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The Voyage of the `Frolic': New England Merchants and the Opium Trade

7 reviews
Thomas N. Layton

Stanford University Press, 1997

In a class all its own
Oddly enough, our book group chose Voyage of the Frolic and what great fun and an education it has been. I've always dreamed of going on an archeological expedition and here, without the dirt, pan, screens and brushes, I've discovered another layer of the past. What an eclectic history California has.

Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail

8 reviews
Keith Heyer Meldahl

University Of Chicago Press, 2008

excellent fun and informative book
This is a really good book, a great read. The author is a gifted writer and he beautifully weaves the tales of the emigrant travels to California with the landscape geology that they had to cross. I am a big reader of geology books and this is one of the best that I have read. With all due respect to Mr. Mcfee who pioneered this genre (and I have also read and enjoyed over the years), I think ...

Kingdom Principles 40-Day Devotional Journal: Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion

45 reviews
Myles Munroe

Destiny Image, 2008

Kingdom Principles: Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion (Understanding the Kingdom) (Hardcover)
Kingdom Principles: Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion (Understanding the Kingdom) (Hardcover) There are alot of books written on the Bible by many authors, but I believe this is the best source of truth about the Kingdom of God that I have ever read.

Deceived: The Story of the Donner Party

9 reviews
Peter R. Limburg

Ipswich Borough, 1998

Deceived , A Great Book
I was fascinated by the detailed unfolding story of the famous Donner Party and how they got to the state that has made their name legend in the field of horror and disaster. With more than 45 photos and illustrations this book was I'm sure the most thourough treatment of this story.

Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier

8 reviews
Linda Peavy, Ursula Smith

Smithmark Publishers, 1996

A must read for women of all ages
This book will open your eyes up to the way things were a century and a half ago. Back to the basics is an understatement. Imagine raising 8 children on a farm that you had to establish yourself because your husband and other family members perished on the trip west to get to an unknown territory far far away from immediate family? These women did it. They survived and thier children either a: ...

Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls: Tackling the Chaos and Controversy That Reign over College

12 reviews
Stewart Mandel

Wiley, 2008

A glorious and uniquely American bar brawl
"(NFL) scouts are to football what the third base coach is to baseball - an excuse for a whole bunch of old-timers to stay a part of the fraternity and collect a paycheck to boot." - Stewart Mandel There are two U.S. sport seasons: Football and No Football. As far as I'm concerned, it's even a finer point than that: College Football and No College Football. BOWLS, POLLS & TATTERED SOULS tells ...

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Canto)

22 reviews
Alfred W. Crosby

Cambridge University Press, 1993

Book Review: "Ecological Imperialism"
Book Review: "Ecological Imperialism" In his book, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, Alfred W. Crosby investigates the roots of European domination over the western world. He calls the places where early Europeans settled "Neo-Europes" with special emphasis on North and South America , Australia , and New Zealand . In his prologue he ponders whether ...

How America Got It Right: The U.S. March to Military and Political Supremacy

10 reviews

Crown Forum, 2005

Alexander gets it right
This is an unabashedly unapologetic review of America's political and military rise to the foremost prominence in the world. That being said, Alexander is more than willing to acknowledge America's faults, both great and small, like slavery and Korean war. However, he doesn't dwell on them but sees America's history as an overall steady progress in the right direction. Many of the historical ...

The Life of Daniel Boone

14 reviews
Lyman Copeland Draper

Stackpole Books, 1998

From Smoke & Fire News: A Unique Volume on Daniel Boone
Occasionally a book that has been available for a while deserves another look just because of its intrinsic value. In 1998 a book was published that combined the names of two legendary individuals who will be associated forever with the history of the American backwoods-Daniel Boone, the famous adventurer, and Lyman C. Draper, the renowned nineteenth-century interviewer and collector. It was ...

The Course of Empire

12 reviews
Bernard DeVoto

University of Nebraska Press, 1983

Quite Excellent.
This is a book about the exploration, not the settlement, of North America. As such, it traces the 278 year history of European and American efforts to penetrate and understand the North American continent. The Course of Empire then is a compendium of various and sometimes quite different national interests. Utilizing a chronological, fill in the blank approach, DeVoto literally fills in the map ...

