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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Scott McClellan
PublicAffairs, 2008
Campaigning replaces governing
This is an easy read with incontravertable details of life in the Bush White House. When you compare the descriptions of what went wrong with the actions of the current candidates, you will see they are in danger of making some of the same mistakes.
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Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World
David Maraniss
Simon & Schuster, 2008
History made interesting and easy to read
I bought this book after hearing an interview with Maraniss on NPR. Normally, this isn't my kind of book. I'm not an athlete. I'm not a fanatic about the Olympics. I'd rather knit or read a cozy mystery that I can breeze through in a night. And yet, I love this ...
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The Book Thief (Readers Circle)
Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
A truly wondrous read
I originally bought this book as a gift for my 13 year old nephew. I had it on my desk at work for a couple of days and getting a bit curious, I decided to read a few pages.
A day or so later, I found myself at a bookstore because I had already gotten so far into ...
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The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
Broadway, 1998
Unexpectedly amazing
This was such a good book!! My college professor was the editor which is honestly the only way I would have ever come across this because he had us read it for class. I loved it. It was so real and easy to get attached to the characters, as if you were reading about ...
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Marcus Luttrell
Back Bay Books, 2008
A book about true heroism
I have read many books on or about the Navy Seals, some better than others. Quite often I don't finish the books as they are poorly written or just get plain boring. This is by far the best Seal book ever written. In fact I put this up with "Marine Sniper: 93 ...
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Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition
Wizards RPG Team
Wizards of the Coast, 2008
A good improvement
I have been playing D&D since 98 (just before 3rd Edition) and DMing most of that time. In my opinion, 4th Edition is a great leap forward. It has quickly become by favorite system to run and is the most fun to play I've seen yet.
The good points (in no particular ...
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Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set, 4th Edition
Wizards RPG Team
Wizards of the Coast, 2008
Awesome...Awesome...Awesome...and Awesome
It came quicker than I expected, it was half the price as at a real world retail spot. It arrived in great condition. I am getting familiar with the 4th Edition rules now.
Awesome!
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Simple, thought provoking
I've never read such a short book with such a huge impact. When I read this as part of a college class, we learned that it was originally some 600 pages long. Then the author decided to cut it down to the absolute bare bones - and it worked brilliantly.
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
Doubleday, 2008
Well organized and researched.
One reviewer said that there is no point reading another book about the things the Bush administration has done since 9-11. Why? Is it because they cling to the hope that it is ALL lies, or do they think that if it is buried in the dung heep of history that no one will ...
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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Vincent Bugliosi
Vanguard Press, 2008
At first I thought "Yawn.. not another political book about DipSh_t"...
.. but now, after reading it -- I have come to believe it's a MUST READ for every single American citizen over the age of 16! Hopefully, for once -- this book can raise the hackles and awareness of the teaming sheeple to FINALY STAND UP! -- DO SOMETHING PEOPLE!!! ...
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Generation Kill
Evan Wright
Berkley Trade, 2008
great book
i was a bit skeptical when i first saw that this book was written by a rolling stone journalist. i was afraid it might be filled with liberal, leftist, socialistic views. but, wright put very little of his own opinions into the book. it's mostly compiled with the ...
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John Adams
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2008
John Admas finally gets the respect/acknowledgement he deserves
I took this book with me to Miami in April and finished it there, as I was completely captivated by John's story/life. If you enjoy history, and in particular American history, you will not be disappointed. I worry for our country, because the leadership, the values, ...
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
Michael Dobbs
Knopf, 2008
The DEFINITIVE history of the Cuban Missile Crisis
I can't add much to the praise heaped upon this book by other reviewers. Needless to say that it makes many of the other histories look like the "Cliff" notes versions. I had the privilege to serve on one of the ships involved in the blockade, two years after the ...
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Valiant (The Lost Fleet, Book 4 of 6)
Jack Campbell
Ace, 2008
I'm sucked in! ... and I love it!
I started this series based on Amazon reader reviews. Reviewers of this installment are 'right on' in all their comments, but to varying degrees. Amazon reviewers are really quite good at pegging a book ... discount the outliers on both ends of the 5-star scale and you ...
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Simon & Schuster, 2006
A must for every private library of American history
Abraham Lincoln left us very little of a personal nature: no meeting notes, no journal, no revealing personal letters. William Herndon, his law partner, described Lincoln as the most shut mouth man he had ever met. No wonder the man's an enigma. Absent a primary ...
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