Review:This is classic McCullough -- especially good because McCullough's speech is recorded and we get McCullough himself. No historian, in my estimation quite compares with McCullough, especially his writing in his books in which he takes you into the narrative almost as a participant. He is five star in my estimation. Read more

Review:Having read much about the modern state of, and state of affairs in, Iraq in recent years, the Assasin's Gate sets the bar very high both in terms of scope and detail. Packer paints quite a thorough portrait of many of the actors involved in the lead up to the war and speculates in detail the byzantine reasoning behind their varying motivations. From Atlantic avenue in Brooklyn to Firdous Square in central Baghdad, this writings contained in this book hit close to home for me. Recalling a simila... Read more

Review:This book is full of flaws. The author writes for the most part of the book about the war and most of us know what happened. Then he finally gets into the escape of Adolf Hitler without providing compelling evidence that he really (Adolf Hitler) arrived in Argentina. The author writes that U-518, U-880 and U-1235 transported Nazi loot and high ranking NS officials to Argentina. U-518 was sunk southwest of the Azores April 1945. U-880 was also sunk on April 1945 by the USS Frost. U-1235 was... Read more

Review:Extremely boring. I have been to Biltmore Estate, at least 20 times. It is one of my favorite places to go. Thought this book would give some
fascinating insight into the mansion and it's owners, instead it's just ramblings on the Biltmore forestry mission, it is one of the
dullest books, I have ever read. No stories of glittering soirees, or fascinating asides of the owners. Apparently George and Edith
were as exciting as milquetoast. I'm still forcing myself to read it, hopefully it w... Read more

Review:Very informative reading. Well written. This book should be required reading in all high schools. It is a detailed account of the plight of immigrants from Central America to this country, the reasons for their migration and the long term effects on their families. Read more

Review:I really enjoyed reading this book, if you didn't know he was married you may not miss this aspect. I missed his getting married and his married life, which was a part of his life remaining unsaid in this book. I did battle with some of the words that he used, thankfully the kindle dictionary came to the rescue. This book should be read by anyone going into business as they could learn a lot, even if the lessons are from over 200 years ago.
I will be looking for maybe a biography of his life ... Read more

Review:This book has so much information on Franklin that I just dont care about. It even has information on people who interacted with Franklin, and some of their doings and thoughts. Lots of quoting letters and this and that, it gets really boring. This is not at all like "John Adams" by McCullough. I really dont want to know about every interaction and argument he had with everyone he ever met in his life. When you have to make yourself read when you really dont want to, you know the book is not ve... Read more

Review:Excellent documented references. Concentrated on the protagonist with minimum sentimentality. My personal affinity with Franklin is related to my residency in Franklin, MA and my student days at Franklin Technical Institute in Boston. Read more

Review:David McCullough should be writing all the history textbooks for high school. It is 1000 times more interesting as he always adds flesh to the bones. We listened to this tape on our annual drive to FL and had to sit in our driveway for 15 min. to finish the last tape which is a tribute to how well done this was. We never fully understood the influence France had on our American beginnings before this book. Well done again Mr. McCullough!! Read more

Review:The Summer of 1787 is quite simply a well written book. The author very skillfully presents both sketches of the participant personalities and the
events that transpired. If you want to know about the significant elements of the Constitution and how they were included, this is the book to read.
The author excels at explaining the impact of the subject of slave states
versus free states. What I wanted to do as a reader was visit the events
of the Constitutional Convention, learn what ... Read more