books about: revolution     books:     Revolution      America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who ... Kenneth C. Davis Collins, 2008 So Much More Interesting Than What You Think You Know Kenneth Davis knows that history is complicated. American history textbooks and oral history give us perfect role models in our historical figures and an unfolding story in which we were always on the side of right and any bad things that happened were the other ...             1776 David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 2006 Intriguing A very well written book full of life and history. Very few writers can put together a historical moment without making it look like a text book. I felt as though I was living in the moment looking around me, even feeling the temperature. The book draws you in. Great ...             Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Joseph J. Ellis Vintage, 2002 A tasteful look into each of those fascinating men In the afterglow of the HBO series on John Adams, I grew interested in some of the founding fathers, many of whom had seemed boring to me ever since I read their bios in grade school. Ellis does a highly intelligent and readable job of laying out the personalities, ...             The Revolution: A Manifesto Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 May convince my father. I am more than half-way thru the book and have not been disppointed. More importantly for me, though is that I asked my father to start reading it and he says he seems to agree with most of what Dr. Paul says., This is from a man who has, unfortunately been listening ...             The Revolution Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Should be said more often The fact that our government has strayed so far from what was originally intended and moreover, that we citizens have let it happen and not question it is a hard pill to swallow, but needs to be acknowledged nonetheless. Ron Paul does an amazing job of outlining some ...             The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution Alice Waters Clarkson Potter, 2007 My Desert Island Cookbook I choose cookbooks very carefully, I take it quite seriously. If I could only keep one, it would be The Art of Simple Food. The best version of everything. Give it as a wedding or house warming gift.             The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical Shane Claiborne Zondervan, 2006 A Bold Resistance to the Status Quo Shane "gets it," despite what some intelligent, well-meaning reviews/reviewers suggest. God is not something "out there" waiting to judge, condemn and/or save believers and cast into hell the non-believers. God is in our action. In our kneeling eye-level comfort of a ...             The New Glucose Revolution Shopper's Guide to GI Values 2008: The Authoritative Source of Glycemic Index ... Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell Da Capo Press, 2007 quality information Update your info about Hypoglycemia food choices and a safe, easy way to lose weight with this book - easy to use and understand.             John Adams David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 2008 John Adams book review John Adams was one of the most pivotal characters and longest lived of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. But what makes this book possible is the immense volume of letters he wrote though out his life time... letters to friends, family, co-conspirators, ...             Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! Jesse Ventura Skyhorse Publishing, 2008 Very Interesting Read First, let me be upfront with you- I am a wrestling fan. But not in the traditional sense, but rather, I love to watch what wrestling presents to its fans on TV, and then distill what is really happening behind the scenes. Fast forward to late May/early June, when ...             American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic Joseph J. Ellis Knopf, 2007 The Continuing American Revolution Together with the Civil War, the American Revolution continues to exert a great fascination for Americans. The historian Joseph Ellis has written many books making this period of our history accessible to lay readers. His most recent work "American Creation" is, in ...             Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Thomas L. Friedman’s No. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world, and globalization, in a new way. With his latest book, Friedman brings a fresh and provocative outlook to another pressing issue: the interlinked crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy--both of which ...             Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward Yearling, 1987 One of the best books of historical fiction ever written I first read this book when I was in fifth grade and enjoyed it more when I reread it decades later. I still consider it one of the best books of historical fiction ever written. Johnny Tremain is an apprentice to a silversmith in Boston as the ferments of revolution ...             Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope Brian McLaren Thomas Nelson, 2007 Jesus Right, not Jesus Lite In "Everything Must Change", Brian McLaren eloquently expresses what I've felt about Jesus' message, and the manipulation of that message, since middle school. With historical research, political savvy, and personal experience, McLaren thoroughly documents the ways in ...             Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster, 2004 Wonderfully Written Walter Isaacson writes history so that it reads like an excellent, exciting novel. This biography is a page-turner. Moreover, the author writes with subtle humor. Isaacson's research is accurate and extensive, which makes it even more amazing that the book does ...          products you might be interested in search for books authoritative, everything, generation, irresistible, revolution, revolutionary we recommend John Adams book review randomly chosen book: Wo geht's denn hier lang? Ein Bilderbuch mit Fingerspur zum Nachfahren. ( ...