I really enjoy history and thought you might like to see some of the books I have especailly enjoyed or want to read soon.

1. What if? Wow! Makes you think.  Imagine what happenied if the weather had changed, or if Hitler had gone Southeast rather than Northeast.  Or if....granted not historically accurate in an academic sense, but interesting none-the-less.
2. The Biography of George Washington  by John Alden.  Of course we know that Washington was first president but it is amazing how well respected he was and still is! listen to it for free!
3. Jefferson and Monticello.  A biograghy (and yes that is teh word I wanted) of the man and the plantation.  Very interesting.  If you haven't been to Monticello, go! Listen to the book for Free!
4. James Madision, The Founding Father.  A biography of James Madision.   Having taught at JMU I had to listen to this and I am very glad I did.  We owe many of our freedoms to him.  Listen to it for free!
5. Witness to Gettysburg. Gettysburg was in many ways the beginning of the end for the Confederacy.  Try to imagain a war in your front yard.  This is that story.
6. To the Gates of Richmond. Outnumbered but not beaten Robert E. Lee out foxes the North and gives the South a chance to win. Long but worth it! Shows what a differnce a leader can make.  Lee was McClellan was not.
7. The American Civil War in the West.  The West is often forgotten in Civil War Discussions, but winning the Mississippi was as important to the eventual result as many of the Eastern victories both from a strategic as well as a morale perspective.
8. The Duel : 10 May - 31 July 1940 : The Eighty Day

Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler by John Lukacs.  The book is out of print, why I have no idea, but is the story of how Churchill basically held the fort agaisnt Hitler until the world (read that as the US) finally came around to helping.
9. Endurance.  With a name like that can it be bad?  Seriously a gripping book.  Icebound for months on end.  Amazing.  ALso note this book has climbed the charts for years.  I read it in 1998.  Very very good!
10. Undaunted Courage: the Lewis and Clark story. (ok so I have the title wrong) The excitement of going on a hiking trip where no English speaker had ever been.  How did they ever make it?  No real maps, no gore-tex, no cell phones ;-)  Great book!
11. John Ransom's Andersonville Diaries  Incredible is the only word I can use to explain it.  How anyone could live is beyond me.  When reading it, make sure you note the role of a positive attitude and keeping busy played in the survivors eventual success.
12. Up Against All Hope Yes, they are bringing it back!  It had been unavailable!  The story of Armando Valladares' stay in Cuban Prisions.  While not as bad of conditions as in Andersonville, they were still terrible.  Even Castro backers will find this an incredible story of brutality and the will to live.  Listen to it for free.
13. I Will Bear Witness is a diary reconstructed-recap of Nazi Germany from 1933-1941.  Fascinating and horrible!  How could people do such things?

 

Reading is a thing that I love to do but rarely have time.  I have become a BIG backer of Books-On-Tape.  Where else can you "find" time?!  and Time is our most valuable resource.   I am constantly listening to several books.
 

These books are in no particular order but are all very good or, if I have not yet read then, at least appear interesting to me!
 
 

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