by John Carey, Various Authors
I like books of historical source documents. These are eyewitness accounts of historical events.
Whether it is the death of Socrates or George Orwell being shot by a sniper in the Spanish Civil War (I didn’t know about that!), if you love history, you already know you should read original sources and not just rely on someone’s interpretation of events. This book, [b:Eyewitness to History|290217...
A great collection of first-hand accounts from Ancient Greece to the modern era. My husband taught middle school world history for 2 years and after the first couple of weeks decided to lose the useless textbook and got the middle school students really excited about history by making his class mor...