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             Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)214 reviews Simon Winchester Harper Perennial, 2005 Thorough and interesting + Read About a "World Event" + Fascinating, interesting, but wordy. + Exceptionally interesting, detailed account of the worst volcanic eruption in recorded history             The Price of Glory: Verdun 191651 reviews Sir Alistair Horne Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 Literary Glory + The hellhole of Verdun. + Classic + The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the vivid and horrifying tale of one of the bloodiest battles in history + Good...             From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present151 reviews Jacques Barzun Harper Perennial, 2001 Hey Eric + Quite a Journey! + One of the best books you'll read this year... + The in-depth flow of cultural evolution             Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed76 reviews Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos Back Bay Books, 1996 Facinating! + Great book on a legendary company + Heroism, Best Found in Real Life! + What A Great Book !             The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg26 reviews Nicholas Dawidoff Vintage, 1995 A REAL-LIFE JOHN LE CARRE CHARACTER + Good Biography, Unusual Person Moe Berg is truly one of the most interesting, and enigmatic, characters in sports history. What always fascinated me was how, after WWII and no longer in baseball, Berg never worked. He would stay at friends and relatives' homes throughout the country, reading multiple newspapers, and maintaining ...             The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin130 reviews H.W. Brands Anchor, 2002 "full potential of the human spirit" + Benjamin "Renaissance Man" Franklin + Highly Recommended + Biography worthy of Franklin. + Wonderful Book!             Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...142 reviews Steve Coll Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 Thank you Steve Coll!!! + Execellent Book - + Fascinating and well-researched history Very well written and keeps your attention. Very detailed and fact based. The author is as unbiased as they come. I came into this book embarassingly ignorant about international politics, especially the events leading up to September 11, 2001. I feel thankful toward the author for putting ...             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             Shackleton25 reviews Roland Huntford Da Capo Press, 1998 A super hero; A colossal failure. + Fantastic, purely fantastic + The Great Antarctic Explorer + Excellent in all respects!!! + Best Shackleton Bio!             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             Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom39 reviews Sean B. Carroll W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 The "Butterfly Effect" in the genes + Sean Carroll has done it again + Interesting reading The best feature of this book is the fantastic sense of the complexity of the development of the organism from the genes. Sean shows with genius how the tiniest changes in a gene can lead to huge effects in the developing organism -- much like in Chaos theory (see the book "Chaos: making a new ...             The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance68 reviews Laurie Garrett Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995 More riveting than The Hot Zone + Good, but long + This Should Be Required Reading HS Level + Inspiring + Fascinating and frightening             Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie (Great Discoveries)33 reviews Barbara Goldsmith Amazon Remainders Account, 2004 Wonderfully Demystifies Marie Curie + Very interesting book + Genius Curie + Obsessive Genius + Great read             Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation388 reviews Joseph J. Ellis Vintage, 2002 GLAD I FOUND THESE BROTHERS + Really there was no syllabus to follow! + it seemed like a good idea at the time + They all hung together, more or less             A People's History of the Supreme Court24 reviews Peter Irons Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 A Patriotic Triumph of Historiography + A mostly enjoyable read + Excellent Progressive History of the Court + Interesting read             Peter the Great103 reviews Robert K. Massie Ballantine Books, 1986 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             The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America25 reviews Kevin Phillips Basic Books, 2000 The best book on American history i have ever read + Repetitive and long-winded, but useful This is an amazing book, written, not by a formal scholar, but someone who made history himself, through his political activism for the Republican party in the late 60s. Kevin Phillips has clearly developed intellectually since then. Reading this book, and especially his subsequent "American ...             The Great War and Modern Memory28 reviews Paul Fussell Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 An important book in a time of war + Tolkien: MIA. + 10 Stars, Not 5 + Clearly one of the best books written on WWI             Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence4 reviews Erik H. Erikson W. W. Norton & Company, 1993 This text reviews the historical presence of Gandhi in India + psychological perspective I found this book very interesting, as well as culturally diverse. It gave me a whole new perspective into a world much different from my own. I learned that Mahatma Gandhi has profoundly influenced leaders that have been involved in nonvoilent liberation movements, such as Rev. Martin Luther ...