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And another one here: https://charlierose.com/videos/31077

A third volume will take it up to 1945.

The first volume is a tremendous book, highly recommended. Here's a great interview with Mike Wallace:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-new-york-became-modern-city/

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Amazon now has the Look Inside feature and the book is getting rave reviews:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199735816/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1#reader_0199735816

There is a new volume in the great Oxford History of the United States coming in September finally:

https://global.oup.com/academic/covers/pop-up/9780199735815
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I do have the set and it's beautiful. The pages are of heavier stock and they're nicely bound with a good old-school feel. I'm amazed at the prices it's been going for the last few years. I was...

Richard J. Evans, the great historian of Nazi Germany, is coming out with a new book in November on pre-WW1 Europe. Should be facinating. If you haven't read his Third Reich Trilogy, check out the...

As do I, as do I... Sigh. Don't wait too long, though, they're saying it's a limited edition. I'm sure it won't fly off the shelves, but still.

AbeBooks has a copy for a tad cheaper than Amazon UK. Go for it :evil:

Well I knew I couldn't resist. Didn't take me long. Found it cheaper on AbeBooks and ordered. A new copy. Will consider it my Christmas gift.

Wow, the collector in me really wants to get this collector's set released in Britain (where Prof. Evans' third volume on Nazi Germany has already been released way in advance of its US counterpart),...

Daghain, that's what a large portion of these books consists of, social history. A look inside, how everyday people lived during those times. Of course, it doesn't omit any political dealings. For...

Do you guys read non-fiction books? I never used to, until I really got interested in history, which was a subject I abhorred in high school (probably due to it being taught very tediously). I've now...