Avis Black's votes on the list History Published in Decade: 1980s

Listopia > Avis Black's votes on the list History Published in Decade: 1980s (50 Books)

1	Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis 4.15 avg rating — 111,597 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge 4.49 avg rating — 47,495 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson 4.40 avg rating — 33,819 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1) by Robert A. Caro 4.42 avg rating — 26,552 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie 4.15 avg rating — 23,040 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester 4.33 avg rating — 15,908 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40 by William Manchester 4.39 avg rating — 12,024 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel J. Boorstin 4.11 avg rating — 11,834 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding by Robert Hughes 4.09 avg rating — 10,344 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff 3.94 avg rating — 9,038 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Good War by Studs Terkel 4.30 avg rating — 4,830 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace by Le Ly Hayslip 4.12 avg rating — 4,360 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	In Broad Daylight by Harry N. MacLean (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,537 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris; June 6 - Aug. 5, 1944 by John Keegan 4.06 avg rating — 3,097 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The First Salute : View of the American Revolution by Barbara W. Tuchman 3.94 avg rating — 2,947 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Mask of Command by John Keegan 4.12 avg rating — 2,833 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky by Paul Johnson 3.87 avg rating — 2,493 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman 3.35 avg rating — 1,712 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Nightmare Years: 1930-40 (20th Century Journey, #2) by William L. Shirer 4.35 avg rating — 1,685 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Vimy by Pierre Berton 4.33 avg rating — 1,656 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Thermopylae: The Battle for the West by Ernle Bradford 4.14 avg rating — 990 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family by Yoshiko Uchida 3.88 avg rating — 840 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 752 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict by Donald R. Hickey 3.72 avg rating — 651 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Hannibal by Ernle Bradford 4.14 avg rating — 631 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa'ud by Robert Lacey 4.17 avg rating — 566 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders with a New Afterword by Linda Sillitoe 3.89 avg rating — 470 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River by Peter Cozzens (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 416 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Marcos Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave 3.93 avg rating — 233 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Madame Mao: The White-Boned Demon by Ross Terrill 3.68 avg rating — 229 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 by Robert V. Remini 4.32 avg rating — 188 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Lee Girls by Mary P. Coulling 4.03 avg rating — 99 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860: A Woman's Life on the Mormon Frontier by Mary Ann Hafen 4.07 avg rating — 71 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Battles for Scandinavia by John R. Elting really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Julius Caesar: The Pursuit of Power by Ernle Bradford 3.77 avg rating — 48 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania by William D. Matter 4.11 avg rating — 37 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Bernard Shaw, Volume 1: The Search for Love, 1856-98 by Michael Holroyd 3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Rimbaud by Pierre Petitfils 4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Eccentric Travellers by John Keay 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Oxford Book Of Political Anecdotes by Paul Johnson (Editor) 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Blizzard: The Great Storm of 88 by Judd Caplovich really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Best School: West Point, 1833–1866 by James L. Morrison Jr. 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Cowpens: "Downright Fighting" : the Story of Cowpens by Thomas J. Fleming really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Rat Week an Essay On the Abdication by Osbert Sitwell 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History by Richard M. McMurry 3.96 avg rating — 107 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Presidential Anecdotes by Paul F. Boller Jr. 3.83 avg rating — 269 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Last Word: An Eyewitness Account of the Thorpe Trial by Auberon Waugh 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam by Stephen W. Sears 4.24 avg rating — 4,758 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Forts Henry and Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III 3.80 avg rating — 49 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Paris Under the Occupation by Gilles Perrault really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars