books about: colonies

books about: colonies

books:

Colonies

From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (Oxford History of the United States)

George C. Herring

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

NOT JUST FOR HISTORY BUFFS BUT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE U.S. AND ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD
The best history books bring the past to life with immediacy and relevancy, and George C. Herring's "From Colony to Superpower" practically jumps off the page with topical ideas and arguments. Starting from a central premise that "the enduring idea of an isolationist ...

The Last Colony

John Scalzi

Tor Science Fiction, 2008

Amazingly human
I'd like to add my own 5 stars to this amazing series that started in Old Man's War. I have to say I didn't expect the story to work it's magic on me the way it had. I thought it would be like the space operas of Peter F. Hamilton (who, btw, also writes great space ...

The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, Book 5)

Eoin Colfer

Miramax, 2006

Lost in Time
What is left for a teenage criminal mastermind to do? Only save the world from certain destruction, help the fairy world avoid detection once again, and outsmart an even younger genius who thinks too much like himself. Artemis Fowl certainly has his plate full in ...

Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27)

Mary Pope Osborne

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002

MY BOY LOVES READING IT
My 1st grader hates to put it down, he would rather read Magic Tree House books, than play video games. He even reads them to his class and explains the story for show and tell. In his kindergarten class the teacher would also let him read the Magic Tree House books ...

Old Man's War

John Scalzi

Tor Science Fiction, 2007

Great Read!
Wow! What a great book. Everything in the book was believable. The science was theory instead of pure fantasy. The characters were solid and the plot unpredictable. I liked it so much, I bought the other two sequels. Steve Hendry Author, Leapfrog

The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped ...

Russell Shorto

Vintage, 2005

Reads like a novel
The is one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. Russell Shorto brings to life the history and the characters of the period. I have already given this book to several people as a gift. They have all thanked me for it. A truly enjoyable read.

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Nathaniel Philbrick

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Whole Pilgrim Story Well Told
As Nathaniel Philbrick has done in his other books, he tells a thorough and thoroughly enjoyable history in his book Mayflower. This is the story of the pilgrims, the whole story, from voyage through absorption by the Massachusetts Bay Colony after decades of carving ...

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997

Piers Brendon

Knopf, 2008

Empires inevitably fall; but leave legacies
The message of Piers Brendon's magnificent history of the British Empire is that its fall was inevitable and that that is the fate of all other empires, past and future. Because empires are founded on brutality and illegitimacy, says Brendon, their fault lines in the ...

Artemis Fowl: Lost Colony, The

Eoin Colfer

Miramax, 2008

The Lost Colony!
The Lost Colony is an epic journey through time and space. Artemis Fowl, the criminal master mind who is only 14 years old, travels through time encountering many gnomes and elfs. Some who help him and some who dont help him. Artemis Fowl along with his body guard, ...

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

Grove Press, 2005

Understand the Psychology of Violent Revolt
This was required reading for a graduate course in the Humanities. Frantz Fanon (July 20, 1925 - December 6, 1961) was a Martinique-born French author and essayist. He was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization and the ...

The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding

Robert Hughes

Vintage Books, 1988

A magnificent achievement
Robert Hughes has written a towering account of the years during which Britain transported convicts to Australia, thereby beginning the colonization of a continent that would one day hold a place among the world's free nations. Hughes's fascinating text covers the ...

Dragonriders of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

Del Rey, 1988

Three of the best in one!
Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite authors. I have not yet read everything she has ever written, but I'm almost there. The novels about the dragons and dragonriders of Pern are masterpieces of science fiction writing. This book combines three sequential novels ...

The Mayflower & the Pilgrims' New World

Nathaniel Philbrick

Putnam Juvenile, 2008

Would make a valuable addition to any school library
Nathaniel Philbrick has adapted and abridged his New York Times bestselling historical narrative MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War for a younger audience. THE MAYFLOWER AND THE PILGRIMS' NEW WORLD includes numerous sketches, maps and photographs of ...

American Colonies: The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume1) (Hist of ...

Alan Taylor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

Excellent history
Extremely entertaining and informative. The settlement of the north American continent has more chapters than Americans are provided in their schools, and this series from Penguin may change that. This should be required course reading in many topics: US history, ...

Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Bartolome de Las Casas

Penguin Classics, 1999

Essential Reading
"A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" is a powerful written protest against the Spanish treatment of the American Indians. Bartolome de las Casas, a Dominican friar, witnessed first-hand the colonization of the Americas by the Spaniards, and felt it his ...