The History Book Club discussion

Hello Bri. I think you'll get some great recommendations from our group about history books to read. I second your interest in art history. Knowing the background of art or literature provides fascinating context. You'll have plenty of opportunity to get involved in discussions with others passionate about history.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello Taylor. Welcome to The History Book Club. This is in the right place to find lots of suggestions and great discussions. We're happy you've joined us.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello, I'm Adam. Glad to be in the History Book Club. I live in Mount Pleasant, SC just outside of Charleston. I'm generally a private person and don't have much experience with online discussion groups, but I'm interested in reading other people's opinions/thoughts on important topics. I'm looking forward to the April's BOTM!

Welcome Taylor, from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us. I am sure that you will find much information pertaining to your interests in classical history as well as American History. I look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Nourhan wrote: "Im reading from Libya."

Hello Nourhan - welcome - one of our moderators will be along soon to help you out. In the meantime maybe you could tell us about your love of history and what prompted you to join in on our wonderful global history community. You can share whatever you would like in a general way that can still protect your privacy.

We are delighted to have you join us from Libya.

Greetings Adam from another Charleston-area reader (and transplant from the North). You've come to the right place for your reading habits. Welcome to our group.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Bentley wrote: "Taylor welcome - you have some great topical interest areas. One of our good admins will be along shortly to welcome you officially. In the meantime since we are a global group - could you share wh..."

I am from Arizona, USA.

Wonderful beautiful state and probably a lot warmer than where I am in NYC with rain, cold cold rain - do you want to venture a city or one that you are close to - I always say metro NYC area - will be putting up a locale welcome for you

Bentley wrote: "Brianne wrote: "Oops! I forgot about that. I'm reading from Pennsylvania."

Do you want to tell us a close city or other location within Pennsylvania - I say Metro New York city area."
I live near Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania.

Mary wrote: "Hello Bri. I think you'll get some great recommendations from our group about history books to read. I second your interest in art history. Knowing the background of art or literature provides fasc..."


I agree with you wholeheartedly about the context of art and literature being fascinating.

Brianne wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Brianne wrote: "Oops! I forgot about that. I'm reading from Pennsylvania."

Do you want to tell us a close city or other location within Pennsylvania - I say Metro New York city are..."

Thank you -

Hello History Book Club,

At UCLA I majored in history and I share your love of reading great history.

As a history buff, I am still getting over the bravura "Cleopatra: A Life" by Stacy Schiff and her poignant assessment that Cleopatra helped her people, all dreading the growing dominance of the Roman Empire, to believe that what was their country's dusk was a dawn.

Original sources fascinate me; I cannot get enough. To my mind, one of the best books to rely almost entirely upon original sources for most of the text is the fabulous history of the silent film era by Kevin Brownlow, called "The Parade's Gone By...."

Other favorite historians include Dr. Brian Fagan, Dr. Jared Diamond and Mark Kurlansky.

I am interested in California history. I am intrigued by works interlacing environmental science and history, and have a fascination for ethnobotany.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone and to hearing about more books that I will be unable to resist. We are so blessed to live in such a culturally rich era.

Sincerely,
Melina Sempill Watts

Welcome to our group, Bri! 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:

Art, Architecture, Culture
WW 2

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.

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

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

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

Ancient 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.

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

Adam.....Welcome to the place for all things history. There is much here that will meet your reading preferences.

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

What a nice introduction, Melina. We welcome you to The History Book Club. We have a variety of folders which may interest you. There are many topics for you to peruse and we have discussions on lots of different books. Hope you can join in.

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

Ancient history
Science

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.

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 Stacy Schiff
by Kevin Brownlow

And author mentions should look like this:

Brian Fagan (no photo)
Jared Diamond
Mark Kurlansky

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

Welcome to the group, Lina--we are glad you found us. We have discussions on all aspects of history so please feel free to join in.

