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"The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World"
www.amazon.com/President-Pope-Prime-Minister-Chang... "The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World", by John O'Sullivan "Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence"
www.amazon.com/Union-1812-Americans-Fought-Indepen... "Seven Days Emergence of Robert E Lee", by Clifford Dowdey "My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir", by Clarence Thomas
"Again, May God Forgive Us", by Robert Welch
"George Washington's Secret Navy", by James L. Nelson
"Out of the Silent Planet", "Prelandra", and "That Hideous Strength" trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
suggested by Jim Brown "Aquariums Of Pyongyang: Ten Years In The North Korean Gulag", by Kang Chol-hwan
"The Forgotten Man and Other Essays (Paperback)", by William Graham Sumner
"Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground (Unabridged)", by Robert D. Kaplan
2008 Books
January 13: "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century", by Paul Dickson
January 23: “We Were One, Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah”, by Patrick K. O’Donnell
February 24: "Charlotte's Web", by E.B. White
February 25: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", by Mark Twain
February 27: "The Second World War: Milestones to Disaster (Unabridged)", by Sir Winston Churchill
March 16: "Gulag: A History", by Anne Applebaum, ISBN 1-4000-3409-4
April 1: "Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio" [Unabridged]
April 11: "John Ransom's Diary: Andersonville" [Unabridged]
June 9: "James and the Giant Peach", by Roald Dahl, Illustrated by Lane Smith, ISBN 9780679880905
June 12: "Vietnam: A History (Unabridged)", by Stanley Karnow
August 12: "The Guns of August (Unabridged)", by Barbara W. Tuchman
August 28: "What's So Great About America (Unabridged)", by Dinesh D'Souza
September 24: "Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left (Unabridged)", by Jonah Goldberg
September 30: "The Story of King Arthur and his Knights", by Howard Pyle
October 12: "Tsar: an Alex Hawke Thriller (Unabridged)", by Ted Bell
October 24: "Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America" (Unabridged), by Newt Gingrich
October 25: "Benedict Arnold's Navy", by James L. Nelson
October 27: "The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle", by Hugh Lofting
October 29: "Eragon", by Christopher Paolini
November 8: "Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism (Unabridged)", by Alfred S. Regnery
November 17: "America Alone (Unabridged)", by Mark Steyn
November 26: "Economics in One Lesson (Unabridged)", by Henry Hazlitt
Referenced in Regnery's "Upstream" December 4: "Stuart Little", by E. B. White
2007 Books
January 12: "Memorializing Robert E. Lee - The Story of Lee Chapel", by Douglas W. Bostick
January 31: "Witness to the Civil War", compiled by J.G. Lewin and P.J. Huff
September 8: "Brian's Winter", by Gary Paulsen
September 14: "Hatchet", by Gary Paulsen
September 16: "Brian's Hunt", by Gary Paulsen
September 24: "Mr. Tucket", by Gary Paulsen
September 24: "Call Me Francis Tucket", by Gary Paulsen
September 25: "The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2 Fredericksburg to Meridian (Unabridged)", by Shelby Foote
September 27: "Tucket's Ride", by Gary Paulsen
September 28: "Tucket's Gold", by Gary Paulsen
September 29: "Tucket's Home", by Gary Paulsen
October 31: "The Haymeadow", by Gary Paulsen
November 6: "Dogsong", by Gary Paulsen
November 16: "Shadow Divers", by Robert Kurson
November 22: "Voyage of the Frog", by Gary Paulsen
November 24: "The Cookcamp", by Gary Paulsen
December 7: "America: The Last Best Hope (Volume 1)", by William J. Bennett
2006 Books
January 16: "The Commentaries", by Julius Caesar
February 3: "1776", by David McCullough
March 5: "The Glorious Cause", by Jeff Shaara
March 24: "No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah", by Bing West
April 4: "The Great Escape", by Paul Brickhill
July 1: "Truman", by David McCullough
July 20: "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors", by James D. Hornfischer
http://www.tincansailorsbook.com/ August 5: "The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl" (Unabridged) Amazon.com: Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842: B
www.amazon.com/gp/product/067003231X/102-4503607-7... November 21: "Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842" (Hardcover) November 23: Article linked from Joel on Software
December 31: "The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville (Unabridged)", by Shelby Foote
Amazon.com: Pioneers In Aviation: DVD: Donald Douglas
www.amazon.com/Pioneers-Aviation-Donald-Douglas/dp... December 31: "Pioneers in Aviation"
2005 Books
July 18: "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883", by Simon Winchester (ISBN 0060530677)
July 25: "In the Company of Heroes", by Michael J. Durant (ISBN 074353056X)
July 31: "Das Boot - The Director's Cut", directed by Wolfgang Petersen (ASIN: 0767802470)
August 3: "Let's Roll!: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage", by Ken Abraham, Lisa Beamer (ISBN 0842373209)
August 14: "Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story Of Operation Anaconda", by Sean Naylor (ISBN: 0792734823)
September 7: "War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific", by Oliver North (ISBN: 1419302965)
September 17: "Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror, 1801-1805", by Joseph Wheelan (ISBN 078618065X)
September 22: "Version Control with Subversion", by Collins-Sussman, Fitzpatrick, Pilato, ISBN 0596004486
September 29: "The Johnstown Flood (Unabridged)", by David McCullough, narrated by Edward Herrmann (ISBN 0743540867)
October 2: "QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal
Accountability in Work and in Life", by John G. Miller (ISBN
0399152334)
October 5: "Noble Obsession: The Race to Unlock the Greatest Industrial Secret of
the 19th Century (Unabridged)", by Charles Slack (ISBN 0786867892)
October 25: "John Adams, Volume 1 (Unabridged)", by David McCullough, narrated by Nelson Runger
November 16: "John Adams, Volume 2 (Unabridged)", by David McCullough, narrated by Nelson Runger
November 29: "The Sea Wolf (Unabridged)", by Jack London
December 4: "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Unabridged)", by Alfred Lansing
December 14: "Hero Tales: How Common Lives Reveal the Uncommon Genius of America (Unabridged)", by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge
December 29: "River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Unabridged)", by Candice Millard
2004 Books
Amazon.com: Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation: Books
www.amazon.com/Love-Hate-Jamestown-Pocahontas-Nati... "Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation", by David Price Amazon.com: American Soldier: Books: Tommy Franks,Malcolm McConnell
www.amazon.com/American-Soldier-Tommy-Franks/dp/00... "American Soldier", by Tommy Franks & Malcolm McConnell |