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by: Steven Mercatante
(January 14, 2009)
Few would argue with the assertion Erich von Manstein ranked among the best operational level military commanders of the Second World War, if not the best. Nevertheless, because of Manstein's decisions during and after the War, he also ranks among the War's most controversial figures. In spite of ..
by: Amilu Stewart
(January 14, 2009)
The enemy within is a nonfiction historical account of the development of witch hunts both in Europe and in the American colonies. The author is John Demos who is a professor of history at Yale University and is the author of several articles and books on American history.The early European ..
by: Steve Terjeson
(January 05, 2009)
Review - Finding Granddad's WarIt is very fitting that Ancestry Publishing (Ancestry.com) was the publisher for Jeffrey Badger's Finding Granddad's War. As it's title states, this book details the research methods and the travels of a young man in search of the history of a grandfather he never ..
by: Elizabeth Carr
(January 01, 2009)
Pushing the Bear by Diane Glancy was about the Cherokee Indians’ plight on the Trail of Tears. By using both fictional characters and actual historical figures intertwined with actual primary sources, Glancy weaved a convincing story that tells the human experience of the Trail of Tears. ..
by: Alan G. Scott
(December 31, 2008)
The back cover of the edition of The Devil in Massachusetts I read stated that Ms. Starkey “applies modern psychiatric knowledge to the witchcraft hysteria" which plagued Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Although Starkey's work is obviously well-researched and is historically authentic, it is ..
by: Bijan Akhavan
(December 17, 2008)
In the memoir “Journey into the Whirling" by Eugenia Ginzburg explained and evaluates his life and the why she and others in her position were arrested for conspiracy against the government. In this memoir Ginzburg talks about her being imprisoned for eighteen years during the great purge. ..
by: Cy Hilterman
(December 03, 2008)
The story is true but uses an alias for the person that had kept his notes from his actions as an interpreter during WWII in Europe, mostly Germany and France. The name used is Frank van Huegen. His job generally was to interpret words and meanings from suspected spies or known collaborators so the .
by: Steve Terjeson
(December 02, 2008)
Based on the real-life exploits of the British special forces Long Range Desert Group during World War II, Killing Rommel pits this elite group against the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.Author Steven Pressfield brings this narration to life. Set to the ..
by: Steve Terjeson
(December 02, 2008)
Venus Rising is a record, not only of historical value, but a personal one of a man's life in the Navy during World War II.Harry William Deal put his memories to paper, not for the first time, but a second time more than 60 years later. A Texan, having seen the ocean only once, joined his friends ..
by: Emory Daniels
(December 02, 2008)
Bud Feuer is a pretty prolific military historian, having written more than a dozen military history books. But what makes Feuer stand apart, in my opinion, is his histories of little known, unheralded, unusual military units. A case in point is the Australian coast watchers who performed heroic ..
by: Gary Terrazas
(November 27, 2008)
The Domesday book gives every person with a keen interest in history and society to get a chance to see and feel what life in the medieval times was like. Compiled somewhere between 1085 and 1086 AD on the command of King William I of England, the domesday book is the result of a painstaking ..
by: Kevin Leland
(November 24, 2008)
My wife is a Mayflower descendent, the 13th great-granddaughter of Captain Miles Standish. She is also a direct descendent of the Pilgrim, Reverend Cushman. She is a reverent woman; that must come from the Reverend, but the Captain's DNA must lay claim to the mean streak, and the constant barking ..
by: Jane Shafrin
(October 27, 2008)
Earrings From Antiquity to the Present: 2500 Years of Earrings (available in hard cover or paperback) presents a history of these important components of a woman's and man's appearance. The authors are specialists in the history and archeology of jewelry. The story begins in the fifth century B.C. ..
by: Candis Reade
(October 26, 2008)
The article of Louis Kriesberg has presented 2 case studies about the Central Europe and Middle East conflicts. He wrote a summary of Middle East conflict and the central Europe conflict. He has described the efforts directed for the prevention of their intractability and those, which persuaded ..
by: Kay Green
(October 05, 2008)
I have been lucky enough to see an advance copy of ‘The Slow Turning Tide’ - the latest of Victoria Seymour's social histories written for the people of Hastings, and I'm delighted to say that I think it's her best yet. Its subtitle, ‘Hastings in Austerity, 1946-1954’ ..
