 | 1776 by David McCullough
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $4.72 A fantastic glimpse into one of our darkest years.
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 | 1812: The War That Forged a Nation (P.S.) by Walter R. Borneman
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.05 A good single-volume on one of our most intriguing wars.
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 | Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) by David M. Kennedy
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $8.98 A masterpiece.
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 | The Spanish War: An American Epic--1898 by G. J. A. O'Toole
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.80 The best, popular single volume on this short war.
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 | Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) by James M. McPherson
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.94 Another masterpiece in the Oxford History of the US series.
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 | The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.67 Intriguing, yet the story itself is frustrating. No triumphant ending, but it is worth reading about our scuffle with the first nation to ever declare war on the USA.
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 | Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.36 Perfection.
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 | Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.00 An excellent look at the fledging republic. It focuses on six events to encapsulate the essence of a period.
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 | His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $1.24 An apt look at the father of our nation.
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 | J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $6.50 Tolkien was a genius. Read these books to your children.
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 | 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.82 This book demonstrates what the news media could not portray: what is was like for those inside the towers on 9-11.
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 | The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $2.00 An wonderful and timely look at the rise of radical Islam. It provides the necessary context for 9-11.
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 | A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $2.22 A good volume of American multicultural history.
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 | Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years by Rich Lowry
Buy new: $22.36 / Used from: $0.01 Though not kind to Clinton, this intelligent book examines the blemishes on the Clinton presidency largely forgotten in modern memory.
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 | When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan by Peggy Noonan
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 A decent book on Reagan. We are still waiting for a masterpiece.
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 | All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 The ultimate war novel.
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 | The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library) by Alexandre Dumas père
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $4.98 Don't watch the movie for it taints this magnificent book.
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 | Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam by Mark Bowden
Buy new: $15.13 / Used from: $0.83 Excellent. The foundation for understanding modern Iran.
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 | Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.01 A watershed in the history of warfare.
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 | So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, 1846-1848 by John S. D. Eisenhower
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.94 It lacked the cultural context, but a clear single-volume account of the Mexican War.
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 | Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.17 The masterpiece from WWII. One of my most prized books.
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 | The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $1.71 Understandable and shockingly telling.
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 | The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $3.73 Interesting images and a profound perspective.
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 | The Footsteps of the Messiah: A Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events, Revised Edition by Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum
Buy new: $28.63 / Used from: $99.95 Please read this comprehensive book on eschatological prophecy.
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 | Messianic Christology by Arnold Fruchtenbaum
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $17.95 The OT gives its own view on Jesus. Get a fuller picture of the Messiah.
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 | Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 If you are smart enough, enjoy the mind-bender.
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 | The Dollmaker by Harriette Arnow
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $4.25 An unfortunately telling account of the "homefront" in WWII.
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 | Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.34 A quick, gut-wrenching account of the Rwandan genocide.
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 | Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.76 |
 | Patton: The Man Behind the Legend, 1885-1945 by Martin Blumenson
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.00 Short, revealing, but also gushing.
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 | The Patton Papers, 1885-1940 by George S. Patton
Buy new: $42.34 / Used from: $26.50 For those who can't get enough GSP, Jr.
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 | The Patton Papers: 1940-1945 by Martin Blumenson
Buy new: $28.50 / Used from: $5.99 More where that came from.
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 | Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside the Bush White House by Bill Sammon
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $0.01 It depends too much on speeches. Try Bob Woodward's Bush at War if you are willing to read a book favorable to the president.
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 | Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 One of my favorites.
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 | The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | State of Fear by Michael Crichton
Buy used from: $0.92 Hated by environmentalists the world over, this piece of "fiction" is an attack on the hysteria.
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 | Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
Buy used from: $0.01 Actually a fascinating look at one of the biggest stories during the Depression.
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