from the World's greatest horror stories

This book of horror stories was edited by Stphen Jones and Dave Carson. One of the main reasons I bought it was because it had Lovecraft's essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature." It also has works by Poe, Dickens and other great horror writers of the past.

It also has notes on each story by Lovecraft. Lovecraft is considered one of the best historians on the writing of horror stories.

The confederate nation by Emory Thomas

This book is part of the new American nation series. Thomas who also wrote a great biography on Robert E Lee. Thomas tries to show how the rise of the confederate nation (1861-1865) should be compared to nationalism that was rising in Europe in the form of Italy and Germany.

Lost victories: The military genius of Stonewall Jackson by Bevin Alexander

Lost victories by Alexander was written to show how Jackson's tactics were different from Robert E Lees. Jackson had wanted to take the war to the north. He wanted to do this to make the north give up the fight. Alexander covers five battles to show how Jackson's goal was to wipe out the northern army and force the north to surrender.