The History Book Club discussion

Hello! I am Najibah, from Malaysia. I am working with books in a library, and for now happened to be entrusted with lots of history books. I am into historiography, cultural history, Southeast Asian history and Islamic history. Hope to learn more about history from this amazing book club and get to know other voracious readers in here.

Hi Ranit,

If you like to read about Anarchism, I'd recommend:

by David D. Friedman

Hello Everyone, I am Lata from India. I love history and historical fiction. I would love to interact with you and get recommendations on more historical fiction. Happy Holidays.

Joel wrote: "Hi Ranit,

If you like to read about Anarchism, I'd recommend:

by [author:David D. F..."

Thank you for suggesting. Will definitely try that!

Hello, Maria. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

British History
Renaissance
Historical Fiction

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by Francesca Rhydderch

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Hannah. Welcome to the History book club!

You really should be proud of yourself, so boast away. :)

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

European History
Military History
The First World War
The Second World War
Russia

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by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Ranit. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our thread on WWII:

The Second World War

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by Noam Chomsky

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Najibah. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

Cultural History
Ancient History
Islam

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by Karen Armstrong

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Lata. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our thread on Historical Fiction:

Historical Fiction

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by Anthony Doerr

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Hi everybody. My name is Dave Bly. I am passionate about military aviation history and have read many books in this category. Most recently, I have been reading about the World War One era of aviation. Aviation was all brand new and the leap frogs in aviation evolution fascinate me: airframes, engines, armaments, and tactics.

I am also mysteriously drawn to ancient British history: Pre-Roman, Roman, Post-Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Viking times. Bernard Cornwell is a favorite author in this category as well as Stephen Lawhead.

Hello, Dave. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

British History
WWI and its technology
Airships and balloons

I suggest you also check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

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by Bernard Cornwell
by Stephen R. Lawhead

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Welcome to all the new members. History is such a broad topic you are sure to find something here that's just up your alley.

Hello everyone,

My name is John, and I am approaching my mid-twenties. I'm from the USA and graduated from college nearly three years ago. I began reading again almost a year after graduation and have been reading with pleasure since. Much of my reading up until this point has been primarily biblical, philosophical and world literature - seasoned with a biography or two. I've chosen lean into history, science and classic lit in 2017 to get a solid foundation going for a knowledge of history and do some brushing up in physics and the classics. History has been a weak point in my reading, so, if anyone has any staple pieces that played a part in his or her own coming of age for history genre - I'd love to add them to my reading plan this coming year.

Warm regards,
JPC

Welcome to our group, John! We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

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History of religions

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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello my names's Chris and I've been reading History almost exclusively for the last ten years or so after going through many other genres. I mainly read about British History particular the period between the Norman Conquest and the end of the Tudor period. Living in London I also enjoy reading about the history of my home.
Two new additions I got today:

bySarah-Beth Watkins

byJohn Guy

Hi Liz! I just joined this group, but I wanted to reach out to you because I also lived in Marquette County when I was younger! My father was stationed at KI Sawyer AFB from 83-89, and we left when I was 12. Moved around a lot since then, but I'm back in the Great Lakes region (Cleveland suburbs). I missed these lakes.

Anyway, just wanted to say hello to a fellow Yooper!

Dena

Hi everyone!

Sorry I'm just now getting around to my intro. I was finishing up a research paper that was due this morning (on Christmas!) (MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!)

I currently live just east of Cleveland, Ohio and I'm working on my MA in American History. I focus most of my research on mass trauma events, but I have lately found myself really enjoying colonial and Revolutionary American history. One of my favorite subjects is that of the British Prison ships, but I really do have a lot of interests: plagues, genocides, migrations.

My life as a military brat took me from Texas to Italy, Upper and Lower Michigan, DC, Florida, and Oklahoma. No longer military, I've stilled moved quite a few times. This may explain my interest in migration!

I'm excited to be a part of this group and eager to learn something new!