by: Loida Patino
(September 24, 2008)
In my college years, its always been my favorite when its time for my history of architecture subject specially the part, Ancient Near East. Now, many years later, the feeling is still the same. So I decided to make my own research and study about the history of Egypt and the great pharaohs, ..
by: Cy Hilterman
(September 24, 2008)
I have always loved history and historical fiction from the Revolutionary War period. The Whiskey Rebels takes place in the Philadelphia, New York City, and the area between there and Western Pennsylvania shortly after the war ended. The book is mostly factual with only a few fictional characters ..
by: Kimberly Wulfert
(September 21, 2008)
An Keuning-Tichelaar, now 82, was a devoted anti-war protestor in today's terms. She lived in the Netherlands during WWII. Her compelling story is about the resistance movement she was involved in which helped refugees and the Jewish people during the terrible years of World War II.An married a ..
by: Jane Wangersky
(August 26, 2008)
This simple, 50 -page book will give adult students a real grounding in Vancouver's past. It tells the stories behind four places whose names become known to anyone who spends time in Vancouver: Granville Island, Kitsilano, the Lions Gate Bridge, and Deadman's Island.Although it's meant for ..
by: Paul Gerst
(August 20, 2008)
Despite the increasing popularity of tea, few good books exist on the history of tea trade. Roy Moxham's book, Tea - Addiction, Exploration and Empire, offers an interesting examination of the subject.Moxham, author of several historical books, recently retired from the University of London. As ..
by: Francine Levitov
(August 18, 2008)
Alison Weir is widely known for her historical fiction, but she researches and writes historical biographies as well. Inspired as a young woman by Anya Seton's 1954 historical romance, Katherine, the popular novelist has always wanted to chronicle the lives of John of Gaunt and his long-term ..
by: Ronald Standerfer
(August 12, 2008)
Every once in a while a book manages to burrow its way into my mind and I can't make it go away. The Hellish Vortex is that kind of book. It didn't start out that way. As a matter of fact, when I first looked at the cover I thought, Gee, this is a book about a young fighter pilot in World War II. I .
by: Sheryl Hartman
(August 11, 2008)
Teachers, educators and historians, here is a book that will help you teach young people about the real Native Americans that lived in the Wabash Valley. This special teacher resource guides you from one time period to the next with line illustrations that can double as coloring book pages for the ..
by: Tracee Gleichner
(July 29, 2008)
Book Synopsis: Juana of Castile, the last queen of Spanish blood to inherit her country's throne, has been for centuries and enigmatic figure shrouded in lurid myth. Was she the bereft widow of legend who was driven mad by her loss, or has history misjudged a woman who was ahead of her time? In his .
by: Audry Grant
(July 25, 2008)
One of the best accounts of the Youngers comes from a friend to the Younger family, August Appler, editor of the Osceola Missouri Democrat, who tells how Cole Younger and his band of followers captured fifteen men. In camp that night, Cole debated with the members of his gang on the merits of the ..
by: Audry Grant
(July 25, 2008)
When Jesse James and his Wild Bunch had finally robbed one bank too many, Allan Pinkerton and his son William stepped up to exert a very terrifying pressure upon the outlaws. Intelligent, incredibly tenacious, physically powerful, fearless, and with an almost fanatical devotion for the laws of ..
by: Stephanie Stewart
(July 24, 2008)
Great King Henry the Eighth is on his deathbed when his daughter the Princess Mary is summoned to court. Catholic Bishops have told her it is to pronounce her Queen that she has been summoned, being the first born of Henry's three legitimate children. Instead the girl is denounced in favour of ..
by: Brice Hogan
(July 22, 2008)
I love old books. I walked into a old book store a few weeks ago and it just breathed knowledge. Have you ever looked through a copy of an old addition Moby Dick? There is just some mystique about old books.5 ways old books have any value.1. HistoryOld books have any value because they are valuable .
by: Brian Cuban
(July 10, 2008)
Would it surprise anyone to learn that there were upwards of 150, 000 soldiers of partial Jewish descent serving in the Nazi army during World War II? I had no idea until I attended a lecture by Bryan Mark Rigg discussing his book entitled Hitler's Jewish Soldiers. What is even more startling is ..
