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The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. 1 SheilaT Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1928
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Enjoyed this book a lot! 0 oldandhappy Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1730
The Lone Assassin: The Epic True Story of the Man Who Almost Killed Hitler 0 Hiraeth Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1850
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"And Then All Hell Broke Loose -- Two Decades in the Middle East" by Richard Engel 3 Auggie Feb 2016 Mar 2016 2 3121
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith. Here's my review 3 bif Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 3155
Reading Pfanz's trilogy on the battle of Gettysburg. 0 Adsos Letter Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2096
Galileo's Middle Finger: Persecuting Scientists Whose Findings Are Seen As Politically Incorrect 4 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 3449
I'm really enjoying the book about human perspectives in history 0 applegrove Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1990
Just finished "H is for Hawk". Fascinating book. 0 bif Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 2220
Anyone know of a book about old, unrepentant Nazis? Someone mentioned one on DU not 1 raccoon Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2347
Recently finished "Rise of the Warrior Cop". 9 A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 Nov 2015 1 4974
Ex-cop to release book on New Kensington, PA mob 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 3833
Guess what I saw for free at Audible today? 3 shenmue Nov 2014 Oct 2015 3 2694
Proud Shoes (Pauli Murray) 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2343
Ann Rule died. RIP 4 leftyladyfrommo Jul 2015 Aug 2015 2 2789
I just finished "Dead Wake"--Erik Larson 7 virgogal Mar 2015 Aug 2015 0 3784
Slow Dancing with a Stranger 1 matt819 Mar 2015 Jun 2015 0 2188
Am reading Philomena by Martin Sixsmith 9 oldandhappy Feb 2015 Jun 2015 0 3915
Any suggestions for non-fiction or poetry for a sharp 91 year old woman? 9 LuckyLib Sep 2014 Jun 2015 0 4116
An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage 3 oldandhappy Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2524
Michael Lewis Reflects on His Book Flash Boys, a Year After It Shook Wall Street to Its Core 0 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1949
Aldrich Ames 1 jeffrey_pdx Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2273
Princeton Receives $300M Rare Book Collection, University’s Largest Gift Ever 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2014
Anyone read any books by Paul Craig Roberts? I believe he 2 arthritisR_US Jan 2015 Feb 2015 0 3052
Just finished LOSING OUR WAY: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF A TROUBLED AMERICA. 0 raccoon Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1890
10 Book Recommendations for Conscientious Eaters 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2085
9 Justices Who Sit in the Eye of Storms - "The Oath" 2 groovedaddy Oct 2012 Dec 2014 0 2616

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The best Non-Fiction book I read in 2014: 2 FSogol Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 2632
Swastika Nation 1 matt819 Oct 2013 Dec 2014 0 2288
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius has so much useful advise... 4 47of74 May 2014 Dec 2014 1 2944
"The Horse, The Wheel, and Language" by David Anthony. 4 Odin2005 Nov 2014 Dec 2014 1 3905
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Sweeney Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2072
James Risen’s ‘Pay Any Price’ 2 jakeXT Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2230
Does anybody else's nonfiction books 14 libodem Aug 2014 Nov 2014 0 4537
New book: America's Battle for Media Democracy 1 Thaddeus Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 2086
What are YOU reading this week? 2 arcane1 Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 2456
I just bought Naomi Klein's new book "This Changes Everything" to read on the plane tomorrow 5 arcane1 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 1 2915
Spillover by David Quammen. 0 SheilaT Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1875
Susan Cain: The power of introverts in a world just that just can't stop talking 3 jeffrey_pdx Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2565
I need a recommendation for a book on English colonization 4 NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2793
Where can I sell used books? 9 femmocrat Aug 2014 Sep 2014 0 4330
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue 0 SheilaT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1955
"A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby....." by Ben Macintyre 0 Paladin Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1921
The 50 book challenge. 27 Neoma Aug 2012 Sep 2014 1 10523
How 'bout these? 1 libodem Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2068
Poe Ballantine books are now on Kindle! 17 frogmarch Jan 2014 Aug 2014 0 8530
Samuel Beckett's biographer reveals secrets of the writer's time as a French Resistance spy 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2770
ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14: 6 fadedrose Apr 2013 Jul 2014 0 3582
What about Double Down? 9 Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2013 Jul 2014 0 3743
Some D-Day reading: Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy 1 pscot Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2095
Has anybody else read David C. Johnston's books, "Perfectly Legal", 1 sinkingfeeling May 2014 May 2014 0 2133
Just finished TO END ALL WARS by Adam Hochschild, about WWI. 1 raccoon May 2014 May 2014 0 2165
Just finished reading My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor. 15 northoftheborder Jan 2013 Apr 2014 0 5175
If you are interested in the temples in Cambodia 0 oldandhappy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1942
"Skipping Towards Gomorrah" 2 Democrats_win Dec 2013 Apr 2014 0 2462
Highly recommend: Kill Anything that Moves..by Nick Turse 2 dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 Apr 2014 2 2968
Chronicles by Bob Dylan 1 pscot Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 2013

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2013: What are you reading at the moment? 18 Neoma Jun 2013 Mar 2014 0 7432
Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police 0 shockedcanadian Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1661
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Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: biography by Terry Teachout 0 Auggie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2277
Fans of Thomas Cahill's "Hinges of History" - 1 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 2408
The Color of Water by James McBride 4 oldandhappy Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2810
O. J. IS INNOCENT AND I CAN PROVE IT by William C. Dear 9 fadedrose Apr 2012 Dec 2013 1 5373
"Somebody Had to Do It First": The Story of Shirley Chisholm 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2291
Booksellers write new chapter in Wyoming 0 bemildred Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2136
I need help finding a book - 9 hedgehog Oct 2013 Nov 2013 0 4165
I'm hoping someone can help me find an author with some really vague clues. 1 othermeans Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2192
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 4 gollygee Aug 2013 Nov 2013 0 2992
Chris Hadfield: 'I'm blind, in space, holding a drill. Houston, I have a problem' 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2758
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars -- The Untold Story, 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2309
Book suggestions for a book club. 8 Neoma Aug 2012 Oct 2013 0 4069
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 Sep 2013 1 2697
This town wow 5 Laochtine Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2807
Some interesting reads: adoption, cops with tanks, math, and deceit. 6 matt819 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2926
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2588
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett. 1 Neoma Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2242
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