The History Book Club discussion

Welcome Helene, Chris, and Bill. Glad you found us.

Thanks for your helpful reply, Alisa. I look forward to downloading and reading "The Metaphysical Club" on my iPad.

Alisa wrote: "Welcome Bill, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much eas..."

Thanks Bill.
Make sure you post the book cover and author links in accordance with our guidelines when you mention a book. It will become second nature once you get the hang of it.

by Louis Menand

Welcome Helene and Bill......we look forward to your participation.

Hi All,
My name is Vizara and I'd like to introduce myself. I was born in Indonesia, grew up in Africa (Rhodesia & Nyasaland) but am now located in the Netherlands, where I work as an anesthesiologist. Have always been interested in history, main interests being Greek and Roman history (having studied Greek and Latin at school), Middle Ages (UK) and WW1 and WW2 (my family were all in POW camps in the Far East). Am also interested in the Middle East and Africa.
Have visited battlefields in France (WW1 and WW2) and in South Africa (Boer War).
Hope to visit the Imperial War Museum south of Cambridge next month.

Hope to learn a lot in this group.

Vizara

Welcome Vizara, we are glad to have you as a member. With your interests you are surely to find many discussions and book recommendations of interest. We hope you participate in the conversations found here.

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by Jeffrey Toobin

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Welcome Vizara, glad you found us here at Goodreads.

Alisa wrote: "Welcome Vizara, we are glad to have you as a member. With your interests you are surely to find many discussions and book recommendations of interest. We hope you participate in the conversations..."

Thanks for your welcome Alisa, I'll read up on your guidelines and info

Mohamed, Deb, Jim, Keith,Harry, Larry, Earl, Ala, Dave, Roman, Gabriela, Ellen, Sherry, Brant, John, Celeset, Pradeep,Jason, Treeman, Thomas, Leo, Ali-ef, Jesper, Andrea,Caitriona,Mhiora, Lisa, Alvin, Ankit, Ann-Marie, Paul, Helene, Chris, Bill, and Vizara...welcome to the group. I look forward to your contribution.

We are glad you joined us Vizara, Lisa, Ann-Marie, and Paul. This is the place for the history lover and we look forward to your participation.

Hi, my name is Maureen and I live in Montana in the U.S. I am a Student Affairs professional at our flagship university, and have always appreciated the quest for lifelong learning. One of my goals is to take an adventure through American history by reading one biography/autobiography on each U.S. President in chronological order, and I'm hoping to get some great suggestions from this group. Looking forward to other great suggestions, as well! Thanks for having me!

Welcome Maureen, we are glad to have you as a member. We have a substantial presidential series thread and individual threads for each president. There are a lot of reading suggestions for each, well worth browsing but it might be dangerous for your to-read list!

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

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Welcome Maureen, you have come to the place for everything history.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Anthony Shadid


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I've been a member of this group for a while, but at the behest of Bentley, i'm posting my introduction. I never enjoyed history until I left (formal) education and started reading on my own; I'm afraid that I, like many, had sub-standard history teachers who failed to make a most fascinating subject interesting to their students.

Ever since I went to the "Armour of Henry VIII" exhibit at the Tower of London, I've been reading scads of Tudor history. I find the entire family endlessly fascinating. (Although, believe it or not, I've read only two books on Elizabeth I so far. I'm looking forward to reading about her in the near future.) To avoid confusion, I've avoided all the great Tudor fiction out there.

I also enjoy reading about Chicago's history: political, cultural, architectural, and natural history.

Welcome Naomi, glad you joined us on the Introduction thread.

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by Anthony Shadid

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Vizara wrote: "Hi All, My name is Vizara...Hope to learn a lot in this group."

Vizara, I hope you participate from time to time as with your background we can learn from you too. Member participation really elevates the group.

Jesper wrote: "Hi, Jesper checking in...If everything goes as planned and the marks can carry him he will study history at the university of Copenhagen from next year :-)"

My grandfather was born in Copenhagen. You have come to the right place for military history.

hi. I'm a reader of history,, literature, and various other non-fiction. Two of my favorite history books are Freedom at Midnight and The Codebook.

Welcome Dick, we are glad to have you as a member.

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by Larry Collins
by Simon Singh

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Welcome, Dick. Glad you could join us. Lots of good things to see here for the history buff. Please join right in.

I am a historian and I am always looking for good books to use in my introductory courses. For most of my students they only exposure they get to history is the very brief texts that they are forced to read. However, I have been introducing "real" history books and have been getting an interesting feed back. I always understand that I will get the comment on the book review assignment. "I would never have willingly read this book." To which I usually say "that is the point".

I teach introductory World Civilization I and II, Western Civilization I and II, American History I and II, and I am developing a Latin American set of classes. I welcome suggestions about possible texts for my classes. I am currently using "Fraud of the Century" by Roy Morris, Jr. for a Modern American History class. The only thing I ask is that if anyone has a suggestion, please give me a few lines on what is so compelling about your suggestion.

Aside from that, I am also designing classes for online use and I tend to be a bit sporadic in these online areas. I will make a diligent effort to keep up. Thanks all.

Welcome Mike, we are glad to have you as a member. I hope you find a lot of good recommendations here, and please join in the discussions as I am sure our members will benefit from your perspective. We are here to discuss good history books of many genres!

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how the book you mentioned should look:

by Roy Morris Jr. (no photo)

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Mike wrote: "I am a historian and I am always looking for good books to use in my introductory courses. For most of my students they only exposure they get to history is the very brief texts that they are forc..."

