The Year China Discovered America by Gavin Menzies

Rate It!: 5 moose – everyone should read it!

Review: This book, from the New York Times Bestseller List, offers an amazing amount of evidence that supports Chinese exploration and charting of much of the world in the early 1400s, and exploration and settlement of the New World before Europeans. Mr.Menzies has collected and organized an astonishing collection of evidence, and writes in a very readable,descriptive way that makes it seem more like a mystery novel than historical report.

The details of every day life-clothing, food, conditions on the hundreds of Chinese ships, etc.-make it a great read for anyone interested in early exploration.  mc

The Last Campaign by Thurston Clarke

Rate It!: 4 moose
Review: This excellent book was almost too sad to read. It tells the story of Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign for the democratic nomination in 1968 and his assassination. I liked reading what Kennedy said in his speeches, but the fact that this country has a tragic prediliction of murdering its heroes was almost too painful to read about.. jh

National Geographical Society Atlas of World History ed. Noel Grove

Rate It!: 5 moose – everyone should read it!
Review: Very interesting review of world history from the Caves of Lascaux to the late 1990’s. Wonderful photography and a timeline accompany concise text. Great review for those of us who were staring out the window during high school..I would like to own this book as a reference. jh

The Fight for Jerusalem by Dore Gold

Rate It!: 5 moose – everyone should read it!
Review: this book is informative of the rich and long history of a very culturaly signficant yet contentious place on earth which i’m very glad not to live in. jq