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Churchill: A Life
Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks, 1992
The Official Biography of Winston Spencer Leonard Churchill
From 1962 until now Martin Gilbert is officially the biographer of Winston S. Churchill.
His narrative is complete from Victoria England into his forays of World War I onto the offices he held in the 1920's, which included living at 11 Downing Street, when he held ...
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The Second World War: A Complete History
Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
My Boyfriend LOVES it !!!
I bought the book as a gift for my boyfriend who loves WWII almost as much as he loves me and he absolutely loves the book he told me that it is the best book that he has ever read on the subject so my boyfriend strongly recommends this book to all the women out there ...
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Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale and Microscale Approach (Brooks/Cole Laboratory Series for ...
John C. Gilbert, Stephen F. Martin
Brooks Cole, 2005
A great help
This book writen by Gilbert and Martin provides an excellent help to the student who is currently studying organic chemistry. It is full of useful information and it provides assistance for the completion of the organic labs. it is full of helpful pointers and they ...
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Reforming or Conforming?: Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church
Gary L. W. Johnson
Crossway Books, 2008
Thirteen Reformed scholars take on postmodern evangelicals and provide a solid, biblical critique of their ideas. While self-described ?post-conservative evangelicals? enjoy increasing influence in the evangelical world, they represent a significant challenge to biblical faith. Popularizers like Brian McLaren (of Emergent Church fame) trade on ...
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The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War
Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks, 1987
Mr. Gilbert really brings the tragedy home
Martin Gilbert's the Holocaust is the most comprehinsive and in depth work I have read on this subject, and why it gets 5 stars is because of the very personal nature of this book. Mr. Gilbert reverts the numbers back into real people. When reading other books on the ...
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The World Crisis, 1911-1918
Winston S. Churchill
Free Press, 2005
This book has two distinctly separate parts
The first part covers 1914 to 1916 when Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty. This is an apologia for Churchill's actions, especially the Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaigns. It's quite self-serving, for instance Churchill expressed surprise when Jackie Fisher ...
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Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction (Making History)
Martin Gilbert
Harper Perennial, 2007
A Peek into the Heart of Darkness
Prior to Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939, two events occurred that unequivocally disclosed to the world the evil mindset of the Nazi regime.
The first of these events was the "Knight of the Long Knives", 30 June 1934, in which the Nazis murdered ...
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Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship
Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
More insight into the astounding Mr. Churchill
The 20th Century produced many astounding men, many of them evil. One of the few great democrats of the age was Winston S. Churchill. Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Churchill, has produced one enthralling volume after another.
Churchill's involvement ...
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Story of Israel
Martin Gilbert
Carlton Publishing Group, 2008
Wonderful book
I bought this for a friend who had just come back from her first trip to Israel and wanted to know more about the history of the state. She flipped over this book -- and when I read it, I saw why. It's full of replicas of historical documents (posters, letters, even ...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Linda Formichelli, W. Eric Martin, ...
Alpha, 2005
Well-balanced, lively, informative, and entertaining
One of the things that struck me most about this book is that it seems perfectly balanced. By this I mean that it covers all the general business angles of running a coffee bar, but it never loses sight of its coffee-oriented focus. While there's certainly plenty of ...
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Kubrick: The Definitive Edition
Michel Ciment, Martin Scorsese
Faber & Faber, 2003
DEFINITIVE, INDEED!
I am glad Mr. Ciment waited until Kubrick's oeuvre was completed before updating what is, indeed, the very last word on this very unique artist's films. Everything is here from the first edition which was out-of-print for quite awhile plus the films that were made ...
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Winston Churchill's War Leadership
Martin Gilbert
Vintage, 2004
A fascinating read
This book succinctly and brilliantly encapsulates Churchill's qualities as a wartime leader and shows Martin Gilbert's writing at its best. Ranging across the influence of Churchill's' long experience on his war leadership, his daily pattern of work, his personal ...
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The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War
Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
Great Work by a distinguished historian
I have read a number of Martin Gilbert's works including this fine book and his great biography of Winston Churchill. I am visiting the Somme battlefield over the Labor Day weekend and found this to be excellent reading in preparation for that visit. I also highly ...
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The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History (Routledge Historical Atlases)
Martin Gilbert
Routledge, 2006
A useful reference
This is a surprisingly good reference on the elements of Jewish history, given that it is pretty much all maps.
We see the extent of the Kingdom of David and Solomon. The Hasmonean Kingdom. Jews of India and China. There is some good material about Jews under ...
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The First World War, Second Edition: A Complete History
Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
A Compelling Read
I enjoyed reading it immensely. Somewhere between Keegan's sometimes overwhelming numbers and Strachan's daunting compendium lies this humanizing account of the Great War. I'm not enough of a historian to tell you what may or may not be wrong with this book, but I am ...
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