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 Melina and Lina and welcome to HBC. You'll find many interesting topics to explore. Our group is great for both new and long-term history enthusiasts, and both of you have enthusiasm that is contagious! I look forward to your discussions.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Welcome Adam, we're happy that you have joined us at the History Book Club. I'm sure that you will find a lot of threads to interest you. Welcome.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

A most warm welcome to The History Book Club Elizabeth! We are so happy you have joined us. I think you will find a comfortable home here. We have a wide variety of folders which may be of interest to you.

Based upon your introduction, here are some folders that you may want to look at:

Jazz
Roman Empire
Europe - European History

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest 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 that you mention should look:

by Mary Beard

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 our moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Melina, welcome to you from all of the History Book Club. Thank you for your interesting introduction. You should be able to find many topics pertaining to your varied interests in history. Having lived in California, I share your interest in California history. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Lina from the historic and beautiful state of Minnesota, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. Please feel free to look around as there are many interesting history threads for you to explore. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Mary Ellen wrote: "Do you mean a few of my favorite books or topics? Specific area of interests within the Civil War era would be Stuart's cavalry and medicine. WWII interests me as well since I had an uncle who was a medic with the 101st Airborne from D-day to the Battle of the Bulge when he was captured by a German panzer division. He was a POW from Dec 44 through May 45. "

I was just wondering if you have a favorite book or two to recommend another military history buff. I just finished American Caesar, and came away with an entirely new respect for Doug MacArthur. Any suggestions are always welcome!

by William Manchester

My current recommendation would be the following book by Edward Longacre.

by Edward G. Longacre

Mary Ellen - just add the words (no photo) after your link above

Hi I'm Emilie and I am 16 years old. I got into history at a young age and I generally have a diverse taste for anything that catches my eye. So I would basically read anything but I love military strategies and WWII.

Welcome to you Emilie from New Jersey. We welcome you to The History Book Club. We have a variety of folders which may interest you. And I do not know how long you have loved history but you are still at a young age (smile)

Based upon your post - here is one that you may want to look at:

Second World War

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest 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 that you might mention should look:

by Jon Meacham

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 our moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Bentley
Group Founder

Welcome Emilie from all of us at the History Book Club. You are to be commended for developing such a diverse interest in history at a young age. Please feel free to look around as you should find a lot to interest you. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Glad you joined us, Emilie. You sound like a natural-born history enthusiast. You'll find plenty of diverse topics here to keep your interest in history going strong.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello RoseAnn, you've definitely come to the right place to learn more about your heritage. Explore away to get plenty of recommendations to keep you busy for a long time.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

A warm welcome RoseAnn from Tiffin, Ohio. We are happy that you have joined us.

Based on your areas of interest pertaining to your Irish, German and French heritage, you may want to explore the following threads:

The Emerald Isle - Read Ireland Challenge
Ireland, It's People and Its History
Europe - European History - Introduction
List of countries in Europe and Other Classifications

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

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 an example of how your books you mention should look:

by James Joyce

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 the moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Roseanne hello - this is the welcome and introduction thread - we have a thread which will serve your purpose - here is the link and I will add your post above to the correct location. The thread is in the folder My Books and I and the title of the thread is - I am looking for a book on?

Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please also note that we wrote you a personal note with all sorts of helpful links including one to the Mechanics of the Board thread which is a place that can help you get used to doing the required citations for books and authors with ease.

We add the book cover first when available (and you have done that successfully - thank you) and then we manually type in the word by with a space before and after the word, then we add the author's photo if available and then the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text. If the author's photo is not available at the end we add (no photo).

I have done the corrected citation on the thread I recommended and posted your request appropriately in the correct location. The welcome thread is not the place for those requests.

No self promotion Kali - One of our admins will be around shortly and will send you a note on how to repost. We do welcome you but we are strict about self promotion and you have violated our rules and guidelines but we will write to you and give you some pointers.

Hello, I am from Memphis, Tn. area in the U.S., and my name is Kevin. I graduated from The University of Memphis, am 56 yrs. old and retired after a 34 yr. career in government. I am visually impaired and rely on audio for my reading pleasure. History is one of my passions, in particular U.S. History. I'm looking forward to my club membership in contacting and discussing similar interests..

