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 Stealth Patrol: The Making of a Vietnam Ranger, 1968-70Best Price: $26.00 I think that Bill Shanahan's is one of the very best first-hand accounts written about LRRP... |  Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's DaughterBest Price: $16.59 This is a very touching book, you can't put down once you begin to read it. The life-long... |  Cary Grant: A BiographyBest Price: $7.60 Thank Goodness that Cary Grant led an interesting and sometimes spectacular life, otherwise this... |  Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the WorldBest Price: $1.99 About at week ago a book came out under the title Giving: How each of us can change the world.... |  Gabriel García Márquez : A LifeBest Price: $5.49 Well, before sharing some impressions, let me cut to the chase and say that despite a slow start... |
 On Michael JacksonBest Price: $5.60 This book is based on sensationalistic tabloid lies. Michael Jackson was INNOCENT of all... |  Nothing to be Frightened OfJulian Barnes is a bit old - fashioned. He has written a book about the fear of dying without... |  Into the WildBest Price: $5.98 Jon Krakauer writes sympathetically but it is still possible to keep from falling under... |  Crawling: A Father's First YearBest Price: $4.88 My wife is due with our first (a girl!) October 4th of this year. We're six months in and... |  Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat TillmanBest Price: $5.69 There really is nothing exceptional about Pat Tillman. Like many other devoted and patriotic men... |
 Jackie StyleBest Price: $23.68 Beginning with the BORING Mark Shaw Official White House photograph chosen for the cover of this... |  Strong of Heart: Life and Death in the Fire Department of New YorkBest Price: $3.49 This book relates Tom Van Essen's personal experience of the tragic September 11 terrorist... |  Callgirl: Confessions of an Ivy League Lady of PleasureBest Price: $11.97 Callgirl has, in my opinion, several flaws, that are hard to ignore when you are reading this... |  Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got BigBest Price: $6.50 "Juiced" is the story of Jose Canseco's no holds barred account of his years in... |  American Soldier CDBest Price: $0.50 What really made this audiobook very good was listening to Tommy Franks story in his own words... |
 A Paper LifeBest Price: $2.62 Four days ago, June 2, 2008 before I started reading A Paper Life, I read a few of the reviews... |  The Boys of Pointe du Hoc CDBest Price: $16.08 I was looking for a book on the ranger assault at Pointe du Hoc and was disappointed in this... |  Players: The Mysterious Identity of William ShakespeareBest Price: $3.82 If you're really interested in the Shakespeare authorship question, this is a terrible book... |  Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White ManBest Price: $0.01 Oh, to find myself revisiting the anathema that is Michael Moore! I made a personal vow some... |  Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst DogBest Price: $0.91 There are nine pages of one-star reviews of this book, so maybe the last thing that the world... |
 Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes / The Amateur EmigrantBest Price: $7.94 Excellent, short book. This is a must read for anyone interested in donkeys, The Cevennes, or... |  Shakespeare: A LifeBest Price: $21.00 Perhaps scholars on the subject of William Shakespeare have some legitimate criticisms to make... |  Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)Best Price: $21.95 Prior to the appearance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'Confessions,' there existed very... |  Yasir Arafat: A Political BiographyBest Price: $1.60 This was an extremely biased account of Arafat and should not be ready by anyone seeking an... |  So Far...Best Price: $39.00 This is a wryly told portrait of a man whose life has had its share of ups and downs. With his... |
 CleopatraI'm not a classicist as some of the other reviewers on this site appear to be, but as a... |  Encore ProvenceBest Price: $8.98 Rejoice, armchair travelers - Provence's most engaging booster is at it again! With deft pen... |  Slaves in the FamilyBest Price: $21.62 Quite often history textbooks can be dry and boring. Edward Ball's "Slaves in the... |  Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the WorldBest Price: $8.45 _Cod_ by Mark Kurlansky is an intriguing look at the influence on history of the cod and the... |  The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, Fastest Woman on WaterBest Price: $14.72 Nonconformist is an understatement. Eccentric isn't outre enough. Over-the-top words do... |
 Pope John XXIII: A Life (Penguin Lives)Best Price: $7.80 Before reading this book, I admired Cahill for his "Hinges of History" series. While... |  Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business SchoolBest Price: $6.47 It sounds pretty interesting, but I would only want to buy the Kindle version. However, I'm... |  Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in ChiefBest Price: $7.94 Historian James McPherson is justly famous for having written Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil... |  A Few Seconds of Panic: A Sportswriter Plays in the NFLBest Price: $8.41 Half of this book was great and half was kind of annoying. Fatsis never kicks in a preseason... |  Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and FranceBest Price: $6.23 I truly enjoyed this book. If you are a person who is interested in feminine divinity, feminism,... |
 Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and CreativityBest Price: $11.32 This is a very nice release for fans of David Lynch. It is like previous interviews he's... |  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)Best Price: $5.81 I've always recommended this Yale edition of Franklin's autobiography as the best... |  Jonathan Edwards: A LifeBest Price: $45.00 Jonathan Edwards was probably the most impressive American intellectual of the 18th century. ... |  Simon Bolivar: A LifeBest Price: $6.99 This book presents a well-rounded picture of the life of Bolivar ranging from his political... |  Iron Coffins (Cassell Military Paperbacks)Best Price: $1,082.71 This author commanded a series of German U-Boats throughout WW2 and this is his own personal... |
 Memoirs of General William T. Sherman (Volume 1)Best Price: $25.60 Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free... |  Mao: The Unknown StoryBest Price: $27.85 Jung chang and Jon Halliday's "Mao: the Unknown Story" contains a number of... |  A River Runs Through It, and Other StoriesBest Price: $2.92 Set in Western Montana and amongst some of the finest fly fishing rivers in the state, Norman... |  Samuel Adams: Father of the American RevolutionBest Price: $8.99 Sam Adams was one of the principal architects of the American Revolution. Mark Puls, in this... |  Original Supermodel: Elizabeth Siddal, the Pre-Raphaelite MuseBest Price: $122.41 This is recommended to anyone who has seen the Wonderful Millais painting Ophelia or have heard... |
 Deborah Harry: Platinum BlondeOther reviewers have written about the book, I shall just say this is a decent book, and Blondie... |  The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)Best Price: $17.15 Benvenuto Cellini was a widely celebrated artist of sixteenth-century Florence. His skills were... |  Here's the Deal: Don't Touch MeBest Price: $14.48 This recent book by Howie Mandel is more than hilarious, with sounds and laughter only possible... |  Lips Unsealed: A MemoirBest Price: $10.92 First, this review is on the abridged audiobook as narrated by Belinda Carlisle herself, so I... |  HonestlyBest Price: $6.30 It has been a few years since I read Sheila's book, so I don't remember a lot of... |
 On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in ResidencyBest Price: $5.95 I've always been fascinated by careers and career choices, so I read about occupations from... |  All Things Bright and BeautifulBest Price: $6.65 I came across this book while I was living abroad. There weren't many books in English to... |  Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen KingBest Price: $6.78 In "Haunted Heart," her unauthorized Stephen King biography, Lisa Rogak presents a... |  Running with Scissors: A MemoirBest Price: $0.01 Augusten's parents have always had problems. His father is an alcoholic and his mother has... |  Mankiller: A Chief and Her PeopleBest Price: $3.24 I enjoyed reading about Wilma Mankiller and her activities to better the lot of her people. She... |
 Dakota DaysBest Price: $35.00 Thankfully, the books is short and written in an easily readible style so it can be completed in... | ||||
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