'I am a book-collector, a proud avocationist in what Eric Quayle (wrongly) asserts to be the "least vicious" of hobbies (we are quite savage). We collectors are puzzled and often piqued unpleasantly by the common, absurd notion whereby we are only a pack of myopic, semi-crazed old pedants fretting over a book's colophon, dull dogs full of humorless zeal and no conversation, who suck our fingers free of pounce.' - Paul Theroux

• 11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour - Armistice Day, 1918 - Joseph Persico, Random House 2004
  The last day of the Great War, and how the slaughter of over 10,000 more men in the final hours matched the senseless violence that had preceded it in the previous four years.
• 1898: The Birth of the American Century - David Traxal, Alfred A. Knopf 1998
  A catalyst year for the US: fighting a war against Spain, social unrest in the coal mines, the invention of the automobile, the advent of advertising. Subtitle this book 'How Teddy Roosevelt Single Handedly Won The Spanish-American War.' But he was the most dynamic figure of his age. Recommended.
• 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs - The Election That Changed the Country - James Chace, Simon & Schuster 2004
  The four-way race for the Presidency, with Taft and Roosevelt splitting the Republican vote that allowed Woodrow Wilson and the Democrats to sweep into office. Eugene Debs runs the strongest Socialist vote in election history. Some unusual photos, good notes and index.
• 1914 - Ian MacDonald , Atheneum 1987
  The opening months of the First World War, from the execution and failure of the Schlieffen Plan to the German defeat at the Battle of the Marne.
• 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents - David Pietrusza, Carroll & Graf Publishing 2007
  Harding, Wilson, Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt, Hoover and FDR, all former, current or future presidents, were in involved in this pivotal election.
• 267 Stupidest Things Democrats Ever Said, The - Ted Rueter, Three Rivers Press 2000
  " 'E Pluribus Unum.' Out of one, many." - Al Gore, on ethnic diversity.
• 267 Stupidest Things Republicans Ever Said, The - Ted Rueter, Three Rivers Press 2000
  "I'll hire blacks as long as they can do the cotton-pickin' job." - Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, 1987-1988
• 365 Love Poems - John Hunt, Barnes & Noble Books 1996
  365 love poems - one for each day of the year. From infatuation to first loves, marriage, lost loves, into the twilight years. Byron, Keats, Longfellow and more.
• Action This Day: Working With Churchill - Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, St. Martins Press 1969
  Excerpts from the memoirs of Lord Normanbrook, John Colville, Sir John Martin and others about their dealings with Churchill.
• Advanced Military Vehicle Modeling - Jerry Scuts, Compendium 2000
  Volume #4. Vacuform, interiors, scratch building, photos on every page, most in color.
• After the Ball: Gilded Age Secrets, Boardroom Betrayals, and the Party That Ignited the Great Wall Street Scandal of 1905 - Patracia Beard, Harper Collins 2003
  James Hazen Hyde, the billion-dollar Equitable Life Assurance Society, and the Versailles-themed costume ball that brought it all down.
• Age Erasers for Men - Various , Rodale Books 1994
  From the editors of Mens Health magazine. Gives information on mens health - physical, mental, spiritual, emotional.
• Age of Empire, The: 1875-1914 - Eric Hobsbawm, Pantheon Books 1987
  The buildup of empires - British, French, German, Belgian, Russian - and the social, political, and economic implications.
• Age of Jackson, The - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Konecky and Konecky
  The Pulitzer Prize winning history of the Jacksonian era - the passing of the Jeffersonian agricultural utopia, the rise of industrialism, a great banking crisis, and looming above all else the slavery question.
• Airbrush Painting Techniques - Rodrigo Cabos, Compendium 2000
  Volume #6. Air brushes, air supply, colors, paints - military vehichles, cars, other projects. Lots of color photos.
• Airwar: Volume 1 - Edward Jablonski, Doubleday & Company 1971
  The airwars over Germany and Japan. Oversized book.
• Airwar: Volume 2 - Edward Jablonski, Doubleday & Company 1971
  The airwars over Germany and Japan. Oversized book.
• Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. - Peter Greene, U of C Press 1991
  A hard read. Traces the life of Alexander the Great. A thorough knowledge of the period is required to grind thru this oft times convuluted volume.
• Allied Occupation of Japan, The - Takemae Eiji, Continuum 2003
  1945 to 1952. Translated from Japanese, originally titled "Inside GHQ: The Allied Occupation of Japan and It's Legacy", occupation and reform in Japan as led by the Allied forces (namely, Douglas MacArthur) and its aftermath. Heavy notes, appendix, bibliography. Minor pictures and maps.
• America Attacks Japan: The Invasion That Never Was - Tim Maga, University Press of Kentucky 2002
  The author examines what might have happened if Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan in November, 1945 had occurred. A reasonable, sober assessment. Good notes and bibliography.
• American Architecture - Robin Sommer, Crescent Books 1996
  From Colonial styles to contemporary, mainly homes and unique public buildings. Packed with great photos by Balthazar Korab. Nice oversized book.
• American Axis, The: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and the Rise of the Third Reich - Max Wallace, St. Martins Press 2003
  An indictment of Lindbergh and Ford and their actions leading up to World War 2.
• American Caesar - Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 - William Manchester, Little, Brown & Co. 1978
  A good biography by my favorite author on an extremely complex figure. Not the best by Manchester, but still very readable.
• American Generalship - Edgar F. Puryear Jr., Presido Press 2000
  The author collects his interviews of high-ranking officers into a study of what it takes to be a leader. Broken down into basic chapters: selflessness, decision, 6th sense, etc.
• America's Wartime Scrapbook From Pearl Harbor to VJ Day - Various , New Cavendish Books 2002
  BIG oversize book chock full of pictures of pinup girls , movie posters, comic book covers, pins, advertising, medals, newspapers, patches, badges, nose art ... all with World War 2 themes. For the collectors of memorabilia.
• An Illustrated Guide to the Modern US Navy - John Jordan, Prentice Hall 1986
  Full data on 40 warship types. Over 120 photographs, most in color, and finely detailed line drawings. Includes sections on aircraft, weapons, sensors and fleet organization charts.
• Andersonville: The Last Depot - William Marvel, Chapel Hill 1994
  Revisionist work on the infamous Confederate POW camp which operated from February 1864 to April 1865. The author raises salient points and shows Commandant Wirz to be somewhat a victim of circumstances. Good photos. Voluminous notes.
• Andrew Carnegie - David Nasaw, Penguin Books 2006
  The story of the Scottish immigrant who became the Industrial Revolution's titan of wealth and power. Two sets of pictures, some drawing and cartoons.
• Anglo-Boer Wars, The: The British and the Afrikaners 1815-1902 - Michael Barthorp, Blanford Press 1987
  The perfect mix of photos and text in the Barthorp style.
• Approaching Fury, The: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861 - Stephen Oates, Harper Collins 1997
  The coming of the Civil War told from the viewpoints of thirteen principal players in the drama: Jefferson, Henry Clay, Lincoln, John Brown, Jefferson Davis and others.
• Armor Camouflage and Markings, Germany, Eastern Front - Kenneth Jones, Almark 1978
  Good photos, b/w and color line drawings, good text.
• Armored Fighting Vehicles - Philip Trewhitt, Barnes & Noble Books 1999
  Tanks and other armored fighting vehicles from all nations, each with a picture, a short description and other specifications.
• Arms of Krupp, The: 1587-1968 - William Manchester, Crown Publishing, Inc. 1968
  By my favorite author. The entire Krupp history, with special emphasis on the world wars (especially WW2) and the machinations in both post-war periods. A definitive work, and Manchester lets you know it.
• Art of W.C. Fields, The - William K. Everson, Bobbs-Merrill Co 1967
  Field's professional life from early Vaudeville to his last movies in the 1940s. Lots of photos, no index. The author incorrectly quotes many lines from Field's films.
• As A Man Thinketh - James Allen, Barnes & Noble Books 1992
  The most famous work of the man who sought the meditative life. Still as relevent to todays man as it was to men in the early part of the 20th century.
• Balanced Life, The - Alan Loy McGinnis, Augsburg 1997
  A survival manual for our stretched-to-the-limit society. From my Mom's library with her annotations included. Thanks Mom.
• Barbary Plague, The: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco - Marilyn Chase, Random House 2003
  This is the story of the two outbreaks of bubonic plague in San Francisco in 1900 and 1905. No pictures. Heavy notes and bibliography.
• Barbecue - Various , Fog City Press 2005
  140 recipes - hints and tips - salsas, rubs and merinades. Steaks, seafood, vegies and other foods. Barbecue! Got this when I bought the grill. Nice reference
• Bartlett: Our Past and Our Progress - Pamela Rohleder, Arcadia Publishing 2003
  Images of America series. Bartlett, Illinois in pictures and great captions. Family and friends, to sports and leisure, traces Bartlett's history from 1891 to the 21st century. A nice slice of Americana. BW photos on every page, signed by the author.
• Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes - Various , Little, Brown & Co. 2000
  From Hank Aaron to King Zog, from Mao to Madonna, 2000 people in 4000 entries.
• Battle of Pea Ridge, The - Willaim Shea, Eastern National 2001
  March 7-8, 1862. The final battle for control of Missouri. Union forces under Brig. Gen Samual R. Curtis (from Keokuk, IA.) defeat the Confederates at Pea Ridge, AK. and keep Missouri in the Union. Toured the battlefield in Spring, 2004. 12 stops, some with paths to walk. Great vistas and good views of the battelfield.
• Battle of Shiloh, The - Larry Daniel, Eastern National 1998
  April 6-7, 1862. The Confederate army concentrates its forces in Corinth, MS. in order to stop the Union forces from advancing through Tennessee into Mississippi and northern Alabama. The subsequent 2-day battle of Shiloh fails to stem the tide. Stayed in Corinth then toured the battlefield in Spring, 2004. Highly recommended.
• Battle of Vicksburg, The - Michael Ballard, Eastern National 1996
  Spring-Summer, 1863. The 47-day seige of Vicksburg, MS. and the surrounding battles. Toured the battlefield in Spring, 2004. This National Park has the largest monuments on any battlefield. Includes a National Cemetery and the USS Cairo museum. Highly recommended.
• Battle of Wilson's Creek, The - Christopher Phillips, Eastern National 2001
  August 10, 1861. One of the early battles for control of Missouri. The battle is a draw, as the Union forces retreat yet the Confederates are unable to persue. Missouri remains in the Union. Toured the battlefield in Spring, 2004. A short tour - 7+ stops. Quiet and peaceful, unlike the time it represents.
• Before the Trumpets: Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1881-1905 - Geoffrey C. Ward, BMC 1997
  The early life of FDR and influences and environment that shaped his personality into what we see today - FDR as President. Lots of history and personal infomation. Balanced. Recommended.
• Beginners Cookbook, The - Pamela Gwyther, Paragon Publising 2004
  Nutrition and techniques, utensils to use, conversion charts, flavoring, herbs and spices, and lots of different and easy recipes
• Berlin Wall, The: A World Divided, 1961 -1989 - Frederick Taylor, Harper Collins 2006
  The building of the Berlin Wall, it's effect upon Germany, and it's final dismateling.
• Berlin: Story of a Battle - Andrew Tully, Simon & Schuster 1963
  The final Russian offensive aimed straight at the heart of the Third Reich. Covers the period mid-April through early May 1945.
• Best of James Herriot: Favorite Memories of a Country Vet - James Herriot, St. Martins Press 1998
  The favorite stories of the author of All Creature Great and Small and his numerous other books.
• Big Cotton: How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America on the Map - Stephen Yafa, Viking Press 2005
  The story of cotton, with special emphasis on its impact in the Americas.
• Biographical Dictionary of Film, The New - David Thomson, Knopf 2002
  1,300 entries of those who are connected with the movies: Abbot and Costello to Adolf Zukor, Rin Tin Tin to Hoagy Carmichael. Short bios of each and a listing of film credits. No index, no appendix.
• Bismarck - Dr. G.H. Zimmerman, 1898
  In German. From my Grandma's library.
• Bleak House - Charles Dickens, Literary Guild of America 1953
  The one and only Dickens. Originally published in 1852.
• Blood, Sweat, and Tears - Winston Churchill, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1941
  Winson Churchill's writing on has and Britain's role in the events leading up to World War 2.
• Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Speeches of Winston Churchill - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1989
  Edited and with an introduction by David Cannadine. The Great Man's oration from 1900 to 1955.
• Boer War in Postcards, The - Ian McDonald, Wrens Park Publishing 2001
  The use of postcards to mirror public opinion came into widepsread use during the Boer War, when they were mass-produced by a variety of countries. This book gives many examples with explanations of their meaning and origins. Aimed at the collectors market, this book is also a mirror of that time in history.Many photos of cards plus some color plates.
• Boer War, The (1993) - Thomas Pakenham, 1993
  Rework of his 1979 version, slicing out 2/3 of the text and including more photos, maps, cartoons, etc. in an oversize format. Beautiful. Recommended.
• Boer War, The - 1899-1902 - David Smurthwaite, Hamlyn 2002
  Oversized book on the Boer War using quotes, diary entries and eye-witness accounts from Boer and British alike. Pictures on almost every page, with contemporary cartoons, paintings etc. Short overview of the war and a timeline.
• Boer War, The: South Africa 1899-1902 - Martin Evans, Osprey Publishing 1999
  The British and the Afrikanners at war. Oversized, excellent photos, maps and drawing, many of which I've never seen before.
• Boer War, The - Denis Judd, Palgrave Macmillan 2003
  Co-authored by Keith Surridge. A history of the Boer War with special emphasis on debunking the myth of the 'white's man fight' and focusing also on the concentration camps. Some unusual photoes, a chronology and a list of leading figures, both Boer and British.
• Boer War, The - Tabitha Jackson, Channel 4 Books 1999
  This book was published in conjuction with a BBC series on the Boer War. It's chock full of great pictures, drawings, contemporary cartoons and painting. The text uses first-hand accounts extensively. A nice background book on all aspects of this war.
• Boer War, The - Thomas Pakenham, Random House 1979
  The definitive single volume on the Boer War (1899-1902). A good balance to Amery's official 7 volume history insofar as justifying some of General Sir Redver Buller's mistakes, and being frank about the concentration camps. Recommended.
• Boer War, The - Winston Churchill, Dorset Press 1991
  Two of WSC's books in one: 'London to Ladysmith' and 'Ian Hamiltons March'. A collection of articles (plus more) from his exploits during the Boer War (South Africa 1899-1902).
• Boer Wars (1): 1836-1898 - Ian Knight, Osprey Publishing 1996
  Osprey Men-at-War series. 8 color plates, excellent text, great photos.
• Boer Wars (2): 1898-1902 - Ian Knight, Osprey Publishing 1996
  Osprey Men-at-War series #303. Good text, 8 multi-figure color plates, many photos.
• Bogie: A Life in Pictures - Judith Schlesinger, Metrobooks 1998
  A multifaceted and tormented character - onscreen and off. 120 photos, good captions, oversize, color photos of movie posters. Lovely tribute.
• Book on the Bookshelf, The - Henry Petroski, Knopf 1999
  The history of book storage. They used to be so rare they were chained to bookshelves! Also chapters on book selling, book buying and book collecting. Delightful.
• Breakout at Normandy: The 2nd Armored Division in the Land of the Dead - Mark Bando, MBI Publishing 1999
  The last week of July, 1944, and the fierce battles to break out of the Normandy beachhead, prior to Cobra and Patton's dash across France.
• Bridges: Masterpieces of Architecture - Lionel Browne, Smithmark 1996
  A beautiful oversize book, with 91 photos, on the history of bridges.
• British Army on Campaign 4, The: 1882-1902 - Michael Barthorp, Osprey Publishing 1991
  Men-at-Arms series #201. Good text, 8 multi-figure color plates, many photos
• Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, The - Various , Wiley 2001
  From 'abbatoir' to 'zydeco', a reference for the most familiar 2000 foreign words and phrases. A kudos to this tour-de-force of exotica.
• Brush Up Your Shakespeare! - Michael Macrone, Gramercy Books 1990
  An outline of the most famous and quotable phrases from the Bard.
• Bully Father, A - Joan Kerr, Random House 1995
  A collection of Theodore Roosevelt's letters to his children. The 1st third of the book is an outline of TR's home life. Forward by David McCullough, author of "Mornings on Horseback". Great photos, no index.
• Bully Pulpit, The: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations - H. Paul Jeffers, Taylor Publishing 1998
  A whole host of quotations about children, happiness, principles, the Presidency, Lincoln, literature, etc. Also a chronology of his life and a list of books by and about him.
• Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence - Stansfield Turner, Hyperion 2005
  The author Adm. Turner was CIA director under Carter (1977-1981). This books traces the history of the CIA from "Wild Bill" Donovan and the OSS in World War II, up to the the 9/11 attacks and beyond, with suggestions for reorganizing the CIA for its modern mission.
• Cahaba Prison and the Sultana Disaster - William O. Bryant, University of AL Press 2001
  The story of the 5,000 Union prisoners of war held at the Cahaba prison near Selma, AL. during the latter part of the Civil War, and their fate aboard the doomed 'Sultana' steamship which exploded mid-river on the Mississippi while transporting them to their homes North.
• Calvin and Hobbes: Essential Calvin and Hobbes, The - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1989
  Lots of early stuff, plus Spaceman Spiff, the Transmorgrifier and more. Oversize.
• Calvin and Hobbes: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1994
  Even more great Calvin and Hobbes schtick. Larger format, includes color cartoons.
• Calvin and Hobbes: It's A Magical World - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1996
  Oversized with color cartoons.
• Calvin and Hobbes: Something Under the Bed is Drooling - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1989
  The first picture in this book is Calvin's Mom and Dad in bed, bleary eyed, listening to someone (?!?) yell HELP! HELP! IT'S GOT ME! The most hilarious cartoon to come along in a great while.
• Calvin And Hobbes: The Authoritative Calvins and Hobbes - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1990
  One of the three treasury collections from Watterson. Includes previously released cartoons in Yukon Ho! and Weirdos from Another Planet.
• Calvin and Hobbes: The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1995
  Oversized with color cartoons.
• Calvin and Hobbes: The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1993
  Oversized with color cartoons.
• Calvin and Hobbes: The Revenge of the Baby-sat - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1991
  Another edition of the evil young 6 year old and his supremely innocent stuffed tiger.
• Calvin and Hobbes: There's Treasure Everywhere - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1996
  Oversized with color cartoons.
• Calvin and Hobbes: Weirdos from Another Planet - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1990
  "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." - Calvin. More hilarity from the indominitable boy and his stuffed tiger.
• Calvin and Hobbes: Yukon Ho! - Bill Watterson, Universal Press 1990
  'My tiger friend has got the sled, and I have packed a snack. We're all set for the trip ahead. We're never coming back!' - from the The Yukon Song by Calvin. More adventures.
• Camera at War, The - Jorge Lewinski, Chartwell 1986
  War photography from 1848 to 1978. Lots of text, selective photos. More esoteric.
• Campaign for Guadacanal, The - Jack Coggins, Doubleday & Company 1972
  The pivotal battle for control of the South Pacific. Over 250 maps, diagrams and detailed illustrations. No photos. Good text.
• Canal Builders, The - Robert Payne, Macmillan 1959
  Covers all water transportation throughout the ages from the Roman aquaducts to city waterways (ala Venice), to Suez and Panama and beyond.
• Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea - Robert K. Massie, Random House 2003
  Massie's masterly sequel to 'Dreadnought'. While stalemate existed on the Western Front, the great battle fleets of Germany and Britain vied for command of the sea. Jutland is here as are the U-boats. Churchill, Fisher, Jellicoe, Tirpitz, Hipper and the rest. Highly recommended.
• Century Series: The British Century: A Photographic History - Brian Moynahan, Barnes & Noble Books 1999
  A photographic history of the British, from Queen Victoria and the Empire to Tony Blair and the triumph of the Labour party. Oversize. Beautiful.
• Century Series: The German Century: A Photographic History - Michael Sturmer, Barnes & Noble Books 1999
  The Gemans! Half of my ancestry. Pastoral and violent. Lots of beautiful unique photos on Germany in the 20th century. Oversize. Beautiful.
• Century Series: The Irish Century: A Photographic History - Michael Morrogh, Roberts Rinehart Publishers 1998
  Ireland. Half of my ancestory. Sometimes happy and bright, most times violent and painful. But always interesting. Oversize. Beautiful.
• Century Series: The Russian Century: A Photographic History - Brian Moynahan, Barnes & Noble Books 1999
  A photographic history of the Russians in the 20th century. Oversize. Beautiful.
• Chasing Churchill: The Travels of Winston Churchill - Celia Sandys, Carroll & Graf Publishing 2003
  Churchill's granddaughter recounts the extensive travels of her grandfather. Four excellent sections of photos, one with Winston's paintings. Personally signed for me by the author.
• Chesty: The Story of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Puller, USMC - LtCol Jon T. Hoffman, Random House 2001
  The complete story of Chesty, awarded 5 Navy Crosses, making his mark in the Pacific during WW2.
• Churchill and America - Martin Gilbert, Free Press 2005
  Churchill's connection with America, starting with his mother Jennie Jerome. An account of his many visits, the war years, and his advice to his successor in 1955, "Never be seperated from the Americans."
• Churchill and Secret Service - David Stafford, Overlook Press 1997
  Churchill's connections with the world of intelligence.
• Churchill and the Great Republic - Various , Library of Congress 2004
  Churchill's realationship with the US. This publication coincides with the with the opening of a major exhibition at the Library of Congress in February, 2004.
• Churchill Centre Proceedings: 1996-1997 - Various , The Churchill Center 2000
  Papers and addresses at events sponsored by the Churchill Centre and the International Churchill Societies of Canada and the UK for '96 and '97.
• Churchill Centre Proceedings: 1998-2000 - Various , The Churchill Center 2004
  Papers and addresses at events sponsored by the Churchill Centre and the International Churchill Societies of Canada and the UK for '98 through '00.
• Churchill on Courage - Frederick Talbott, Thomas Nelson Publishers 1996
  A collection of WSC's 'timeless wisdom for perservering' from the 1900s to the 1960s.
• Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity - Steven Hayward, Forum 1998
  Churchill and leadership. A great man and his great thoughts.
• Churchill Speaks - Robert Rhodes James, Barnes & Noble Books 1998
  Culled from James' eight volume edition of Churchill's speeches, the complete text of his most famous 300 speeches.
• Churchill: A Biography - Roy Jenkins, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2001
  Another biography, admiring WSC yet not dismissing his faults. Some new information and many new perspectives
• Churchill: A Pictorial Biography - Alan Moorehead, Viking Press 1960
  A very nice book with pictures, cartoons, text on Churchill's life up to 1960.
• Churchill: A Study in Greatness - Geoffrey Best, Hambledon and London 2001
  A book that explores Churchill's character, both public and private.
• Churchill: Speaker of the Century - James Humes, Stein and Day 1984
  A biography of WSC's speech-making - elections, House of Commons, extemperaneous, etc. plus selected clever, witty and wise utterances.
• Churchill: Taken from the Diaries of Lord Moran - Lord Moran, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1966
  The diaries of Sir Charles Wilson, Lord Moran, while he was Winston Churchill's personal physician from 1940 to 1964.
• Churchill: The End of Glory - A Political Biography - John Charmley, Harcourt Brace 1993
  One of the revisionist Churchill writers, and as always on very shaky grounds.
• Churchill: The Man of the Century - Neil Ferrier, Doubleday & Company 1965
  
