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Planned
"Imperial Grunts", by Robert D. Kaplan
"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 "Baghdad at Sunrise"
www.amazon.com/Baghdad-Sunrise-Brigade-Commanders-Military/dp/030014069X by Colonel Peter R. Mansoor "Tsar: an Alex Hawke Thriller (Unabridged)", by Ted Bell
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
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 |