World History AP
Dr. Trimble
Summer Reading List
Due: 1st day of class
Length: 1000 words (4-5pp.)
Content: Summary, analysis & “go beyond” the book infusing outside research, opinion
Questions: Dr. Trimble’s home phone 732-528-5387
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The Fall of |
A. Beevor |
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A. Beevor |
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Hirohito & the Making of Modern |
H. Bix |
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The Last Armada |
C. Pleshakov |
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Gulag |
A. Applebaum |
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IBM & the Holocaust |
E. Black |
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Peter the Great |
R. Massie |
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Nicholas & Alexandra |
R. Massie |
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The First World War |
J. Keegan |
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Enemy at the Gates |
W. Craig |
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11th Month, 11th Day, 11th Hour |
J. Persico |
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The Burning |
P. Avakian Balakian |
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Plagues & Peoples |
W. McNeill |
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Collapse |
J. Diamond |
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Guns, Germs, & Steel |
J. Diamond |
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Back to the Front |
S. O’Shea |
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The Rape of Nanking |
I. Chang |
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Dungeon, Fire & Sword |
J. Robinson |
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Rebels Against the Future |
K. |
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The Conquest of |
K. Sale |
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Citizens |
S. Shama |
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Chariots of the Gods? |
Von Daniken |
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The Guns of August |
B. Tuchman |
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A Distant Mirror |
B. Tuchman |
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Night |
E. Weisel |
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The Black Death |
P. Zeigler |
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The Black Hole of |
N. Barber |
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D-Day |
S. Ambrose |
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Maya |
G. Gallencamp |
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The Black Diaspora |
R. Segal |
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Harvest of Sorrow |
R. Conquest |
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The Great Terror |
R. Conquest |
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The Great Mutiny |
C. Hibbert |
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The Rising Sun |
J. Toland |
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Thunder Gods |
H. Naito |
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Justice at |
C. Conot |
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In |
L. Wolff |
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Faith & Treason |
A. Fraser |
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The Fatal Shore |
R. Hughes |
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The Great War |
M. Ferro |
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The Bible as History |
W. Keller |
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King Leopold’s Ghost |
A. Hochschild |
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The Second World War |
J. Keegan |
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The Mind of Adolf Hitler |
W. Langer |
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A World Lit Only by Fire |
W. |
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900 Days |
W. |
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The Long March |
W. |
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Mao: The Unknown Story |
J. Chang |
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Castles of Steel |
R. Massie |
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Embracing Defeat |
J. Donwer |
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The Knights Templar |
S. Howarth |
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Sailing the |
T. Cahill |
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How the Irish Saved Civilization |
T. Cahill |
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The Virtues of War |
S. Pressfield |
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Gate of Fire |
S. Pressfield |
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The Tides of War |
S. Pressfield |
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Conquest |
H. Thomas |
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R. Harris |
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1421: The Year |
G. Menzies |
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Six Days of War |
M. Oren |
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To the Last Man |
J. Shaara |
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Ghenghis Khan&the Making of the Modern World |
J. Weatherford |
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Eaters of the Dea |
M. Crichton |
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The Pillars of the Earth |
K. Follett |
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Arab & Jew |
D. Shipler |
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The Art of War |
Sun Tzu |
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Shogun |
J. Clavell |
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Longitudes & Attitudes |
T. Friedman |
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Khmer |
T. Zephir |
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Hitler’s Pope |
B. Cornwell |
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Wars of the Ancient Greeks |
Hansen |
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Over the Edge of the World |
L. Bergreen |
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M. Dash |
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South |
E. Shackleton |
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1491 |
C. Mann |
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Under the Black Flag |
D. Cordingly |
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The 4th Crusade |
J. Phillips |
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To Rule the Waves |
H. Herman |
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Nelson’s Trafalger |
R. Atkins |
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Lost Cities of the Maya |
Baudez & Picasso |
Written Book Review Guidelines
1000 words (4-5 typed pages), cite author, publisher, copyright date and ISBN number. Review should include summary, critical analysis & “value.” (Will the book help you in your study of history?) Be sure to link the book with its historical context and go “beyond the book” to research the person or events.