Cramer, an adjunct lecturer in history at Boise State University and George Fox University, took on Michael Bellesiles even before his book Arming America was discredited, and now goes further to prove wrong Bellesiles’s claim that guns were uncommon in early America. Cramer finds that guns “were the norm” in that period, people relied on […]
The Bill James Handbook 2010
Every year, thousands of avid baseball fans eagerly await The Bill James Handbook the best and most complete annual baseball guide available. Full of exclusive stats, this book is the most comprehensive resource of every hit, pitch and catch in Major League Baseball’s 2009 season. Author: Bill James Paperback: 520 pages Publisher: ACTA Publications (November […]
Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells
“The songwriter shows how bare-knuckled mafia operators made money from rock-and-roll’s turbulent adolescence.”–The Washington Post Author: Tommy James Contributor: Martin Fitzpatrick Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Scribner (February 16, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1439128650 ISBN-13: 978-1439128657 Buy the book here.
The Quotable Jefferson
By John P. Kaminski Succeeding admirably in condensing the best quotes from around twenty thousand letters, this book will awaken some readers to the wit and wisdom of Jefferson, and enable others to rediscover it. Here is Jefferson in his own words, without historians acting as intermediaries. It is very fortunate to have an editor […]
Founding Fathers DVD
The four programs from the History Channel in this set profile America’s Founding Fathers, noting right at the outset they were a “mismatched group of quarrelsome aristocrats, merchants, and lawyers.” The story of how these disparate characters fomented rebellion in the colonies, formed the Continental Congress, fought the Revolutionary War, and wrote the Constitution is […]
Thomas Jefferson DVD
The complicated life of Thomas Jefferson is the subject of this excellent documentary by noted filmmaker Ken Burns. Using techniques that will seem comfortably familiar to viewers of other films by Burns, historians and writers (including Joseph Ellis, Daniel Boorstin, Garry Wills, and Gore Vidal) appear on camera to speak about Jefferson, a cast of […]
Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and the End of France
A rich, lively book about the upheaval in French gastronomy, set against the backdrop of France’s diminishing fortunes as a nation. France is in a rut, and so is French cuisine. Twenty-five years ago it was hard to have a bad meal in France; now, in some cities and towns, it is a challenge to […]
Three Cups of Tea
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESTEie8gcZs Starred Review. Some failures lead to phenomenal successes, and this American nurse’s unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world’s second tallest mountain, is one of them. Dangerously ill when he finished his climb in 1993, Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe; in return, he promised to build […]
The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith
Islam is “on very thin ice” with one follower, Canadian broadcaster Manji. Her book will be an unsettling read for most of her fellow Muslims, although they may find themselves agreeing with many points. She describes how childhood days spent at her local mosque left her perplexed and irritated; she complains that the Middle East […]
The Communist Manifesto
This title is the classic communist party manifesto which started a decades-long political movement. The seven rarely published prefaces, mostly written by Frederick Engels after the death of Karl Marx, are included making this publication the complete communist manifesto. Although this title is known as one of the most famous left-wing propagandist publications, it serves […]
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