• Churchill: The Unruly Giant - Norman Rose, Free Press 1995
  'In our opinion the best single-volume interpretive biography, judicious and wise with many new angles' - Review in Finest Hour: The Journal of the International Churchill Societies (now the Churchill Centre.)
• Churchill: The Walk with Destiny - H. Tatlock Miller, Hutchinson & Co Ltd. 1959
  Lovely thick oversize book with large photos on every page. Some text.
• Churchill: Visionary Statesman Historian - John Lukacs, Yale University Press 2002
  Yet another nice, small book on WSC's life, from yet another historian of my time. No index.
• Churchill: Wanted Dead or Alive - Celia Sandys, Carroll & Graf Publishing 2000
  Written by Churchill's granddaughter, the story of Winston Churchill in Africa during the Boer War - war correspondent, combatant, soldier, POW and his escape that propelled him to international fame.
• Cities of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-Century Images of Urban Development - Jown W. Reps, University of Missouri Press 1994
  A collection of lithographs, wood engravings, pictures and articles of cities along the Mississippi. Included is a short chapter on my hometown of Keokuk, Iowa.
• Citizen Soldiers - Stephen E. Ambrose, Simon & Schuster 1997
  The story of GI Joe, from Normandy to Germany's surrender.
• City Comes of Age, A - Various , Chicago Historical Soc 1990
  Chicago in the 1890s, published by the Chicago Historical Society. Lots of good pictures, and an overview of the city at that time.
• City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle - Bill Minutaglio, Harper Collins 2003
  On April 16, 1947, the freighter 'Grandcamp', loading in Texas City, TX. with 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate, disintegrates in a prodigious explosion heard as far as 150 miles distant, sending a huge mushroom cloud billowing more than 2,000 feet into the air. Some b&w photos.
• Civil War, The: Strange and Fascinating Facts - Burke Davis, Barnes & Noble Books 2003
  The Civil War introduced for the first time such innovations as the submarine, the snorkel, the periscope, frame throwers, aerial reconnaissance, the income tax, the first Black US Army officer, etc. Short sketches on each subject, minor b&w illustrations throughout. Short bibliography, no index.
• Classic Railroad Advertising: Riding the Rails Again - Tad Burness, Krause Publications 2001
  Rail travel advertising from the 1920s to the 1950. Ads on every page with explanatory captions.
• Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage - Mary Soames, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1979
  The story of two strong-willed, passionate, loyal people whose love and trust never faltered. Adds truth to the adage 'behind every great man is a great woman'.
• Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence - Michael Capuzzo, Broadway Books 2001
  The story of the shark attacks that took place in July, 1916 off the New Jersey coast.
• Closed File: The True Story behind the Execution of Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock - Kit Denton, Bok Books 1983
  From the author of 'The Breaker' from whence the movie "Breaker Morant" was made. Good background on the Boer War and the motives of the principals involved.
• Codename Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb - Thomas B. Allen, Simon & Schuster 1995
  The plans for the invasion of 'Orange', the US codename for Japan. This book traces the history of US planning from the early part of the century up to the end of WW2. Good maps, charts, drawings.
• Coke Goes To War - V. Dennis Wrynn, Pictorial Histories Publishing 1996
  Coca-Cola print advertisements from 1936 to 1945, all in color, all with a caption explaining them.
• Colditz - The Full Story - P.R. Reid, St. Martins Press 1984
  The entire story of Oflag IV C (Officers POW Camp), Colditz Castle, where the Germans interned all the worst (or best) Allied escapees. Supposedly escape proof, some of the most ingenious escape plans were hatched here. An easy and fun read.
• Colenso 1899: The Boer War in Natal - Ian Knight, Osprey Publishing 1995
  Campaign series #38. The British vs. the Dutch Boers, South Africa, 1899. In-depth look at the battles of Colenso and Spion Kop. Sympathetic to General Sir Redver Buller. Lots of photos, drawings, and paintings.
• Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, The - Emily Dickinson, Barnes & Noble Books 1993
  Life, Nature, Love, Time and Eternity, and The Single Hound. Her verse is very compact, tight, short, and neatly ordered. I don't find her as compelling as some of her contemporaries, but still interesting and fun to read.
• Colonel Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt Goes to War, 1897-1898 - H. Paul Jeffers, Wiley 1996
  A nice, rather easy read. Jeffers concentrates on two main areas: TR as Undersecratary for the Navy (ordering Dewey to attack in the PI), and his exploits in Cuba. He skips the Rough Rider training camp all together. Recommended.
• Combined Operations: The Official Story of the Commandos - Various , Macmillan 1943
  Published in 1943, copyrighted by The Controller of His Britannic Majesty's Stationary Office, with a forward by then Vice-Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, later blown to bits by the Irish Republican Army.
• Commissioner Roosevelt - H. Paul Jeffers, Wiley 1994
  The story of Theodore Roosevelt and the New York City Police, 1895-1897. What an absolute dynamo this man was.
• Commonwealth of Thieves, A: The Improbable Birth of Australia - Thomas Keneally, Doubleday & Company 2006
  From the author of 'Schindlers List', the story of the establishment of Australia as a penal colony for the British Empire.
• Complete Films of W.C. Fields, The - Donald Deschner, Citadel Press 1966
  Outlines all the films, short and full length, of the Great One. Each film has a listing of cast, credits and a synopsis. Chock full of pictures.
• Complete Sherlock Holmes, The - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Doubleday & Company
  Four full length novels and 56 short stories about Baker Streets most famous resident. With a preface by Christopher Morley.
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The, Vol. 1 - William Shakespeare, Nelson Doubleday & Co.
  All the plays, sonnets and poems.
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The, Vol. 2 - William Shakespeare, Nelson Doubleday & Co.
  All the plays, sonnets and poems.
• Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and Other Political Adventures - James Humes, Regnery Publishing 1997
  Funny and revealing. I personally enjoy Humes' writing.
• Confessions - Saint Augustine , International Collectors Lib
  
• Connoisseur's Guide to the Books of Winston Churchill, A - Richard Langworth, Brassey's, London 2000
  Richard Langworth is a long time seller of books by and about Winnie. Here he gathers all the information he has acquired through the years into a concise, compact and complete collection of tidbits for finding the real Churchill Books. Signed.
• Crack in the Teacup: Britain in the 20th Century - Marina Warner, HM Clarion Press 1979
  Mainly an overview of literature, art and other societal aspects of England between the wars.
• Creation of Bridges, The - David Bennett, Chartwell 1999
  Nice oversize book printed on excellent paper, lots of color photos and drawings, with information on construction of different types of bridges from past and present.
• Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky, International Collectors Lib
  
• Crossings: The Great Transatlantic Migrations, 1870-1914 - Walter NNugent, Indiana University Press 1992
  The great exchange of populations between the Franco-Prussian War and World War 1. Some photos.
• Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 - Stephen Puleo, Beacon Press 2003
  On January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank filled with molasses collasped on Boston's waterfront, disgorging it contents in a fifteen-foot-high wave that traveled at thirty-five miles per hour. Pictures throughout, nice bibliographic essay of sources.
• Das Reich: Waffen-SS Armoured Elite - Michael Sharpe, Ian Allen Publishing 2003
  Co-authored by Brian L. Davis. Part of the Spearhead series of books. A history of the 2nd SS Panzer Division from inception in the early '40s till the final battles in the East. Color and b&w photos, statistics, charts, biographies of its leaders.
• Day Dixie Died, The: Southern Occupation, 1865-1866 - Thomas Goodrich, Stackpole Books 2001
  The North's occupation of the South immediately after the Civil War, as told by the people who lived through it. Pictures throughout.
• Day of Infamy - Walter Lord, Henry Holt 1991
  The best-selling classic of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From the author of 'A Night to Remember'.
• Day the War Ended, The - May 8, 1945 - Martin Gilbert, Henry Holt 1995
  A collection of stories from a variety of people about their experiences on the day the war ended in Europe.
• Days of Destiny: Crossroads in American History - James McPherson, DK Publishing 2001
  31 specific day in American history by different authors, from June 17, 1675 and King Philips's Quarell to June 14, 1973 and the Battle over Biotechnology. Illustrations and photos throughout.
• Death Is Lighter Than A Feather - David Westheimer, University of N. Texas Press 1994
  A novel based on Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan. Excellent prologue, followed by a host of characters who are wrapped around a technical readout of how this battle would have been fought. Highly recommended for Downfall readers.
• Death of a President, The: November 1963 - William Manchester, Harper & Row 1967
  Manchester's 4 days in November. The Official Book. It's OK. Manchester is my favorite author but too close to the Kennedy's to be totally objective, which is what one needs to be when having opinions on the Assasination.
• Debate on the Constitution - Part 1 - Various , Library of America 1993
  Federalist and Antifederalist speeches, articles and letters during the struggle over ratification of the US Constitution. Contains the text of the Articles of Confederation. Large notes and appendix.
• Debate on the Constitution - Part 2 - Various , Library of America 1993
  Federalist and Antifederalist speeches, articles and letters during the struggle over ratification of the US Constitution. Contains the text of the Articles of Confederation. Large notes and appendix section.
• Delight of Reading, The: Quotes, Notes and Anecdotes. - Otto Bettmann, David R. Godine 1987
  'The great gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it give you the knowledge of the world and experience of a kind.' - Elizabeth Hardwick
• Desert Storm: The War in the Persian Golf - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  From the editors of Time-Life, a compilation of their reportings, photography and commentary on the Gulf War. Some battle maps. Includes fold out map and weapons line-drawing's sheet originally included with one of the Time magazine issues.
• Destruction of the European Jews, The: 3rd Edition, Volume 1 - Raul Hilberg, Yale University Press 2003
  3 volume boxed set detailing the entire operation of the Final Solution from the German perspective. Background on anti-semitism, charts, etc. A complete breakdown on all aspects of this killing machine. Highly recommended.
• Destruction of the European Jews, The: 3rd Edition, Volume 2 - Raul Hilberg, Yale University Press 2003
  3 volume boxed set detailing the entire operation of the Final Solution from the German perspective. Background on anti-semitism, charts, etc. A complete breakdown on all aspects of this killing machine. Highly recommended.
• Destruction of the European Jews, The: 3rd Edition, Volume 3 - Raul Hilberg, Yale University Press 2003
  3 volume boxed set detailing the entire operation of the Final Solution from the German perspective. Background on anti-semitism, charts, etc. A complete breakdown on all aspects of this killing machine. Highly recommended.
• Destruction of the European Jews, The - Raul Hilberg, Harper & Row 1988
  In my opinion it's the definitive book detailing the entire operation of the Final Solution from the German perspective. Background on anti-semitism, charts, etc. A complete breakdown on all aspects of this killing machine. Highly recommended.
• Dictionary of Aviation - Anthony Robinson, Crescent Books 1984
  Aviation pilots and personalities, aerial warfare, and aeroplane manufacturers. Many color and b/w photos, no index.
• Dictionary of Modern American Usage, A - Bryan Garner, Oxford University Press 1998
  Basic grammar, nuances, word preferences and shadings, punctuation, idiomatic phrases, spelling and effective style.
• Disaster on the Mississippi - Gene Eric Salecker, Naval Institute Press 1996
  On April 27, 1865, right after the Civil War ended and Lincoln was shot, the steamer "Sultana", carrying 2,100 recently released Union POWs, exploded and sank on the Mississippi killing 1,700 of her passengers. A worse disaster than the Titanic.
• Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 - Dan Kurzman, William Morrow & Co 2001
  The story of the 8.3 earthquake the struck at 5am on April 18, 1906, and the ensuing fire the consumed the heart of the city for the next 3 days.
• Disasters and Heroic Rescues: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival in North Carolina - Scotti Rohn, Globe Pequot Press 2005
  North Carolina fires, wrecks, crashes, floods etc from 1831 to 2004.
• Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults - Robert Schnakenberg, St. Martins Press 2004
  Insults of Americans, Brits, politicians, generals, cultures and other miscellany.
• Divided Memory: The Nazi Past in the Two Germanys - Jeffrey Herf, Harvard University Press 1997
  How the two Germanys view their common Nazi past. Very heavy notes section. Interesting.
• Divided Nation, The: A History of Germany, 1918-1990 - Mary Fulbrook, Oxford University Press 1992
  Mainly a political history. A hard read, requiring a thorough general knowledge of Gemany during this period.
• Doing the Town: The Rise of Urban Tourism in the United States, 1859-1915 - Catherine Cocks, University of CA Press 2001
  The rise of city touring, as tourists and travelers saw the rise of elegant hotels, packaged tours, and train travel to cities for vacations that would entertain and edity, and how this is contained in the larger cutural transformation that encompassded fundamental changes in urban life and national identity.
• Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History But Never Learned - Kenneth C. Davis, Crown Publishing, Inc. 1990
  From Discovery to the Revolution, Civil War to FDR and beyond, this book gives a nice overview of why things are the way they are.
• Don't You Know There's a War On?: The American Home Front, 1941-1945 - Richard Lingeman, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1970
  An in-depth look at America and Americans on the home front during it's involvement in WW2. An easy and informative read.
• Door of No Return, The: The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade - William St Clair, BlueBridge 2007
  The history of the African headquarters of the British slave trade.
• Doyle - Selected Works - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, P.F. Collier & Son 1928
  Selected works of Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
• Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel - Richard Minear, New Press 2001
  Dr. Seuss started his career as a political cartoonist for the New York daily 'PM'. This book contains over 200 of his cartoons, with commentary by the author.
• Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, And The Coming Of The Great War - Robert K. Massie, Random House 1991
  A well researched view of Britain and Germany in the 20 years before WWI, focusing on the naval policies of each and how they contributed to heightened tensions which culminated in the Great War. Prequel to 'Castles of Steel.' Highly recommended.
• Dream Worlds - Mass Consumption in Late 19th Century France - Rosalind Williams, University of CA Press 1975
  A look at consumerism in late 19th century France, with some correlarys to modern consumption.
• Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945 - Frederick Taylor, Harper Collins 2004
  For 15 hours on 2/13/45, 1,100 American and British heavy bombers dropped 4,500 tons of high explosive bombs and incendiary devices, killing tens of thousands and leaving the city in flaming ruins. Slightly revisionist work dealing with casualties, atrocities, and the military importance of Dresden. 8 b&w photo plates.
• Early Keokuk Homes - Raymond Garrison, Hamilton Press 1991
  This book covers the background of homes in Keokuk, Iowa, from the earliest days to 1959. Essential research book for this city. 30+ photos.
• Edward the Caresser: The Playboy Prince Who Became Edward VII - Stanley Weintraub, Free Press 2001
  Eldest son of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, Edward Albert, Prince of Wales for over 60 yearrs who eventually gave his name to an entire era.
• Ellis Island: Gateway to the American Dream - Pamela Reeves, Barnes & Noble Books 2000
  The story of where millions of immigrants passed on their journey to the new world. Oversized, gloosy pages with lots of great photos.
• Emminent Churchillians - Andrew Roberts, Simon & Schuster 1994
  A look at the people around Winston Churchill and how they tried to use him for their own ends while he was in power.
• Empire by Default - Ivan Musicant, Henry Holt 1998
  The Spanish-American War and the dawn of the American century. This is the story of that war as it was fought in Washington DC, the press, the Carribean and in the Phillipines.
• Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two - Peter Chamberlain, Silverday Books 2004
  Great guide to German tanks and armoured vehicles, all the variants, multiple pictures on every page, special emphasis on official designations, short descriptions of each type. Great contents section, good index. Oversize, beautiful.
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of English Usage - N.H and S.K. Mager, Prentice Hall 1974
  A guide to the English language.
• Endkampf: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich - Stephen Fritz, University Press of Kentucky 2004
  The collapse of the Third Reich, and the staunch resistence in the Franconia area of Germany.
• Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Displatches - Ernie Pyle, Random House 1986
  Some biographical data, and a forward by Studs Terkel.
• Escape from Germany - Aidan Crawley, Dorset Press 1987
  A complete book on escapes from POW camps in Europe by the Allied nations during WW2.
• Essential Theodore Roosevelt, The - John Gabriel Hunt, Gramercy Books 1994
  A collection of TR's speeches and writing. Shows the immense amount of depth this man had.
• Explaining Hitler - Ron Rosenbaum, Random House 1998
  Using the myriad of theories abounding about who Hitler was, Rosenbaum tries to unravel the mystery of why Htiler did what he did. Very in-depth study.
• Eye Deep in Hell: Trench Warfare in World War 1 - John Ellis, John Hopkins 1989
  Covers all aspects of the Trenches: daily routines, daily miseries, equipment, hazards, rewards, personal thoughts and public support. Lots of unspectacular photos. An interesting quick read from the author of "Social History of the Machine Gun".
• Fads, Follies and Delusions of the American People - Paul Sann, Crown Publishing, Inc. 1967
  Superheroes, pole sitting, chain letters, dianetics, hula hoops, Davy Crockett, Billy Sunday, Sister Aimee, Father Coughlin, rock n' roll, pantie raids. This is a fun and enlightening book.
• Fall of Berlin, The: 1945 - Antony Beever, Viking Press 2002
  January to May, 1945, and the crushing Russian offensives that closed in and captured the heart of the Third Reich. Three set of b&w photos, some unusual. Good source notes, bibliography and index.
• Fall of Japan, The - William Craig, The Dial Press 1967
  Autumn 1944 to Tojo's attempted suicide, September 1945. Told from both the US and Japanese perspectives.
• Fallen Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars - George Mosse, Oxford University Press 1990
  Examination of the war monument in history, as well as propoganda dealing with war deaths. Interesting.
• Fate of Africa, The - Martin Meredith, Perseus Books Group 2005
  A history of African independence from 1955 to 2005. The dissolution of the European colonial empires and the turbulant and violent years afterwards.
• Fighting Ships - Richard Hough, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1969
  The history of fighting ships, from the primitive Nile craft of 3000 B.C. to the modern US nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of today. Lots of interesting paintings, drawings and photos. Good text.
• Films of Laurel and Hardy, The - William Everson, The Citadel Press 1967
  Biographical sketches of each, their style of comedy and why it worked, and a compendium of their films listing the studios, directors and other credits, and a short synopsis of each film. Lots of photos.
• Finest Hour: Journal of the Churchill Centre and Societies - Churchill Ctr , Churchill Centre
  The official publication of the Churchill Centre and Societies. Issues from 1995 to the present
• Finishing Basements and Attics - Various , Black & Decker Home Improvemnt 2000
  A nice guide for finishing basements and attics and expanding living spaces. Chock full of color pictures and drawings.
• Fire At Sea: The Mysterious Tragedy of the Morro Castle - Thomas Gallagher, The Lyons Press 2003
  September, 1934, off the Atlantic coast, the luxury liner 'Morro Castle' is engulfed in fire, killing 137 passengers and crew.
• Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Disaster and Its Aftermath - John Esposito, De Capo Press 2005
  Boston, November 28, 1942. The Cocoanut Grove nightclub goes up in fire, killing almost half its patrons. With a death toll of 492, it sparked reforms in fire rules and burn therapy. One set of photos
• Fire of His Genius, The: Robert Fulton and the American Dream - Kirkpatrick Sale, The Free Press 2001
  Inventer of the steamboat (called the 'North River', not the 'Clermont'), extraordinarily driven and ambitious, but also solitary, reckless and contentious. Fultons's life story set against the background of America in the early 1800s.
• First World War, The: A Photographic History - Laurence Stallings, Simon & Schuster 1933
  Oversize, all photos, limited captions. Published in 1933. Some stunnings photos.
• First-Class Temperament, A: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, 1905-1928 - Geoffrey C. Ward, BMC 1998
  Second volume of the biography of FDR focusing on his personal life. Great sections on his fight with polio. This volume covers the years 1905 to 1928.
• Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, The - Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster 1987
  The saga of the Fitzgeralds (Honey Fitz and Rose) and the Kennedys (Joe and family) which culminates in the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. A fascinating portrait of a families that played a huge part in American history.
• Five Great Dialogues - Plato , Classics Club 1942
  
