Lawrence Goldstone: "The 13th Amendment, which was ratified in 1865, abolished slavery." [Inherently Unequal] Books dld.bz/PznG

Philip Freeman: "Patrick was led away as a slave.." [St. Patrick of Ireland] St. Patrick's Day Books dld.bz/Rm2f

Michael Scheuer: "The sources of his money are simply too redundant and beyond our reach.." [Osama BinLaden] Books dld.bz/QPDN

Dark energy is hardly science fiction, although no less intriguing and full of mystery for being real science. dld.bz/HDrF SciFri

B. West: "Given no intelligible policy guidance, the #U.S. military offered rationalizations." [The Wrong War] Books dld.bz/PT6y

Mike Huckabee: ".. twelve things we really need from Washington.." [A Simple Government] Books dld.bz/PBaT

Evgeny Morozov: "The Internet does not necessarily make governments more accountable." [Net Delusion] Books dld.bz/RfZP

Peter Bergen: "The goal of this book is to tell a history of the war on terror in one volume." [The Longest War] dld.bz/N2zp

Jonathan Alter: "From the start Obama was boxed in not only by the mess that Bush left him.." [The Promise] Books dld.bz/P6DR

Harold McGee's book details the science behind cooking techniques. NYTFood LATimesFood CookingChannel dld.bz/JgwB