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Type: documentary

Status: favorite

Author: William McNeill

Tags: history

Description: When I first read this it was an eye opener ... a totally new perspective on history and humanWhen I first read this it was an eye opener ... a totally new perspective on history and human development. ...

2006-09-27

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Type: documentary

Status: favorite

Author: H. P. Willmott

Tags: history wwii military

Description: An outstanding history of WWII that covers both the European and Pacific theaters. This wasAn outstanding history of WWII that covers both the European and Pacific theaters. This was assigned reading in my Military History class. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a one volume history of the war....

2005-09-24

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: Jonathan Schell

Tags: history america vietnam nixon

Description: Timely. After Nixon's disgrace, you wouldn't think this country could be so easilyTimely. After Nixon's disgrace, you wouldn't think this country could be so easily duped again. Yet, here we are....

2005-09-24

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Author: W. J. Cash

Tags: history american culture south

Description: Controversy aside, the writing is brilliant. As a look at the myths and ideas that shapedControversy aside, the writing is brilliant. As a look at the myths and ideas that shaped the intellectual culture of region, it is unparalleled....

2005-09-24

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Robert Penn Warren

Tags: history american classic pulitzer politics south progressivism huey

Description: Loosely based on Huey Long's rise to power in Louisiana. When discussions about "TheLoosely based on Huey Long's rise to power in Louisiana. When discussions about "The Great American Novel" break out, this book never seems to get the run it deserves. ...

2005-09-24

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Type: documentary

Status: I recommend

Authors: David Halberstam Peter Golenbock Paul Bacon

Tags: history baseball redsox

Description: A great story about the comraderie of Ted Williams,A great story about the comraderie of Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, and Dom DiMaggio....

2005-09-11

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Authors: Micheal Wilson Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt

Tags: history feminism class labor strike

Description: An important piece of America's progressive history.

2005-09-11

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Honore de Balzac

Tags: history comedy family classic adventure politics tragedy class

Description: The first volume of La Comedie Humaine.

2005-09-11

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Noam Chomsky

Tags: history progressive left liberal

Description: Still relevant.

2005-09-03