One of the most difficult challenges facing the student of history is the scarcity of good history books. It takes a great deal of perseverance to wade through the spectrum of books out there, and, truth be told, almost all modern works are worse than useless for anyone other than the academics they are written by and for.
So where can the layman go to learn history? Of course, A First History for Adults is unequivocally the best place to start. But even students of Powell History can benefit from other resources. That where Powell History Recommends comes in. The purpose of this web site is to help students of history find the best history books around.
How does it work?
For now, the site will act as a archive for my Powell History Recommends newsletter.
PHR 12 (06/07): Getting Things Done, by David Allen
PHR 11 (05/07): Reconstruction and the Constitution, by John William Burgess
PHR 10 (02/07): Recommended Bibliography for Twentieth Century America
PHR 9 (12/06): Recommended Bibliography for Studying the Middle Ages
PHR 8 (10/06): Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, by Sir Edward Creasy
PHR 7 (09/06): Our United States, by Woodburn, Moran, and Hill
PHR 6 (08/06): The Middle Period: 1817-1858, by Charles Burgess
PHR 5 (07/06): Europe Since 1815, by Charles Downer Hazen
PHR 4 (06/06): John Fiske, Historian of America
PHR 3 (05/06): The Growth of the French Nation by George B. Adams
PHR 2 (04/06): Three Books on Prince Henry "The Navigator"
PHR 1 (03/06): Modern Progress by Willis Mason West