• Flame Trees Of Thika, The: Memories of an African Childhood - Elspeth Huxley, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987
  It tells the story of a young girl, her family and friends, as they stretch the British Empire in Kenya during the years before WWI. A good story. Recommended. Catch the BBC series if possible.
• Floods, Famines and Emporers - Brian Fagan, Basic Books 1999
  The relationship of the global weather system with history and archeology, concentrating mainly on El Nino and La Nina.
• Flying Tigers - Daniel Ford, Smithsonian 1991
  Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group, flying the Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk (with the sharks teeth emblem on the cowling), defend Burma during the winter and spring of 1941-42.
• Follow Me! - Business Leadership, Patton Style - Warren Ridge, American Management Assc. 1989
  One of my all time favorites. Describes Patton's methods for cutting through all the bullshit to get the job done. A must read to reaquaint oneself with searching for the truth.
• Ford - The Men and the Machine - Robert Lacey, Little, Brown & Co. 1986
  An excellent history of the Ford family and company, from Henry Sr. to Henry II. Recommended.
• Forgotten Man, The: A New History of the Great Depression - Amity Shlaes, Harper Collins 2007
  Did FDR help to resolve or just prolong the Great Depression? This books examines that question. Very heavy economic research.
• Forgotten Storm, The: The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925 - Wallace Akin, The Lyons Press 2002
  The tornado that ripped through MO, IL and IN, killing hundreds. Towns entirely destoyed. First person accounts, a tragic story.
• Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life - Gretchen Rubin, Ballantine Books 2003
  Warrior, writer, genius, crank, inventor, painter, peacemaker. Rubin "creates a new form for presenting a great figure of history," making Churchill meaningful to 21st Century readers by analyzing contrasting views of the man: anachronism or visonary, racist or humanitarian, quotable or a bore? Rubin considers all sides. Energetic and readable, this should be entertaining to graduate Churchillophiles as well as the wondering masses.
• Franco-Prussian War, The: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871 - Geoffrey Wawro, Cambridge University Press 2005
  The war that changed the face of Europe in the 1870s. Lots of maps, some drawings and photos.
• Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden and the Stolen Election of 1876 - Roy Morris, Jr., Simon & Schuster 2003
  124 years before the Bush/Gore election controversy, with the votes of Florida, South Carolina and Lousiana in dispute, it took four months before a partisan Electoral Commision decided in favor of the Republican candidate Hayes.
• From Prague after Munich: Diplomatic Papers, 1938-40 - George F. Kennan, Princeton University Press 1968
  Kennan's first hand view of the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia and its social and political implications for the Czechs, Germans and others involved in European politics at that time.
• From the Ruins of the Reich - Germany, 1945-1949 - Douglas Botting, Crown Publishing, Inc. 1985
  An excellent book describing the collapse of Nazi Germany, its division into zones by the Allies, denazification, political and social life, the Berlin Airlift, the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany, etc. Highly recommended.
• Frontiers and Wars - Winston Churchill, Smithmark 1995
  His four early books covering his life as soldier and war correspondent: 'The Malakand Field Force', 'The River War', 'London to Ladysmith', 'Ian Hamilton's March.'
• Furnace Afloat, A: The Wreck of the Hornet - Joe Jackson, Free Press 2003
  The 1866 fire disaster and 4,300 mile voyage of the survivors.
• Gashouse Gang, The - John Heidenry, Public Affairs 2007
  Subtitled "How DIzzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-From Behind Ball Club Won the World Series - and America's Heart - During the Great Depression". 1934. (I'm a lifelong Cardinal fan).
• General Patton: A Soldiers Life - Stanley Hirshson, Harper Collins 2002
  A nicely balanced portait of this extremely complex and interesting American figure.
• General Patton's Best Friend - Richard Stillman, RJ Stillman Company 2001
  The story of General George Smith Patton, Jr. and his beloved dog Willie. Very nice hardbound edition, large appendix.
• General Patton's Principles for Life and Leadership - Porter Williamson, MSC 1988
  I read this on vacation one year which started my interest in Georgie. A good starter book for learning about GSP. Visit my Patton website at www.oocities.org/bibliofile/gsp.htm
• General Patton's Timeless Leadership Principles - Richard Stillman, RJ Stillman Company 1998
  Yet another book outlining the leadership principles of the General, which can be used in both personal and professional life. Gives an overview of his campaigns in WWII, then expands on the various techniques used by Georgie. Pictures, maps throughout. Great notes, appendix and bibliography.
• George M. Verity Story, The - David Tschifffrie, Keokuk River Museum
  The story of the George M. Verity, a stern-wheeling riverboat that plied the waters of the Mississippi before being beached and turned into the Keokuk River Museum.
• German Armored Cars and Reconnaissance Halftracks: 1939-1945 - Bryan Perret, Osprey Publishing 1982
  Osprey Vanguard series #25. German all wheeled vehicles, from WW1 through the heavy 8 wheeled Pumas at the end of WW2, with a few notes on the Sdkfz 250 (1 ton halftrack) command vehicle. Softcover, 40 pages, fine.
• German Armored Warfare of World War II: The Unpublished Photographs 1939-1945 - Ian Baxter, Casemate 2003
  Photographs and descriptions on a wide range of subjects relating to German Panzer divisions. Chapters on heavy, medium and light tanks, support vehicles, halftracks, artillery, assault guns and tank destroyers. All photos are B&W. Small index section on Panzer division setup. Oversize.
• German Halftracked Prime Movers #1, 1934-45, Light - Reinhard Frank, Schiffer Military History 1997
  The Sdkfz. 10 Demag D7, Sdkfz 11 Type K1 6, and other unusual light prime movers including the Kettendkraftrad.
• German Halftracked Prime Movers #2, 1934-45, Medium - Reinhard Frank, Schiffer Military History 1997
  The Sdkfz. 6, Sdkfz. 7 and sWS variants.
• German Halftracked Prime Movers #3, 1934-45, Heavy - Reinhard Frank, Schiffer Military History 1996
  The SdKfz 8 12-ton and SdKfz 9 18-ton prime movers and their variants.
• German Halftracks in Action - Kurt Reiger, Squandron/Signal Publications 1972
  Armor #3. From the Kettenrad to the 18 ton Famo. 1 line drawing of the sWS, 3 other color drawings. 50 pages, great photos (like all the Squadron books). Softcover, fine.
• German Halftracks of World War Two - Frank De Sisto, Concord Publications Co. 2005
  Armor at War Series #7054. Fom the Kettenkraftrad to the FAMO, all the the German halftracks and their variants. 16 color plates, photos with accurate captions on every page.
• German Infantry in Action - Various , Squandron/Signal Publications 1973
  Weapons series #2. Uniforms, weapons, equipment, patches, decorations. Lots of infantry photos, numerous color line drawings of figures, divisional insignia, etc. Softcover, 50 pages, G
• German Railroad Guns in Action - Bruce Culver, Squandron/Signal Publications 1976
  Armor series #15. From the 15cm naval mounts to the 80cm 'Dora'. Includes outlines on captured railway guns, mainly French. Softcover, great photos, good text, 6 color line drawings, 50 pages. G+
• German SdKfz 7 - , Tamiya
  8-ton halftrack
• German Tanks and Armored Vehicles, 1914-1945 - B.T. White, Arco Publishing Co. 1968
  A small book running through the major WW2 armored vehicles of Germany. Includes tanks, wheeled and half-tracked vehicles. Scarce but good photos; includes experimental vehicles.
• Gesangbuch - Unknown , Unknown 1920
  Gesang buch (singing book) presented to my great-grandmother on her confirmation. Egraved 'W. Waltz 1920.'
• Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny - Edward Crankshaw, Greenhill Books 1990
  An early (1956) outline of the Gestapo. Crankshaw gets a lot of facts wrong and misinterpets the position of the Gestapo within the entire SS. It took history writers a long time to disentangle the organization of the SS.
• Ghosts and Haunts of the Civil War - Christopher Coleman, Barnes & Noble Books 2003
  Various tales of Civil War ghosts and haunting. No pictures, an appendix of haunted tours and hotels.
• Glory and the Dream, The: A Narrative History of America from 1932-1972 - William Manchester, Little, Brown & Co. 1973
  My all time favorite book by my all time favorite author. If you want to understand the US from the 1929 Crash and Roosevelt up to Vietnam and Nixon, read this book. Top recommendations!
• Golden Age of Aviation, The - Katherine Williamson, Smithmark 1996
  Nice oversize book, with lots of photos, on avaiation from post-World War 1 thru post-World War 2. Includes many advertisement illustrations.
• Golden Age of Ocean Liners, The - Lee Server, Smithmark 1996
  Nice oversize book, with lots of photos, on floating palaces. Includes many advertisement illustrations.
• Good Old Days, The: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders - Various , Konecky & Konecky 1991
  A variety of field reports, diary observations. interrogations and courtroom testimony by members of the SS, the Wehrmacht, private citizens, etc.
• Good, the Bad, and the Mad, The: Some Weird People in American History - E. Randall Floyd, Barnes & Noble Books 2005
  Stories of the famous and infamous and their peculiar ways. Capt. Henry Wirtz, "Wrong Way" Corrigan, "Stonewall" Jackson, and many others.
• Goodbye, Darkness - William Manchester, Little, Brown & Co. 1980
  My favorite author's biography tracing his family roots and his experiences during WW2 in the Pacific. Unusual look at the PTO and a good read.
• Grant Takes Command - Bruce Catton, BMC 1994
  This is the third in sort of a biography of Grant (the others are 'Captain Sam Grant' by Lloyd Lewis and 'Grant Moves South' by Catton).
• Grant: Memoirs and Selected Letters - Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Selected Letters 1839-1865 - U.S. Grant, Library of America 1990
  A suprisingly truthful, 'these are the facts' sort of biography.
• Great Bridge, The: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge - David McCullough, Simon & Schuster 1982
  Should have been subtitled 'The Story of the Roebling Family.' Very thorough work, 30 pages of photos, excellent appendix and notes. Recommended.
• Great Contemporaries - Winston Churchill, W.W. Norton & Co. 1991
  A collection of WSC's articles giving an overview of various personalities in the late 19th and early 20th century.
• Great Cyclone, The: At St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896 - Julian Curzon, Southern IL University Press 1997
  A compilation of newspaper accounts days after the disaster.
• Great Disasters - Various , Readers Digest 1988
  From the death of the dinosaurs to the earthquake in Armenia in 1988, it's "dramatic true stories of nature's awesome powers". It's standard Readers Digest fare.
• Great Influenza, The: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History - John Barry, Viking Press 2004
  The story of the great influenza plague in 1918-1919 that killed 100 million people woldwide. The death toll was greater in 24 weeks than AIDS has claimed in 24 years, and took more people in one year than the Black Death of the Middle Ages did in one century. A good book by a good writer. Recommended.
• Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mt. Rushmore - John Taliaferro, PublicAffairs 2002
  Basically a biography of Gutzon Borglum, sculptor and artist, who after being kicked off the Stone Mountain project creates and builds the Mt. Rushmore memorial.
• Greatest of Friends, The - Keith Alldritt, St. Martins Press 1995
  This book examines the friendship between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1939 to 1945. It shows the two leaders in mutual admiration, confidence, humor, jealousy, disagreement, friction and affection.
• Greatest Stories Never Told, The - Rick Beyer, The History Channel 2003
  "100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy." Each story is 2 pages and includes drawing, photos, etc. From 46 B.C. to 1990 A.D. A short, fun read.
• Halbkettenfahrzeuge: German Halftrack Vehicles of WW2 - Various , Aero Publishers 1968
  Armor Series #7. From the Kettenrad to the 18 ton Famo, complete information on variants, armor, speed, platforms, etc. Excellent photos, 4 color line drawings.
• Halliwell's 2003 Film and Video Guide - John Walker, Harper & Row 2002
  18th edition featuring more than 23,000 'fearlessly opinionated, fiercely intelligent film reviews.'
• Handbook on German Military Forces - Various , BMC 1990
  Reprint of the government publication on German World War 2 fighting units. Organization, tactics, fortifications, supply, weapons, equipment, uniforms, insignia, air forces, etc.
• Hannibal: The Novel - Ross Leckie, Regnery Publishing 1996
  An 'historical novel' of sorts. The story of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, told in novel form.
• Happy Days Are Here Again: The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR - and How America Was Changed Forever - Steve Neal, William Morrow & Co 2004
  The pivotal 1932 Democratic Convention in Chicago that propelled FDR into the presidency and history.
• Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression - Studs Terkel, Pantheon Books 1970
  America in the '30's. Interviews with the rich, poor, famous, haves and have-nots. This book allows us to really understand the Depression from the people who experienced it.
• Harp Song for a Radical: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs - Marguerite Young, Knopf 1999
  The story of America's first great labor leader, founder of the Industrial Workers of the World, five time candidate for President - three times from prison!
• Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad, Knopf 1993
  Based on Conrad's travels through King Leopold II of Belgiums' African Congo empire. Depicts the absolute surrender of moral man to the quest for power. The movie "Apocalypse Now" is based on this book.
• Herman Melville Collection - Herman Melville, Longmeadow Press 1984
  Includes "Moby Dick" and "Billy Budd".
• Hero For Our Time, A - Ralph Martin, Macmillan 1983
  A fawning diatribe that can find no wrong in JFK. Although insightful in some respects, it is much too easy on JFK's personal and political life.
• Heydrich: The Face of Evil - Mario Dederichs, Greenhill Books 2006
  Hilter's 'young, evil god of death', the Blond Beast, who ruled over the extermination of the Jews. The full story. No photos.
• Hidden Horrors - Japanese War Crimes in World War II - Yuki Tanaka, Westview Press 1996
  The facts: Nanking, Death Marches, POW camps, rape and torture in China, biological warfare. The motivations: the Japanese concept of basic human rights, moral concepts, the Emperor ideology, the corruption of Bushido.
• High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline - Jim Rasenberger, Harper Collins 2004
  The story of the men who walked the beams while building the great skyscrapers of the late 19th and 20th centurys. Some good photos throughout.
• Himmler - Peter Padfield, MJF Books 1990
  A full-scale biography of one of Hitler's most ruthless executioners. In-depth, readable. Amazing a man like this could hold so much power, but that is typical of the Third Reich. A must for holocaust studies.
• Historical Atlas of the 19th Century World - 1783-1914 - John Haywood, Barnes & Noble Books 2002
  Maps, commentarys and timelines from the American Revolution to World War 1.
• Historical Atlas of the Classical World - 500 BC-600 AD - John Haywood, Barnes & Noble Books 2002
  Maps, commentarys and timelines from the height of Greek Civilization to the imergence of Islam as a major faith.
• Historical Atlas of the Early Modern World - 1492-1783 - John Haywood, Barnes & Noble Books 2002
  Maps, commentarys and timelines from Columbus to the American Revolution.
• Historical Atlas of the Holocaust - Various , Macmillan 1996
  Compiled by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. The camps, ghettos, actions; all laid out with 230 full-color maps and illustrations. This book brings home the immensity of organization used to destroy the Jews. Frightening reference.
• History of American Foreign Policy, A: Vol 1, 1700-1914 - Alexander DeConde, Scribners 1978
  Essentially a textbook. Foreign policy, treaties, etc. listed by date.
• History of American Foreign Policy, A: Vol 2, 1900-1978 - Alexander DeConde, Scribners 1978
  Essentially a textbook. Foreign policy, treaties, etc. listed by date.
• History of the Twentieth Century, A: Volume 1, 1900-1933 - Martin Gilbert, William Morrow & Co 1997
  First of a three part history of the 20th century. Organized by year, it traces political, social, technological, and economic aspects as they tie the world together.
• History of the Twentieth Century, A: Volume 2, 1933-1951 - Martin Gilbert, William Morrow & Co 1998
  The second volume in Gilbert's history of the 20th century.
• History of the Twentieth Century, A: Volume 3, 1952-1999 - Martin Gilbert, William Morrow & Co 1999
  The last volume in Gilbert's history of the 20th century.
• Hitler - Herbert Walther, Exeter Books 1986
  An oversize pictorial biography of Hitler.
• Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust - Daniel Goldhagen, Knopf 1996
  Promotes the theory that the Holocaust could not have happened without the willing consent of the German masses. Excellent research on ordinary Gemans in extraordinary situations. Very heavy notes and appendix.
• Hollywood Goes to War - Edward Dolan, Gallery Books 1985
  War as portrayed in the movies, from "Birth of a Nation" to "Apocalypse Now". Lots of photos. Oversize.
• Holocaust, The: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War - Martin Gilbert, Holt Rinehart Winston 1985
  This book is complete and concise from one of the foremost historians of our time.
• Home Front, 1914-1918: How Britain Survived the Great War - Ian Beckett, The National Archives (Britain 2006
  How the First World War transformed British society as the nation engaged in 'total war'. Picures on almost every page, good text, slightly oversized.
• Homeward Bound: The Demobilization of the Unions and Confederate Armies, 1865-1866 - William B. Holberton, Stackpole Books 2001
  The mustering out of the Armies - the North aided by an extensive rail network and cheering crowds along the way and at home; the South to straggle as best they could through a devastated homeland only to arrive at shattered homes. Some photos throughout. No maps. Very large bibliography.
• Horned Pigeon - George Millar, Time-Life Books 1987
  Experience of a POW who escaped and his subsequent journey out of occupied Europe.
• How to Build Dioramas - Sheperd Paine, Kalmbach Books 1980
  The complete how-to-do-it guide to diorama planning, construction, and detailing for all types of models. Softcover, good detail photos, a wealth of information.
• How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science - Russ Parsons, Houghton Mifflin Co. 2001
  Some nice insights into everyday cooking, with recipes to boot.
• How War Came - Donald Watt, Pantheon Books 1989
  The immediate origins of the Second World War, 1938-39.
• Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters - Richard Hack, New Millennium Press 2001
  Billed as 'the definitive biography of the first American billionaire.' Using recently released private and government papers, Hack gives a thorough history of the talented and tormented Howard Hughes. One set of b&w photos, many of them glamour shots of the women he dated.
• Hugo - Selected Works - Victor Hugo, P.F. Collier & Son 1928
  One volume edition. Poems, Novels, Stories of crime, Dramas, and Essays on Humanity. Includes the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• I Love Paul Revere Whether He Rode or Not - Richard Shenkman, Harper Collins 1991
  The author debunks a lot of the popular myths that have been taught to American schoolchildren for many years, from Paul Revere's ride (he didn't) to the all-powerful Mafia (it isn't).
• I Rose Like A Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt - Paul Grondahl, Free Press 2004
  A thorough rendering of TR from birth to his elevation to the presidency, and what he learned politically along the way. One set of pictures, standard notes and bibliography.
• If The South Had Won The Civil War - MacKinlay Kantor, Forge Books 2001
  What if Grant had died at Vicksburg, and Lee won at Gettysburg? Using that premise, the author explores the 'what ifs' of the next 100 years. A small, short book.
• Illustrated Story of World War II - Various , Readers Digest 1969
  Readers Digest oversized book. Standard outline of the war with b&w photos on every page.
• Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings - Charles Moffet, Abradale Press 1991
  From Jongkind to Rousseau, with examples and commentary on Degas, Cezanne, van Gogh and others. Large oversize format, great color plates.
• In The Company of Heroes - Michael Durant, G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003
  The Somalia debacle, Octorber 1993. Basis for the movie "Blackhawk Down."
• In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia - Ronald Spector, Random House 2007
  The aftermath of World War II in Asia, as the Occupation of former Japanese conquests, the return of the colonial powers and the vieing for power by the US and the Soveits leads to new power struggles and continiuation of war.
• India: Defending the Jewel in the Crown - Winston Churchill, Dragonwyck Publishing 1990
  Churchill's unforgettable pronouncements for keeping India within the British Empire. Absolutely brilliant.
• Indian Frontier of the American West, The: 1846-1890 - Robert M. Utley, University of NM Press 2002
  The dramatic events of the final half-century of conflict between Indians and whites, re-creating events from the Indian viewpoint while also providing objective appraisal of why the nineteenth-century white man acted as he did.
• Inside Hitler's Headquarters - Gen. Walter Warlimont, Presido Press 1996
  Describes the goings on at the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht by its Deputy Chief of Operations (Warlimont). Dry and unemotional narrative, just what you would expect from a product of the German General Officer Corps.
• Inside North Pole - Peiter Dourlein, Time-Life Books 1989
