| 11. |  | Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Random House Large Print (Hardcover))
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Customer Review:
This was a heart pounding adventure book. Once the story really started unfolding, there was new twists and turns around every corner. Once the submarine was found, it became an obsession for the two divers who spearheaded the exploration to identify this unknown u-boat. Deep sea diving has such a... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 12. |  | American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))
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Price: $20.48
Customer Review:
The GOOD -- A nice, fairly entertaining, analysis of 5 key events in early US history from 1775 to 1803 with insights you probably didn't get learning about them in school.
The BAD -- Ellis writes with metaphors galore, which can sometimes get annoying.
The UGLY -- Does Ellis really think... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 13. |  | Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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Price: $12.44
Customer Review:
This book was quite interesting in terms of historical facts. I personally found it a bit dry. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 14. |  | The Looming Tower: Al-qaeda and the Road to 9/11
from Thorndike Press
Customer Review:
As cliche as this sounds, this book is a "must read" for anyone who values peace, freedom, love, and America. All the good points on this book have already been said, I just wanted to give it my 5 stars! | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 15. |  | The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
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Price: $31.95
Customer Review:
Halberstam must have spent considerable effort expanding this out to 600+ pages. His insights are repeated, ad nauseum, throughout the text. The narrative switches back and forth; between US pols, Tokyo and scant coverage of the battlefield itself. Each transition is burdened with fluff, and the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 16. |  | The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World
from Thorndike Press
Customer Review:
So, anyone who has at least thought about reading the encyclopedia straight through, even in a brief moment of craziness, will love this book. Ravenous readers will too. Jacobs' running commentary on his reading of the Encyclopedia Brittannica is at times funny, and at times contemplative, as in... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 17. |  | Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))
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Price: $24.18
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You know all those novels and movies with the absurd plot line about some impossible misson and there is only "One Man" who can do it? Well, Kit Carson was that man. This book is not so much a biography of Kit Carson as it is a history of the expansion of the American West told through the life of... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 18. |  | Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
from Thorndike Press
Customer Review:
Book was in better condition than I had expected. Shipping was fast and I was kept abreast of shipping etc. VERY satisfied. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 19. |  | American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))
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Price: $24.95
Customer Review:
Meacham is managing editor of Newsweek, and subsequently it is perhaps not surprising that this reads like nothing so much as an extended news-magazine op-ed piece--vaguely pluralistic, moderately researched, mostly meatless middle-of-the-road pseudo-philosophical claptrap.
Extensive additional... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 20. |  | Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
from Thorndike Press
Price: $31.95
Customer Review:
Gives a good overview of Arab-Israeli relations since 1948 with an emphasis crucial barriers to peace. The first book written by a prominent figure to focus on the suffering of the Palestinians. | 4.0 / 5.0
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