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Do you read the books suggested by other people? 16 Neoma Sep 2012 Dec 2012 0 4013

Documentary about maverick scholar Russell Jacoby free online 0 nightfire Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2065

Does anybody else's nonfiction books 14 libodem Aug 2014 Nov 2014 0 2726

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett. 1 Neoma Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1622

Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy 0 JonLP24 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1100

Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: biography by Terry Teachout 0 Auggie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1568

Dylan Thomas, 1952: A Child's Christmas in Wales 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1111

Educated, by Tara Westover 5 Rorey May 2021 May 2021 0 2372

Enjoyed "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer 9 oldandhappy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2581

Enjoyed this book a lot! 0 oldandhappy Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1314

ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14: 6 fadedrose Apr 2013 Jul 2014 0 2587

Ex-cop to release book on New Kensington, PA mob 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 3312

Excellent read - "If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal" by Justin Gregg 3 NewHendoLib Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2154

Explains how democracy is in big trouble: "Democracy in Chains." 2 kairos12 Sep 2017 Aug 2018 2 2999

Fans of James Herriot gotta read this. 2 elleng Feb 19 Feb 19 11 967

Fans of Thomas Cahill's "Hinges of History" - 1 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 1850

Favorite Biographies/Autobiographies? 18 DumpTrump20202020 Sep 2020 Nov 2020 1 4454

Favorite non-fiction you've read this year? 25 clyrc Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 5980

Fighting Words Against Big Data‘Who Owns the Future?’ by Jaron Lanier 0 groovedaddy May 2013 May 2013 0 1666

Final Verdict 1 Zorro Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1621

Finishing up Testament: The Bible and History by John Romer 1 Zorro Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1438

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

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Audiobook #1 3 Goonch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1481

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff 16 RussBLib Jan 2018 Mar 2018 3 2141

First World War 9 Jack Sprat Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2368

Follow up to Utah tiktok kids discussion: Challenging Parental Alienation 0 cbabe Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1584

Forget Bonnie and Clyde, Meet the Original Gangster Grandma, "The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum" by Margalit Fox 2 hotellanai1986 Mar 20 Mar 20 6 2239

Forget the Alamo review: dark truths of the US south and its 'secular Mecca' 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 3551

Former CBS anchor Dan Rather writing book on patriotism 1 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1428

From another chapter of the book: Christian History. Surprising and Hardcore 1 real Cannabis calm Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1639

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From Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System: #SwedishScarf 0 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1482

Fulfillment 1 LessAspin Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1685

Fun read: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World 1 dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1605

Galileo's Middle Finger: Persecuting Scientists Whose Findings Are Seen As Politically Incorrect 4 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2345

Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury. 2 Neoma Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 1711

Get any great surprise books for Christmas? 14 NNadir Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2168

Goddess of the Market by Jennifer Burns. 0 white_wolf Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1553

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief 1 SheilaT Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1583

Google gets out of the knowledge business 0 Boojatta Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 1995

Got anything good checked out of the library? 7 Neoma Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2351

Great book about skyjacking! 2 zappaman Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1764

Great history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre 3 kag Nov 2012 Jan 2013 1 2623

Great pre-school book: A is for Activist! 0 Fluke a Snooker Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1358

Great source of FREE Social History books. 2 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 Feb 2012 3 2191

Guess what I saw for free at Audible today? 3 shenmue Nov 2014 Oct 2015 3 1951

Gulp 1 RudynJack Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1593

Hachette cancels plan to publish Woody Allen memoir 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3330

Has any one read Obama's lastest book: "A Promised Land"? 6 sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 Mar 2021 1 4897

Has anybody else read David C. Johnston's books, "Perfectly Legal", 1 sinkingfeeling May 2014 May 2014 0 1525

Has anyone else read "Unorthodox" by Deborah Feldman? 1 Brigid Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1685

Has Anyone Here Read Mindf*ck by Christopher Wylie? 1 The Roux Comes First Nov 2023 Dec 2023 9 1407

Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all] 58 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jan 2024 1 4930

Has anyone read, "Say Nothing"? 3 Yavin4 Jul 2019 Feb 2021 1 2998

Heartily recommend this book: Too Big To Fail 0 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 1701

Help me remember the name of that book 9 struggle4progress May 2011 Dec 2011 0 2578

Here is a chaper from my manuscript in audio 0 Koch Ebola Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1157

Here is account of my last 3 years in San Jacinto California 0 Koch Ebola Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1281

Here's a "Book of the Month Giveaway" Contest (non-fiction) 1 Peccadillo Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1830

Hi, I'm looking for non-fiction recs of a specific type 17 happybird Apr 2019 May 2019 0 3929

Hi, over in the fiction group, we are attempting to start a book discussion group... 3 amyrose2712 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2252

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Hidden Valley Road. American family with 12 children, 6 had schizophrenia 4 IcyPeas Mar 2021 Jul 2021 5 4312

Highly recommend: Kill Anything that Moves..by Nick Turse 2 dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 Apr 2014 2 2259

Hillary's new book - I just ordered a Kindle copy and they 3 patricia92243 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2238

Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust 7 struggle4progress Feb 2013 Apr 2013 0 2444

How 'bout these? 1 libodem Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1549

How Migration Really Works, by Hein de Haas 0 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 955

How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer 3 Boojatta Jan 2012 Mar 2012 15 3523

Hunter Biden's shocking tell-all is important. Here's why. 5 AZProgressive Apr 2021 Apr 2021 33 5774

I am looking for a book about how Germans felt when Hitler came to power 9 Lulu KC Nov 2016 Dec 2017 0 3389

I am re-reading James Howard Kunstler's THE LONG EMERGENCY. 1 raccoon May 2023 May 2023 2 2494

I am reading 'Underground in Berlin' , Marie Jalowicz Simon 5 irisblue Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 1470

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 2917

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 1583

I got a Kindle Fire as a gift - anybody use this? 21 ashling Dec 2011 Dec 2012 1 7201

I just bought Naomi Klein's new book "This Changes Everything" to read on the plane tomorrow 5 arcane1 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 1 1951

I just finished "Dead Wake"--Erik Larson 7 virgogal Mar 2015 Aug 2015 0 2596

I just finished audiobook of THE DIVIDER by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser. 1 raccoon Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 2225

I just finished Berlin Diary by William Shirer. 6 raccoon Feb 2018 Apr 2019 1 1864

I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". 18 llmart Nov 2017 Dec 2017 0 3585

I just finished THE RACE FOR WHAT'S LEFT by Michael T. Klare. 1 raccoon Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1390

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