Dena

Hi, my name is Mark. I am an amateur James Joyce enthusiast and would be thrilled to be involved in the group's reading of "Dubliners." I live with my wife and our eight cats on the East coast - Mid Atlantic - of the United States.
I am a Joyce lover: and have extensive experience with Joyce's four major works; and a working knowledge of some of the main lines in Joyce criticism. Your 'site' seems fairly complicated: I don't know about 'buddy reads' or how that applies to "Dubliners" or why the D. thread is frozen?
My three favorite "history" books are:
Thucydides - The Peloponnesian War (T. Hobbes, trans.)
Herodotus - The Persian War
Xenophon - Anabasis, The March Up Country (W.H.D. Rouse, trans.)

Hello, first-time poster Patrick Murtha here, hailing from Queretaro, Mexico, where I teach English in my semi-retirement. I'm 58, single, a graduate of Yale (BA in American Studies) and Boston University (Master of Arts in Teaching). In my teaching career, I have been a humanities generalist, teaching World and American History, as well as literature, philosophy, art history, journalism, public speaking, and all the social sciences, in high schools (mostly) and universities in the US and Mexico. I read widely in history, literature, and philosophy.

Mark wrote: "Hi, my name is Mark. I am an amateur James Joyce enthusiast and would be thrilled to be involved in the group's reading of "Dubliners." I live with my wife and our eight cats on the East coast - Mi..." Hello Mark, fellow new member Patrick here. Also a Joyce and Irish literature enthusiast. After postponing Ulysses for years, finally got it under my belt last year. Incredible reading experience, and not as difficult as people think, either.

Mark wrote: "Mark wrote: "Mark wrote: "Hi, my name is Mark. I am an amateur James Joyce enthusiast and would be thrilled to be involved in the group's reading of "Dubliners." I live with my wife and our eight c..." Also a cat lover here, fond of all animals actually. I live with three cats, a Scoodle (Scottish Terrier/ Miniature Poodle mix), a ferret, and a hamster. I protect the hamster against depredation, but the others all get along surprisingly well.

Glad you joined us, Chris. This is the place for the avid history buff.

Based on your post, you may find something to interest you in this topic:

British history

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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.

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by Adrian Goldsworthy

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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Welcome to our group, Dena! We have many different topics and books being discussed here so please feel free to explore and jump in.

Based on your post, you may find something to interest you in these topics:

Colonial history
American revolution

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

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by Adrian Goldsworthy

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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Mark wrote: "My knowledge of ferrets comes from the old BBC comedy show "Last of the Summer Wine" where one of the heros Compo kept a few for company and comic effect.
(I've been trying to decipher the directio..." They are delightful creatures. My dog and my ferret are the best playmates ever. I'm kind of an expert on species mixing.

hello everyone
I am here
I am new
I am excited
I live in Greece altough I am Georgian
Don't know much about history, that is why I joined this club.
Russian history seems quite dramatic and pathetic. The perfect combination in my opinion. The Romanovs. Their story sounds like fiction. I want to know EVERYTHING. What they ate, when they slept, what was their favourite curse word.
Also pirates. I LOVE pirates. I find it hard to believe that people that cool actually existed. It's so unbelievably epic. Terrorists at sea. If I could be anything I'd be a pirate. ok that's enough. the end. byyyyye

Anna,

If you like the Romanovs and pirates, here are two recommendations for you:

by Roger Crowley
by Robert K. Massie

Also check out these lists:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

Hi Everyone!
My name is Elise and I live in Australia. My particular area of interest when it comes to history is in the ancient world- I love ancient Rome (especially when it comes to the Roman Empire and Augustus), ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. In particular, I am interested in women's roles in these societies, although I am always interested in women's roles throughout history in most historical periods, as well.
I also study archaeology at university. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and read some new books! Thanks for having me :)

Hello, Mark. Welcome to the History book club!

A Joyce enthusiast! Wonderful! I'm looking forward to your contribution to our Dubliners discussion.

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our thread on Ancient History.

