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The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American, by Seidel, 2019. 7 Timeflyer Oct 2022 Oct 2022 15 2850

NonFic of the week 12 November 7 ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 808

My storm is worse than yours 6 FSogol Oct 2012 Jan 2013 0 2400

ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14: 6 fadedrose Apr 2013 Jul 2014 0 2588

Need help from history buffs. 6 leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2299

Some interesting reads: adoption, cops with tanks, math, and deceit. 6 matt819 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2055

Anyone recommend a book on the Christian right? n/t 6 lordsummerisle Aug 2016 Sep 2017 0 1568

Tribe by Sebastian Junger 6 PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1879

2018 Nonfiction Book Club. 6 Neoma Dec 2017 Jan 2018 1 3827

Just finished reading An American Family by Khizr Khan. 6 onecaliberal Dec 2017 Dec 2017 26 2308

I'm reading 81 Days Below Zero. It's the story 6 raccoon Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1480

I just finished Berlin Diary by William Shirer. 6 raccoon Feb 2018 Apr 2019 1 1865

Charles Ball describing being taken from his mother forever. 6 NNadir Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 1888

Finishing up: "Raven Rock: The Story of the US Govt's Secret Plan to Save Itself 6 FSogol Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 1586

'The Pioneers' by David McCullough 6 left-of-center2012 May 2019 May 2019 6 1472

The 100 best nonfiction books of all time: the full list 6 left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 Sep 2020 9 2867

"Fallout" by Lesley M.M. Blume 6 AngryOldDem Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2486

Has any one read Obama's lastest book: "A Promised Land"? 6 sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 Mar 2021 1 4898

Anyone else read The Inner Game of Tennis back in the 70s? 6 multigraincracker Apr 2021 May 2021 2 6661

Midnight in Washington Comment Thread 6 NJCher Oct 2021 Feb 2022 4 2167

The 6 Stages of Having Too Many Books (humor) 6 NJCher Oct 2022 Feb 2023 11 2765

Killers of the Flower Moon - my wife and I don't get the plaudits 6 NewHendoLib Nov 2023 Dec 2023 0 1955

This town wow 5 Laochtine Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1916

I just bought Naomi Klein's new book "This Changes Everything" to read on the plane tomorrow 5 arcane1 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 1 1953

Just about half-way through Eisenhower's "So Far From God: The U. S. War With Mexico, 1846–1848." 5 Adsos Letter Nov 2015 Mar 2016 0 1669

Anyone read/reading People's History of the United States of America? 5 geardaddy Dec 2015 Dec 2017 1 2533

Just finished: Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That 5 FSogol Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 1586

I am reading 'Underground in Berlin' , Marie Jalowicz Simon 5 irisblue Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 1474

Anyone read any of Richard J Evans trilogy about the Third Reich? 5 raccoon Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1231

"The Best and the Brightest" by David Halberstam 5 Zorro Jul 2019 Jan 2020 7 2795

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Black Lives Matter Nonfiction Books 5 Neoma Jun 2020 Jul 2020 4 3137

remarkable book. "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer 5 NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 Sep 2020 11 2427

It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump 5 Danascot Aug 2020 Sep 2020 16 3711

'Twilight of the Gods' -- The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy 5 Auggie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 1847

Review: Tammy Duckworth illustrates a bold refusal to quit 5 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 1570

Hunter Biden's shocking tell-all is important. Here's why. 5 AZProgressive Apr 2021 Apr 2021 33 5775

Educated, by Tara Westover 5 Rorey May 2021 May 2021 0 2374

5 Excellent Science Books You Should Read 5 hermetic Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 1761

Non-Fiction of the Week 10 December2023 5 ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1135

Non-Fiction reads so far in 2024 5 NanaCat Apr 15 Apr 17 5 520

Anybody know about BAM! ? 4 justgamma Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2105

I bought American Sniper by Chris Kyle just out of curiosity, being that I served iin the military 4 demosincebirth Apr 2012 Feb 2013 0 2919

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4 Neoma Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2221

Columbine by Dave Cullen - anyone read it? 4 bixente Jan 2013 May 2013 0 1878

Best Book(s) On the Roman Empire 4 erpowers Jan 2013 Feb 2013 0 2599

A list of must read non-fictions 4 SpearthrowerOwl Jun 2013 Jul 2013 3 2764

Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 4 gollygee Aug 2013 Nov 2013 0 2104

The Color of Water by James McBride 4 oldandhappy Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2007

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius has so much useful advise... 4 47of74 May 2014 Dec 2014 1 1965

I need a recommendation for a book on English colonization 4 NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1888

"The Horse, The Wheel, and Language" by David Anthony. 4 Odin2005 Nov 2014 Dec 2014 1 2596

Ann Rule died. RIP 4 leftyladyfrommo Jul 2015 Aug 2015 2 1914

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4 kgrandia Jan 2016 Jul 2017 5 2577

Galileo's Middle Finger: Persecuting Scientists Whose Findings Are Seen As Politically Incorrect 4 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2347

A Fine Old Conflict 4 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1239

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 mysteryowl Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1536

Neoma's Nonfiction Recommendations. 4 Neoma Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 2614

A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John Romer 4 Zorro Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1372

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1142

"Leaving the Witness" by Amber Scorah - wow. Really eye opening 4 NRaleighLiberal Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1456

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Books by Celebrities 4 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1184

I recommend Mary Trump's book TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH 4 raccoon Jul 2020 Jul 2020 4 2092

Hidden Valley Road. American family with 12 children, 6 had schizophrenia 4 IcyPeas Mar 2021 Jul 2021 5 4313

'Murders & Mysterious Deaths in the Pennsylvania Wilds' is released 4 left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 2552

"Empire of Pain" 4 kairos12 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1665

NonFic I'm reading, 5 November 2023 4 ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 807

NonFic of the week 4 December 2023 4 ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 857

True non-fiction book about spies... 3 shockedcanadian Jan 2012 Feb 2012 1 9534

A Lightning Rod in the Storm Over America’s Class Divide - Charles Murray's "Coming Apart" 3 groovedaddy Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 2304

How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer 3 Boojatta Jan 2012 Mar 2012 15 3527

Hi, over in the fiction group, we are attempting to start a book discussion group... 3 amyrose2712 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2254

One Thousand Lives 3 matt819 Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 1766

This Is Your Country On Drugs 3 salvorhardin Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 2236

2012: what are you reading? 3 Neoma Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 1974

Michael Moore, Here Comes Trouble, is a real page turner. 3 limpyhobbler Oct 2012 Dec 2012 1 2140

Great history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre 3 kag Nov 2012 Jan 2013 1 2626

True Crime - Casey Anthony 3 matt819 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1828

I'm looking for a good book on women's sufferage. 3 Just Saying May 2013 May 2013 0 1852

Susan Cain: The power of introverts in a world just that just can't stop talking 3 jeffrey_pdx Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1788

Guess what I saw for free at Audible today? 3 shenmue Nov 2014 Oct 2015 3 1952

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