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Welcome to the Non-Fiction Group. 33 Neoma Aug 2012 Dec 2023 7 49920
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius has so much useful advise... 4 47of74 May 2014 Dec 2014 1 1965
Recently finished "Rise of the Warrior Cop". 9 A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 Nov 2015 1 3245
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Across-the-Desk Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 1585
10 Lessons of Conservative Cowardice - Book on Sale 0 Across-the-Desk Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1454
Just working my way through "The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, Revolu 2 Adsos Letter Feb 2013 May 2013 0 2206
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1753
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 1669
Reading Pfanz's trilogy on the battle of Gettysburg. 0 Adsos Letter Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1537
Just received David Neiwerts latest book. 0 Adsos Letter Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1204
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 1789
"On Putin's Blacklist" Documentary (free on Amazon prime) 1 AlexSFCA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2042
Hi, over in the fiction group, we are attempting to start a book discussion group... 3 amyrose2712 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2252
What are the "best" sections of Fear? 3 AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 1815
"Fallout" by Lesley M.M. Blume 6 AngryOldDem Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2485
Anybody else reading "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama? 9 AngryOldDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 1920
Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all] 58 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jan 2024 1 4930
June 12, 2022: 93 Years Since Anne Frank's birth; June 25, 2022: 75 years since her diary printed 9 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 3522
Did this publisher just withdraw James Patterson's 1991 non-fiction research book "The Day America Told The Truth"? 20 anobserver2 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 1454
Book by an Ohio Congressman published in 1903 2 AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 2891
I'm really enjoying the book about human perspectives in history 0 applegrove Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1402
I just bought Naomi Klein's new book "This Changes Everything" to read on the plane tomorrow 5 arcane1 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 1 1952
What are YOU reading this week? 2 arcane1 Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1766
Anyone read any books by Paul Craig Roberts? I believe he 2 arthritisR_US Jan 2015 Feb 2015 0 2179
Anybody read Tim Millers new book? I'm 2 arthritisR_US Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 2503
I got a Kindle Fire as a gift - anybody use this? 21 ashling Dec 2011 Dec 2012 1 7202
Bookworms 1 ashling Jul 2012 Jul 2012 3 1806
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: biography by Terry Teachout 0 Auggie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1568
"And Then All Hell Broke Loose -- Two Decades in the Middle East" by Richard Engel 3 Auggie Feb 2016 Mar 2016 2 2286
'Twilight of the Gods' -- The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy 5 Auggie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 1843

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Just got the most fun book from my daughter 2 av8rdave Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 2162
Hunter Biden's shocking tell-all is important. Here's why. 5 AZProgressive Apr 2021 Apr 2021 33 5775
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 Baked Potato Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 1840
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Baked Potato Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 1203
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Baked Potato Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 903
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Baked Potato Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1247
"Thinking Fast and Slow" -- Kahneman 22 bemildred Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 6604
Booksellers write new chapter in Wyoming 0 bemildred Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1353
Books by Celebrities 4 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1182
An American Family by Khizr Khan 0 beveeheart Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1098
It's never too late to appreciate the majesty of George McGovern 11 BeyondGeography Jan 2021 Jan 2021 11 2669
Just finished "H is for Hawk". Fascinating book. 0 bif Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1657
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith. Here's my review 3 bif Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2167
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Thomas Edison? 2 bif Jun 2016 Jan 2017 0 1283
Trader Vic's Autobiography 2 bif Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1486
One of the best books I've read in a long time. 2 bif Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 1641
"Bottom of the 33rd". Great book! 1 bif Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2090
"The New Yorker Book of War Pieces". 0 bif Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1442
"The Arsenal of Democracy." Great book 0 bif Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 4616
"The Hard Stuff" by Wayne Kramer 0 bif Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1095
Just finished "Lotharingia" by Simon Winder. 0 bif May 2020 May 2020 1 1146
REC: "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" by Edward Luce. 1 Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2324
Columbine by Dave Cullen - anyone read it? 4 bixente Jan 2013 May 2013 0 1877
Question about buying books on Amazon. 12 BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 Jun 2023 1 3692
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 0 BlueGreenLady Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1924
I've really been trying to make non-fiction a bigger part of my reading repetoir. 16 BlueIris May 2011 Dec 2011 0 3974
How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer 3 Boojatta Jan 2012 Mar 2012 15 3526
Google gets out of the knowledge business 0 Boojatta Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 1996
Carl Sagan - The Demon Haunted World (FULL) 0 BootinUp Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1143
Per request of Blue Green Lady 2 BOSSHOG Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1374

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Season of the Witch: San Francisco 1967 - 1982 0 BridgeTheGap Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1868
The Purpose of Evolution - by Steve McIntosh 0 BridgeTheGap Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1530
Has anyone else read "Unorthodox" by Deborah Feldman? 1 Brigid Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1686
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America 11 Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 5969
"Hustling Hitler" by Walter Shapiro 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1593
Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1437
Saw these in my library today - might read one or two 0 bucolic_frolic May 2018 May 2018 0 1452
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 2579
Two books on the recent new non-fiction shelf 1 bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1056
KLAN WAR by Fergus M. Bordewich 0 bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 908
Two recent books on WWII Nazi era 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 31 Jan 31 5 817
Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America's Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for 2 cbabe Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 2531
Follow up to Utah tiktok kids discussion: Challenging Parental Alienation 0 cbabe Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1593
looking for the scariest books 25 clarice Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 8944
The Life and Death of Democracy by John Keane 0 clyrc Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1719
Favorite non-fiction you've read this year? 25 clyrc Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 5980
Please help me find a font for the cover of my new art book! 9 CTyankee Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 2396
need a private publisher for my book 20 CTyankee Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1830
Since our lively discussion of sourcing my privately published art history, I have discovered 18 CTyankee Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 4891
Use of "sprang up." 17 CTyankee Jun 2023 Aug 2023 1 1237
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