.FlamingPiWalrusWizard wrote:How about books for British history? Also, does anyone know if AP Euro prep books (PR/Barron's) cover this subject well for quizbowl?
Palmer and Colton's History of the Modern World (which basically starts in the Renaissance), is very good for European history (though not exclusively British history). It is chock full of quizbowl-relevant information, it is not too long (or boring), and it is not without a good sense of humor.
As Jerry said, not really. By the time you have read all the "review" material in those books, you might as well have read the textbook or primary source and, in the process, learned the history more thoroughly.FlamingPiWalrusWizard wrote:Also, does anyone know if AP Euro prep books (PR/Barron's) cover this subject well for quizbowl?