CJ’s Christmas Picks
2010 at 2:34 pm | by Nicole WhitacreFiled under Fun Stuff
You asked for it, and here it is!
Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books
by H.J. Jackson
Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History
by Mark Juddery
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
(This book is not yet available, so obviously I haven’t read it yet. But I’m eager to recommend it on the basis of the author’s excellent first book Seabiscuit)
The Last Leaf: Voices of History’s Last-Known Survivors
by Stuart Lutz
by Paul Johnson
George Washington: The Founding Father
by Paul Johnson
Abraham Lincoln; A Presidential Life
by James M. McPherson
Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse
by James L. Swanson
The American Civil War: A Military History
by John Keegan
Tommy’s Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf’s Founding Father and Son
by Kevin Cook
Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend
by James S. Hirsch
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood
by Jane Leavy
In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules
by Stacy Perman
Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
by William Powers
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz
How March Became Madness: How the NCAA Tournament Became the Greatest Sporting Event in America
by Eddie Einhorn with Ron Rapoport
American Hoops: U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing
by Carson Cunningham
by Hampton Sides
Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West
by Hampton Sides
For The Fame Of God’s Name; Essays in Honor of John Piper
edited by Sam Storms and Justin Taylor
