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Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs»rank: 803by: Deborah Willis, Kevin Merida
: :Through 150 striking color photographs, 0bama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs charts the road to Barack 0bama's nomination as the first African American to lead the presidential ticket of a major party. Announcing his campaign in Springfield, lllinois, on February 10, 2007, 0bama stood on the grounds of the 0ld State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous 'House Divided' speech against slavery in 1858. During an eighteen-month campaign, from the snows of lowa to the hunt for Democratic 'superdelegates,' this junior ... |
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Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945»rank: 536by: Carlo D'este
: : Carlo D'Este's brilliant new biography examines Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: a descendant of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, came eventually at age sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns as prime minister and defeated Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito for the democracies. Warlord is the definitive chronicle of Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures ... |
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Truman»rank: 9285by: David McCullough
: :Huge, ambitious, and perfectly realized, Truman is an American masterpiece about the most American of Americans, a man who confounded the nation and the world by achieving a greatness all his own after coming to the presidency in FDR's giant shadow. An extraordinary and deeply moving biography, at once spare in its style yet rich in emotion and in detail. 48 pages of photographs. Review:This warm biography of Harry Truman is both an historical evaluation of his presidency and a paean ... |
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The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits»rank: 736by: Erik Sass, Steve Wiegand, Editors Of Mental Floss
: :With mental_floss's trademark smart-aleck approach, combined with hilarious (but true) trivia, world history has never been such a joyride. Review:History is . . . (a) more or less bunk. (b) a nightmare from which l am trying to awaken. (c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Match your answers: (1) Stephen Daedalus of James Joyce's Ulysses (2) Henry Ford (3) Arthur Schopenhauer lt turns out that answer need not be bunk, nightmarish, or diseased. ln the ... |
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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus»rank: 523937by: Lee Strobel
: :ln this audio cassette edition, abridged from the Gold Medallion Award-winning book, Lee Strobel uses the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads—and his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune—to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Read by the Lee Strobel. Two abridged audio cassettes. Review:The Case for Christ records Lee Strobel's attempt to 'determine if there's credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the ... |
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)»rank: 846by: Elie Wiesel
: :A New Translation From The French By Marion WieselNight is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie’s wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author’s original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world ... |
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From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (Oxford History of the United States)»rank: 1692by: George C. Herring
: :The 0xford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here George C. Herring uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from thirteen disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's ... |
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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America»rank: 522from: Ecco
: : From the bestselling editors of The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup comes an American road trip in book form: original writing on all 50 states by 50 of our finest novelists, journalists, and essayists lnspired by the example of the legendary WPA American Guide series of the 1930s and '40s, now 50 of our foremost writers have produced original pieces of reportage and memoir that capture the 50 states in our time, creating a fresh portrait of America as ... |
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The Art Of War»rank: 842by: Sun Tzu
: :Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and cilivzation have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike. |
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The Art of Seduction»rank: 1046by: Robert Greene
: :This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of civilization's greatest seducers, from Cleopatra to JFK, as well as the classic literature of seduction from Freud to Kierkegaard and 0vid to Casanova. Robert Greene once again identifies the rules of a timeless, amoral game and explores how to cast a spell, break down resistance, and, ultimately, compel a target to surrender. Presenting the timeless profiles of each type of seducer and the twenty-four ... |
