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The 50 book challenge. 27 Neoma Aug 2012 Sep 2014 1 7818
How 'bout these? 1 libodem Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1637
Poe Ballantine books are now on Kindle! 17 frogmarch Jan 2014 Aug 2014 0 6584
Samuel Beckett's biographer reveals secrets of the writer's time as a French Resistance spy 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2287
ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14: 6 fadedrose Apr 2013 Jul 2014 0 2699
What about Double Down? 9 Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2013 Jul 2014 0 2562
Some D-Day reading: Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy 1 pscot Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1613
Has anybody else read David C. Johnston's books, "Perfectly Legal", 1 sinkingfeeling May 2014 May 2014 0 1608
Just finished TO END ALL WARS by Adam Hochschild, about WWI. 1 raccoon May 2014 May 2014 0 1551
Just finished reading My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor. 15 northoftheborder Jan 2013 Apr 2014 0 3589
If you are interested in the temples in Cambodia 0 oldandhappy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1406
"Skipping Towards Gomorrah" 2 Democrats_win Dec 2013 Apr 2014 0 1796
Highly recommend: Kill Anything that Moves..by Nick Turse 2 dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 Apr 2014 2 2387
Chronicles by Bob Dylan 1 pscot Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 1578
2013: What are you reading at the moment? 18 Neoma Jun 2013 Mar 2014 0 5208
Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police 0 shockedcanadian Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1268
Woman finds long-lost sister after reading her memoir ‘Wild’ 2 jakeXT Sep 2013 Mar 2014 3 1963
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: biography by Terry Teachout 0 Auggie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1670
Fans of Thomas Cahill's "Hinges of History" - 1 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 1943
The Color of Water by James McBride 4 oldandhappy Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2111
O. J. IS INNOCENT AND I CAN PROVE IT by William C. Dear 9 fadedrose Apr 2012 Dec 2013 1 4214
"Somebody Had to Do It First": The Story of Shirley Chisholm 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1689
Booksellers write new chapter in Wyoming 0 bemildred Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1458
I need help finding a book - 9 hedgehog Oct 2013 Nov 2013 0 2835
I'm hoping someone can help me find an author with some really vague clues. 1 othermeans Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1683
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 4 gollygee Aug 2013 Nov 2013 0 2238
Chris Hadfield: 'I'm blind, in space, holding a drill. Houston, I have a problem' 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2247
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars -- The Untold Story, 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1784
Book suggestions for a book club. 8 Neoma Aug 2012 Oct 2013 0 2891
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 Sep 2013 1 1886

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This town wow 5 Laochtine Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2000
Some interesting reads: adoption, cops with tanks, math, and deceit. 6 matt819 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2152
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1885
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett. 1 Neoma Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1726
"Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield" by JEREMY SCAHILL 2 dusty trails Jul 2013 Aug 2013 1 2527
A History of Weapons: 0 Neoma Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1450
A list of must read non-fictions 4 SpearthrowerOwl Jun 2013 Jul 2013 3 2877
Need help with title of book about an escape from East Berlin. The book appeared as 1 raccoon Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1851
"The Spy Who Loved" The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville, by Clare Mulley. 0 Paladin Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1520
Need help from history buffs. 6 leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2397
Project Terminated 0 jakeXT Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 1469
Gulp 1 RudynJack Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1677
Great book about skyjacking! 2 zappaman Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1844
book on Mandela 0 gabeana Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1441
What is with the discrepancy on book prices on rare/used book sites? 1 LuckyLib Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1602
"Behind the Beautiful Forevers" is an amazing MUST read book. 10 dixiegrrrrl May 2013 Jun 2013 0 3252
25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books 8 Neoma Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 5434
I'm looking for a good book on women's sufferage. 3 Just Saying May 2013 May 2013 0 1941
Columbine by Dave Cullen - anyone read it? 4 bixente Jan 2013 May 2013 0 1965
Just working my way through "The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, Revolu 2 Adsos Letter Feb 2013 May 2013 0 2351
Fighting Words Against Big Data‘Who Owns the Future?’ by Jaron Lanier 0 groovedaddy May 2013 May 2013 0 1757
WWII book fans check in here. 20 Neoma Jul 2012 Apr 2013 0 5517
First World War 9 Jack Sprat Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2479
10 illuminating books about North Korea 7 davidpdx Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2520
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust 7 struggle4progress Feb 2013 Apr 2013 0 2555
True Crime - Casey Anthony 3 matt819 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1918
The Best Civil War Books, a list. 12 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 Apr 2013 0 3760
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 polly7 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1355
Anyone read the Robert Caro series on LBJ? 14 dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 Mar 2013 1 4129
Just started "The Presidents Club" 2 RudynJack Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1684

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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse. 7 Neoma Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2829
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief 1 SheilaT Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1669
looking for the scariest books 25 clarice Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 9639
Enjoyed "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer 9 oldandhappy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2706
Anyone a member of Shelfari.com? 1 Neoma May 2012 Feb 2013 0 2790
Documentary about maverick scholar Russell Jacoby free online 0 nightfire Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2156
I bought American Sniper by Chris Kyle just out of curiosity, being that I served iin the military 4 demosincebirth Apr 2012 Feb 2013 0 3022
Is there any interest in a sub-section of non-fiction devoted to military history? 1 Lurks Often Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1695
Best Book(s) On the Roman Empire 4 erpowers Jan 2013 Feb 2013 0 2692
"Thinking Fast and Slow" -- Kahneman 22 bemildred Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 6957
Time of Useful Consciousness 0 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1635
My storm is worse than yours 6 FSogol Oct 2012 Jan 2013 0 2517
Book Review - about going beyond self-improvement 0 Voice for Peace Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1666
Great history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre 3 kag Nov 2012 Jan 2013 1 2744
I recommend Netflixed 1 JonLP24 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1643
A Nerdy-Dirty Primer on Primal Urges 1 groovedaddy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1914
I got a Kindle Fire as a gift - anybody use this? 21 ashling Dec 2011 Dec 2012 1 7603
Rebels Without a Clue 0 struggle4progress Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1591
Michael Moore, Here Comes Trouble, is a real page turner. 3 limpyhobbler Oct 2012 Dec 2012 1 2236
Do you read the books suggested by other people? 16 Neoma Sep 2012 Dec 2012 0 4178
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