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in Books: History — by — on Sep 22, 2002

Few kids say they want to grow up to be President these days. What this book makes clear is that just about anyone can.

in Books — by Sydney Smith — on Sep 21, 2002

In Master of the Senate, the third volume of his on-going biography of Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro once again delivers a portrait that is as masterful and mean as his subject.

in Books: Biography — by — on Sep 20, 2002

In American Ground, William Langewiesche digs into the molten heart of Ground Zero and the men who cleared it away.

in Books — by — on Sep 20, 2002

A must read for anyone wanting to evaluate America's chances in the current conflict.

in Books — by Glenn M. Frazier — on Sep 20, 2002

in Books — by Sean Hackbarth — on Sep 18, 2002

Leo Fender was the one of the un-hippest looking white men ever, and he wasn't even a musician, but somehow, in the early 1950s, he invented two instruments that would create a brand new genre of music: rock and roll.

in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Sep 11, 2002

Even if you've seen the movie, you need to read this in-the-streets account of the now infamous seventh mission of Task Force Ranger and Delta Force in Mogadishu, Somalia. Militarily, the mission was a success; politically, it was a disaster. Bowden masterfully captures both the action and the human story in a way that sheds light on our current conflict.

in Books — by Glenn M. Frazier — on Sep 10, 2002

Gourevitch on the Rwandan genocide

in Books — by Prentiss Riddle — on Sep 06, 2002

The ecology of America's eternal frontier

in Books — by Prentiss Riddle — on Sep 06, 2002