We the Living133 reviews Ayn Rand Signet, 1996 Brutal, Sincere, and Maybe Rand's Best + When I was very young... + A must read to avoid this in the future + Theme Begins, A Window into Sweeping Reform             Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall18 reviews Andrew Meier W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 Finally, a book about today's Russia & the former-USSR by a Westerner without all that cloak & dagger stuff! + A Macabre Travel Poetry + Fascinating + Russia as it is + Accurate portrayal of contemporary Russia             Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States)181 reviews James M. McPherson Oxford University Press, USA, 2003 A Feast of Facts and Intrigue + Battle Cry of Freedom + Dale + Excellent             The Making of the Atomic Bomb160 reviews Richard Rhodes Simon & Schuster, 1995 Outstanding Book + Simply amazing. + The making of the atomic bomb + greatest book I've ever read - got me to study physics + Great book if you like history and physics             Look Homeward, Angel62 reviews Thomas Wolfe Scribner, 2006 A tour de force of pure emotion + Oh Lost! Thomas Wolfe reminds me of the eager kid who was smarter than the rest, surging ahead for pure love of learning and life itself. This transcendental outlook pervades this meandering story which in lesser hands would become saccharine, but veers away from that precipice with carefully constructed ...             The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914131 reviews David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 1978 A man, a plan, a canal . . . + Audacious and improbable (4.25*s) + Lighting a path thru history + A great story             Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, Vol.1) (Our Oriental Heritage)24 reviews Will Durant MJF Books, 1997 A GREAT MONUMENT, NOT YET FORGOTTEN + Dawning civilization and evolving standards of decency + A 1935 view of history Will Durant's STORY OF CIVILIZATION is such a monumental achievement that, like a monument, it is easy to overlook and underestimate. Its eleven volumes, published from 1935 to 1975, sit on the shelf in many an American home, having been purchased for a few dollars as an introductory offer to some ...             Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich262 reviews William L. Shirer Simon & Schuster, 1990 One of the most readable histories I've read + Rise and Fall of the Third Reich + excellent + Sometimes preventive war is a good idea + On the Ground in Germany during the Birth of the Third Reich             The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding56 reviews Robert Hughes Vintage Books, 1988 A magnificent achievement + Sets The Standard + Very Enlightening Read + Cultural Amnesia             Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks)201 reviews Edmund Morris Modern Library, 2002 A Whirwind Hits the White House + Very worthy effort that leaves me wanting more, not less, + An Excellent Portrait of a Great President + A Window into Roosevelt's Presidency             The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-193239 reviews William Manchester Delta, 1984 As Good as Biography Gets + very popular but + Life of Churchill + VERY GOOD! + What a great writer, writing about an even better man!             Philosophy: Who Needs It40 reviews Ayn Rand Signet, 1984 What Can One Person Do? + This is a wonderful book. + A great companion book while you're taking a college philosophy class! + Applying Objectivism             With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln42 reviews Stephen B. Oates Harper Perennial, 1994 One of the Best Biographies I have read + A brilliant biography + A luxurious reading experience + Best Lincoln Biography             Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors55 reviews Stephen E. Ambrose Anchor, 1996 Crazy Horse and Custer + Very enjoyable for the non-scholar + Perhaps the Best Ambrose Offers before Lewis & Clark + Thorughly Researched and Filled With Obscure But Interesting Facts + Good, Easy Read             The Toilers of the Sea (Modern Library Classics)18 reviews Victor Hugo Modern Library, 2002 A Great Writer + The Toilers of the Sea (Modern Library Classics) + The Toilers of the Sea + Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful             Les Misérables (Signet Classics)259 reviews Victor Hugo Signet Classics, 1987 The Genius Without a Brain + Stunning + Overrated but good + Even better than I'd thought             The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks)161 reviews Edmund Morris Modern Library, 2001 Great biography of a fascinating subject + Teedie grows up with discipline and fire + The Early Years of Teddy + Absolutely Wonderful!!! + A Classic Biography and a Work of Art             Peter the Great103 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 1981 Not only History - but a great Business Book + The best history book ever + A masterpiece of Russian history + A Detailed but Infinitely Readable Biography of a fascinating Man. + Massie's best book             Salem's Lot9 reviews Stephen King Signet, 1976 Small-Town Feel Is True Genius Of This Novel + Loved it - true classic vampire book. But... + Revival of the Vampire + Importing Vampires in Maine: A Dreadful Business! + My first Stephen King book - but not the last!             The Master and Margarita341 reviews Mikhail Bulgakov Vintage, 1996 A GIFT FROM THE GRAVE + "a liberating, exuberant social and political satire (Moscow) combined with a profound moral and political allegory (Jerusalem); + seductive masterpiece + The Devil Went Down to Moscow + READ THIS!