  The experiences of a member of the Dutch underground under special assignment for the Allies.
• Inside the Third Reich - Albert Speer, Macmillan 1970
  Speer's apologetic yet bestselling book detailing some of the inner working of the Nazi regime. An easy and fascinating read.
• Insidious Foes: The Axix Fifth Column and the American Home Front - Francis MacDonnell, The Lyons Press 2004
  From 1938 to 1942, the Fifth Column scare in the United States was as its peak. This book examines how the government, media and society viewed and dealt with it.
• Instruments of Torture, The - Michael Kerrigan, The Lyons Press 2001
  The history of torture from ancient monarchies to the present day democracies. A page a minute of drawings and photos. Goulish. No appendix.
• Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945 - Richard Overy, Viking Press 2001
  The interrogations of the top Nazi leaders from May through November 1945 leading to their indictment at Nuremburg. Heavy notes section.
• Invasion of Japan, The: Alternative to the Bomb - John Roy Skates, University of SC Press 1995
  Revisionist work on Operation Downfall, the plans to invade Japan in November 1945. Skates argues that projected losses would not be near as great as predicted, and many authors are now taking that view. Detailed Olympic plans. Great maps!
• Iron Coffins - Herbert Werner, Holt Rinehart Winston 1969
  A personal accout of the German U-boat battles of World War II.
• Irrepressible Churchill, The - Kay Halle, Robson Books 1985
  A collection of WSC's quips, quotes, speeches, with a sprinkling of observations by others. Includes some relevant political cartoons.
• James Herriot: Volume 1 - James Herriot, MJF Books
  Two books in one: All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful. All of the Herriot series carry delightful tales of simpler times and easy ways, with a twist of wit and wonderful descriptions of the beautiful English countryside. Highly recommended.
• James Herriot: Volume 2 - James Herriot, MJF Books
  Two books in one: All Things Wise and Wonderful and The Lord God Made Them All. Beautiful. All of the Herriot series carry delightful tales of simpler times and easy ways, with a twist of wit and wonderful descriptions of the beautiful English countryside. Highly recommended.
• James Herriot's Cat Stories - James Herriot, MJF Books 1994
  Similar to his 10 favorite Dog Stories. Nicely bound, a few illustrations. Beautiful. All of the Herriot series carry delightful tales of simpler times and easy ways, with a twist of wit and wonderful descriptions of the beautiful English countryside. Highly recommended.
• James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories - James Herriot, St. Martins Press 1995
  Not to be confused with Herriot's other book, ' Dog Stories', which has 50 tales. This has 10. Beautiful. All of the Herriot series carry delightful tales of simpler times and easy ways, with a twist of wit and wonderful descriptions of the beautiful English countryside. Highly recommended.
• Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill - A Portrait with Letters - Peregrine Churchill, St. Martins Press 1974
  Companion volume to the Thames Television series starring Lee Remick as Jennie.
• Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill, The Romantic Years 1854-1895 - Ralph G. Martin, Prentice Hall 1969
  The early years of Lady Randolph, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill. Two sets of b&w photo plates.
• John Adams - David McCullough, Simon & Schuster 2001
  McCullough's best-seller on the 2nd President of the United States.
• Johnstown Flood, The - David McCullough, Simon & Schuster 1987
  May 31, 1889, a broken dam at the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, and the aftermath. Recommended.
• Joshua Chamberlain: The Soldier and the Man - Edward G. Longacre, Combined Publishing 1999
  Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - hero of Gettysburg, Medal of Honor recipient, Governor of Maine, university president, author, statesman, father. What a life! A good balanced view that shows some of JLC's warts. Extensive notes and bibliography.
• Journals of Lewis and Clark, The - Bernard DeVoto, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1953
  The edited journals of the Lewis and Clark expeditions, 1804-06. The first publication of the Journals in 1904 ran to 7 volumes, with a volume of maps. This condensed version is easier and much more interesting to read.
• Jules Verne Collection - Jules Verne, Longmeadow Press 1984
  Includes "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
• Jungle is Nuetral, The - Fred Chapman, Time-Life Books 1988
  The authors experience as a stay-behind guerrilla in the jungles of Malay for 3 1/2 years during World War 2.
• Justice at Dachau: The Trials of and American Prosecutor - Joshua Greene, Broadway Books 2003
  The war crimes trials at Dachau, prosecuted by William Denson.
• Justice at Nuremburg - Robert Conot, Harper & Row 1983
  A good, comprehensive story of the Nuremburg Trials, involving the major German players of WWII. Good overviews of each of the defendents and witnesses, as well as judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers.
• Kaiser and Fuhrer: A Comparitive Study of Personality and Politics - Robert Waite, University of Toronto Press 1998
  Investigates the parallels and differences between these two German wartime leaders. A few b&w photos, addendum section, very large notes section
• Keaton - Rudi Blesh, Macmillan 1966
  The story of Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton, the sad-faced little man who was one of the prime masters of the silent film era and one of the greatest creative artists of his time. Annotated list of fims, lots of photos throughout. A good read.
• Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police - Raymond Lamont-Brown, Sutton Publishing 1998
  The story of Japan's Military Police and counter espionage service that operated in the occupied areas of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Recruitment, training, structure, duties, methods, philosophy and influence. And its war crimes. With photos and glossary.
• Keokuk and the Great Dam - John Hallwas, Arcadia 2001
  The construction of Keokuk, Iowa's Lock and Dam #19, with the only hydroelectric power plant on the Mississippi River. My hometown. Lots of pictures, great captions, a nice history of the River at this point.
• Keokuk, Iowa: 100th Anniversery Souvenir Booklet 1947 - Cham of Comm Keokuk, Hill Printing Co. 1947
  An original, small booklet describing the history, commerce, schools, homes and recreation in Keokuk in 1947.
• Killing of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, The - Callum MacDonald, Free Press 1989
  The events surrounding the assasination of top SS leader Heydrich, number 2 man under Himmler. A good overview of the Czech underground in England up to this event.
• King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998
  The unbelievable hubris of King Leopold of Belgium as he raped and plundered the Belgium Congo. All that happened there between the 1880's and the 1910's was erased by the German 'Rape of Belgium' at the beginning of the First World War.
• Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peace - John Pollock, Carroll & Graf Publishing 2001
  Two books in one: 'The Road to Omdurman' and 'Saviour of the Nation'. The story of Kitchener of Khartourm, K of K, the legendary Field Marshall of the British Empire. A sympathetic view.
• Knights of Bushido, The: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes - Lord Russell of Liverpool, Military Book Club 2003
  A short, early rundown of the Japanese war crimes during WW2 - death marches, murders of captured airmen, civilian detention camps, atrocities, the Kempei Tai. 18 pages of photos. Companion volume to 'The Scourge of the Swastika.'
• Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball - Leonard Koppett, Carroll & Graf Publishers 2004
  Mainly a business history of baseball - the owners, the parks, the reserve clause, the strikes - with a short synopsis of each season's regular season, All Star game, playoffs and World Series. Some appendix charts. No pictures.
• Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883 - Simon Winchester, Harper Collins 2003
  The greatest volcanic explosion ever recorded, heard thousands of miles away, whose resulting tsunamis killed 40,000 people, and whose aftereffects changed the world in many ways not imaginable. A full rundown of flora and fauna, weather, ocean currents and the scientific study of this earth-shattering event.
• Kruger's Gold - Sidney Allinson, XLibris Corp. 2001
  Set during the Boer War, a nice historical novel rich in story and accurate in background. Signed by the author.
• Kurzer lehrgang Franzosischen sprache elementarbuch - Dr. Gustav Ploetz, Unknown 1915
  'Short training course French language elementary book' used by my great-grandmother in Germany, 1915.
• La Catastrophe: The Eruption of Mount Pelee, the Worst Volcanic Disaster of the 20th Century - Alwyn Scarth, Oxford University Press 2002
  On May 8, 1902, on the island of Martinique, the Mount Pelee volcano exploded, sending a cloud of gas, steam, glowing dust, ash, pumice and shattered bits of volcano raining down on the city of Saint-Pierre, killing almost all the 28,000 citizens in 2 minutes. A very well researched book of a huge tragedy.
• Lady Randolph Churchill: The Story of Jennie Jerome - Anita Leslie, Scribners 1969
  Early biography of Jennie Jerome, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston Churchill. Two sets of b&w phots plates.
• Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam - Stephen Sears, BMC 1994
  September 17, 1862. Sharpsburg, Maryland. The most bloody American battle ever. Heavily researched with many comments, thoughts and emotions of the regular soldiers who fought there.
• Last Battle, The - Cornelius Ryan, Simon & Schuster 1966
  The battle for Berlin , April/May 1945. From the author of 'The Longest Day'.
• Last Days of Glory: The Death of Queen Victoria - Tony Rennell, St. Martins Press 2001
  The last year of Queen Victoria. Focuses specifically on January 1900 to January 1901, the Queen and her health, the entourage around her, speculation on the ascension of the Prince of Wales, the visits of the Kaiser, the death bed scene, and the final act of the funeral. Recommended.
• Last of the Panzers: German Tanks 1944-45 - William Auerbach, Arms and Armour Press 1984
  Tanks Illustrated #9. Destroyed and abandoned German tanks in the last two years of the war, mainly on the western front. Softcover, great photos with accurate captions, 64 pages. VG
• Latin Quips at Your Fingertips - Rose Williams, Barnes & Noble Books 2001
  This little book has two good points: it has good laughs and it makes good sense. (Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet et quod prudenti vitam consilio movet)
• Laural and Hardy: Quote Unquote - Neil Grant, Crescent Books 1995
  An outline of the comedy team interspersed with their own comments on Vaudeville, comedy, people they knew, personal life, each other and other ephemeral. Lots of good photos.
• Law and War: An American Story - Peter Maguire, Columbia University Press 2000
  How the law was applied by America in times of war and its aftermath. Looks at Revolutionary times through WW2 and how the law was applied to war crimes, war guilt and other aspects. Focuses mainly on the Nuremburg Trials after WW2.
• Lawless Decade, The - Paul Sann, Bonanza Books
  From the Armistice and Prohibition, to Repeal and the New Deal. Great text and photos. Highly recommended.
• Lee County, Iowa: A Pictorial History - Jerry Sloat, Donning Co. 1993
  Oversize book on the history of Lee County, Iowa, including some information and pictures on my home town of Keokuk.
• Legendary Sci-Fi Movies - Peter Guttmacher, Metrobooks 1997
  Somewhat of a history of sci-fi films, from the 20s to the 90s. Oversized. Bibliography and index.
• Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of World History - Richard Shenkman, Harper Collins 1993
  The author explores various myths of world history, what really happened, how the myths got started, and what they mean to us as myths.
• Lessons of Terror, The - Caleb Carr, Random House 2002
  A history of warfare against civilians, why it has failed and why it will fail again. From the Romans to the Crusades, the Muslims to the Fascists, the Communists to the drug lords.
• Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The - Robert Payne, Praeger 1973
  An early standard work on Hitler. An easy and good read.
• Life in Camelot - Various , Little, Brown & Co. 1988
  The 1000 day photo op.
• Life on the Mississippi Revisited - Various , Hill Printing Co. 1997
  A reprint of the original, small booklet describing the history, commerce, schools, homes and recreation in Keokuk in 1947, with an very brief update to 1997.
• Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness - H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Rutledge Hill Press 2000
  Three chapters: Wisdom, Success, and Happiness. "Life is a dance. Don't sit it out."
• Line of Departure: Tarawa - Martin Russ, Doubleday & Company 1975
  The battle for Tarawa, Operation Galvanic, the first battle that lead to the heart of the Japanese Empire. A short book (less than 200 pages).
• Lion's Pride, The - Edward Renehan Jr., Oxford University Press 1998
  Mainly focuses on Teddy Roosevelt's sons (Ted Jr., Archie, Kermit, Quentin) in World War I. Some biographical sketches of them growing up with Father. A final chapter on Ted Jr. as a general in WWII.
• Locust - Jeffrey Lockwood, Basic Books 2004
  Locusts plauged the western US for hundreds of years, and were declared the single biggest impediment to the settlement of the country. This is the story of the governments efforst to eradicate them and their sudden - and mysterious disappearene. Few illustrations and maps.
• London to Ladysmith via Pretoria - Winston Churchill, T.W. Griggs and Co. 1982
  WSC's account of the Boer War (1899-1902), including his capture and escape from a POW camp. Delightful reading, provided you understand the times it was written in.
• Long Silence, The: Civilian Life under the German Occupation of Northern France, 1914-1918 - Helen McPhail, I.B. Tauris 2001
  The little known and little written about story of French civilian life under the German occupation during WW1. A few minor pictures, indexes of industrial and agricultural losses during the period
• Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America - William C Davis, The Free Press 2002
  The political, social and economic history of the southern states' secession, with an outline of the actual war for background. A thorough, well-researched work. Recommended.
• Lord Randolph Churchill - Volume 1 - Winston Churchill, Macmillan 1906
  Oh, Me Beauties! The Great Man's tribute to his father.
• Lord Randolph Churchill - Volume 2 - Winston Churchill, Macmillan 1906
  Second volume on Winston's father.
• Love Letters to Remember - Various , Penbrooke Publishing 1996
  Love letters of the famous - Zelda to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Napoleon to Josephine, Lord Byron to Teresa, etc. Contains a short biographical sketch on the relationships, and a collection of poems to highlight the letters.
• Lover's Quotation Book, The: A Literary Companion - Helen Handley, Barnes & Noble Books 1986
  A nice little collection of quotes by and about love - from Shakespeare to Chico Marx, Keats, Austen, Napoleon and Billie Holiday.
• Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy - Dianna Preston, Walker Publishing 2002
  The pivotal sinking of HMS Lusitania, 1200 dead including 128 US citizens, hastening America's entry into World War 1. Chock full of pictures, nicely written, very good appendix and bibliography.
• Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of WC Fields - Simon Louvish, W.W. Norton & Co. 1997
  Biography that helps dispell the myths of the one of the greatest comics of the 20th century - William Claude Dukenfield. Pictures, drawings, notes and sketches throughout.
• Manual for Writers and Editors - Various , Merriam-Webster 1998
  A clear, authoritative guide to effective writing and publishing.
• Mao: The Unkown Story - Jung Chang, Alfred A. Knopf 2005
  Based on interviews with many of Mao's closest associates, the best biogrpahy of Mao to date.
• Masters of Death: The SS Einsatzgruppen - Richard Rhodes, Knopf 2002
  The story of the mobile death squads unleashed against East European Jewry in July, 1941, claiming 1.5 million victims in their two year operation.
• Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-Nineteenth-Century South - William K. Scarborough, Lousiana State University Pres 2003
  A chronicle of one of the most powerful groups in American history, the 340 wealthiest aristocratic planters who owned 250 or more slaves in the census years of 1850 and 1860. Well researched. Very heavy appendix and bibliography.
• Meditations - Marcus Aurelius, Classics Club 1945
  "No longer talk about the kind of man a good man should be, but be one."
• Megatrends - John Naisbitt, Warner Books 1982
  The best seller on future trends. Interesting.
• Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler, Stackpole Sons 1939
  The paperhanger's classic piece of misinformation and propaganda, with plenty of outright lies to boot. Laughable if it weren't so prophetic and twisted.
• Mellon - David Cannadine, Borzoi Books 2006
  The story of Andrew W. Mellon, the great financier of the Industrial Revolution, advisor to presidents, collector of art, and founder of the National Gallery of Art. Two sets of pictures, one set of color paintings from his collection.
• Metro: The Story of the Underground Railway - David Bennett, Octopus Publishing Group 2004
  The rise of underground travel in the last 150 years. Tunnelling technologies, the worlds great stations, safety and convenience innovations, and the art work of its advertising. Oversize, with pictures, maps, diagrams, drawings and art on every page.
• Mighty Endeavor, The - Charles B. MacDonald, Oxford University Press 1969
  The story of the American Armed Forces in the European theator of operations. From pre-war to V-E Day. Some photos, some maps. A very general book.
• Militarfahrzeuge: German Softskin Vehicles of WW2 - Various , Aero Publishers 1970
  Armor Series #10. Motorcycles, staff cars, general transportation, specialized variations of German unarmored transports. Excellent photos, 4 color line drawings, history, stats, etc.
• Mind of Adolf Hitler, The - Walter C. Langer, Basic Books 1972
  The secret psychological report produced by Dr. Langer for Bill Donovan of the OSS. It correctly predicts Hitlers increasing isolation, outbursts of rage and eventual suicide. Interesting reading.
• Missing, Believed Killed - Roy Nesbit, Sutton Publishing 2002
  Investigations into the dissappearances of Amelia Earhart, Amy Johnson, the Beauforts bombers off the coast of Norway, the Duke of Kent, and Glenn Miller.
• Mississippi and the Making of a Nation, The: From the Lousiana Purchase to Today - Douglas Brinkley, National Geographic Society 2002
  In conjunction with Stephen Ambrose. A history of the river in text and graphics. Oversized
• Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles - Sheperd Paine, Kalmbach Books 1982
  Assembly, painting, scratchbuilding, conversion, weathering, and detailing for military vehicles. Great photos and text.
• Modeling WWII Figures - Rodrigo Cabos, Compendium 2000
  Volume #9. All scales and types. Lots of color photos.
• Monty and Patton: Two Paths to Victory - Michael Reynolds, Spellmount Limited 2005
  A comparison of Viscount Bernard Montgomery of El Alamein and General George S. Patton Jr, two men who were more alike than different, their upbringings, early successes and failures, and finally as they fight their way across Africa, Italy and Europe. Some good photos.
• Mornings on Horseback - David McCullough, Simon & Schuster 1981
  TR growing up, in the White House, with Edith and the Kids, and the Fun of being President. Recommended.
• Mr. Baruch - Margaret Coit, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1957
  The biography of Bernard M. Baruch, advisor to presidents for over 50 years.
• Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America - Eric Rauchway, Hill and Wang 2003
  The assasination, the trial, the aftermath. Good notes section.
• Mustang at War - Roger A. Freeman, Doubleday & Company 1974
  The North American P-51 Mustang in all its variants and rolls throughout World War II and beyond. Includes over 200 photographs, unfortunately all of them in black-and-white.
• My African Journey - Winston Churchill, W.W. Norton & Co. 1990
  WSC's collection of articles written during his African journey, which he later grouped into this book. A good look at a Victorian English gentleman's view (Churchills, of course) of the Dark Continent.
• My Early Life: A Roving Commision - Winston Churchill, Scribners 1958
  Churchill by Churchill - Childhood, the Army, wars, books, entering Parliament.
• My Years with Churchill - Norman McGowan, British Book Centre 1958
  The memoirs of Winston Churchill's personal assistant in the late 40s into the 50s.
• Napoleon of New York, The: Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia - H. Paul Jeffers, John Wiley and Sons 2001
  Also known as 'The Little Flower" and "Hizzoner", this is the story of the cigar-puffing, roly-poly mayor with a squeaky voice, headstrong, driven and personally insecure, who ran New York City from 1934 to 1945. Scattered photos throughout, no notes section.
• Napoleon: The Diaries - Napoleon Bonaparte, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1994
  Napoleon's diary entries from the late 1700s to the 1820s. From The Great Commanders series.
• Native Tongues - Charles Berlitz, Grosset & Dunlap 1982
  A book of captivating language facts by one of the world's foremost authorities on languages and their origins.
• Nazi Conscience, The - Claudia Koonz, Harvard University Press 2003
  Reveals how racial popularizers developed the infrastructure and rationale for genocide during the so-called normal years before World War II. Lots of great propaganda photos, drawing etc. Very heavy notes section.
• Nazi Doctors, The: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide - Robert Jay Lifton, Basic Books 1986
  This book deals with most aspects of the medical side of the Holocaust, from the Euthanasia program in the mid '30s through the concentration camps.
• Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches - Winston Churchill, Hyperion 2003
  
