| Title |
Author |
Recommended by: |
| The Presidents: Every Leader from Washington to Bush |
Michael Beschloss |
Jeff Silva-Brown |
| The Fifties |
David Halberstam |
Jeff Silva-Brown |
| The 9/11 Commission Report |
Nat. Comm. on Terrorist Attacks |
Jeff Silva-Brown |
| 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus |
Charles C. Mann |
Jeff Silva-Brown |
| Glass, Paper, Beans: Revelations on the Nature and Value of Ordinary
Things |
Leah Hager Cohen |
Jim Rogers |
| Angle of Repose |
Wallace Stegner |
Jim Rogers |
| On a Darkling Plain |
Wallace Stegner |
Jim Rogers |
| Killer Angels |
Michael Shaara |
Trish Silva-Brown |
| Coming of Age in Mississippi |
Anne Moody |
Trish Silva-Brown |
| The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible! |
Otto Bettmann |
Trish Silva-Brown |
| A Young People's History of the United States |
Howard Zinn & Rebecca Stefoff |
Zephyr Quirk |
| Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies |
Jared Diamond |
Zephyr Quirk |
| The Imperial Tense |
Andrew J. Bacevich |
Jason Canellos |
| A Journey Through Economic Time |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
Jason Canellos |
| With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today |
Daniel Rothenberg |
Jason Canellos |
| The Culture of Fear |
Barry Glassner |
Josh Brown |
| What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers |
Richard Brookhiser |
Josh Brown |
| Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America |
Juan Gonzalez |
Jesus Fernandez |
| History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S.
History |
Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward |
Jesus Fernandez |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
Mark Haddon |
Chris Scott |
| Life of Pi |
Yann Martel |
Chris Scott |
| Assembling California |
John McPhee |
Nancy Ryan |
| The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals |
Michael Pollan |
Kerry Lichlyter |
| Ishmael |
Daniel Quinn |
Kerry Lichlyter |
| The Story of B: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit |
Daniel Quinn |
Kerry Lichlyter |
| History As Mystery |
Michael Parenti, Bev Karkruff & Ruby Payne |
Kerry Lichlyter |
| How the Brain Learns |
David A. Sousa |
Leah Nunes |
| Vietnam and America: The Most Comprehensive Documented History
of the Vietnam War |
Marvin E. Gettleman, (Editor) |
Leah Nunes |
| The World Rushed in: The California Gold Rush Experience |
Holliday, Swain, and Lamar |
Marty Ruddell |
| Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World |
Paul Buhle and Nicole Schulman |
Jonna Weidaw |
| The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the
Fair that Changed America |
Erik Larson |
Miriam Hutchins |
| The Chinese in America: A Narrative History |
Iris Chang |
Nancy Harby |
| The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 |
Stephen B. Oates |
Nancy Harby |
| Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind |
Henry Hobhouse |
Nancy Harby |
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