Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln372 reviews Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster, 2006 Fantastic read + A fantastic president + Before I buy + A must read before President-Elect Obama takes office...             The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage13 reviews Mark Klempner Pilgrim Press, 2006 The heart of the matter + great for church/synagogue study groups + Hope and Lessons for Living + inspiring + Vividly recounts deeply terrifying efforts of ten gallantly individual experiences             Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South Marie Jenkins Schwartz Harvard University Press, 2006 The deprivations and cruelty of slavery have overshadowed our understanding of the institution's most human dimension: birth. We often don't realize that after the United States stopped importing slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever; slavery and the southern way of life could continue only through babies born in bondage. In the antebellum South, slaveholders' interest in ...             Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War278 reviews Nathaniel Philbrick Viking Adult, 2006 book review + A Good Read + A great, mythbusting yarn + Riveting Historical Novel of America's Early History             The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust5 reviews Jeffrey Herf Belknap Press, 2006 Just superb!!!! + The Jewish Enemy:Nazi Propanda during WWII and the Holocaust. + Arresting, scholarly and profoundly unsettling + Suggestive New Interpretations             The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher38 reviews Debby Applegate Doubleday, 2006 An Evangelist is Still An Evangelist--Then and Now... + Fascinating, but maddeningly uneven + A Page Turning Epic about the life of a Teflon Preacher + An Entertaining and Educational Book             The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-194523 reviews Saul Friedlander Harper Perennial, 2008 An Essential Study of Nazi Germany and the Jews + a great work.minus a small detail + Astonishing history of our darkest hour + Truly magisterial but something is missing             Mao: The Unknown Story258 reviews Jung Chang, Jon Halliday Anchor, 2006 Evil beyond description + Why blame the authors for their bias? Words cannot convey the magnitude of atrocities against the Chinese people that are described in detail here. And most of it is still not known in the West. The author backs up the reporting of every event with two or three sources that were present at the time. According to the authors of The ...             The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Edition 001)188 reviews Timothy Egan Mariner Books, 2006 A healthy reminder of how easy we have it. + The Worst Hard Time + Non-fiction that Reads Like a Novel + I had no clue + Dust to Bust             The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Edition 001)188 reviews Timothy Egan Mariner Books, 2006 A healthy reminder of how easy we have it. + The Worst Hard Time + Non-fiction that Reads Like a Novel + I had no clue + Dust to Bust             Mao: The Unknown Story258 reviews Jung Chang, Jon Halliday Anchor, 2006 Evil beyond description + Why blame the authors for their bias? Words cannot convey the magnitude of atrocities against the Chinese people that are described in detail here. And most of it is still not known in the West. The author backs up the reporting of every event with two or three sources that were present at the time. According to the authors of The ...             The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-194523 reviews Saul Friedlander Harper Perennial, 2008 An Essential Study of Nazi Germany and the Jews + a great work.minus a small detail + Astonishing history of our darkest hour + Truly magisterial but something is missing             Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln372 reviews Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster, 2006 Fantastic read + A fantastic president + Before I buy + A must read before President-Elect Obama takes office...             Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South Marie Jenkins Schwartz Harvard University Press, 2006 The deprivations and cruelty of slavery have overshadowed our understanding of the institution's most human dimension: birth. We often don't realize that after the United States stopped importing slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever; slavery and the southern way of life could continue only through babies born in bondage. In the antebellum South, slaveholders' interest in ...             Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War278 reviews Nathaniel Philbrick Viking Adult, 2006 book review + A Good Read + A great, mythbusting yarn + Riveting Historical Novel of America's Early History             The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust5 reviews Jeffrey Herf Belknap Press, 2006 Just superb!!!! + The Jewish Enemy:Nazi Propanda during WWII and the Holocaust. + Arresting, scholarly and profoundly unsettling + Suggestive New Interpretations             The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage13 reviews Mark Klempner Pilgrim Press, 2006 The heart of the matter + great for church/synagogue study groups + Hope and Lessons for Living + inspiring + Vividly recounts deeply terrifying efforts of ten gallantly individual experiences             The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher38 reviews Debby Applegate Doubleday, 2006 An Evangelist is Still An Evangelist--Then and Now... + Fascinating, but maddeningly uneven + A Page Turning Epic about the life of a Teflon Preacher + An Entertaining and Educational Book