• New Fix-It-Yourself Manual - Various , Readers Digest 1997
  How to repair, clean, and maintain anything and everything around your home. God, did I need this!
• New Lifetime Reading Plan, The - Clifton Fadiman, Harper Collins 1997
  Examines authors and their writing throughout history, from Homer and Confucious to Solzhenitsyn and Camus, with outlines of their more famous works.
• New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America - Nathan Miller, Da Capo Press 2003
  America reaches its greatest highs - and greatest lows - in this decade of Prohibition, gangsters, the stock market, flappers, talkies and social upheaval.
• Night Lives On, The - Walter Lord, William Morrow & Co 1986
  New thoughts, theories, and revelations about the Titanic. Walter Lord's sequel to 'A Night To Remember.' An excellent book and an invaluable addition to anyones Titanic collection.
• Night to Remember, A - Walter Lord, Bantam Books 1983
  The Titanic. The story of all stories. Superb. Highly recommended.
• Norman Rockwell Book by The Saturday Evening Post - Various , Curtis Publishing 1983
  A collection of Norman Rockwell SEP covers with appropriate stories by a variety of authors: Eleanor Roosevelt, Mark Twain, etc.
• Norman Rockwell's American Family - Beryl Frank, Crescent Books 1989
  Norman Rockwell painting and sketches with an American family theme. Growing up, love and marriage, family, children, grandparenting, etc.
• Norman Rockwell's Patriotic Times - George Mendoza, Viking Press 1985
  Norman Rockwell painting and sketches with a patriotic theme. This book is dedicated to Nancy Reagan ("..spirit behind the flag..") and contains a forward by Ronald Reagan.
• Norman Rockwell's Portrait of America - Victoria Crenson, Crescent Books 1989
  Norman Rockwells painting and sketches with an "ordinary Americans" theme. America at play, at work, music, politics, etc.
• Nothing Like It In The World - Stephen E. Ambrose, Simon & Schuster 2000
  The men who built the Transcontinental Railroad from 1863 to 1869, the most ambitious engineering project of the 20th century on the North American continent. Good photos, a couple of maps, the Ambrose style.
• Ocean Liners - Travel on the Open Seas - Bill Miller, Mallard Press 1990
  Beautiful oversize book, lots of photos, thin on text, some great full page ads from the early 19th century.
• Ocean Liners - Olivier Le Goff, Chartwell 1998
  Outlines of 45 ocean liners from the 1890s to the 1990s. Titanic, Normandie, Adrea Doria, the Queens and many more. Chock full of photos, drawings, posters and other tidbits of information.
• Okinawa 1945 - Gordon Rottman, Military Book Club 2002
  Osprey Classic Battle series, reprinted by MBC in hardbound versions. Full rundown of the battle, great photos, maps, charts, order of battle, bibliography, etc. Excellent all around.
• Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur - Geoffrey Perret, Random House 1996
  Doug in all his glory, or is it ego? A good balanced work on an extremely complex figure.
• Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court - G. Edward White, Oxford University Press 2000
  The story of OWH Jr., Civil War veteran, professor of law at Harvard, Massachusetts Supreme Court member, and finally Supreme Court member for over 30 years.
• On History - Eric Hobsbawm, New Press 1997
  Hobsbawm's thoughts on the study and practice of history, how we view it and write about it, its relevence to our lives, and the responsibility of the historian.
• On Man in the Universe - Aristotle , Classics Club 1943
  The musings of Aristotle.
• On The Move: Great Transportation Photographs from LIFE - Various , Bullfinch Press 2000
  Trains, planes, cars, boats, subs, parachutes, wagons, bikes, lots of neat standard fare from LIFE magazine. All photes are B/W.
• On the Nature of Things - Lucretius , Classics Club 1946
  