Naomi wrote: "I've been a member of this group for a while, but at the behest of Bentley, i'm posting my introduction. I never enjoyed history until I left (formal) education and started reading on my own; I'm ..."

just to add a few points. I am looking for, in the opinion of the read, history books that are "readable". Now I know that is a broad definition. What I mean by readable is that the author tries to provide clear and understandable language to the reader. This is not easy as most everyone knows.

Welcome, Mike.....it is great to have a historian among this great club of history buffs. I think that you might find some recommendations that will be helpful to your lesson plan design.

Thanks Jill. My goal is to find good books on historical topics that will peak the interest of introductory college students. The funny thing is that those books I find to be of interest, I know that students will not. So I have had to broaden my perspective as the goal is not my interest but to interest others.

Mike wrote: "Thanks Jill. My goal is to find good books on historical topics that will peak the interest of introductory college students. The funny thing is that those books I find to be of interest, I know ..."

You might put up a general request on the "I Am Looking For A Book...." thread which is found at the following link.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Hello, my name is Joseph Cordaro. I was born in the United States and served in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the service I earned my pilot's license, and had a career in aviation first as a flight instructor, and then as a corporate pilot for a large company. I have flown all over the world, which as a history buff, I loved doing. I especially enjoyed my trips to the UK where I developed a deep admiration for the English.

Welcome Joseph, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

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Hello everyone,
my name is Anton - I am a 28 year old graduate student with a degree in history from McGill University. My primary interests include American, Russian, and Cuban history, as well as African American Studies. I am looking forward to making some new acquaintances and engaging in some thought-provoking discussions. Glad to be here.

Hello Anton, we are glad to have you as a member. Please explore the threads and join in the discussions. Contribution by many makes it enjoyable for all.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

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Hello everyone,
I am glad to have found such a large group dedicated to History.
I live in Sussex on the South coast of England where I run a small business with my wife. I am also studying history with the Open University, and have a particular interest in Classical History and victorian Britain.

Happy reading

Hi Jim, Anton, and the other newbies, welcome to the group.

Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.

All best,

André

Hi,

My name's Ebony and I'm from New Jersey, USA. I joined this group because I love history. I recently graduated as a history major from Webster University. During college I didn't have as much time to read history books for fun as I did in high school, but now that I'm finished I'd like to get started again :) I usually read books about Nazi Germany but I've started branching out and would like to read and learn more about other countries' histories, especially the history of the United Kingdom and the history of Thailand, since I spent semesters studying abroad in those places. I've recently developed an interest in Greek mythology and history as well since taking an online class about it. I'm almost finished reading the Odyssey and would love to dive into more Greek history and mythology.

I'm excited to get to know everyone and find some great history reads :)

Hi, all! I'm new to the group, so here's my brief introduction. I'm an American with an interest in many aspects of U.S. history: military, economic, and political. However, I tend to shy away from revisionism for the sake of revisionism. I'm cautious to avoid "historians" with an agenda. I also enjoy Irish history and various philosophers in history, but the latter may be for another group.

Mike wrote: "Mike wrote: "I am a historian and I am always looking for good books to use in my introductory courses. For most of my students they only exposure they get to history is the very brief texts that ..."

Welcome, Mike, difficult indeed, but some do exist. Take a look at our threads and see what you find. Don't hesitate to ask for any needs you might have and I hope you enjoy the group.

Welcome Lauren and Tom. I know that both of you will find information here at "history central" in your particular areas of interest.

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by Charles Dickens


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Lauren wrote: "Greetings. My name is Lauren, I live in Cleveland, Ohio and I am a medical consultant. Some of my historical interests are European history (as my grandparents,on both sides,immigrated from Greece)..."

Welcome, Lauren, always glad to see a Clevelander in the mix. I still have family there. Enjoy the group.

Welcome Tom and Lauren! Please explore the threads and join in the discussions. If you need any help just ask any of the moderators.

Welcome Maureen, Naomi, Dick, Joseph, Anton, Jim, Ebony, and Tom. Glad you found us here.

Welcome, Jim. We're happy to have you in the group.

Jim wrote: "Hello everyone,
I am glad to have found such a large group dedicated to History.
I live in Sussex on the South coast of England where I run a small business with my wife. I am also studying hist..."

Great Michelle, good luck on school. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book/author. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

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by Jon Meacham

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Welcome, Michelle....you are a busy woman!! In your busy schedule, I hope you will have some time to spend here as a participant in the book recommendations/discussions.

Hello Michelle, I know that you cannot see me, but be assrued that my hat is off to you "supermom." Congrats on your Bachelor's Degree and best of luck on your Master's. I hope your husband is not deployed anywhere far from home, but if he is, please know that you have an extra set of prayers going out for his safe return.
All the best,
Joe

Michelle wrote: "Hello!! I am Michelle and I'm from Minnesota, USA. I am a military spouse and a homeschooling mom to five adorable children. I just completed my bachelor's degree in history and will be starting..."

Maureen, Naomi,Dick, Mike, Joseph, Anton, Jim, Ebony, Lauren, Tom, and Michelle, welcome to the group. I'm sure you will all enjoy the experience.

My name is Jeffrey Zeltzer. Retired CEO of a national trade association. My special interest is 20 century European history. My major focus is Western Europe. Look forward to being a member of this group.

Welcome Jeffrey, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

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Welcome to the group, Jeffrey. I'm sure you will enjoy the experience, and we look forward to your contribution.

Welcome Jeffrey, glad you found us

Hello Bentley and fellow members of this book club. My name is Darcy, and I enjoy reading books about history, political science and biographies. I look forward to participating in this book group.

Blessings.

Hello everyone,

my name is Sérgio Alves and i'm a 30 year old history and specially military history fan from Portugal.