Ancient History

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

As for the Buddy-reads threads (specifically that of the Dubliners), it is frozen at the moment to prevent adding comments before the official beginning of the discussion, which will be on 16.01.2017. You can access all buddy-reads through this link: Buddy-reads

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by Thucydides
by Herodotus
by Xenophon

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Patrick. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

American History
Art - Architecture - Culture

I suggest you also check put our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

Since you sad you are an Irish literature enthusiast, you might be interested in doing and Ireland reading challenge. You can access the challenge here: Ireland reading challenge.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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.

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by James Joyce

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Anna. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our Russia thread:

Russia

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

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by Robert K. Massie
by Roger Crowley

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Joel wrote: "Anna,

If you like the Romanovs and pirates, here are two recommendations for you:

by [authorimage:Roger C..."

thank you so much

Elise wrote: "Hi Everyone!
My name is Elise and I live in Australia. My particular area of interest when it comes to history is in the ancient world- I love ancient Rome (especially when it comes to the Roman Em..."

Elise,
If you like ancient Rome, I'd really recommend (along with his other stuff):

by Tom Holland

Tiago wrote: "Hello Everybody.
My name is Tiago Irineu and I'm from Brazil. I'm 25 years old.
I have a bachellor's degree in Economics and next year I'm beggining my studies for becoming a Master in Economics.
..."

Tiago,
Based on your interests, I think you would really like some of the following books:

by Milton Friedman
by Jonathan Haidt
by Alan S. Miller
by Thomas Sowell
by Edward O. Wilson

Hi everyone,

I'm Michael, from the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. I'm reacquainting myself with reading for pleasure, after years of assigned readings in law school and college.

I'm mainly interested in urban affairs, public policy, political science, and economics; all of which require a sober and rich understanding of history. Right now, I'm making my way through Robert A. Caro's and very much enjoying every page.

Looking forward to reading and discussing books with all of you.

Best, Michael

Hello, Elise. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

Roman Empire
Ancient History
Art - Architecture - Culture

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Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Tiago. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

Current events and politics
Philosophy and politics

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

If you like you can check out our current "Book of the month" project. We are reading and discussing Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. You can access the discussion through this link: Democracy in America

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Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Michael. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

Current events and politics
Philosophy and politics

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

For a bit of history of politics, check out our current "Book of the month" project. We are reading and discussing Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. You can access the discussion through this link: Democracy in America

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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 Alexis de Tocqueville
by Robert A. Caro

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Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hi I'm Paul from Lancashire England I am currently a new member of Goodreads i'm doing a part time Open University Course on Arts and Humanities which should end in me attaining a BA in History. I am interested in predominantly Early English History right up until the 1940's. I am looking at mainly 'light reading' to start off with, as I work full time and with the course and I have no idea where to start in this genre to read although I have just purchased two Andrew Marr books on Modern Britain, which I will crawl through as they look a bit on the large size to be honest. Any help would be appreciated with where to start in this Genre, thanks once again,
Paul.

Hi, everyone!
My names Grace. I'm currently a history major and a total history nerd. I'm specifically interested in Bronze Age history, but have found myself branching out more and more the past couple of years. Recently I have been doing research in my spare time on Chinese history and specifically Mao Zedong and the CCP.
All in all, any sort of history seems to be fascinating to me!
I look forward to learning new information here and expanding my historical interests and endeavors while meeting new people and having fun.

Cheers!

Hi I'm Allen,

I'm 27 and have always been very interested in history and have been reading about the Roman Empire since I was about 12.

Recently I have moved to Taiwan where I'm studying Chinese and am of late more interested in far eat Asian history particularly the relationship between China and Japan.

If anyone is able to recommend any books to me I would be most appreciative.

My name is Mike. I am a retired teacher. I love to read all kinds of books. I taught my children the love of literature. One of my favorites things to do is to shop in thrift stores and antique stores searching for out of print books or that hard to find author. I have stumbled onto great authors and stories that I otherwise would never have read. For example, I found authors Kenneth Roberts and Charles Reade who I think are exceptional. I look forward to learning of other rare or forgotten authors.