• On Writing Well - William Zinsser, Harper Collins 1998
  A guide to writing nonfiction, 6th edition, revised and updated.
• One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate - Tom Segev, Metropolitan Books 2000
  The three-decade long rule of the British Empire in Palestine from 1917 to 1948. Few pictures, heavy notes.
• Operation Downfall: The Invasion of Japan (Collected Works) - Various , Internet 2003
  Collected works from the Internet. Giangreco, military papers, various commentarys, personal webpages, a full reprint of the official 1945 papers, copies of my web page, some maps, much more in text and pictures. Complete collection as of 4/2003.
• Order of the Death's Head, The - Heinz Hohne, Coward-McCann 1970
  The single best volume on Hitler's SS. Traces their entire history, with background information on its most important leaders. Covers all aspects of this terror organization. Highly recommended.
• Order of the SS, The - Frederic Reider, Aztez Corp.
  Lots of good pictures and drawing, but I don't think the author really understood the subject. He tends to fly all over the place with his writing, and gets a lot of facts wrong.
• Our Sacred Honor - William J. Bennett, Simon & Schuster 1997
  Thoughts, quips and quotes from the Founding Fathers on patriotism, love and courtship, civility and friendship, education, industry and frugality, justice, and piety. Interesting reading.
• Our Times: The Turn of the Century - Mark Sullivan, Charles Scribner's Sons 1926
  Life and trends in the United States from 1900 to 1925.
• Outline of History, The - H.G. Wells, Doubleday & Company 1949
  The classic. This edition brought up to the end of WW2 by Raymond Postgate.
• Over Here: The First World War and American Society - David Kennedy, Oxford University Press 2004
  25th anniversary edition of this 1980 classic. Examines how American society reacted to and fought the First World War, and how it changed America in many different ways. Contains additional afterword by the author.
• Oxford English Dictionary - Various , Oxford University Press 1993
  Fully titled The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, it's a massive 2-volume tome. 500,000 definitions, 83,000 illustrative quotations, 7.5 million words. Oh, Me Lovelies!
• Painting and Detailing Military Miniatures - Bryan Fosten, Almark 1977
  Number 1 of the Almark series. Black and white photos, some color plates, a wealth of information.
• Painting as a Pastime - Winston Churchill, Cornerstone Library 1965
  An excerpt from Churchill's 'Amid These Storms' originally published in 1932. This edition published in 1965 is half text and half good but small color plates.
• Panther in Action - Bruce Culver, Squandron/Signal Publications 1975
  Armor series #11. Lots of photos, 7 color drawings, many b/w line detail drawings, nice reference.
• Panzer Colors 1: Camouflage of the German Panzer Forces 1939-45 - Bruce Culver, Squandron/Signal Publications 1976
  1st in a series of 3 must-have books for any German armor enthusiast. Photos, text, line drawings, all the vehicles, etc.
• Panzer Colors 2: Markings of the German Panzer Forces 1939-45 - Bruce Culver, Squandron/Signal Publications 1978
  2nd in a series of 3 must-have books for any German armor enthusiast. Covers all markings found on Panzer division vehicles, from tactical designations to kill rings.
• Panzer Colors 3: Markings of the German Panzer Forces 1939-45 - Bruce Culver, Squandron/Signal Publications 1984
  Last in a series of 3 must-have books for any German armor enthusiast. Covers the individual aberrations not found in volumes 1 and 2, good section on Waffen SS markings.
• Panzer III in Action - Various , Squandron/Signal Publications 1972
  Armor series #1. Lots of photos, 2 plus color line drawings, minimal text.
• Panzer IV in Action - Bruce Culver, Squandron/Signal Publications 1975
  Armor series #12. Lots of photos, 13 color drawings, many b/w line detail drawings, excellent reference.
• Paris-Underground - Etta Shiber, Time-Life Books 1989
  The experiences of an American widow in occupied Paris, as a member of the French Underground smuggling Allied POWs out of France.
• Park Place/Grand Avenue Residential District, The: Keokuk, Iowa - Patricia Eckhardt, Lee County Historical Soc. 2002
  Photocopy of the papers for the nomination of the Park Place/Grand Avenue homes into the National register of Historic Places. These 61 homes are supurb examples of late 19th and 20th century Revival movement and late Victorion architechture. Information on each house with some history.
• Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal - Zachary Karabell, Knopf 2003
  Ferdinand de Lesseps and the building of the 100-mile Suez Canal. De Lesseps eventually went on to attempt building the Panama Canal and failed.
• Path Between the Seas, The: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 - David McCullough, Simon & Schuster 1991
  The story of where in Central America to build it, how to build it, and who would build it. Well researched and very interesting. Good Teddy Roosevelt stuff. Softcover, VG
• Patton and the Battle of the Bulge - Michael Green, MBI Publishing 1999
  An excellent narrative as to how General Patton and his Third Army reacted to the German Ardennes offensive.
• Patton Mind, The: The Professional Development of an Extraordinary Mind - Roger Nye, Avery Publishing Group 1993
  Roger Nye shows how what Patton read and wrote always focused on developing his military training, culminating in his performance in World War 2. Detailed study, recommended.
• Patton on Leadership - Alan Axelrod, Prentice Hall 1999
  The art of war by GSP. Mr. Axelrod takes Georgie's planning, organizational, motivational and execution tactics to the business front and shows how Patton's techniques can be utilized for any leadership position. Superb. Recommended.
• Patton Papers, The: Vol 1, 1885-1940 - Martin Blumenson, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1972
  The best-seller on Patton. Using letters, correspondence, etc., traces Patton's development as a leader of men up to World War 2.
• Patton Papers, The: Vol 2, 1940-1945 - Martin Blumenson, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1974
  Vol 2 of the best-seller, traces Patton's exploits during World War 2 - Operations Torch and Husky, controversies with reporters, politicians and the military, the 3rd Army in Europe, Military Governor of Bavaria, his premature death in 1945.
• Patton 's One-Minute Messages - Charles Province, Presido Press 1995
  Patton at his best. "You're never beaten until you admit it". All his quotes and explanations can be used in business and personal situations, as well as war. Shows Patton's motivational skills.
• Patton: A Genius for War - Carlo D'Este, Harper Collins 1995
  The latest, and probably the best, biography of this extremely complex and talented man.
• Patton: Old Bloods and Guts - Trevor Boyle, Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005
  More Pattton.
• Patton: Operation COBRA and Beyond - Michael Green, MBI Publishing 1998
  Describes GSP's exploits in WW2 from his non-fighting role on D-Day, to the Operation COBRA plan to break out of the hedgerows, his dash across France, and ending with the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge.
• Patton's Last Battle - Charles Whiting, Casemate 1992
  Volume 8 of The West Wall Series. 1945. Patton audaciously cuts a swath through Europe, becomes Military Governor of Bavaria, continues to fight his superiors, and ends up dying from injuries in a car accident in December, 1945. Very critical of Patton. 8 pages b&w photos.
• Patton's Tank Drive: D-Day to Victory - Michael Green, Motorbooks Intl. 1995
  Describes GSP's exploits in WW2, including pre-war, Africa and Sicily, as well as France and Germany. Includes some of his post war thoughts. Excellent photos and captions of German and American equipment.
• Pattons, The: A Personal History of an American Family - Robert Patton, Crown Publishing, Inc. 1994
  A unique portrait of the well-known military family and, in particular, its most illustrious member, General George S.Patton, Jr., eloquently written by the general's grandson.
• Pax Britannica: Vol. 1, Heavens Command - An Emperial Progress - James Morris, Folio Press, London 1992
  An excellent book on the development of the British Empire from before Queen Victoria's birth (1800) to the start of the Boer War (ca. 1900.) This is the first of a three volume set by the author on the British Empire. Highly recommended.
• Pax Britannica: Vol. 2, Pax Britannica - The Climax of an Empire - James Morris, Folio Press, London 1992
  An excellent overview of the British Empire at its height around 1900. This is the second of a three volume set by the author. Highly recommended.
• Pax Britannica: Vol. 3, Farewell the Trumpets - An Imperial Retreat - James Morris, Folio Press, London 1992
  The decline of the British Empire from the Boer War (ca. 1900) to the death of Churchill (1964) which the author defines as the end of an era. This is the third and last of a three volume set by the author. Highly recommended.
• Pentagon, The: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build The Pentagon - and to Restore It SIxty Years Later - Steve Vogel, Random House 2007
  Nice book on the construction of the Pentagon, the personalities involved, it's use throughout the years, and the reconstruction efforts after 9/11. Some nice photos, maps and illustrations.
• People's King, The: The True Story of the Abdication - Susan Williams, Plagrave Macmillan 2004
  Edward VIII's abdication of the throne of England for the woman he loved. One set of photos.
• Philippine War, The: 1899-1902 - Brian Lynn, University Press of Kansas 2000
  Full coverage of the conflict that succeeded the Spanish-American War and thrust the United States squarely into Pacific and Asian politics for the next century. A nice overall view of this largely forgotten confict.
• Photography and the Old West - Karen Current, Abradale Press 1986
  Covers the major photographers and their subject areas. Includes Watkins, Muybridge, WH Jackson, Andres Russell, John C.H Grabill, and many more. Excellent and in-depth accompanying text. Good selection of rare photos.
• Pity of War, The - Niall Ferguson, Basic Books 1999
  The First World War is really the defining moment when the 20th century started. What were the real causes? Why was this a world war, and so costly? This book delves deeply into this and many other questions.
• Plague and Fire - James Mohr, Oxford University Press 2005
  Black Death and burning of Honolulus China district. Some photes, maps and drawings.
• Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions and Lore That Shaped Modern America - Martin Smith, Harper Resource 2004
  Co-authored by Patrick Kiger. Who put the TV in TV dinners? How thin became in. How the Carrier air conditioning changed the political landscape of America. Twenty stories in all.
• Portals to Hell: Military Prisons of the Civil War - Lonnie R. Speer, Stackpole Books 1997
  A comprehensive study of POW camps, both North and South, during the Civil War. Photos, extensive notes, and a quick-reference guide to the camps.
• Portraits of the Riverboats - William Davis, Thunder Bay Press 2001
  A nice oversize book on the riverboats that plied the Mississippi and other waterways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Pictures and anecdotes, personalities, facts and fables, legends and disasters.
• Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt - Lewis Gould, University Press of Kansas 1991
  In-depth look at the TR administration. A sound, balanced breakdown of Panama, trust busting, the White Fleet, cabinet members, Congress, the nation - all at TR's feet.
• Presidency, The - Michael Nelson, Salamander 1996
  Oversize history of the office of the President of the United States from 1789 to 1996. Loaded with photos of presidential memorabilia. Good text.
• Price of Glory, The - Alistair Horne, Penguin Books 1993
  The story of the 10 month battle at Verdun, February to November, 1916. The German theory was to bleed the French white. It did, but unfortunately it bled the Germans white also. After 1.2 million victims, it changed virtually nothing. BCE.
• Prologue to Nuremburg - James Willis, Greenwood Press 1982
  A look at the Allies search for a way to prosecute Kaiser Wilhelm II and other German leaders for "war crimes" during World War 1, and how some precedents were set for the Nuremburg Trials after World War 2.
• Queen Victoria's Enemies (1): Southern Africa - Ian Knight, 1989
  Osprey Men-at-Arms series. Xhosa, Hlubi, Zulu, Boer, Ndebele - jeez the British had a lot of enemies; and this is just South Africa. 8 color plates, many photos, good text.
• Quotations on Love - Rosalie Maggio, Prentice Hall 1997
  A collection of 700 quotations by the famous (and not so famous) on love, kisses, sex, relationships, mariage, etc.
• Race for Rome, The - Dan Kurzman, Doubleday & Company 1975
  The full story of the liberation of Rome: the Nazi plan to kidnap the Pope and loot the Vatican, Mark Clark and his foolishness on liberation day, etc. Heavily researched, many interesting photos.
• Raid! The Untold Story of Patton's Secret Mission - Richard Baron, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1981
  The story of Patton's raid on the Offizierslager (Officers Camp) XIIIB at Hammelburg to free the POWs - inlcuding his son-in-law Lt. Col. John Waters.
• Railway Stations: Masterpieces of Architecture - Charles Sheppard, Smithmark 1996
  A beautiful oversize book, 70+ photos, on the massive railway stations of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
• Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 - Maury Klein, Oxford University Press 2001
  An overview of American culture, both economic and social, in the two years leading up to the Crash of '29. Scattered photos throughout. Heavy notes and bibliography sections.
• Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India - Lawrence James, St. Martins Press 1998
  The entire story - 1740 to 1947. Two hundred years of imperial rule. The Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious.
• Rand McNally Illustrated Atlas of the World - Various , Rand McNally & Co 1986
  Oversize. Aricles on the earth and universe, plus physical and political maps of the world. Contains old USSR listings.
• Rape of Belgium, The: The Untold Story of World War 1 - Larry Zuckerman, New York University Press 2004
  The German conquest and occupation of Belgium from 1914 to 1918. In-depth study of the initial assault and cries of German 'frighfulness', to occupation, deportations, confiscations, diplomatic and relief efforts, the Versailles Treaty and afterwards. A few minor pictures throughout.
• Rape of Nanking, The - Iris Chang, Basic Books 1997
  In 1937, the Japanese army occupied the ancient Chinese city of Nanking and proceded to loot, burn, rape, torture and murder more than 300,000 of its citizens. And the Japanese government still refuses to acknowlege it. A real eye-opener.
• Reaching Judgement at Nuremburg - Bradley Smith, Basic Books 1977
  The Nuremburg Trials from the scholary point of view. Fairly dry, few photos.
• Reader's Quotation Book, The: A Literary Companion - Steven Gilbar, Barnes & Noble Books 1999
  Another nice book containing quotes pertaining to books, reading, writing, libraries, bookstores, etc.
• Reconstruction 1863-1877 - Eric Foner, Harper & Row 1988
  The story of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
• Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency - John Waugh, Da Capo Press 2001
  A straightforward history of the 1864 election between Lincoln and George McClellan right in the middle of the Civil War. Well researched and written. One set of photos.
• Remember When - Allen Chirchill, Golden Press 1967
  A collection of articles, songs, essays, etc. describing the 'Lost America' of 1900-1942. Lots of illustrations and good text.
• Restless Anchor - Wendy Marsh, Greystone Press 1936
  A book of poetry with a sailor, ocean, fisherman and water theme. This was in my father's library and I don't know where he got it or why he had it. Some of the poems are very good.
• Rhodes: The Race for Africa - Antony Thomas, St. Martins Press 1997
  The story of Cecil Rhodes, the Colossus of Africa who earned his first fortune as creator of the DeBeers Company at age 33 and his second fortune in gold at age 40, and his impact on southern Africa and the British Empire.
• Richthofen - A True History of the Red Baron - Wiiliam E. Burrows, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1969
  A concise history of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, Germany's leading ace of World War 1. An easy read.
• Rise and Fall of the British Empire, The - Lawrence James, St. Martins Press 1994
  A broad scope (1600-1993), good photos and clear crisp text.
• Rising Sun, The: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, Vol. 1 - John Toland, Random House 1970
  Japan at war from 1936 to 1945. This volume goes to the end of 1942 when the tide of war turned on the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
• Rising Sun, The: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, Vol. 2 - John Toland, Random House 1970
  Japan at war from 1936 to 1945. This volume goes from 1943 thru 1945 and the dropping of the Bomb.
• Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America - John M. Barry, Simon & Schuster 1997
  Traces the history of taming the rivers, and shows how the '27 flood changed the political and economic life of the country.
• Road to Verdun, The - Ian Ousby, Doubleday & Company 2002
  The 10-month battle of Verdun, February to November, 1916, claiming 700,000 casualties, which solved nothing. The worst of the many charnal houses of the Great War. This book explores what Verdun meant to the French within their historical nationalism.
• Robbing Banks: An American History 1831-1999 - L.R. Kirchner, Barnes & Noble Books 2003
  From the first robbers in the early 1800s, to Jesse James in the old west, to Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie and Clyde druing the Depression era, to Willie Sutton and his post-war non-violent approach, through to today's modern electronic thieves. Some b&w pics, good appendixes.
• Rockefellers, The - An American Dynasty - Peter Collier, Holt Rinehart Winston 1976
  A rather convaluted history of the Rockefellers, its main concentration is on the son, JD, Jr., and his offspring.
• Roosevelt and Churchill, 1939-1941 - Joseph Lash, Franklin Library 1976
  Describes the relationship of WSC and FDR during the early years of WW2. Primarily shows WSC trying to get the US involved in the war against Hitler, and Roosevelt's efforts to give assistance without a formal declaration of war.
• Rough Riders, The - Theodore Roosevelt, Taylor Publishing 1997
  Colonel TR on his exploits in the jungles of Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898) and the famous charge up San Jaun Hill. Additional text by Richard Bak, slightly oversize, many photos, drawings, sidebars, and paintings. No index.
• Russia at War - Alexander Werth, E.P. Dutton 1964
  A rather balanced look at, shall I say, Stalin at War. The follies that led to the onslaught, the foibles that allowed the onslaught to half-way succeed, and the real ability of the Russians to pull a rabbit out of their hat and defeat the Germans.
• Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America - Michael Dobbs, Borzoi Books 2004
  The story of the landing of 8 Nazi saboteurs on American soil in June, 1942, their few days of freedom, their capture, trial and executions. One set of photos.
• Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It - Gegory Freeman, William Morrow & Co 2002
  On July 29, 1967, as the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal lay at Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam preparing for a strike against enemy targets, an accident occurred that engulfed the aft part of the ship in a fierce fire and thick smoke, killing 134 crewmen. This incident forced several changes in Navy firefighting procedures.
• Samuel Freeman Miller: A Home in Keokuk, A Place in History - Lee County Iowa Historical Soc., Lee County Historical Soc. 1990
  One of Keokuk's most prominent citizens, served as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the US from 1862 to 1890. His home is nicely restored on 5th Street.
• Savage War of Peace, A: Algeria, 1954-1962 - Alistair Horne, History Book Club 2002
  Perhaps the last of the Colonial Wars in Africa, ushering in the the terrorist wars. France tries to keep her colony in Algeria and fails. Compare this to a history of the Vietnam conflict.
• Saving Private Ryan - Steven Speilberg,
  Starring Tom Hanks. A squad from the D-day invasion searches for a soldier who is the last surviving son.
• Savrola - Winston Churchill, Leo Cooper 1990
  Churchill's only novel, published in 1899. Interesting in what it shows about the young author.
• Scalded to Death by the Steam - Katie Lyle, Algonquin Books 1991
  The true stories of railroad disasters and the songs that were written about them, with words and music to famous railroad ballads. See another book in my collection, 'Train Wrecks'. I seem to have a (not fascination but) interest in train wrecks.
• Scourge of the Swastika, The: A Short History of Nazi War Crimes - Lord Russell of Liverpool, Military Book Club 2003
  A short early (1954) rundown of German war crimes during WW2 - death camps, slave labour, mass murders in the East, atrocities, etc. 18 pages of photos. Companion volume to 'The Knights of Bushido.'
• Scramble for Africa, The: The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 - Thomas Pakenham, Random House 1991
  From the author of "The Boer War". Masterly work.
• Sea Shall Embrace Them, The: The Tragic Story of the Steamship 'Arctic' - David Shaw, The Free Press 2002
  On September 27, 1854, the steamship 'Arctic' collided with the smaller French steamship 'Vesta'. 400 people lost their lives, and the U.S. lost their domination of the Atlantic steam routes. Some drawings, no notes.
• Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover - Richard Gid Powers, Free Press 1987
  The life and turbulent times of Americas most famous and controversial lawman. Certainly instrumental in reshaping the techniques of crimefighting, by the 1960's he was an anachronism chasing the likes of Martin Luther King.
• Secret War, The - Various , Time-Life Books 1981
  Tangle within tangle, plot and counterplot, ruse and treachery, cross and double cross, true agent, false agent, double agent, gold and steel, the bomb, the dagger and the firing party... Winston Churchill. From the Time Life series.
• Secrets and Spies - Various , Readers Digest 1964
  Behind-the-scenes stories of World War II in the Readers Digest short story genre. Some very interesting stories.
• Selected Poems - Elizabeth Barret Browning - Elizabeth Browning, Gramercy Books 1995
  