by: Shirley Roe
(July 04, 2008)
Genre: Historical Fiction Title: Axe of Iron: The Settlers Author: J. A. HunsingerCan the two men discover the perfect home for this diversified group of men, women and children? Will Halfdan decide to take a wife from amongst the women traveling with them? How will they coexist with the ..
by: John Schlismann
(July 01, 2008)
Friulian society was one of superstition, a rural society in which the old traditions, many of them pre-Christian traditions died hard and were completely foreign to the non-Friulian inquisitors. Many of the people in the society were uneducated and sought to explain hard times they encountered ..
by: Mirella Patzer
(June 30, 2008)
Nefertiti reigned in Ancient Egypt between 1351 and 1331 B.C. She was the chief wife of the “heretic" Pharaoh Akhenaten. Akhenaten desperately wanted a male heir and Nefertiti tried hard to provide him with one. Instead, she presented him with six daughters. It was Queen Kiya, his lesser ..
by: Linus Leong
(June 29, 2008)
All the worlds under heaven, After a long period of division, Tends to come together; After a long period of unity, Tends to fall apart.Written by Luo Guanzhong ( W/-) in the late Yuan and early Ming period (the exact period is not known), the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, continue to be the most ..
by: Cy Hilterman
(June 24, 2008)
This novel presents an excellent account of Desert warfare in Africa during World War II. The account is taken from manuscripts written by R. Lawrence Chapman, “Chap" as he was called. Chap's father had been a mentor and surrogate father to the author of this book who would never consider ..
by: Alan G. Scott
(June 19, 2008)
In all the pirate books I've read, Jean Lafitte is mentioned mainly in reference to his helping the U.S. and future President Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 against the British. The one event, although heroic, does not begin to attest to the person of Jean Lafitte.Ramsay's ..
by: Philip Spires
(June 18, 2008)
Henry Kamen´s The Spanish Inquisition is an amazing experience. It is a highly detailed, supremely scholarly and ultimately enlightening account of an historical phenomenon whose identity and reputation have become iconic. So much has been written about it, so many words have been spoken that one ..
by: John K. Press
(June 16, 2008)
Coldwater, Michigan sounds like culturist heaven. In their newspapers one finds endless lectures prepared for citizens by citizens on literature, history and science. Debates and free classes must have reflected the historical, biblical and classical allusions evident in their two leading ..
by: Tyler Tichelaar
(March 28, 2008)
My Tour in Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma David W. Powell Modern History Press (2006) ISBN: 9781932690221Although a history buff, the Vietnam War is one area I have avoided studying simply because I felt it could only be depressing. I was surprised and re-educated about that simple ..
by: Sunil Tanna
(March 19, 2008)
Final Impact is the third and final volume in John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy (the first two volumes being Weapons of Choice and Designated Targets). It is now two years since a 21st century multi-national (principally American, British and Australian) naval task force has been accidentally ..
by: Sunil Tanna
(March 19, 2008)
Designated Targets is the second volume in John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy (the first volume being Weapons of Choice). The story is picked up four months after the end of the previous novel, where, to recap, a 21st century multi-national (principally American, British and Australian, but ..
by: Sunil Tanna
(March 19, 2008)
In the 1980 movie, The Final Countdown, a modern US aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitiz, travels back in time through some kind of vortex to December 6th 1941, and seems to get the opportunity to intervene and stop the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This type of scenario is very popular in ..
by: Peter B. Townsend
(March 14, 2008)
Most British people if they know anything of the Philippines history, know it first as a Spanish colony which became an American colony before finally gaining its independence, this is the history which is commonly taught both in Britain and the Philippines.One fact which is rarely mentioned in ..
by: Henry Reed
(March 13, 2008)
When I was a little boy, my grandmother told me that we were descendants of Pocahontas. The idea aroused my fantasies. Having Indian blood was a special blessing. It endowed me with certain spiritual qualities, psychic perceptiveness and magical abilities - in my imagination. Later I was ..
by: Henry Reed
(February 24, 2008)
From its very beginnings to today's crises, America has had spirituality as a core motivating value, if not officially recognized. Whereas religion may concentrate on theology, or belief systems, spirituality focuses on a person's experience of connecting with a higher power, however understood.Two .
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