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2018 Nonfiction Book Club. 6 Neoma Dec 2017 Jan 2018 1 5162
I'm reading 81 Days Below Zero. It's the story 6 raccoon Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1942
Get any great surprise books for Christmas? 14 NNadir Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 3172
Dylan Thomas, 1952: A Child's Christmas in Wales 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1414
Chain of Title by David Dayen 0 octoberlib Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1256
The Red Web: The Struggle between Russia's digital dictators and the online revolutionaries 0 JonLP24 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1291
Anyone read/reading People's History of the United States of America? 5 geardaddy Dec 2015 Dec 2017 1 2921
Just finished reading An American Family by Khizr Khan. 6 onecaliberal Dec 2017 Dec 2017 26 2807
New book:The Despot's Apprentice 1 sweetroxie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1417
Do Yah Want a Book Group? (Poll) 1 Neoma Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1400
I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". 18 llmart Nov 2017 Dec 2017 0 4779
I am looking for a book about how Germans felt when Hitler came to power 9 Lulu KC Nov 2016 Dec 2017 0 4467
An American Family by Khizr Khan 0 beveeheart Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1383
Sun Chief 2 syringis Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1657
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen 3 octoberlib Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 2005
Collusion: How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win, by the Guardian journalist 1 JonLP24 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 8 2010
Pete Souza's Obama 1 Ineeda Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1381
Smithsonian Libraries -- Books Online. 8 eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 Nov 2017 4 2504
Book: World Without Mind 3 defacto7 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 0 1813
Like Judgment Day by Michael D'Orso 0 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1484
Red Summer by Cameron McWhiter 1 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1448
Just received David Neiwerts latest book. 0 Adsos Letter Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1562
Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy 0 JonLP24 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1380
A Fine Old Conflict 4 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1617
Death in a Promised Land: the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 2 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 2717
Anyone recommend a book on the Christian right? n/t 6 lordsummerisle Aug 2016 Sep 2017 0 1964
Sometimes a great notion. Question 0 Watchfoxheadexplodes Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1893
After the War: A Southern Tour - May 1, 1865 to May 1, 1866 1 SeattleVet Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2062
Book by an Ohio Congressman published in 1903 2 AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 3511
"Rogue Spooks: The Intelligence War on Donald Trump" 0 flyingfysh Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2878

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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman 0 octoberlib Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2391
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 2535
Hillary's new book - I just ordered a Kindle copy and they 3 patricia92243 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2582
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4 kgrandia Jan 2016 Jul 2017 5 3268
Calvin Trillin By the Book: 1 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1886
Great pre-school book: A is for Activist! 0 Fluke a Snooker Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1719
REC: 'The Deep State' by Mike Lofgren (reformed Republican) 2 pablo_marmol Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3636
REC: "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" by Edward Luce. 1 Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2653
After 54 Years, We Fell in Love. After Five Months, I Got Leukemia. 3 elleng May 2017 May 2017 3 6941
"The Arsenal of Democracy." Great book 0 bif Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5042
A shout-out for a friend's book 0 Orrex Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1835
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather writing book on patriotism 1 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1756
"The New Yorker Book of War Pieces". 0 bif Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1815
I just finished THE RACE FOR WHAT'S LEFT by Michael T. Klare. 1 raccoon Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1667
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1595
"Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control" 3 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 6 2204
"Hustling Hitler" by Walter Shapiro 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1949
"Bottom of the 33rd". Great book! 1 bif Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2593
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Thomas Edison? 2 bif Jun 2016 Jan 2017 0 1685
"The House By The Lake", by Thomas Harding 1 Matilda Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 1825
Tribe by Sebastian Junger 6 PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 2321
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 skorpo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1171
"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 1632
One of the best books I've read in a long time. 2 bif Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2062
I'm reading up on The Cold War 3 pscot Nov 2015 Sep 2016 0 2010
To End All Wars (Adam Hochschild 2011) 2 struggle4progress Jun 2016 Sep 2016 0 1557
2014: What are you reading at the moment? 33 Neoma Mar 2014 Sep 2016 0 22945
I'm looking for a book about the real reasons for various wars. 15 raccoon May 2014 Aug 2016 1 4845
Here is account of my last 3 years in San Jacinto California 0 Koch Ebola Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1589
Trader Vic's Autobiography 2 bif Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1882

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The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. 1 SheilaT Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1634
'67 Shots' dispels myths about shooting of Kent State students in 1970 2 struggle4progress May 2016 Jun 2016 8 2108
Death Be Not Proud by, John Gunther. Just finished it. 18 Hiraeth Mar 2016 Apr 2016 2 2991
Enjoyed this book a lot! 0 oldandhappy Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1542
The Lone Assassin: The Epic True Story of the Man Who Almost Killed Hitler 0 Hiraeth Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1650
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 2198
"And Then All Hell Broke Loose -- Two Decades in the Middle East" by Richard Engel 3 Auggie Feb 2016 Mar 2016 2 2768
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith. Here's my review 3 bif Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2732
Reading Pfanz's trilogy on the battle of Gettysburg. 0 Adsos Letter Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1869
Galileo's Middle Finger: Persecuting Scientists Whose Findings Are Seen As Politically Incorrect 4 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 3003
I'm really enjoying the book about human perspectives in history 0 applegrove Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1710
Just finished "H is for Hawk". Fascinating book. 0 bif Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 1969
Anyone know of a book about old, unrepentant Nazis? Someone mentioned one on DU not 1 raccoon Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2069
Recently finished "Rise of the Warrior Cop". 9 A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 Nov 2015 1 4184
Ex-cop to release book on New Kensington, PA mob 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 3570
Guess what I saw for free at Audible today? 3 shenmue Nov 2014 Oct 2015 3 2339
Proud Shoes (Pauli Murray) 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2128
Ann Rule died. RIP 4 leftyladyfrommo Jul 2015 Aug 2015 2 2309
I just finished "Dead Wake"--Erik Larson 7 virgogal Mar 2015 Aug 2015 0 3160
Slow Dancing with a Stranger 1 matt819 Mar 2015 Jun 2015 0 1945
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