• Selected Poems - John Keats - John Keats, Gramercy Books 1993
  
• Selected Poems - Lord Byron - Lord Byron, Gramercy Books 1995
  
• Selected Poems - William Wordsworth - William Wordsworth, Gramercy Books 1993
  
• Shadow of the Winter Palace, The - Edward Crankshaw, Viking Press 1976
  Outlines Russia's drift towards revolution, 1825-1917. The Romanov's drop the ball as the world switches from an agrarian society to an industrialized one. A very sad story.
• Shakespeare's Sonnets - Stanley Wells, Oxford University Press 1985
  A collection of Shakespeare's Sonnets, first released in 1609.
• Sherman: Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman - W.T. Sherman, Library of America 1990
  The controversial and 'war is hell' memoirs of one of the greatest generals of the Civil War.
• Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat 'General Slocum' - Edward O'Donnell, Broadway Books 2003
  On June 15, 1904, the steamboat 'General Slocum', carrying 1,300 passengers on a church excursion to Long Island, caught fire and burned to the waterline before sinking, taking 1,021 victims with her. The worst New York disaster prior to 9/11.
• Shoot Straight, You Bastards!: The Truth Behind the Killing of Breaker Morant - Nick Bleszynaski, Random House - Australia 2002
  More investigation into who was the Breaker - the 'Bard of the Bushveld' or 'Breaker the Butcher'? One of history's quiet controversies that just begs for other observations.
• Silent Night - Stanley Weintraub, Free Press 2001
  The story of the Christmas Truce between the Germans, British, French and Belgiums in December, 1914 along the Western Front. An amazing story.
• Sinews of Peace, The - Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill Memorial Lib 1995
  WSC's speech at Westminster College, Fulton, MO. on March 5, 1946, where he invokes the phrase 'Iron Curtain.'
• Slavery and the Making of America - James & Lois Horton, Oxford University Press 2005
  The story of slavery in America, from begining to end, mainly from the slaves perspective. Photos and drawing throughout.
• Soldiers of Evil - Tom Segev, McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1987
  A look at the SS commandants of the concentration camps. Deals with the entire SS mentality.
• Sonderkraftfahrzeuge 251 Halftrack, The - Bruce Culver, Osprey Publishing 1983
  Osprey Vangaurd series # 32. All the models and variants. A little sparse on photos but good captions, excellent line drawing (including interiors), informative text.
• Sonderkraftfahrzeuge 251 in Action - Charles Kliment, Squandron/Signal Publications 1981
  Armor #21. The German 3-ton halftrack, workhorse of the Wehrmacht in all its SdKfz 251 variants (A thru D) and post-war use. Superb photos, 15+ beautiful line drawings.
• Spanish-American War, The - Donald Goldstein, Brasseys Books 2000
  The Spanish-American War (1898) in photographs. Photos on every page with accompanying text. Hearst and the press, the Maine, Dewey in the Phillipines, TR - all of it. Oversize book.
• Spion Kop - H. G. Castle, Almark 1976
  Great Battle series. 15 extremely well done color line drawings of British and Boer infantry, artillery, MI, etc. in action. A few photos, 1 map. Critical of the British.
• Spirit of Steam, The - The Golden Age of North American Steam - William Withuhn, Smithmark 1995
  A history of the steam locomotive age in North America. Oversized, lots of great b/w photos with excellent captions, some text.
• Spoils of War, The: WWII and Its Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance, and Recovery of Cultural Property - Elizabeth Simpson, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1997
  Based on the symposium held in 1995, its the debate over the vast amount of art cultural property displaced as a result of World War II. Lengthy notes and appendixes.
• SR-71 Blackbird in Action - Lou Drendal, Squandron/Signal Publications 1982
  Aircraft series #56. The amazing spy plane, the fastest and highest flying aircraft in the world. Covers the complete development, capabilities, etc. Several color line drawings including markings, good photos and text.
• SS Armor - Robert Stern, Squandron/Signal Publications 1978
  A pictorial history of the armored formations of the Waffen-SS. All pictures and explanatory captions. 8 pages of color line drawings, several maps. A must for the armor enthusiast.
• SS: Himmler's Black Order, 1923-45 - Robin Lumsden, Sutton Publishing 1997
  The story of the SS, with lots of charts and outlines. The author seems to get most of it right, which is difficult to do with the SS. Lots of unusual B/W photos with excellent captions. A good source book.
• Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 - Willie Drye, National Geographic Society 2002
  On Labor Day, 1935, the largest, strongest hurricane in US history struck the Florida Keys and then rampaged up the East Coast, killing 498 people. This storm was a real shock to the nation in that most of the deaths were vets of WW1. An excellent short read. Some pictures included. Recommended.
• Story of English, The - Various , Viking Press 1986
  Companion volume to the PBS series. Interesting with good illustrations.
• Story of the Malakand Field Force, The - Winston Churchill, W.W. Norton & Co. 1990
  WSC's first book, following his exploits in India as a young subaltern (and reporter) on the Northern Frontier. For a first book, the Churchill style is already evident.
• Story of Winston Churchill, The - Alida Sims Malkus, Signature Books 1957
  A Signature Book. Young adult's book sprinkled with many b/w illustrations by Herman Vestal.
• Story of Winston Churchill, The - Earl Schenck Miers, Wonder Books 1965
  A Spotlight Wonder Book. Obviously a young adult's book, but sprinkled with many b/w and color photos. A unique find.
• Strange Death of Heinrich Himmler, The: A Forensic Investigation - Hugh Thomas, St. Martins Press 2003
  A look at the capture and death of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler at the end of WWII.
• Strange Deaths of President Harding, The - Robert H. Ferrell, University of Missouri Press 1998
  Yes, that's "Deaths" - the first being the poisoning/murder conspiracies of his death in office in 1923, and the second his character asssasination in the history books. Nan Britton, Teapot Dome, the VA scandal and other topics. A thorough research, quickly delivered. Some photos. Good notes and bibliography.
• Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde, The - John Treherne, Stein and Day 1985
  A well done account of the notorious pair. Uses eye-witness acounts and thorough research. Contains maps and 32 photos. A short commentary on the various films made about them.
• Strenuous Life, The - Theodore Roosevelt, Applewood Books 1905
  TRs 1905 Chicago speech which epitomized his views on living the full life.
• Sultana Tragedy, The: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster - Jerry O. Potter, Pelican Publishing Company 2000
  The story of the ill-fated 'Sultana' steamship, overloaded with 2,400 Union POWs heading home to the North. On the night of April 27, 1865, her boilers exploded in a huge fireball, sending 1,800 men to their deaths in the ensuing fire or in the swift waters of the Mississippi River. Pictures throughout, list of passengers.
• Summing Up, The - W. Somerset Maugham, International Collectors Lib
  Maugham's autobiography. 'Most people cannot see anything, but I can see what is in front of my nose with extreme clearness; the greatest writers can see through a brick wall. My vision is not so penetrating.'
• Tank vs. Tank - Kenneth Maksey, Salem House 1988
  Armored conflict in the 20 century. Maps, photos, drawing. Nothing to write home about.
• Teachings on Love - Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press 1997
  If we learn ways to practice love, compassion, joy, and equanimity, we will know how to heal the illnesses of anger, sorrow, sadness, hatred, loneliness, and unhealthy attachments.
• The Best Years of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon in 1948 - Learning the Secrets of Power - Lance Morrow, Basic Books 2005
  The pivotal year for JFK, LBJ and Nixon as they entered national politics.
• The Boat - Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, Knopf 1975
  Life aboard a German U-boat during WW2 written by a man who was there. Exciting in its depictions, exacting in its details, sometimes poingnant. German title: Das Boot. See the movie of the same name.
• The Godfather - Mario Puzo, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1969
  The classic. Vito, Sonny, Tom Hagen, Michael and Kay, and "...that Sicilian thing...".
• The Land That God Forgot... - Brig Gen David Henley, Western American 1992
  The story of Patton's Desert Training Camp, Camp Young, near Indio California. March 1942 to April 1944. Small softcover sold at the General George Patton Memorial Museum. Some text, lots of interesting photos
• The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt - Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Doherty Associates 2003
  TR as historian, memoirist, adventurer and man of letters. Excerpts from 'The Naval History of the War of 1812', 'The Winning of the West', 'The Rough Riders', 'African Game Trails', and many others of his works.
• The Old West: The Alaskans - Various , Time-Life Books 1980
  Sewards Folly of 1867, then the Gold Rush of the 1880's. Last fling for the truly adventurous and the lawless.
• The Old West: The Canadians - Various , Time-Life Books 1979
  The huge territory north of the US, a larger land mass than all of Europe, with vast array of wildlife and flora and fauna, with mountain peaks higher than the Rockies, with lake after lake after lake, and opportunities for the new settler.
• The Old West: The Chroniclers - Various , Time-Life Books 1976
  Those who wrote, painted, photographed or otherwise chronicled the Old West.
• The Old West: The Cowboys - Various , Time-Life Books 1974
  Sittin' tall in the saddle, working for the cattle barons, living on (and off) the range. The roundups, the long trails, the rise of beef, and the code of the west.
• The Old West: The Expressmen - Various , Time-Life Books 1976
  As the US grew on the continent, so did her lifelines, and thus too did her transprotaion and communication network. This volume covers the settlers in the oxen trains, the stagecoaches, the Pony Express, and finally the Wells Fargo Comany.
• The Old West: The Frontiersmen - Various , Time-Life Books 1977
  Anderw Jackson, Daniel Boone, the opening of the Lousiana Territory, and a small byline on Teddy Roosevelt (who traveled widely in the the Dakotas.)
• The Old West: The Gamblers - Various , Time-Life Books 1980
  Think that gambling on the Mississippi is a 20th century phenomenon? Think again. Gambling there and in the Old West was as ubiquitious and addictive as it is now.
• The Old West: The Indians - Various , Time-Life Books 1974
  A celebration of the Indian way of life, and then the invasion of the white man and their broken treaties and broken promises, leaving behind broken tribes and a lost way of life.
• The Old West: The Loggers - Various , Time-Life Books 1976
  More than any other opportunity, the almost unlimited tracts of forest in the West made fortunes for those who logged it. This is also the story of the men who did the real work. 'Oh he's a lumberjack and he's OK...'
• The Old West: The Miners - Various , Time-Life Books 1981
  From the early gold-prospectors to the huge concerns extracting tons of gold, silver and other materials from Missouri to Alaska.
• The Old West: The Pioneers - Various , Time-Life Books 1979
  Go West, Young Man. And go West they did, by the thousands. In search of a new Eden and new opportunities, men and women, families and children, settled the in the West. Include in this group the Mormons, eventually ending up in Utah.
• The Old West: The Railroaders - Various , Time-Life Books 1975
  Bringing together East and West as nothing else could, if was the railroads that conquered and settled the West, in the meantime creating a whole new breed of men known as the Robber Barons.
• The Old West: The Rivermen - Various , Time-Life Books 1977
  Life on the rivers. Lots of steamboat text and pictures.
• The Old West: The Soldiers - Various , Time-Life Books 1973
  Out of the Civil War come the soldiers, black and white, to conquer the West as part of America's Manifest Destiny. The Indian Wars, the forts, the life of the soldier, and the final curtain as Custer and 197 of his men die at the Little Bighorn.
• The Old West: The Spanish West - Various , Time-Life Books 1976
  Before is was the Old West, it was the Spanish West. Formerly part of empire, relegated to the borderlands, the influences of the Spanish are deeply imbedded in the culture, language, customs and architechture of todays West.
• The Old West: The Texans - Various , Time-Life Books 1975
  Where everything is BIG. The Alamo, ranching, statehood.
• The Old West: The Trailblazers - Various , Time-Life Books 1974
  The men who rode the trails into unknown territory. The mountain men, pioneers, some sightseers, writers, and later on photographers.
• The Old West: The Women - Various , Time-Life Books 1979
  The civilizing influence of women in the Old West. They suffered the hardships, helped build the towns and cities, and in the end started the temperance movement that eventually led to Prohibition in the 1920's.
• The Republic - Plato , Barnes & Noble Books 1999
  Political philosophy and the perfect state. The Jowell translation. Either utopian or dystopian. You decide. Good thinking material.
• The Second World War - Vol 1, The Gathering Storm - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1948
  Volume 1 of the 6 volume set. 1919 thru May, 1940, when Churchill becomes Prime Minister.
• The Second World War - Vol 2, Their Finest Hour - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1948
  Vol 2 of the 6 volume set. May, 1940 thru January, 1941.
• The Second World War - Vol 3, The Grand Alliance - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1948
  Volume 3 of the 6 volume set. Early 1941 thru Late 1941. Also covers the early War in the Atlantic.
• The Second World War - Vol 4, The Hinge of Fate - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1948
  Vol 4 of the 6 volume set. January 1942 thru May 1943.
• The Second World War - Vol 5, Closing the Ring - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1948
  Volume 5 of the 6 volume set. June, 1943 thru June, 1944. Includes updates on the War in the Atlantic.
• The Second World War - Vol 6, Triumph and Tragedy - Winston Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1948
  The last volume. D-Day, June, 1944 thru the end of the war, September, 1945
• The Third Reich: Vol 1, The SS - Various , Time-Life Books 1989
  The Schutzstaffel and Waffen SS - organization and training, leaders, philosophies.
• The Third Reich: Vol 2, Fists of Steel - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  Germany rebuilds her military; notes on Blitzkreig warfare.
• The Third Reich: Vol 3, Storming to Power - Various , Time-Life Books 1989
  The last gasps of the Weimar Republic, Hitler's rise to power and eventual complete takeover.
• The Third Reich: Vol 4, The New Order - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  Social life and customs under the Nazis.
• The Third Reich: Vol 5, The Reach for Empire - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  Hitler shows his true intentions - the Spanish Civil War, alliance with Mussolini, moves on the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia.
• The Third Reich: Vol 6, Lighting War - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  Invasion in the West: Norway, France, the Low Countries, the Battle of Britain.
• The Third Reich: Vol 7, Wolf Packs - Various , Time-Life Books 1989
  Full story of the war under the sea.
• The Third Reich: Vol 8, Conquest of the Balkans - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  Invasion in the South: Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete
• The Third Reich: Vol 9, Afrikakorps - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  Campaigns in Africa, bailing out the Italians, Tobruk, El Alamain, and a small article on the infamous 88.
• The Third Reich: Vol 10, The Center of the Web - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  The Nazi leaders and lifestyles on the eve of World War 2. One of the better volumes.
• The Third Reich: Vol 11, Barbarossa - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  Hitler attacks Russia, June 1941 thru early 1942.
• The Third Reich: Vol 12, War on the High Seas - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  The German High Seas Fleet during World War 2.
• The Third Reich: Vol 13, The Twisted Dream - Various , Time-Life Books 1990
  Hitlers early life, including youth, World War 1, building the party, philosophies, the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. One of the better volumes.
• The Third Reich: Vol 14, The Road to Stalingrad - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  Campaigns in the East - the drive on Stalingrad and the defeat. May 1942 thru March 1943.
• The Third Reich: Vol 15, The Shadow War - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  Spies, codes, ciphers, and other related subjects.
• The Third Reich: Vol 16, The Heel of the Conqueror - Various , Time-Life Books 1992
  Collaboration and Resistance in Nazi Europe. One of the better volumes.
• The Third Reich: Vol 17, The Southern Front - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  The collaspe of the Afrkakorps, the war in Sicily and Italy, the fall of Mussolini.
• The Third Reich: Vol 18, The Apparatus of Death - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  The Final Solution in its various aspects. Frightful pictures. Intense text. One of the better volumes.
• The Third Reich: Vol 19, Scorched Earth - Various , Time-Life Books 1991
  Campaigns in the East: Operation Citadel to reduce the Kursk bulge, resulting in the largest tank battle up to that time; the Warsaw uprising; the Soviet invasion in the Balkans.
• The Third Reich: Vol 20, Fortress Europe - Various , Time-Life Books 1992
  Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the campaigns in France, the air war over Germany.
• The Third Reich: Vol 21, Descent into Nightmare - Various , Time-Life Books 1992
  The final months of Nazi Germany, discovery of the death camps, the Nuremburg Trials. One of the better volumes.
• Theodore Rex - Edmund Morris, Random House 2001
  The TR presidency 1901-1909. Very heavy notes section.
• Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal - TRA , TRA
  Official publication of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). Issues from 1997 to the present.
• Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership - James Strock, Forum 2001
  this book outlines TR's thoughts on leadership
• Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life - Kathleen Dalton, Alfred A. Knopf 2002
  Biography of TR, focusing on his early years and his later marriage to Edith Carow. Lots of good photos and cartoons of the time. Heavy notes and appendix.
• Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography - Theodore Roosevelt, Macmillan 1914
  The autobiography of one of the most influential men of the 20th century
• Theodore Roosevelt - Henry F. Pringle, Konecky & Konecky 2000
  The Pultizer Prize winning biography of a great president Still relevant today..
• Theodore Roosevelt - Louis Auchincloss, Times Books 2002
  
• Theodore Roosevelt - Nathan Miller, William Morrow & Co 1992
  An unspectacular story of TR, from his childhood through his Presidency.
• This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War - James McPherson, Oxford University Press 2007
  A noted Civil War historian gives unsusual views of one of the most enduring times in US history. Included are essays on RE Lee, Lincoln, Grant and others.
• This Reckless Breed of Men - Robert Cleland, Knopf 1963
  The trappers and fur traders of the Southwest. Overviews of the beaver and mountain men, with several chapters on specific 'characters' of the era. Some drawings and photos.
• This Was Railroading - George B. Abdill, Bonanza Books 1958
  An historical collection of rare photos and true stories about the tracks, trains and trainmen of the Pacific Northwest including Northern California.
• Those Enterprising Americans - John Chamberlain, Harper & Row 1962
  The story of capitalism from pre-Revolution to the 1960's.
• Thoughts and Adventures - Winston Churchill, W.W. Norton & Co. 1991
  A superb collection of WSC's written material. A whole host of stories: politics, war, stray thoughts, personalities, etc. The best (I feel) is "A Second Choice", where WSC ponders the ifs, ands, or buts of making different choices in his life.
• Tiger I in Action - Norm Harms, Squandron/Signal Publications 1973
  Armor series #8. Great photos, 4 color line drawings, 4 color crew line drawings, many b/w line drawings. Softcover, 50 pages, G+
• Tigers are Burning, The - Martin Caidin, Hawthorne Books, Inc. 1974
  The Battle of Kursk, Russian Front, 1943.
• Time of Passion, A: America, 1960-1980 - Charles Morris, Harper & Row 1984
  A rather interesting look at the the US growing up through Kennedy, Vietnam, Nixon, the Me Decade, etc.
• Timetables of History - Bernard Grun, Simon & Schuster 1991
  Nice cross reference by year of developments in history and politics, religion, philosophy and learning, the visual arts, music, science and technology, and daily life. No graphics, good index.
• Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster, 1903 - Anthony Hatcch, Academy Chicago Publishers 2003
  Chicago, December 30, 1903. The Iroquois Theatre, considered a monument to design and technology (and deemed fire proof), opened only 5 weeks previous, suffers a small fire that rages into a conflagration that kills 600, mostly women and children. Highly recommended.
• Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller - Ron Chernow, Vintage Books 2004
  The Guilded Age millionaire in all his personal piety and business finaglings. Creator of Standard Oil and philanthropist extrordinaire.
• Top Secret: The Details of the Planned WWII Invasion of Japan - James Martin Davis, Webb Research Group Publishers 1994
  Notes, maps and outlines of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan. A small disappointing book.
• Top Secret: World War 2: U.S. Military Plans for the Invasion of Japan - Thomas Frensch, New Century Books 2001
  Reprint of the military and government documents relating to Operation Downfall. Directives, notes, a couple of maps, discussions, other documents. For the JCS, Truman, top officials, etc. Good raw material on Downfall. I paid $32 - too much.
• TR: The Last Romantic - H.W. Brands, Basic Books 1997
  The one - the only - Teddy. Tomes can be and have been written by and about this man. What a fantastic life. This book is the begining to end story.
• Train Wrecks - Robert Reed, Bonanza Books 1999
  The history and types of train wrecks. Lots of photos, good text. Recommended.
• Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster - Karen Tintori, Atria Books 2002
  November 13th, 1909, at Cherry, Illinois. 259 men dead, hundreds of widows, 484 orphans. The worst coal mine fire in US history and the third worst coal mine disaster (behind Monongah, WV and Dawson, NM.). Toured the sight in 7/05.
• Triangle: The Fire That Changed America - David von Drehle, Atlantic Monthly Press 2003
  On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. The final toll was 146 people - including 123 women, most of whom died due to inadequate or non-existent fire prevention and equipment. Some b&w photos, three very good drawings. Heavy notes section.
• True Story of Sir Winston Churchill: British Statesman, The - Aurthur Booth, Childrens Press 1964
  Ex-library for children. Missing top 1/2 inch spine, library marks on cover, spine and throughout. Otherwise good.
• Truman - David McCullough, Simon & Schuster 1992
  The definitive one volume biograhy of "Give 'em Hell" Harry S Truman. A massive work and well worth the reading time.
• Twilight of American Culture, The - Morris Berman, W.W. Norton & Co. 2000
  An urgent search for meaning amid the flotsam of a disintegrating American culture.
• Tycoons, The: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and Jay P. Morgan Invented the Amercian Supereconomy - Charles R. Morris, Times Books 2005
  Post-Civil War to the Second World War, how the major industrialists of that time built the American economy in new, different, effective and life-changings ways. Additional informative appendices.
• U.S. Army in World War II, The: A Pictorial Record, Volume 1 - Various , Artabras 1990
  The War Against Germany, Europe and Adjacent Areas. Compiled by the Center of Military History, United States Army. Volume 1 of a 3 volume boxed set.
• U.S. Army in World War II, The: A Pictorial Record, Volume 2 - Various , Artabras 1990
  The War against Germany and Italy The Mediterranean. Compiled by the Center of Military History, United States Army. Volume 2 of a 3 volume boxed set.
• U.S. Army in World War II, The: A Pictorial Record, Volume 3 - Various , Artabras 1990
  The War Against Japan Compiled by the Center of Military History, United States Army. Volume 3 of a 3 volume boxed set.
• Uncertain Greatness - Roger Morris, Harper & Row 1978
  Overview of Henry Kissinger and American foreign policy.
• Unknown Patton, The - Charles Province, Bonanza Books 1984
  
