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I Read It So You Don't Have To 3 Wolf Frankula Nov 2014 Jul 2020 0 2377
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage 3 oldandhappy Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1825
I'm reading up on The Cold War 3 pscot Nov 2015 Sep 2016 0 1585
"And Then All Hell Broke Loose -- Two Decades in the Middle East" by Richard Engel 3 Auggie Feb 2016 Mar 2016 2 2283
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith. Here's my review 3 bif Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2164
The Lion in the Living Room 3 skippercollector Jan 2017 Feb 2018 1 2349
"Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control" 3 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 6 1745
After 54 Years, We Fell in Love. After Five Months, I Got Leukemia. 3 elleng May 2017 May 2017 3 6520
Hillary's new book - I just ordered a Kindle copy and they 3 patricia92243 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2236
Book: World Without Mind 3 defacto7 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 0 1428
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen 3 octoberlib Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1599
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Audiobook #1 3 Goonch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1476
What are the "best" sections of Fear? 3 AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 1814
Has anyone read, "Say Nothing"? 3 Yavin4 Jul 2019 Feb 2021 1 2993
Just finished Johann Hari's book, Lost Connections 3 mnhtnbb Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1242
Books about the break-up of the US 3 matt819 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 1902
"The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar" 3 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1659
I'm looking for a nonfiction book with "walls" in the title. 3 raccoon Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 2079
Read and gave as gifts all the original James Harriot books as they were published. 3 efhmc Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 2935
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust 3 bucolic_frolic May 2022 May 2022 3 2576
Excellent read - "If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal" by Justin Gregg 3 NewHendoLib Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2084
If You Have a Blog... 3 qwlauren35 Sep 2023 Jan 2024 4 1649
The plant poisons that shape our daily lives [Book review] 3 sl8 Oct 2023 Nov 2023 13 1267
The story of a devastating wildfire that reads 'like a thriller' wins U.K. book prize 3 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1575
NonFiction of the week 17 December 3 ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 651
Great source of FREE Social History books. 2 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 Feb 2012 3 2188
Just got the most fun book from my daughter 2 av8rdave Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 2158
I'm reading "Connecticut in the Civil War" right now 2 krispos42 Dec 2011 May 2012 1 2018
Rachel Maddow: The Powells.com Interview 2 eppur_se_muova May 2012 Jun 2012 0 2035
Chris Hedges: The Righteous Road to Ruin (review of Haidt's book) 2 marmar Jun 2012 Aug 2012 1 3366

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Need your help with a book title 2 MountainLaurel Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2119
WikiLeaks Founder Gives Little Away in This ‘Unauthorized Autobiography’ 2 struggle4progress Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2435
it took me only TWO years! 2 skippercollector Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1765
Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury. 2 Neoma Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 1708
9 Justices Who Sit in the Eye of Storms - "The Oath" 2 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Dec 2014 0 1910
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1540
Just working my way through "The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, Revolu 2 Adsos Letter Feb 2013 May 2013 0 2203
Just started "The Presidents Club" 2 RudynJack Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1589
Highly recommend: Kill Anything that Moves..by Nick Turse 2 dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 Apr 2014 2 2257
Great book about skyjacking! 2 zappaman Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1763
"Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield" by JEREMY SCAHILL 2 dusty trails Jul 2013 Aug 2013 1 2365
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 Sep 2013 1 1780
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1751
Woman finds long-lost sister after reading her memoir ‘Wild’ 2 jakeXT Sep 2013 Mar 2014 3 1833
"Skipping Towards Gomorrah" 2 Democrats_win Dec 2013 Apr 2014 0 1677
James Risen’s ‘Pay Any Price’ 2 jakeXT Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 1542
What are YOU reading this week? 2 arcane1 Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1764
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Sweeney Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1461
The best Non-Fiction book I read in 2014: 2 FSogol Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1939
Anyone read any books by Paul Craig Roberts? I believe he 2 arthritisR_US Jan 2015 Feb 2015 0 2177
'67 Shots' dispels myths about shooting of Kent State students in 1970 2 struggle4progress May 2016 Jun 2016 8 1688
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Thomas Edison? 2 bif Jun 2016 Jan 2017 0 1281
To End All Wars (Adam Hochschild 2011) 2 struggle4progress Jun 2016 Sep 2016 0 1241
Trader Vic's Autobiography 2 bif Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1484
One of the best books I've read in a long time. 2 bif Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1640
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1275
REC: 'The Deep State' by Mike Lofgren (reformed Republican) 2 pablo_marmol Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3018
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder 2 sagesnow Aug 2017 Aug 2017 7 2095
Explains how democracy is in big trouble: "Democracy in Chains." 2 kairos12 Sep 2017 Aug 2018 2 2997
Book by an Ohio Congressman published in 1903 2 AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 2889

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Death in a Promised Land: the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 2 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 2394
Sun Chief 2 syringis Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1303
Bill Clinton's book review of Chernow's "Grant." 2 NNadir Dec 2017 Jul 2018 5 1701
I can only read this book in short spurts until the pain becomes too great. Read it, I must. 2 NNadir Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1581
A great book for those interested in outer space and being an astronaut 2 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Feb 2018 2 1443
"Mark Twain: Social Critic" (1966 book, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1611
Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 2 Zorro Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1590
"Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Writings" (pamphlet, just scanned, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1552
Where are the New Books by Progressive/Liberal/Democrats? 2 srcameron Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 1709
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 1785
Just finished: The Perfectionists: How precision engineers created the modern world by 2 FSogol Jul 2018 Sep 2018 7 1463
Craig Unger uncovers ties between trump, Michael Cohen and Russian mafia. 2 ellenrr Aug 2018 Apr 2019 8 3425
Review of "Women on the Move; the Forgotten Era of Women's Bicycle Racing" X-Pst History of Feminism 2 TexasProgresive Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1115
Leadership: In Turblent Times 2 Ninga Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 2937
Midnight In Chernobyl 2 kairos12 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1233
Three excellent books about immigration. 2 PETRUS Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1261
Any comments on a history book, I am rewriting? 2 real Cannabis calm Oct 2019 Nov 2019 0 1793
Hachette cancels plan to publish Woody Allen memoir 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3328
"Dewey Defeats Truman" By A.J. Baime. A review 2 question everything Jul 2020 Sep 2020 5 3630
Review of "Twilight of the Gods" by Ian Toll, Vol. 3 of his Pacific War trilogy (NYT) 2 Mike 03 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1749
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