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Macculloch's history of Christianity is a masterpiece. It is the most up to date, erudite and readable single-volume history in print. I Highly recommend it.

Yes indeed, the economic devils are all in here; the one book you need to read in order to understand what caused our economic crisis.

McManus has written a very entertaining and informative history of Poker. He covers the cards, rules, stories, and legends from 6th century Korea to 21st century Las Vegas. A great read for all players and fans of the game.

This is the most detailed and balanced history of the infamous Red Army Gang. Aust covers the members, beliefs, and actions of Baader-Meinhof as well as the responses by the government and police agencies of West and East Germany. An important study of terrorism in the 70s.

This is how great P.I./Crime fiction is written. Harvey has it all; dialogue, characters, multiple plots. A tremendous new voice in noir fiction.

America in the early 1930's—cops and robbers, hold-ups and shootouts, chases and captures—it's all here in this well researched and lucidly written history of crime in America.

Over 27 million people were imprisoned in the Soviet labor camps, millions did not survive. Gulag is the most authoritative one-volume history in English—well-researched, detailed narrative. The definitive history of the Gulag system in the Soviet Union, and a vast wealth of information and scholarship. An important work!

History, religion, crime, polygamy, all woven into a well written narrative. Hard to believe this could happen in America in the 20th century.

Outlaw? Terrorist? Rebel? This is a well written and researched account that is as much a biography of Jesse James as it is a history of Missouri before, during, and after the Civil War. Fascinating!

Phillip's research and conclusions on this timely subject are on the mark. A cutting critique of the major problem in American politics today.