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Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 2 Zorro Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2131
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff 16 RussBLib Jan 2018 Mar 2018 3 3329
Charles Ball describing being taken from his mother forever. 6 NNadir Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 2864
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The Lion in the Living Room 3 skippercollector Jan 2017 Feb 2018 1 2899
"U.S. Labor and the Vietnam War" (1989 book, just scanned, PDF format) 0 Mrdie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1599
Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2106
A great book for those interested in outer space and being an astronaut 2 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Feb 2018 2 1975
What's the best biography or autobiography you've read recently? 45 pscot Jul 2013 Jan 2018 0 11157
"Mark Twain: Social Critic" (1966 book, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2231
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 2251
Here is a chaper from my manuscript in audio 0 Koch Ebola Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1657
2018 Book Club List Vote (Poll) 0 Neoma Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2641
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Audiobook #1 3 Goonch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 2143
2018 Nonfiction Book Club. 6 Neoma Dec 2017 Jan 2018 1 5441
I'm reading 81 Days Below Zero. It's the story 6 raccoon Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 2122
Get any great surprise books for Christmas? 14 NNadir Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 3562
Dylan Thomas, 1952: A Child's Christmas in Wales 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1538
Chain of Title by David Dayen 0 octoberlib Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1382
The Red Web: The Struggle between Russia's digital dictators and the online revolutionaries 0 JonLP24 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1403
Anyone read/reading People's History of the United States of America? 5 geardaddy Dec 2015 Dec 2017 1 3098
Just finished reading An American Family by Khizr Khan. 6 onecaliberal Dec 2017 Dec 2017 26 3014
New book:The Despot's Apprentice 1 sweetroxie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1551
Do Yah Want a Book Group? (Poll) 1 Neoma Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1506
I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". 18 llmart Nov 2017 Dec 2017 0 5248
I am looking for a book about how Germans felt when Hitler came to power 9 Lulu KC Nov 2016 Dec 2017 0 4809
An American Family by Khizr Khan 0 beveeheart Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1510
Sun Chief 2 syringis Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1782

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Pete Souza's Obama 1 Ineeda Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1493
Smithsonian Libraries -- Books Online. 8 eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 Nov 2017 4 2769
Book: World Without Mind 3 defacto7 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 0 1961
Like Judgment Day by Michael D'Orso 0 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1583
Red Summer by Cameron McWhiter 1 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1561
Just received David Neiwerts latest book. 0 Adsos Letter Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1667
Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy 0 JonLP24 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1496
A Fine Old Conflict 4 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1797
Death in a Promised Land: the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 2 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 2870
Anyone recommend a book on the Christian right? n/t 6 lordsummerisle Aug 2016 Sep 2017 0 2160
Sometimes a great notion. Question 0 Watchfoxheadexplodes Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1998
After the War: A Southern Tour - May 1, 1865 to May 1, 1866 1 SeattleVet Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2223
Book by an Ohio Congressman published in 1903 2 AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 3688
"Rogue Spooks: The Intelligence War on Donald Trump" 0 flyingfysh Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2985
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman 0 octoberlib Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2540
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 2723
Hillary's new book - I just ordered a Kindle copy and they 3 patricia92243 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2746
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4 kgrandia Jan 2016 Jul 2017 5 3481
Calvin Trillin By the Book: 1 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2061
Great pre-school book: A is for Activist! 0 Fluke a Snooker Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1896
REC: 'The Deep State' by Mike Lofgren (reformed Republican) 2 pablo_marmol Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3792
REC: "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" by Edward Luce. 1 Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2790
After 54 Years, We Fell in Love. After Five Months, I Got Leukemia. 3 elleng May 2017 May 2017 3 7218
"The Arsenal of Democracy." Great book 0 bif Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5197
A shout-out for a friend's book 0 Orrex Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1991
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather writing book on patriotism 1 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1912
"The New Yorker Book of War Pieces". 0 bif Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1954
I just finished THE RACE FOR WHAT'S LEFT by Michael T. Klare. 1 raccoon Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1788

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City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1756
"Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control" 3 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 6 2363
"Hustling Hitler" by Walter Shapiro 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2069
"Bottom of the 33rd". Great book! 1 bif Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2791
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Thomas Edison? 2 bif Jun 2016 Jan 2017 0 1877
"The House By The Lake", by Thomas Harding 1 Matilda Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1943
Tribe by Sebastian Junger 6 PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2589
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 skorpo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1264
"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 1769
One of the best books I've read in a long time. 2 bif Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2238
I'm reading up on The Cold War 3 pscot Nov 2015 Sep 2016 0 2215
To End All Wars (Adam Hochschild 2011) 2 struggle4progress Jun 2016 Sep 2016 0 1694
2014: What are you reading at the moment? 33 Neoma Mar 2014 Sep 2016 0 23749
I'm looking for a book about the real reasons for various wars. 15 raccoon May 2014 Aug 2016 1 5369
Here is account of my last 3 years in San Jacinto California 0 Koch Ebola Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1722
Trader Vic's Autobiography 2 bif Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2060
The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. 1 SheilaT Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1779
'67 Shots' dispels myths about shooting of Kent State students in 1970 2 struggle4progress May 2016 Jun 2016 8 2310
Death Be Not Proud by, John Gunther. Just finished it. 18 Hiraeth Mar 2016 Apr 2016 2 3411
Enjoyed this book a lot! 0 oldandhappy Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1643
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