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Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War

101 reviews
Jeff Shaara

Ballantine Books, 2001

I like the book and It should be made into a Movie
I enjoyed the book, Gone for Soldiers, because it helps to describe how the American and Mexican soldiers lived and faced during the Mexican War 1846-1848. In addition, it describes some of the battles of the Mexican War, under Winfield Scott, from Vera Cruz to the gates of Mexico City. I hope that this book will be made into a motion picture /made-for-television movie in the future, like Gods ...

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

129 reviews
David McCullough

Simon & Schuster, 1978

A man, a plan, a canal . . .
The epitome of what a general narrative history should be-informative, fun, inspiring. McCullough begins by tracing the idea of an isthmian canal in history, continues with the two abortive French efforts to complete the canal, and finally covers the completion of the canal in its political and technical aspects under the leadership of the United States. The technical aspects are ...

Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius

16 reviews
Angeline Stoll Lillard

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Supreme Learning
As a former Montessori student, I've been amazed at how other children develop learning methods in classroom experiences across the U.S. With our educational system in flux, how about looking to Maria Montessori and her teaching philosophies that she developed a century ago. I may hold a biased view for Montessori learning. However, Montessori believed that the 'factory method' of schooling ...

A Tale of Two Cities: 150th Anniversary (Signet Classics)
Charles Dickens

Signet Classics, 2007

150TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION With dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.

Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)

121 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2002

Great
My daughter had to read this book for school and she said it was a great read. She is 14 and it was easy for her to understand and follow.

Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War

130 reviews
Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005

Quite Simply A Masterpiece Of Alternate Historical Fiction
I don't say this very often, but in Gettysburg, Newt Gingrich and William Fortschen have created a masterpiece. The Civil War itself, and the Battle of Gettysburg in particular, have been the subject of countless historical books, novels, and films. The war has also been the subject of more than one "what-if" scenario; imagining how history might have changed if a decision had been made ...

A Christmas Carol

16 reviews
Charles Dickens

Candlewick, 2006

Gorgeous illustrations!
I think we have yet to experience the definitive film version of "A Christmas Carol", but we now have the definitive book version! Masterful illustrations complement the unedited text. Oh, and EVERYONE who purchases this book, PLEASE take off the dust cover and let this one age without it! WONDERFUL cover, perfect!

Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (Gingrich and Forstchen's Civil War Trilogy)

12 reviews
Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, ...

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007

Those believing Lee's victory at Gettysburg seals the war are in for a bloody surprise
William R. Forstchen and Newt Gingrich continue and end the marvelous Civil War alternate-history trilogy in the same style and sensitivity shown in the previous two volumes. As with the previous two, battle scenes can sometimes be compared to a Steven Pressfield novel, and the emotion and drama is more potent and straining than the previous two novels. After all but destroying the remnants ...

The Circus: 1870-1950

8 reviews

Taschen, 2008

The Circus-1870 to 1950
I own many circus books and i was advised about this one is a must. For a $200 circus book it better be great one and the waters better part. When it arrived I was amazed at the size and the weight of it. Then i open it up and it was like the land of Oz going from black and white to TECHNICOLOR. In all my life I have never seen a book printed like this with all those beautiful color photos of ...

The Last Full Measure

137 reviews
Jeff Shaara

Ballantine Books, 2000

How the hell did it get this far?
The whole thing could have been avoided if both sides had shown a little more restraint. But, it came to this. Jeff Sharra has written a superb sequal to his Dad's "The Killer Angels", and brought a fitting end to a sad story. I consider it to be a four book series, not three, as "Gone For Soldiers" is the prequel to the whole sorry mess. This wonderful book gives us the horrors of the last 21 ...

Lee

27 reviews
Douglas Southall Freeman

Scribner, 1997

R.E. Lee, Man and Gentleman...
"Lee" is an excellent one-volume abridgment of Douglas Southall Freeman's epic four-volume life of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Freeman's original work, published in 1934, was based on over two decades of research into Lee's correspondence and military dispatches, and clearly benefited from contacts with friends, family members, and veterans of the Civil War who had known Lee in life. ...

A Tale of Two Cities (Cliffs Notes)

5 reviews
Marie Kalil

Cliffs Notes, 2000

A really helpful book
This book helped me a lot i like to read and all but A Tale of Two Cities is a little to detailed and i kind of understood the book but this book helped me understand it completely i recommend this book to anyone that does not fully understand A Tale of Two Cities.

Folly du Jour (Joe Sandilands Murder Mysteries)

4 reviews
Barbara Cleverly

Soho Constable, 2008

terrific 1920s police procedural
In 1927 Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands attends the Interpol conference in Paris, but when he lands at the airport the local police meet him. They take Joe to a prison where they hold a countryman of his charged with murder. Joe is stunned to find the French police accuse his long time friend Sir George Jardine of stabbing Sir Stanley Somerton, another person Joe knew but in this case ...

Drood: A Novel
Dan Simmons

Little, Brown and Company, 2009

On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever . Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening ...

The German Fortress of Metz 1870-1944 (Fortress)

1 review
Clayton Donnell

Osprey Publishing, 2008

A solid, well-research volume
Osprey's 78th volume in the Fortress series, The German Fortress of Metz 1870-1944, examines one of the most heavily fortified areas in Western Europe. The area around Metz and the Moselle River crossing sites had been fortified since ancient times, but it was after it was taken over by Germany after the Franco-Prussian War that the Metz fortifications were raised to a world-class level. ...

Our Mutual Friend (Modern Library Classics)

50 reviews
Charles Dickens

Modern Library, 2002

Filth and the Filthy Rich
The filth upon which wealth and pomp can be constructed is a central image in this, Dickens's deepest and darkest novel. The tale revolves around an inheritance based on London's trash. The River Thames - a central personage in the novel - is a moody muddy cloaca of murders and misanthropy. Yes, there are love interests, tra la, and love does triumph, though the victory seems shadowed by the ...

But Didn't We Have Fun?: An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870

7 reviews
Peter Morris

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008

Tons on new information
Simply put, I have over 70 baseball books and Peter Morris's one of the best! You want to know how baseball started? Why Americans played the game? Why and how baseball changed? How it became a pro game? This is the book. Go get it.

Hard Times (Enriched Classics)

5 reviews
Charles Dickens

Pocket, 2007

what a story
I love this book. An enthralling story line above a social commentary and, as always with Dickens, a reflection on human character.

Greek Grammar

8 reviews
Herbert Weir Smyth

Harvard University Press, 1956

Still the best Greek grammar
I am sad to say that I never bought this Grammar during my four years of studying Classics while in college. If I had been smart and actually bought this when I started I could have saved myself a lot of time and prevented a lot of headaches. Now I know that Smythe is old, and some of his approaches are outdated, but that does not mean his grammar book is still effective. His work on both ...

Maria Montessori: Her Life and Work

1 review
E. M. Standing

Plume, 1998

A Montessori school trustee (and parent) says thumbs up!
This is the book that opened Montessori's theories and achievements to me in a way her own writing never managed to. The Standings are not unbiased, having worked with Dr. Montessori --- but they do an excellent job of weaving Montessori's life story with her teaching discoveries and methods. If someone is interested in learning about the Montessori method, and can only read one book, this is ...

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