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"The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found" 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1378

The Men and the Moment: The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1301

"ESCALANTE'S DREAM: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest" 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1780

The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969: when Vietnam came home 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 1380

"Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist" 0 eissa Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1223

Reading Ian McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain. Awesome. 1 lindysalsagal Jun 2019 Jun 2019 8 1618

Naomi Wolf admits blunder over Victorians and sodomy executions 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 6 1904

Hi, I'm looking for non-fiction recs of a specific type 17 happybird Apr 2019 May 2019 0 4815

'The Pioneers' by David McCullough 6 left-of-center2012 May 2019 May 2019 6 1723

"Fascism" by Madeline Albright 0 no_hypocrisy May 2019 May 2019 5 1663

Craig Unger uncovers ties between trump, Michael Cohen and Russian mafia. 2 ellenrr Aug 2018 Apr 2019 8 3688

I'm counting The Mueller Report as a book. 1 Neoma Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 1900

I just finished Berlin Diary by William Shirer. 6 raccoon Feb 2018 Apr 2019 1 2078

Midnight In Chernobyl 2 kairos12 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1394

A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John Romer 4 Zorro Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1574

Neoma's Nonfiction Recommendations. 4 Neoma Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 2981

"The Hard Stuff" by Wayne Kramer 0 bif Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1307

The Cretan Runner 1 Zorro Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1357

Leadership: In Turblent Times 2 Ninga Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 3172

Collusion books 0 JonLP24 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1250

"On Putin's Blacklist" Documentary (free on Amazon prime) 1 AlexSFCA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2351

David Paulides Missing 411 Series - Wow !! 9 donkeypoofed Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2536

David Cross - Making America Great Again 0 hibbing Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1495

Katherine Johnson, at age 100, is telling her life story 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 2878

12/10/18 What Non-Fiction Are You Reading? 8 violetpastille Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1769

Carl Sagan - The Demon Haunted World (FULL) 0 BootinUp Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1375

Review of "Women on the Move; the Forgotten Era of Women's Bicycle Racing" X-Pst History of Feminism 2 TexasProgresive Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1292

Anyone read any of Richard J Evans trilogy about the Third Reich? 5 raccoon Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1467

I need help finding a word 8 Freelancer Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1739

I, Mammal 1 PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1279

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I just finished it a few days ago. 11 raccoon Apr 2018 Sep 2018 5 2001

What are the "best" sections of Fear? 3 AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2212

Just finished: The Perfectionists: How precision engineers created the modern world by 2 FSogol Jul 2018 Sep 2018 7 1717

The Soul of America, by Jon Meacham 0 RussBLib Sep 2018 Sep 2018 6 1324

My new book, First We Destroy the GOP, is now available... 9 RobertDevereaux Sep 2018 Sep 2018 28 3432

"Believer: My Forty Years in Politics" by David Axelrod 1 eissa May 2018 Aug 2018 3 1470

Explains how democracy is in big trouble: "Democracy in Chains." 2 kairos12 Sep 2017 Aug 2018 2 3162

I am reading 'Underground in Berlin' , Marie Jalowicz Simon 5 irisblue Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 1744

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 mysteryowl Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1741

Book recommendations for a child? 10 nyrnyr1994 Jan 2018 Jul 2018 2 2111

Manure and ice cream 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 5 1487

Bill Clinton's book review of Chernow's "Grant." 2 NNadir Dec 2017 Jul 2018 5 1922

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 2052

Jackie Robinson's birthday 1 The Polack MSgt Jan 2018 Jun 2018 1 1576

"Into the Raging Sea" 1 kairos12 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1484

Finishing up: "Raven Rock: The Story of the US Govt's Secret Plan to Save Itself 6 FSogol Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 1805

Saw these in my library today - might read one or two 0 bucolic_frolic May 2018 May 2018 0 1684

Where are the New Books by Progressive/Liberal/Democrats? 2 srcameron Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 1961

Any DUers here 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1474

"Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Writings" (pamphlet, just scanned, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1804

Just finished: Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That 5 FSogol Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 1857

Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 2 Zorro Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1789

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff 16 RussBLib Jan 2018 Mar 2018 3 2451

Charles Ball describing being taken from his mother forever. 6 NNadir Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 2188

Finishing up Testament: The Bible and History by John Romer 1 Zorro Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1609

The Lion in the Living Room 3 skippercollector Jan 2017 Feb 2018 1 2541

"U.S. Labor and the Vietnam War" (1989 book, just scanned, PDF format) 0 Mrdie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1312

Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1721

A great book for those interested in outer space and being an astronaut 2 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Feb 2018 2 1622

What's the best biography or autobiography you've read recently? 45 pscot Jul 2013 Jan 2018 0 8298

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"Mark Twain: Social Critic" (1966 book, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1837

I can only read this book in short spurts until the pain becomes too great. Read it, I must. 2 NNadir Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1805

Here is a chaper from my manuscript in audio 0 Koch Ebola Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1339

2018 Book Club List Vote (Poll) 0 Neoma Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2263

Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Audiobook #1 3 Goonch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1732

2018 Nonfiction Book Club. 6 Neoma Dec 2017 Jan 2018 1 4599

I'm reading 81 Days Below Zero. It's the story 6 raccoon Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1672

Get any great surprise books for Christmas? 14 NNadir Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2648

Dylan Thomas, 1952: A Child's Christmas in Wales 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1286

Chain of Title by David Dayen 0 octoberlib Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1126

The Red Web: The Struggle between Russia's digital dictators and the online revolutionaries 0 JonLP24 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1182

Anyone read/reading People's History of the United States of America? 5 geardaddy Dec 2015 Dec 2017 1 2722

Just finished reading An American Family by Khizr Khan. 6 onecaliberal Dec 2017 Dec 2017 26 2529

New book:The Despot's Apprentice 1 sweetroxie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1263

Do Yah Want a Book Group? (Poll) 1 Neoma Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1245

I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". 18 llmart Nov 2017 Dec 2017 0 4148

I am looking for a book about how Germans felt when Hitler came to power 9 Lulu KC Nov 2016 Dec 2017 0 3934

An American Family by Khizr Khan 0 beveeheart Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1260

Sun Chief 2 syringis Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1486

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen 3 octoberlib Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1784

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