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Welcome to the Non-Fiction Group. 33 Neoma Aug 2012 Dec 2023 7 52142
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius has so much useful advise... 4 47of74 May 2014 Dec 2014 1 2060
Recently finished "Rise of the Warrior Cop". 9 A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 Nov 2015 1 3447
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Across-the-Desk Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1693
10 Lessons of Conservative Cowardice - Book on Sale 0 Across-the-Desk Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 2102
Just working my way through "The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, Revolu 2 Adsos Letter Feb 2013 May 2013 0 2357
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1888
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 1793
Reading Pfanz's trilogy on the battle of Gettysburg. 0 Adsos Letter Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1653
Just received David Neiwerts latest book. 0 Adsos Letter Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1321
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 1935
"On Putin's Blacklist" Documentary (free on Amazon prime) 1 AlexSFCA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2237
Hi, over in the fiction group, we are attempting to start a book discussion group... 3 amyrose2712 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2381
What are the "best" sections of Fear? 3 AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 1999
"Fallout" by Lesley M.M. Blume 6 AngryOldDem Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2701
Anybody else reading "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama? 9 AngryOldDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 2054
Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all] 58 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jan 2024 1 7830
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 3766
This message was self-deleted by its author 20 anobserver2 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 2555
Book by an Ohio Congressman published in 1903 2 AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 3103
I'm really enjoying the book about human perspectives in history 0 applegrove Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1492
I just bought Naomi Klein's new book "This Changes Everything" to read on the plane tomorrow 5 arcane1 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 1 2058
What are YOU reading this week? 2 arcane1 Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1852
Anyone read any books by Paul Craig Roberts? I believe he 2 arthritisR_US Jan 2015 Feb 2015 0 2312
Anybody read Tim Millers new book? I'm 2 arthritisR_US Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2644
I got a Kindle Fire as a gift - anybody use this? 21 ashling Dec 2011 Dec 2012 1 7610
Bookworms 1 ashling Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 1896
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: biography by Terry Teachout 0 Auggie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1671
"And Then All Hell Broke Loose -- Two Decades in the Middle East" by Richard Engel 3 Auggie Feb 2016 Mar 2016 2 2409
'Twilight of the Gods' -- The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy 5 Auggie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 2009

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Just got the most fun book from my daughter 2 av8rdave Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 2262
Hunter Biden's shocking tell-all is important. Here's why. 5 AZProgressive Apr 2021 Apr 2021 33 5957
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Baked Potato Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 1963
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Baked Potato Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 1718
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Baked Potato Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1515
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Baked Potato Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1843
"Thinking Fast and Slow" -- Kahneman 22 bemildred Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 6960
Booksellers write new chapter in Wyoming 0 bemildred Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1459
Books by Celebrities 4 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1314
An American Family by Khizr Khan 0 beveeheart Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1202
It's never too late to appreciate the majesty of George McGovern 11 BeyondGeography Jan 2021 Jan 2021 11 3076
Just finished "H is for Hawk". Fascinating book. 0 bif Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1752
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith. Here's my review 3 bif Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2336
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Thomas Edison? 2 bif Jun 2016 Jan 2017 0 1387
Trader Vic's Autobiography 2 bif Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1580
One of the best books I've read in a long time. 2 bif Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1748
"Bottom of the 33rd". Great book! 1 bif Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2217
"The New Yorker Book of War Pieces". 0 bif Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1556
"The Arsenal of Democracy." Great book 0 bif Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4751
"The Hard Stuff" by Wayne Kramer 0 bif Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1221
Just finished "Lotharingia" by Simon Winder. 0 bif May 2020 May 2020 1 1259
REC: "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" by Edward Luce. 1 Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2424
Columbine by Dave Cullen - anyone read it? 4 bixente Jan 2013 May 2013 0 1966
Question about buying books on Amazon. 12 BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 Jun 2023 1 4711
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 0 BlueGreenLady Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 2071
I've really been trying to make non-fiction a bigger part of my reading repetoir. 16 BlueIris May 2011 Dec 2011 0 4179
How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer 3 Boojatta Jan 2012 Mar 2012 15 3623
Google gets out of the knowledge business 0 Boojatta Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2094
Carl Sagan - The Demon Haunted World (FULL) 0 BootinUp Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1260
Per request of Blue Green Lady 2 BOSSHOG Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1479

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ZERO FAIL The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service 5 BOSSHOG May 2024 Jul 2024 5 732
Season of the Witch: San Francisco 1967 - 1982 0 BridgeTheGap Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1974
The Purpose of Evolution - by Steve McIntosh 0 BridgeTheGap Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1641
Has anyone else read "Unorthodox" by Deborah Feldman? 1 Brigid Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1785
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America 11 Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 6153
"Hustling Hitler" by Walter Shapiro 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1708
Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1606
Saw these in my library today - might read one or two 0 bucolic_frolic May 2018 May 2018 0 1584
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 2716
Two books on the recent new non-fiction shelf 1 bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1755
KLAN WAR by Fergus M. Bordewich 0 bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1690
Two recent books on WWII Nazi era 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1574
Stories Are Weapons - Annalee Newitz 0 bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 415
Five of the best books about conspiracy theories 1 cbabe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 651
Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America's Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for 2 cbabe Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 2981
Follow up to Utah tiktok kids discussion: Challenging Parental Alienation 0 cbabe Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 2282
Before It's Gone 1 cbabe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 725
GOP grifters & graft: Stealing with both hands 2 cbabe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 595
Hidden figures: giving history's most overlooked mathematicians their due 4 cbabe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 678
Lies and the lying liar who told them: A former PR looks back on a career spent whitewashing 'foreign baddies' 3 cbabe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 670
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