Customer Review: It's not that I object to messages about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle (which many of my close friends practice btw) or that I mind direct, candid, witty communications. HOWEVER - I strongly object to being mislead into making a purchase by positioning that totally misrepresents the intent of... more info
Customer Review: I almost didn't read this book. I mean, it's pretty big. And it didn't really look like it would be the "storytelling" kind of history I had previously been reading. But I went for it. And it was actually quite easy to read the 500-plus pages that chronicle the relationship between the US, Pakistan,... more info
Customer Review: Finished this one in 9 days - it was truly engaging and very suspenseful, particularly when one considers that everything is true and well-documented by a talented and sophisticated writter. I recommend.
Customer Review: This is a brilliant social history of a Jewish resistance movement in Belarus and Eastern Poland. It focusses on the Bielski partisan group lead by the three Bielski brothers. What made this partisan unit different from the others active in the area was the fact A) they were Jewish and B)... more info
Customer Review: When I was growing up in the 1980's, I found that Holocaust survivors were either glad to be alive and well, or full of bitterness. Some were eager to tell their stories to the young; others carried the scars deep inside. For many years (perhaps until the 1970's) it was almost taboo for the... more info
Customer Review: An interesting history of the world told by exploring the various beverages humankind drinks. informative and entertaining a must read.
Customer Review: John Lewis Gaddis has written a comprehensive general history of the Cold War that fulfills his stated purpose of acquainting a post-Cold War generation with the history of that era. It also allows the longtime history buff a comprehensive perspective with which to assess his own conclusions to... more info
Customer Review: Tolstoy goes far beyond just hitting the peaks of the story but also, writes at length on the hills, valleys, and everything in between (the material that other authors leave out). It is exhaustively detailed, down to the most mundane description of a character. Being that the high-points are few... more info