Hello, Paul. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our thread on British History:

British History

I suggest you also check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

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If you need a recommendation for a book, try posting your request here: I'm looking for a book on.... I'm sure some of our members will have something for you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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.

This is how books and authors that you mention should look:

by Andrew Marr
by Andrew Marr

More information:
Mechanics of the board

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
How to get started

And our guidelines:
Guidelines

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Grace. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

Ancient History
China

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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.

This is how books and authors that you mention should look:

by Jonathan D. Spence

More information:
Mechanics of the board

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
How to get started

And our guidelines:
Guidelines

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Hello, Allen. Welcome to the History book club!

Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:

Roman Empire
Ancient History
China
Japan

I suggest you also check out our homepage and see what else we have to offer. You can access the main page through this link:

HBC mainpage

If you need a recommendation for a book, try posting your request here: I'm looking for a book on.... I'm sure some of our members will have something for you.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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.

This is how books and authors that you mention should look:

by Edward Gibbon

More information:
Mechanics of the board

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
How to get started

And our guidelines:
Guidelines

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Samanta
Assisting Moderator (T) - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History

Glad you joined us, Mike. This is the place for folks who love history.

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have to offer. You can access it through this link:

History Book Club main page

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the comment 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.

This is how books that you mention should look:

by Adrian Goldsworthy

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello, my name is Dan. I live in South Carolina and am currently working toward completing a bachelor's degree in business.

I've always had an interest in history, though I've only recently started reading in earnest. An interest in foreign policy has driven a lot of my recent reading choices.

My (current) favorite book is by Bruce Cumings.

Hello!

My name is Sarah and I'm twenty years old. I am currently a junior at the University of La Verne in Southern California and I am working towards my BA in history with a minor in political science. History has been my passion for as long as I can remember -- I am especially interested in Medieval history, European history (early modern and modern); middle Eastern history (as I am Arab); Russian history and United States history. After I'm done with my undergrad I want to get my Masters in Middle Eastern Studies and European history as my concentrations.

I'm also a poet and a huge bookworm (obviously)

Hello everybody! My name is Grant Masson. I am a high school humanities and social studies teacher in a small public school institution focused on critical thinking and inquiry as opposed to simple memorization. Of course, I am a history buff and love any and all history.
I grew up in Edinburgh Scotland and immigrated to the USA at age 23 where I married my sweetheart whom I met on a university exchange program. She attended university in Scotland as part of a University of Wisconsin exchange program and I fell in love with her American accent and mannerisms!
I teach dual-credit US History and US Government but my love is my humanities class that pairs US History with US and European Literature! I co-teach with an English teacher in a project-based learning environment, and we are able to create wonderful critical thinking projects designed to challenge and enrich our kids.
If I had to choose a time period in history that I love, it would have to be anything about WWII. My father was a pilot in the Royal Air Force during WWII and his many tales and memoirs inspired me to learn as much as possible about the conflict. However, I devour anything to do with history and my latest book is about the Boer War, entitled, Hero of the Empire by Winston Churchill. I am 200 pages in and can't put this memoir down. I would recommend this read to anyone!
Thank you all so very much for allowing me to become part of this group, and I look forward to posting and reading reviews of the brightest and best history that is there to be read! Happy New Year everyone,

Grant Masson

Hi, I'm Candace from the US. (Unless you are like my husband and think that I'm from the country of the South- we have such different backgrounds, the South has to be a different country! Haha) I have liked History as far back as I can remember; I majored in English Literature (to read books) and I minored in History (I was/am always reading historical fiction and I spent as much time researching the history behind the stories as I did/do reading the books). As I have gotten older, I find myself more interested in reading about actual history and biographies. I haven't read many books in this genre, but I'm hoping this group will change that. I also love television shows that have some historical aspect, for example my favorite channel is PBS and I love shows like "Mercy Street" and "Tales of a Midwife".