Crossway Books, 2000
Beloved, essential
+ A very substantial piece of Christian fiction
+ A true Blessing
+ Soon to become my favorite book
+ Wonderful book
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The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad27 reviews
Harrison Salisbury
Da Capo Press, 2003
Superb example of how history should be written
+ Informative, Readable, Superb
+ Surviving the Deadliest Battle in Human History
Salisbury gave us a monumental work of history: not just in scope, but in depth. This is a book which entwines the epic story with the human story, basing both on the kind of scholarship too few writers are dedicated enough to accomplish. I wrote a well-received history on the early satellites ...
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Buldge to the Surrender of Germany Jun 7, ...1 review
Stephen E. Ambrose
Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2002
Good History
This Book Shows How Unready, We Were For WW2. How Soldiers Couldn't Speak With Air Cover Or Tanks In Combat Not Because Of The Technology Wasn't There,Just Wasn't Thought Out. How The Men On The Ground Had To Figure Out How To Attack. Germany Had The Best Leadership At The Time. What Won The War ...
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East of the Sun the Conquest and Settlem1 review
Benson Bobrick
Trafalgar Square, 1993
From conquest to GULag - What a book!
If you want to know about Siberia and its history, this is really the book to go for! You'll get a very clear picture of the Russian expantion to the East as well as the epiq stories of bold and daring people who made the first expeditions into this hostile and giant land. They were true heroes, ...
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Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China353 reviews
Jung Chang
Touchstone, 2003
Excellent presentation
+ eye-opening, couldn't put it down; everyone should read this book.
+ A must read non-fiction account of Cultural Revolution
+ memoire extraordinaire
+ This book will last for many generations to come
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Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain13 reviews
Len Deighton
Book Sales, 2000
good history
+ The Decisive Battle of Britain
+ More facts with less bias, this book has more meat & potatos
+ Technology
+ A Must-Have Book for Aerial History Buffs
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Peter the Great101 reviews
Robert K. Massie
Ballantine Books, 1981
A masterpiece of Russian history
+ A Detailed but Infinitely Readable Biography of a fascinating Man.
+ SUPERB BOOK
+ Massie's best book
+ History comes alive
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The Battle of the Atlantic: Hitler's Gray Wolves of the Sea and the Allies' Desperate Struggle to Defeat Them3 reviews
Andrew Williams
Basic Books, 2003
Outstanding Military History
+ A personal view of the U-Boat war (017)
+ Submarine goes "glub-glub"
"The Battle of the Atlantic" is a fascinating and well written account of the struggle for naval supremacy between the Allies and the Germans during World War II. The primary focus of the narrative is the German U-Boat service and its charasmatic leader, Admiral Karl Donitz, as well as the British ...
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The Triangle Fire11 reviews
Leon Stein
ILR Press, 2001
Great historical account of a true American disaster
+ Life changing book
+ This book takes you "into" the fire!! Great!
+ Gripping account of a horrific and completely preventable event
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage391 reviews
Alfred Lansing
Basic Books, 1999
Remedy
+ Good delivery and quality
+ Just Incredible Account ,Absolutely Incredible
+ Amazing Testament into the Power of Leadership
+ Endurance: Shakleton's Voyage
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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding57 reviews
Robert Hughes
Vintage Books, 1988
Cultural Amnesia
+ Sets The Standard
+ A magnificent achievement
+ Very Enlightening Read
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