• Verlinden Way, The: Military Models and Dioramas, Volume 1 - Francois Verlinden, F. Verlinden Publications 1984
  Beautiful models and dioramas by the best modeler I've ever seen. Includes tips on painting and weathering. Softcover, high-quality paper, 120 color photographs.
• Victoria - Stanley Weintraub, Truman Talley/E.P. Dutton 1987
  Intimite portrait of Queen Victoria. A difficult read.
• Victorians at Home and Abroad - Various , V&A Publications 2001
  A look at the Victorians and how they viewed their royalty, their achievements and visions, their culture and their outlook on the rest of the world. Interesting pictures and drawing on every page illustrate nicely the text.
• Victory That Nearly Was, The - Bruce Quarrie, David & Charles 1988
  What would have happened had Hitler won the war? This book speculates as it reads like a novel.
• Victory - Joseph Conrad, International Collectors Lib
  
• Viking Book of Aphorisms, The - W. H. Auden, Barnes & Noble Books 1993
  Words of wisdom from five hundred authors on a host of subjects. Co-authored by Louis Kronenberger.
• Vindicating the Founders - Thomas West, Rowman and Littlefield 1997
  Race, sex, class, and justice in the origins of America. Dispells unfounded but politically correct beliefs about the integrity of the Founding Fathers. An addition to my argument that one cannot condemn the past using attitudes of the present.
• Vintage Aircraft Nose Art - Gary Valant, Motorbooks Intl. 1987
  Beautiful oversize book jam packed full of nose art (and sometimes their crew) on B17s, B24s, B26s, etc. About 15 pages of color shots. Some bomber coat shots too. Complete index.
• W.C. Fields and Me - Carlotta Monti, Prentice Hall 1971
  Penned by Fields long time companion, its a sometimes funny, often sad but always revealing portrait of one of America's most brilliant and complex comedians.
• W.C. Fields by Himself - Ronald J. Fields, Prentice Hall 1973
  The intended autobiography of the Great One put together by his grandson using Fields vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, scripts, scenarios and photographs. Packed full of all kinds of interesting information
• Waffen SS in Action - Various , Squandron/Signal Publications 1973
  Weapons series #3. Uniforms, weapons, equipment, patches, decorations. Lots of infantry photos, numerous color line drawings of figures, divisional insignia, etc.
• Waffen SS in Russia - Bruce Quarrie, Aztec Corporation 1981
  A good photo book of all aspects of the Waffen SS in the East. Uniforms, weapons, pasttimes, small details, unusual shots.
• Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution, The: A Reconsideration - Mark Roseman, Metropolitan Books 2002
  A short, concise and well researched review of the infamous Wannsee Conference, and how it fits into the picture of the decision to commit genocide against the Jews of Europe. A short appendix, good notes.
• War Against the Jews, The - 1933-1945 - Lucy Dawidowicz, Holt Rinehart Winston 1975
  Two distinct views are presented - from the German perspective and the Jewish perspective. Excellent insights into the 'Juddenrat' mentality. A solid introduction to the Holocaust. Heavy notes section.
• War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy, International Collectors Lib 1949
  One hell of hard book to grind through.
• War As I Knew It - George Patton, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1975
  A Militiary Book Club edition, it's mainly a collection of GSP's letters and diary entries from Torch (North Africa landing 11/42) thru VE Day (Germany 5/45). Included are some of GSP's thoughts on other commanders he served with.
• War As I Knew It - George Patton, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1994
  Pattons diary entries from July 1942 to December 1945. This edition is from The Great Commanders series.
• War Book of the German General Staff - J.H. Morgan, Stackpole Books 2005
  Published in 1902, its the standard book on war as developed by the Grossgeneralstab. Kind of a blueprint for how the Germans should fight in World War One, and not always followed. Good comparison between the lessons learned in the Franco-Prussion War and subsequent actions in the WW1. Small book.
• War of Vengeance: Acts of Retaliation Against Civil War POWs - Lonnie Speer, Stackpole Books 2002
  Outlines the prisons and POW camps in both the North and South, focusing on acts of retaliation on prisoners, including physical and mental abuse, neglect, and outright murder of prisoners in retibution for battlefield losses. A few pictures and drawing throughout.
• War Poems - Various , Knopf 1999
  War poems from the Heroic and Napoleanic Ages, the American Civil War, the World Wars and a lot of the other little wars throughout the ages.
• War Today - Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish Books 1983
  Cold war conflict and confrontation between the superpowers. Missiles, tanks, aircraft, strategy, tactics, etc. Good photos and text. 1983 edition.
• War Underground: The Tunnellers of the Great War - Alexander Barrie, Spellmount Limited 2000
  Tunnels and mines, both German and Allied, under the trenches on the Western Front during WW1. Developments and techniques. Some pics and maps. A good, short history with an interesting cross reference of the mines.
• Warren Commision Report, The - Various , Barnes & Noble Books 1992
  A facsimile edition of the 'Official Report presented to President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1964 by the President's Commision on the Assassination of President Kennedy'.
• Way of All Flesh, The - Samuel Butler, International Collectors Lib
  
• Werwolf: The History of the Nazi Guerrilla Movement 1944-1946 - Perry Biddiscombe, University of Toronto Press 1998
  The story of the short lived and unorganized National Socialist resistance movement, dedicated to delaying the advance of the allies on both fronts with scattered acts of sabotage and violence. Charts, appendixes, lengthy notes, some pictures.
• Western Front, The: Ordinary Soldiers and the Defining Battles of World War 1 - Richard Holmes, TV Books 2000
  The story of the ordinary soldier in the trenches on the Western Front, and the battles they fought. From constructing the trenches, to holding them, to feeding the troops, includes many pictures, letters, poems and commentary by the men on the front lines.
• Whatever Became Of... - Richard Lamparski, Crown Publishing, Inc. 1967
  Whatever became of...Father Coughlin, Charles Atlas, Irene Castle, Hamilton Fish, Red Grange, Alger Hiss, Ruby Keeler, Pola Negri, and about 100 others from film, entertainment, sports, politics, etc.
• What's Your Literacy IQ? - Norma Gleason, Barnes & Noble Books 1993
  1,200 questions to test general knowledge on subjects from the abacus to zygotes. Fun.
• Who Killed Kennedy? - Thomas Buchanan, G.P. Putnam's Sons 1964
  An early questioning of the Warren Commisions report. For more in-depth analysis, read Mark Lane's 'Rush to Judgement'.
• Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? (and other Imponderables) - David Feldman, Harper & Row 1987
  Mysteries of everyday life explained: Where do houseflies go in winter?, Why don't people get goosebumps on their faces?, etc.
• Wild West, The - Various , Warner Books 1993
  Companion to the TV (mini)series, a mother lode of information, photos, drawings and paintings to illustrate lost civilizations and Manifest Destiny.
• Will Rogers Treasury, A - Byron & Frances Sterling, Bonanza Books 1986
  The hugely funny, and now largely forgotten, premier humorist of the 20's and 30's. This is a collection of some of his speeches and commentaries from 1922 to 1935 before his death in a plane crash with Wiley Post.
• Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchills - Mary Soames, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1999
  Edited by their daughter Mary Soames, this book contains the letters exchanged between the Churchills in their 57 years together. Reveals what a beautiful freindship and partnership these two had.
• Winston Churchill and the Dardanelles - Trumbull Higgins, Macmillan 1963
  Subtitled 'A Dialogue in Ends and Means' it's a first overall look at Churchill's and the government's involvement in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.
• Winston Churchill The Painter - Hallmark Cards , Hallmark Cards 1958
  Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings by the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill, with a foreward by DDE. Some color plates but most in b&w. Small text tribute to WSC as a painter by Alfred Frankfurter.
• Winston Churchill, A Pictorial History of - Nigel Blundell, JG Press 1996
  Small ovesize book with some nice WSC pictures. The text leaves a little to be desired, from his father dieing from a venereal disease (he didn't) to his brother Jack not being his brother (he was).
• Winston Churchill: An Informal Study in Greatness - Robert Lewis Taylor, Doubleday & Company 1952
  "The last of the great statesmen...".
• Winston Churchill: An Intimate Portrait - Violet Bonham Carter, Harcourt Brace 1965
  An account of Winston Churchill from 1906 through 1916 by by one of his closest personal friends of the time.
• Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter - Mary Soames, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1990
  Lovely oversize book on WSC as a painter. Beautiful color plates throughout with accompanying text by his daughter Mary Soames.
• Winston Churchill: Maxims and Reflections - Winston Churchill, Barnes & Noble Books 1992
  A small collection of quips and quotes from WSC's books, articles, speeches, etc.
• Winston Churchill - Elizabeth Longford, Rand McNally & Co 1974
  A Pictorial Life Story. Very nice oversized book with great text and lots of pictures. Authorized by the Winston Churchill Foundation.
• Winston Churchill - James Humes, DK Publishing 2003
  From the A&E Biography series. Lots of pictures, some familiar and some not, some black and white and some not, with the easily read Humes style.
• Winston Churchill - John Keegan, Penguin Books 2002
  From the Penguin Lives Series, a nice short biography from an emminent historian of our times. Undersized.
• Winston S. Churchill - A Life Triumphant - Various , American Heritage 1965
  Published by American Heritage and UPI, this commerative edition was put out after WSC's death in 1965. General overviews of his life with many good pictures. Foreward by DDE.
• Winston S. Churchill - A Photographic Portrait - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1988
  A complete photographic portrait of WSC, from birth to death, including political cartoons. All pictures are heavily captioned, with various insights into WSC's life included.
• Winston S. Churchill - The Last Lion, Vol 1, Visions of Glory 1874-1932 - William Manchester, Little, Brown & Co. 1983
  One of my favorites. A favorable view of WSC's early life. Good overview of Victorian culture that shows it's influence on him. Churchill as soldier, newspaper correspondent, writer, statesman. Highly recommended.
• Winston S. Churchill - The Last Lion, Vol 2, Alone 1932-1940 - William Manchester, Little, Brown & Co. 1988
  Manchester's second volume biography of WSC. Covers WSC's entry into the political wilderness, his fight against Indian independence, and his warnings on Hitler. Not as good as volume 1 but still very readable.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 1, Youth, 1874-1900 (BCE) - Randolph Churchill, BMC 1966
  Book Club Edition. A fine reading copy.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 1, Youth, 1874-1900 (BCE) - Randolph Churchill, BMC 1966
  Book Club Edition.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 1, Youth, 1874-1900 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1966
  The official biography of WSC, by his son Randolph.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 1, Youth, Companion Part 1 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1967
  Companion Volume 1, Part1, to the official biography of WSC by his son Randolph. The companion volumes contain the source documents (letters, memos, telegrams, etc.) used to write the biography volumes. Covers the years 1874-1895.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 1, Youth, Companion Part 2 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1967
  Covers the years 1895-1900.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 2, Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (BCE) - Randolph Churchill, BMC 1967
  Book Club Edition. A fine reading copy.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 2, Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (BCE) - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1967
  Book Club Edition.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 2, Young Statesman, 1901-1914 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1967
  The official biography of WSC, by his son Randolph.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 2, Young Statesman, Companion Part 1 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1969
  Covers the years 1901-1907.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 2, Young Statesman, Companion Part 2 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1969
  Covers the years 1907-1911.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 2, Young Statesman, Companion Part 3 - Randolph Churchill, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1969
  Covers the years 1911-1914.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 3, The Challenge of War, 1914-1916, (BCE 1) - Martin Gilbert, BMC 1971
  Book Club Edition. A fine reading copy.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 3, The Challenge of War, 1914-1916, (BCE 2) - Martin Gilbert, BMC 1971
  Book Club Edition.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 3, The Challenge of War, 1914-1916 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1971
  Volume 3 of the 8 volume biography of WSC, starting at the Admiralty at the beginning of WW1.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 3, The Challenge of War, Companion Part 1 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1973
  Covers the period July 1914 - April 1915.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 3, The Challenge of War, Companion Part 2 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1973
  Covers the period May 1915 - December 1916.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 4, The Stricken World, 1916-1922 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1975
  Volume 4 of the 8 volume official biography of WSC. He returns to a government post as Minister of Munitions. The end of WW1, the Russian Civil War, the Cairo conference, the Chanak crisis.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 4, The Stricken World, Companion Part 2 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1977
  Covers the period July 1919 through March 1921.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 5, The Prophet of Truth, 1922-1939 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1977
  Covers the years 1922-1939.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 6, Finest Hour, 1939-1941 - Martin Gilbert, Heinemann: London 1983
  The most important volume of the 8 volume Official Biography. "Winstons Back!" So the cry went out to the Royal Navy when Churchill is appointed First Lord at the beginning of World War II. After France falls, he becomes Prime Minister.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 6, Finest Hour, Companion Part 1 - Martin Gilbert, W.W. Norton & Co. 1993
  Covers the period Sept 1939 to May 1940.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 6, Finest Hour, Companion Part 2 - Martin Gilbert, W.W. Norton & Co. 1995
  Covers the period May 1940 to December 1940.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 6, Finest Hour, Companion Part 3 - Martin Gilbert, W.W. Norton & Co. 1995
  Covers the year 1941.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 7, Road To War, 1941-1945 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1986
  WSC from Pearl Harbor to VE Day.
• Winston S. Churchill - Vol 8, Never Despair, 1945-1965 - Martin Gilbert, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1988
  The last volume of the 8 volume official biography of WSC, it covers his last 20 years as the premier statesman of Great Britain, if not the world.
• Winston S. Churchill - War Speeches, 1939-1945 Volume 1 - Winston Churchill, Easton Press 2001
  Pontifications from the master, 1939-1945. Eloquent, forceful, full of hope, gracing the English speaking peoples. 3 volumes, leather bound.
• Winston S. Churchill - War Speeches, 1939-1945 Volume 2 - Winston Churchill, Easton Press 2001
  Pontifications from the master, 1939-1945. Eloquent, forceful, full of hope, gracing the English speaking peoples. 3 volumes, leather bound.
• Winston S. Churchill - War Speeches, 1939-1945 Volume 3 - Winston Churchill, Easton Press 2001
  Pontifications from the master, 1939-1945. Eloquent, forceful, full of hope, gracing the English speaking peoples. 3 volumes, leather bound.
• Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin, The - Benjamin Franklin, Barnes & Noble Books 1995
  A variety of essays, lettes, quotes, quips and anecdotes from Franklin. Lots of Poor Richards Almanac extracts.
• Wizard of Menlo Park, The: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World - Randall Stross, Crown Publishing, Inc. 2007
  Deals with Edison as inventor and businessman in the middle and latter parts of his career. Some biographical sketches.
• Wolfsangel: A German City on Trial - Augusto Nigro, Brassey's, Washington DC 2000
  This book documents the downing of an American B-24 bomber crew over Germany during World War 2, the airmens lynching by an enraged mob in the city of Russelsheim, and the extraordinary postwar trial that sent five civilians to the gallows. A short, well-researched book with very good b&w photos.
• Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language - Steven Pinker, Basic Books 1999
  How languages work. Neato stuff!
• Works of Charles Dickens, The - Charles Dickens, Longmeadow Press 1981
  Leatherbound. A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and Great Expectations.
• World Almanac Book of World War 2, The - Peter Young, World Almanac Publications 1981
  Includes a chronology, listing of weapons and equipment, biographies, as well as various other aspects of the war.
• World Crisis, The - Winston Churchill, Scribners 1992
  An abridged version of Churchill's 4-volume history of the First World War. Chapter 1 is brilliant, all other chapters justify his actions in the war in great detail. I feel this is one of WSC's finest writing efforts. Refer to Robert K. Massie's 'Dreadnought' and 'Castles of Steel' for extra insights. Highest recommendations.
• World in 1976, The - Various , Associated Press 1977
  Oversize. My graduation year. The Bicentennial, Howard Hughes, Entebbe, Patty Hearst and the SLA, Legionnaires Disease, Jimmy Carter, etc.
• World Lit Only By Fire, A: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age - William Manchester, Little, Brown & Co. 1992
  It's basically a severe indictment of the early Roman Catholic Church. A hard read, but wonderfully enlightening.
• World War 2 Military Vehicles: Transport and Halftracks - G. N. Georgano, Osprey Publishing 1998
  The cars, jeeps, ambulances, trucks, halftracks and other unusual vehicles of England, France, the US, Russia, Germany, Italy, Japan, etc. Great photos and captions, some in color. Excellent text. Includes rare variants.
• World War 2 - Various , Wings Books 1996
  4,139 strange and fascinating facts about the war. Interesting.
• World's Greastest Disasters, The - Joyce Robins, Hamlyn 1990
  A little sensationalistic, contains acts of nature, man made, war, air, sea, rail, etc. Lots of color photos.
• Writings On Writing - Thomas Brennan, Barnes & Noble Books 1994
  1,200 memorable quotations from authors on their craft. From Aarestrup to Zweig, some interesting and insightful thoughts on writers and writing.
• WWII Dioramas - Rodrigo Cabos, Compendium 2000
  Volume #7. Layout, ground texture, figures, bases and other techniques for building military dioramas. Lots of color photos.
• You Did What? Mad Plans and Great Historical Disasters - Bill Fawcett, Perrenial Currents 2004
  Short essays on miscalculations and what-ifs throughout history by a variety of authors
• Zulu Victory: The Epic of Isandlwana and the Cover-Up - Various , Greenhill Books 2002
  The begining of the Zulu War in 1879. A huge British defeat. In the end they win the war with the Zulu nation, but this is the story of that first great defeat. Lots of photos, some in color, a few maps and drawings. Good appendix

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