 | Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 A brilliant critique about not only how history is taught but how education is horribly managed. A great overview of US history. The chapter on racism should be required reading.
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 | A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn
Buy used from: $0.89 A beautiful and detailed look at all of American History. The chapters on Columbus and the administrations of Carter-Reagan-Bush-Clinton, should also be required reading.
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 | Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $3.94 Not only an astonishing look into the life of Che, its also one of the best books I've read. Brilliant in its objectivity, Fidel and his Revolution are described fairly, not glorified.
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 | Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 I was absolutly riveted by the story of this guy who I feel everyman can envy: he throws away his material possesions and hitchhikes the day after graduation. You won't forget this one.
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 | Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy used from: $0.01 The most suspenseful non-fic book I've read. This author can really write and his attitude on achieving his goal is priceless. Even as he described this horribe event I still wanted to climb.
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 | The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.47 Having a personal connection to El Salvador I feel every American needs to read this. The detailed depiction of the massarce is compelling as it is disgusting. A perfect summation of the war.
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 | Blood and Vengeance: One Family's Story of the War in Bosnia by Chuck Sudetic
Buy used from: $1.00 You wont forget the family the author depicts in this book. To just explain an incident that happened in a few days, the author has to go back more than 700 years. I love sh_t like that.
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 | In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman F. Cantor
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 The era of the plague has always facinated me and for anyone else who feels the same, READ THIS BOOK. You will learn more about the middle ages in these 200 pages than any "medival" course.
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 | The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again by Caleb Carr
Buy used from: $0.01 An examination of 3000 years doesnt spare the U.S. as the author calls for the removal of the CIA.
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 | Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.01 Too right-wing for my taste but I had to appreciate the detail in describing a 15 hour battle in 400 pages. The question of invasion isn't convincingly answered but the story kept me intrested.
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