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The Ascent of George Washington: the Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon by John Ferling
I cannot tell a lie: I liked this biography of the “father of our country.” The book is somewhat long as it covers Washington’s entire life, but this is an excellent read. ...
(November 2009)
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
-- also available in eBook format -- In The Forever War, N.Y. Times correspondent Dexter Filkins captures many dramatic moments of the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars. The book begins in Kabul with the brutality of the Taliban. Mr. Filkins ...
(September 2009)
Human Smoke : The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker
Human Smoke is Nicholson Baker’s story of the onset of World War II from 1892 to U.S. entry in December 1941. The story is told as a collage of events and personalities ...
(April 2009)
A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz
The 128 years between 1492 when Columbus “discovered” the New World and 1620 when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth are mostly lost from the modern collective memory of American History. That is ...
(February 2009)
Glut : Mastering Information Through the Ages by Alex Wright
In Glut author, journalist and “information architect” Wright takes on the entire history of information – from pre-human bacterial activity and plant photosynthesis to human attempts at information organization, storage and retrieval ...
(January 2009)
Constantinople : Capital of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris
Constantinople serves as an introduction to the history of the famed city that lasted more than 1000 years. Harris arranged his subjects chronologically but made no attempts to include all emperors, dynasties ...
(September 2008)
Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America by Paul Schneider
In April 1528, a party of nearly 400 Spanish adventurers, led by Pánfilo de Narváez, landed near Tampa Bay, Florida. They were looking for another big conquest like Mexico. In April 1536, ...
(March 2007)
Sex With Kings : 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
This book is the ultimate in royal gossip along with a smattering of history. Poor kings. They have to marry princesses who are almost always ugly and stupid (due to centuries of ...
(January 2007)
Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America by James Webb
Senator-elect James Webb of Virginia, author of this exciting book, showed much of the same fighting spirit as his distant ancestors in his campaign for the U.S. Senate. The Scots-Irish, many of ...
(December 2006)
Mayflower: a Story of Courage, Community and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
In 1620 a group of Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Harbor after a long and difficult voyage. A desire for religious freedom had caused many of them to leave England for the Netherlands. ...
(July 2006)
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