Customer Review: Have you ever wondered how banking started? How the South really lost the war? What really happened last year on Wall Street? This book explains the real reason behind nearly every historical event for the past 800 years.
Customer Review: I think most of the information can be found free online with a google search. I already spent $200 on course books and could have avoided this expense.
Customer Review: This book presents a good perspective on issues that the media has led us to believe are "facts". Good historical background info. Definitely for those who want to have more than 1 perspective on where our country "is coming from".
Customer Review: First off - do not purchase this book for your child thinking "He likes football - here is something he will like". No. This book is a true inside look into the locker room & private (formerly private) lives of NFL prima donna's. Lot's of stories about everything available to NFL superstars and... more info
Customer Review: Every high school student should read this book as a part of American history. While there is certainly a great deal more to know about our nation's history than what is contained in Zinn's analysis, it represents a critical perspective that is not to be found elsewhere. And for those adults... more info
Customer Review: With over 1,000 reviews on Amazon it is quite unlikely you will read anything different in my review than all the other five star reviews. I must say that Jared Diamond has written an extraordinary book. The question he tackles with GGS is, "Why and how did wealth and power develop in some areas and... more info
Customer Review: I ordered the book 1776 over 6 weeks ago and never received it. My child needs this book for a class beginning in January and I fully do not expect her to have it.
Customer Review: Human history is full of tantalizing riddles. Some of the most fascinating of these arise from the appearance of ancient ruins in unlikely places, such as Easter Island, or the dense jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula. To the uninitiated, these ruins are the ghosts of phantom civilizations whose... more info
Customer Review: Calling 'a liberal lie" the assertion that FDR allowed US forces to be attacked at Pearl Harbor is the exact opposite of the truth. FDR is a hero to liberals because of, among other things, social security, which conservatives hate. The canard that FDR betrayed our troops is a conservative... more info