Trailblazers: Twenty Amazing Western Women (The Great American Women Series)

5 reviews
Karen Mulford

Northland, 2001

20 short stories about 20 amazing western women.
This is a great read about 20 remarkable western women of whom some you will know and others you will meet for the first time. From Sacagawea who accompanied Lewis & Clark, Georgia O'Keefe, a revolutionary in the art world to Sandra Day O'Conner, the first woman on the Supreme Court Justice, these snapshots demonstrate the tenacity and inspiration that guided these women to design their own ...

Self-Awakening Yoga: The Expansion of Consciousness through the Body's Own Wisdom

5 reviews
Don Stapleton

Healing Arts Press, 2004

The Essence of Yoga
Hello, I've been teaching yoga for a year now, different styles such as Fitness Yoga, Yoga for children, beginners yoga, yoga with the blind. I was finding that my students ( and myself !! ) really were never in a STATE of YOGA with our bodies while doing yoga poses. Then I dicovered Feldenkrais, which although it has many definitions, could be said to be movement awareness and education. Through ...

Liberty for All?: A History of US, Book 5 (Unabridged)

5 reviews
Joy Hakim

audible.com

The United States expands as it moves towards Civil War
"Liberty for All? 1820-1860" is the fifth volume in Joy Hakim's "A History of US," and focuses on the question of how slavery could exist in the land of the free. While this book clearly sets up the next volume, "War, Terrible War 1855-1865," which covers the Civil War, it also has some significant overlap with the previous volume, "The New Nation 1780-1850," which ends with the Compromise of ...

The Boundless Frontier: America From Christopher Columbus to Abraham Lincoln

5 reviews
James T. Wall

University Press of America, 1998

Comments From a Non History Buff--Incredible Read!!
The Boundless Frontier is an extraordinary compendium of people and events in American history from its pre-European origins to the end of America's Civil War. It is not only highly informative, but quite entertaining as well (that's what kept me reading). Eras come magically alive through the author's felicitious writing style. The book reads like one good story. I would highly recommend ...

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 2: Expansions of the Old Testament and Legends, Wisdom and ...

6 reviews
James H. Charlesworth

Anchor Bible, 1985

Clear, accessible presentation of non-canonical works
Some of the best literature, whether divinely inspired or not, has long been lost to the world, too often for political ends. Fortunately, volumes like this one, admirably edited by James H. Charlesworth, replenish much of what was "lost" between the time of the Councils at Jamina and Nicaea. Whatever one's creed or intentions, if one approaches this volume in earnest, one will find much of ...

Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (Expansion): Prima Official Game Guide

6 reviews
Peter Olafson

Prima Games, 2007

Elder Scrolls Oblivion PC version
The Prima Guide is so complete. Has a sence of humor in scripting and is very detailed in what you should know and what you need to find out on your own... I got one for Dungeon seige, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and now Shivering Isles. It is a must have side kick!

Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

6 reviews
Michael Punke

Collins, 2007

A Welcome New Chapter in the George Bird Grinnell Story
Considering George Bird Grinnell's impact on conservation, fair treatment of the American Indian, and the national park movement - and those are but three of his many accomplishments - the lack of a full biography of his life seems downright peculiar. Since I first ran into his name more than a decade ago when I moved into an apartment building named Grinnell and wondered who or what "Grinnell" ...

Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods

6 reviews
Alan Fildes, Joann Fletcher

Getty Publications, 2002

Best All-Around Introduction to Alexander the Great
I'm an Alexander buff and have read over two dozen books about this stupendous historic figure and one of the most fascinating and remarkable men who has ever lived. If I had to choose just one book to recommend to a novice who is interested in Alexander but doesn't want to be bogged down by mind-numbingly dry academia, this is the book. The writing is lucid, non-academic, insightful and full of ...

The paranoid style in American politics: And other essays

5 reviews
Richard Hofstadter

Vintage Books, 1967

Differentiating Conservatism from Fringe Lunacy
During the fifties, and up to the time of his death in the sixties, Richard Hofstadter was one of America's most renowned historians with two Pulitzer Prizes to his credit. He was at his intellectual peak when, as one of America's eminent authorities of his country's political ideologies, he tackled the developing phenomenon of the early sixties' right wing extremism under the guise of ...

Steve Jackson Games Munchkin 2 Unnatural Axe

5 reviews

Steve Jackson Games

Steve Jackson Games

A most excellent addition!
Munchkin 2 makes the original Munckin card game even better. This item arrives in disposable packaging, and is meant to be slipped into the box you got along with your original Munchkin game. The cards from the two decks are fungible, so once you have put them together you will never find the need to seperate them. I purchased this game along with Star Munchkin about eight months ago. The ...

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