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Book Review: 'America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden' 0 douglas9 Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 2939

Any comments on a history book, I am rewriting? 2 real Cannabis calm Oct 2019 Nov 2019 0 2289

"Plaintiff in Chief - A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3500+ Lawsuits" 0 Tracer Oct 2019 Oct 2019 7 1847

Ronan Farrow reveals extreme measures Weinstein took to bury alleged crimes 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1735

From another chapter of the book: Christian History. Surprising and Hardcore 1 real Cannabis calm Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 2150

It Came From Something Awful by Dale Beran 1 pscot Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2180

Just finished Johann Hari's book, Lost Connections 3 mnhtnbb Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1752

an infuriating book: "White Rage" 1 flyingfysh Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 2087

The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933) 1 Democrats_win Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1815

"Leaving the Witness" by Amber Scorah - wow. Really eye opening 4 NRaleighLiberal Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 2075

Recommending Jim Acosta's book "The Enemy of the People" 0 FakeNoose Aug 2019 Aug 2019 9 1799

Three excellent books about immigration. 2 PETRUS Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1746

"The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip" by Jeff Guinn 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1651

"The Liberation of Paris" by Jean Edward Smith 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1591

American Women of the Far Right 7 lunasun Jul 2019 Aug 2019 5 2378

Megan Rapinoe (US Women's World Cup soccer star) has 2 books in the works 0 FakeNoose Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1545

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1712

"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 1559

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 1494

"ESCALANTE'S DREAM: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest" 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2058

The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969: when Vietnam came home 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 1594

"Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist" 0 eissa Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1372

Reading Ian McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain. Awesome. 1 lindysalsagal Jun 2019 Jun 2019 8 1826

Naomi Wolf admits blunder over Victorians and sodomy executions 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 6 2068

Hi, I'm looking for non-fiction recs of a specific type 17 happybird Apr 2019 May 2019 0 5679

'The Pioneers' by David McCullough 6 left-of-center2012 May 2019 May 2019 6 2082

"Fascism" by Madeline Albright 0 no_hypocrisy May 2019 May 2019 5 1820

Craig Unger uncovers ties between trump, Michael Cohen and Russian mafia. 2 ellenrr Aug 2018 Apr 2019 8 3929

I'm counting The Mueller Report as a book. 1 Neoma Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 2142

I just finished Berlin Diary by William Shirer. 6 raccoon Feb 2018 Apr 2019 1 2345

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Midnight In Chernobyl 2 kairos12 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1576

A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John Romer 4 Zorro Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1885

Neoma's Nonfiction Recommendations. 4 Neoma Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 3332

"The Hard Stuff" by Wayne Kramer 0 bif Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1526

The Cretan Runner 1 Zorro Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1560

Leadership: In Turblent Times 2 Ninga Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 3488

Collusion books 0 JonLP24 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1401

"On Putin's Blacklist" Documentary (free on Amazon prime) 1 AlexSFCA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2666

David Paulides Missing 411 Series - Wow !! 9 donkeypoofed Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 3115

David Cross - Making America Great Again 0 hibbing Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1632

Katherine Johnson, at age 100, is telling her life story 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 3105

12/10/18 What Non-Fiction Are You Reading? 8 violetpastille Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 2160

Carl Sagan - The Demon Haunted World (FULL) 0 BootinUp Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1603

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 1507

Anyone read any of Richard J Evans trilogy about the Third Reich? 5 raccoon Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1779

I need help finding a word 8 Freelancer Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2182

I, Mammal 1 PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1455

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I just finished it a few days ago. 11 raccoon Apr 2018 Sep 2018 5 2512

What are the "best" sections of Fear? 3 AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2566

Just finished: The Perfectionists: How precision engineers created the modern world by 2 FSogol Jul 2018 Sep 2018 7 1945

The Soul of America, by Jon Meacham 0 RussBLib Sep 2018 Sep 2018 6 1484

My new book, First We Destroy the GOP, is now available... 9 RobertDevereaux Sep 2018 Sep 2018 28 3830

"Believer: My Forty Years in Politics" by David Axelrod 1 eissa May 2018 Aug 2018 3 1655

Explains how democracy is in big trouble: "Democracy in Chains." 2 kairos12 Sep 2017 Aug 2018 2 3378

I am reading 'Underground in Berlin' , Marie Jalowicz Simon 5 irisblue Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 2078

This message was self-deleted by its author 4 mysteryowl Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1993

Book recommendations for a child? 10 nyrnyr1994 Jan 2018 Jul 2018 2 2645

Manure and ice cream 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 5 1720

Bill Clinton's book review of Chernow's "Grant." 2 NNadir Dec 2017 Jul 2018 5 2200

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 2315

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Jackie Robinson's birthday 1 The Polack MSgt Jan 2018 Jun 2018 1 1818

"Into the Raging Sea" 1 kairos12 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1685

Finishing up: "Raven Rock: The Story of the US Govt's Secret Plan to Save Itself 6 FSogol Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 2143

Saw these in my library today - might read one or two 0 bucolic_frolic May 2018 May 2018 0 1894

Where are the New Books by Progressive/Liberal/Democrats? 2 srcameron Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2250

Any DUers here 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1666

"Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Writings" (pamphlet, just scanned, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2077

Just finished: Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That 5 FSogol Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 2186

Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 2 Zorro Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2010

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff 16 RussBLib Jan 2018 Mar 2018 3 2994

Charles Ball describing being taken from his mother forever. 6 NNadir Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 2644

Finishing up Testament: The Bible and History by John Romer 1 Zorro Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1796

The Lion in the Living Room 3 skippercollector Jan 2017 Feb 2018 1 2776

"U.S. Labor and the Vietnam War" (1989 book, just scanned, PDF format) 0 Mrdie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1487

Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1987

A great book for those interested in outer space and being an astronaut 2 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Feb 2018 2 1865

What's the best biography or autobiography you've read recently? 45 pscot Jul 2013 Jan 2018 0 10019

"Mark Twain: Social Critic" (1966 book, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2100

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 2118

Here is a chaper from my manuscript in audio 0 Koch Ebola Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1535

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