KindleBoards » Kindle Store http://www.kindleboards.com/blog All about Amazon Kindle Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Browsing the History genre this President’s Day http://www.kindleboards.com/blog/2009/02/browsing-the-history-genre-this-presidents-day/ http://www.kindleboards.com/blog/2009/02/browsing-the-history-genre-this-presidents-day/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:35:57 +0000 Harvey Chute http://www.kindleboards.com/blog/?p=153 On this President’s Day, it seems appropriate that the top Kindle Store seller in the History genre is Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. In this absorbing treatment, author Doris Kearns Goodwin describes Lincoln’s leadership gifts in the context of his cabinet choices. From the Amazon review:

The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography? In Team of Rivals, esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin proves that we do. Though she can’t help but cover some familiar territory, her perspective is focused enough to offer fresh insights into Lincoln’s leadership style and his deep understanding of human behavior and motivation. Goodwin makes the case for Lincoln’s political genius by examining his relationships with three men he selected for his cabinet, all of whom were opponents for the Republican nomination in 1860…

Here are this week’s top Kindle Store sellers in the History genre:

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