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A World Lit Only By Fire 2 Zorro Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 1746
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15 NF standouts for reading this year 2 hermetic Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 2077
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2628
"How Democracies Die" is a must read! 2 raccoon Mar 2021 Dec 2021 3 2854
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. 2 Goonch May 2021 May 2021 9 4532
About that new book 2 snowybirdie May 2021 May 2021 2 2428
Forget the Alamo review: dark truths of the US south and its 'secular Mecca' 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 3548
Anybody else reading 'Uncontrolled Spread'? 2 Tomconroy Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1642
Patricia Highsmith's Notebooks and Diaries 2 Tomconroy Nov 2021 Dec 2021 3 1558
"Premonition" 2 kairos12 Nov 2021 Jan 2022 0 1548
I'm really enjoying "The Boys" by Ron and Clint Howard 2 FakeNoose Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 2649
Jamie Raskin's "Unthinkable" 2 ificandream Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1386
New book examines educating children of Nazi scientists in El Paso schools 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 2038
Picked up The Trials of Harry Truman by Jeffrey Frank 2 Tomconroy Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 2038
'Decent' Harry Truman, thrust into the presidency, kept US afloat in wartime 2 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 2397
Per request of Blue Green Lady 2 BOSSHOG Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1373
Anybody read Tim Millers new book? I'm 2 arthritisR_US Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2497
The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan 2 Timeflyer Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1777
"Bad City" By Paul Pringle 2 Samrob Sep 2022 Oct 2022 1 1608
Read it! Learn from it. "The Half Has Not Been Told" by J Baptiste. 2 Samrob Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1986
Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America's Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for 2 cbabe Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 2452
New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history - PBS NewsHour 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1779
'Gray Love': Yes, Older People Have Desires 2 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 1678
Is the author C. J Fox a right wing conspiracy person? 2 efhmc Apr 2023 May 2023 1 2304
"Profiles in Ignorance: How America's politicians got dumb and dumber," by Andy Borowitz 2 Timeflyer Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2087
A book for all time: my new favorite author 2 The Blue Flower Oct 2023 Nov 2023 15 1167
NonFic of the week 26 November 2 ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 992
Non-Fiction of the Week 14 January 2024 2 ExWhoDoesntCare Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 623
Fans of James Herriot gotta read this. 2 elleng Feb 19 Feb 19 11 897

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Just Completed "Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party" by Edward Dolnick 2 hotellanai1986 Mar 6 Mar 9 4 611
Forget Bonnie and Clyde, Meet the Original Gangster Grandma, "The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum" by Margalit Fox 2 hotellanai1986 Mar 20 Mar 20 6 2128
A book that may be too scary to read: 1 dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 Jan 2012 4 1845
I just got my cool new autographed Thom Hartmann book 1 JitterbugPerfume Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 1877
Ohhhh..a cool new (mostly non-fiction) book list is out! 1 dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2473
The Dictator's Handbook. 1 SheilaT Mar 2012 Aug 2012 0 1722
Anyone a member of Shelfari.com? 1 Neoma May 2012 Feb 2013 0 2579
Because Reading is a Basic Human Right 1 xrayvision2005 May 2012 Jun 2012 1 2137
Bookworms 1 ashling Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 1801
Fun read: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World 1 dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1603
Claim the Bookmarks! 1 Neoma Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1529
This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation, by Barbara Ehrenreich 1 limpyhobbler Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 1931
Has anyone else read "Unorthodox" by Deborah Feldman? 1 Brigid Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1684
A Nerdy-Dirty Primer on Primal Urges 1 groovedaddy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1819
I recommend Netflixed 1 JonLP24 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1548
Is there any interest in a sub-section of non-fiction devoted to military history? 1 Lurks Often Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1614
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief 1 SheilaT Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1580
What is with the discrepancy on book prices on rare/used book sites? 1 LuckyLib Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1515
Gulp 1 RudynJack Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1591
Need help with title of book about an escape from East Berlin. The book appeared as 1 raccoon Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1757
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett. 1 Neoma Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1620
Swastika Nation 1 matt819 Oct 2013 Dec 2014 0 1794
Fans of Thomas Cahill's "Hinges of History" - 1 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 1848
Chris Hadfield: 'I'm blind, in space, holding a drill. Houston, I have a problem' 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2136
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars -- The Untold Story, 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1682
I'm hoping someone can help me find an author with some really vague clues. 1 othermeans Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1592
"Somebody Had to Do It First": The Story of Shirley Chisholm 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1577
Chronicles by Bob Dylan 1 pscot Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 1485
Just finished TO END ALL WARS by Adam Hochschild, about WWI. 1 raccoon May 2014 May 2014 0 1464
Has anybody else read David C. Johnston's books, "Perfectly Legal", 1 sinkingfeeling May 2014 May 2014 0 1519

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Some D-Day reading: Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy 1 pscot Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1528
Samuel Beckett's biographer reveals secrets of the writer's time as a French Resistance spy 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2185
How 'bout these? 1 libodem Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1545
New book: America's Battle for Media Democracy 1 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1504
Aldrich Ames 1 jeffrey_pdx Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1685
Slow Dancing with a Stranger 1 matt819 Mar 2015 Jun 2015 0 1653
Anyone know of a book about old, unrepentant Nazis? Someone mentioned one on DU not 1 raccoon Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1757
The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. 1 SheilaT Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1323
"The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" 1 TexasProgresive Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1285
"The House By The Lake", by Thomas Harding 1 Matilda Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1508
"Bottom of the 33rd". Great book! 1 bif Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2088
I just finished THE RACE FOR WHAT'S LEFT by Michael T. Klare. 1 raccoon Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1388
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather writing book on patriotism 1 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1424
REC: "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" by Edward Luce. 1 Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2323
Calvin Trillin By the Book: 1 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1579
After the War: A Southern Tour - May 1, 1865 to May 1, 1866 1 SeattleVet Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1725
Red Summer by Cameron McWhiter 1 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1191
Pete Souza's Obama 1 Ineeda Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1103
Collusion: How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win, by the Guardian journalist 1 JonLP24 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 8 1622
Do Yah Want a Book Group? (Poll) 1 Neoma Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1087
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