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Per request of Blue Green Lady 2 BOSSHOG Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 1897
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe 0 BlueGreenLady Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 2493
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 anobserver2 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 4211
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Timeflyer Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 1513
The Guru Papers: masks of authoritarian power, by Kramer & Alstad 0 Timeflyer Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 2598
5 Excellent Science Books You Should Read 5 hermetic Jun 2022 Jun 2022 16 2473
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 3215
'Decent' Harry Truman, thrust into the presidency, kept US afloat in wartime 2 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 3127
"Flying Blind 0 kairos12 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 1707
As the pandemic raged, Kathy Gilsinan found 'The Helpers' 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 7 2684
Picked up The Trials of Harry Truman by Jeffrey Frank 2 Tomconroy Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 2493
New book examines educating children of Nazi scientists in El Paso schools 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 2542
Read and gave as gifts all the original James Harriot books as they were published. 3 efhmc Mar 2022 Mar 2022 4 3500
Romanovs..1613 to 1918...Simon Sebag Montefiore 0 ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 2073
Jamie Raskin's "Unthinkable" 2 ificandream Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1814
"Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" --Ruth Ben-Ghiat 1 lastlib Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 2847
Midnight in Washington Comment Thread 6 NJCher Oct 2021 Feb 2022 4 2805
"Empire of Pain" 4 kairos12 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 2339
'Murders & Mysterious Deaths in the Pennsylvania Wilds' is released 4 left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 3233
JFK by Fredrick Logevall 0 Tomconroy Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 2047
"Premonition" 2 kairos12 Nov 2021 Jan 2022 0 1986
"How Democracies Die" is a must read! 2 raccoon Mar 2021 Dec 2021 3 3445
I'm really enjoying "The Boys" by Ron and Clint Howard 2 FakeNoose Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 3163
The Ten Best History Books of 2021 (Smithsonian Magazine) 1 left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 2683
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War 0 Zorro Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 2170
Patricia Highsmith's Notebooks and Diaries 2 Tomconroy Nov 2021 Dec 2021 3 2081
Red Comet: The new biography of Sylvia Plath. 0 Tomconroy Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 2304
Isaly's chipped ham, Klondikes celebrated in new historical book 9 left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 3914
Anybody else reading 'Uncontrolled Spread'? 2 Tomconroy Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 2180
Forget the Alamo review: dark truths of the US south and its 'secular Mecca' 2 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 4116

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NYT review - 'The Sum of Us' Tallies the Cost of Racism for Everyone 1 DBoon Feb 2021 Aug 2021 1 3395
My book is now live on Amazon: Dixiegops: The Untold Story of the Dixiecrat-Republican Coalition 20 Shell_Seas Aug 2021 Aug 2021 95 10605
Hidden Valley Road. American family with 12 children, 6 had schizophrenia 4 IcyPeas Mar 2021 Jul 2021 5 4923
Dixiegops: The Untold Story Of The Dixiecrat-Republican Coalition 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 3396
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America 11 Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 7056
Anyone else read The Inner Game of Tennis back in the 70s? 6 multigraincracker Apr 2021 May 2021 2 7458
About that new book 2 snowybirdie May 2021 May 2021 2 2913
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. 2 Goonch May 2021 May 2021 9 5129
Educated, by Tara Westover 5 Rorey May 2021 May 2021 0 2915
Hunter Biden's shocking tell-all is important. Here's why. 5 AZProgressive Apr 2021 Apr 2021 33 6668
Fulfillment 1 LessAspin Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 2270
"I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land" by Alaina E. Roberts 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 0 4011
Review: Tammy Duckworth illustrates a bold refusal to quit 5 Eugene Mar 2021 Mar 2021 7 2145
I'm looking for a nonfiction book with "walls" in the title. 3 raccoon Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 2601
Please help me find a font for the cover of my new art book! 9 CTyankee Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 3382
Has any one read Obama's lastest book: "A Promised Land"? 6 sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 Mar 2021 1 5506
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 3094
Has anyone read, "Say Nothing"? 3 Yavin4 Jul 2019 Feb 2021 1 3579
Final Verdict 1 Zorro Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 2086
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 2057
It's never too late to appreciate the majesty of George McGovern 11 BeyondGeography Jan 2021 Jan 2021 11 3957
15 NF standouts for reading this year 2 hermetic Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 2602
Bruce Catton over Shelby Foote any day. & twicet on the weekends 2 KG Dec 2020 Dec 2020 0 2615
A World Lit Only By Fire 2 Zorro Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 2236
Anybody else reading "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama? 9 AngryOldDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 4 2676
Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz Tell the Full Sordid Story of Spiro Agnew. 1 elleng Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 2831
Favorite Biographies/Autobiographies? 18 DumpTrump20202020 Sep 2020 Nov 2020 1 6128
"The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar" 3 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 2310
Review of "Twilight of the Gods" by Ian Toll, Vol. 3 of his Pacific War trilogy (NYT) 2 Mike 03 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 2276
I'm reading American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People" 0 raccoon Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1672

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"Fallout" by Lesley M.M. Blume 6 AngryOldDem Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 3382
Books about the break-up of the US 3 matt819 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2430
remarkable book. "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer 5 NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 Sep 2020 11 3027
The 100 best nonfiction books of all time: the full list 6 left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 Sep 2020 9 3656
One more reason why Woodward's book, Rage, infuriates Trump: 0 no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 1874
"Dewey Defeats Truman" By A.J. Baime. A review 2 question everything Jul 2020 Sep 2020 5 4194
It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump 5 Danascot Aug 2020 Sep 2020 16 4281
'Twilight of the Gods' -- The magisterial final volume of Ian W. Toll's Pacific War trilogy 5 Auggie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 2597
I recommend Mary Trump's book TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH 4 raccoon Jul 2020 Jul 2020 4 2610
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 raccoon Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1415
I Read It So You Don't Have To 3 Wolf Frankula Nov 2014 Jul 2020 0 2902
Black Lives Matter Nonfiction Books 5 Neoma Jun 2020 Jul 2020 4 4186
The New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression 0 Newest Reality Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 2485
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RamblingRose Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1084
Anyone have recommendations for a good biography of Putin? 13 Roland99 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 2958
Books by Celebrities 4 Beringia Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1808
Preacher Behind the White Hoods: A Critical Examination of William Branham and His Message 1 Roland99 May 2020 May 2020 2 2744
Just finished "Lotharingia" by Simon Winder. 0 bif May 2020 May 2020 1 1558
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Hachette cancels plan to publish Woody Allen memoir 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3881
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