Hello Kevin from the great state of Tennessee. I love listening to audio books too - I don't know how I would get through the day without them. Feel free to jump in on the discussions in US History.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Kevin, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are very happy that you have joined us. Thank you for your interesting introduction. I am sure that listening to audiobooks enhances your reading pleasure. You will find a lot of focus areas here, particularly in U.S. History, to interest you.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Welcome to our group, Kevin! 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 this topic:

Audiobooks

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.

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

Hi All,

I am in college currently; and, I have found that reading for leisure makes reading textbooks more interesting, easier to accomplish, and gives me context to supplement theory with history (making the reading more interesting).

I am from the U.S.

The problem I have with history books is that there is not much history I do not enjoy learning.

I joined the group, because I do not have the time to commute to a book club in person, and I enjoy the added dialogue a book club provides.

-Leo

Hello Leo and welcome to the HBC. The great thing about our group is you can be anywhere in the world to participate. Looking forward to your participation.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Lonna we are happy to have you with us but we absolutely do not allow any self promotion no matter how slight. One of our admins will be contacting you so that you can repost. They will guide you.

Welcome Leo, we are happy that you have joined us. You are to be commended to find time to read for your pleasure while in college.

Based on your areas of interest in history and a virtual book club experience, you may want to explore the following threads:

Book of the Month
Buddy Reads
American History
United States

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

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 an example of how your books you mention should look:

by Ron Chernow

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 the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

I don't think I've ever commented in a group before, so I hope I do this correctly. Personally, I am a long-time reader of both historical fiction and nonfiction history. My dad is a historical research scientist, and I spent the 1970s and 80s living in places as diverse as what is now Papua New Guinea and more normal places such as Romania. Life led me to homeschooling my six children. Not surprisingly, given my own education, I educate my kids using a whole book method--no textbooks. We also base all of our curriculum around a chronological history study. My hope is to be able to tap into the deep well of knowledge that the members here have in order to find excellent narrative nonfiction and accurate historical fiction covering areas that my kids are studying or will be studying. There are many books written for young people along these lines, but I am discovering that my high schoolers respond better to materials targeting an adult audience. As an example, my sixteen year old is currently devouring Conn Iggulden's series on Genghis Khan and his descendants while concurrently reading Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. I have a couple of specific areas that the kids want to delve into for which I would like some suggestions. If you could let me know how and where I can go about doing that, I'd be most appreciative!

I just noticed that you like to see where everyone is from. We live in Eagle River, Alaska.

Hello fellow History Nerds! I have been interested in history since I was a very young boy. It started with visual imagery, I loved visiting historic sites and seeing historic imagery in books and on tv. I soon progressed to the written word and haven't stopped since. Not only do I like history books, but newspaper and magazine articles, journals, and any other source I can find. My interests fluctuate over time, one day it might be the Spartans and a month later I'm fascinated by the French Revolution. I always return to two main areas, World War II and The American Revolution. Not surprisingly I became a history teacher, might as well get paid for your passion!

Care, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us from the beautiful state of Alaska. Thank you for your very interesting introduction and sharing your diverse background.

Based on your areas of interest in history, here are some of the focus areas that you may want to explore:

American History
Ancient History
British History
History of Latin America
History of Southern Asia
Medieval History
Roman Empire - The History

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well. Here is a list of focus areas:

History Book Club's Focus Areas

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 an example of how the books you mentioned should look:

by Jack Weatherford

all by Conn Iggulden

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 the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Welcome Chris to the HBC. You've come to the right place to feed your love of history. Great choice of a profession.

We have many different focus areas, so be sure to check them out. Based on your post, you may find something to interest you in these topics:

Classical Antiquity
European History
The Second World War
American History

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you. Here's a list of Focus Areas.

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 Stephen Hawking

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.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello Care, what a wonderful introduction and approach to learning. I'm sure you'll find plenty of recommendations for your question for knowledge.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

I joined this group because of the history aspect of it and im interested in war history

Where are you from Jonathan?

Seattle