The History Book Club discussion

Chris, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us. It is interesting that you have pursued a career that involves your passion for History. Please feel free to look around as we have a lot of focus areas that will interest you. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Johnathan wrote: "Seattle" Welcome from Seattle, Washington - a great city.

Hey! My name is Katie, I am 15 years old and I live in the UK!
I really enjoy British and French History (particularly 15th- 17th centuries) I also love learning about the founding fathers of America (I'm obsessed with the musical Hamilton lol). My favourite book is 'crown of blood: the deadly inheritance of Lady Jane Grey' by Nicola Tallis.
I'm happy that I've found this group! :)

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

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British history

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Hi! My name is Sara. I am 29 years old, and live in Pennsylvania. History and Historical Fiction are two of my favorite genres to read! I am currently reading Custer's Trials, which I noticed this book club will be reading soon! I am excited that I will be able to have people to share their opinion on the book with me!

I most like reading about the World Wars, the Civil War, and Tudor England. I think my favorite Historical book is All Quiet on the Western Front.

I look forward to talking with people who share a passion of history books with me!

Welcome to our group, Sara! 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:

American Civil War
The Tudors
WW 1
WW 2

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by T.J. Stiles (no photo)
by Erich Maria Remarque

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Please be reminded of our rules and guidelines; do not spam our group site with your product offerings or services. You will be one group short.

Hello Katie, we're glad you found us, too. You'll find other Francophile and Angophile history buffs here. Have fun exploring.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Sara, welcome to HBC. Erich Maria Remarque is one of my all-time favorite authors too. Enjoy your reading.

Erich Maria Remarque

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello fellow readers. My name is Alejandro. I'm from Venezuela, and i study chemical engineering. I'm interested in various topics but mainly history and science, also a bit of philosophy. I hope we can have tons of meaningful discussions here!

Hello Alejandro from Venezuela and welcome to the HBC. We're glad you're here. No worries - you'll find plenty of meaningful discussions here.

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:

Health - Medicine - Science
Philosophy and Politics

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Hello, I'm Sam, I just moved to Arlington, VA from London. Recently finished my MSc from the London School of Economics. I'm settling down into working and making friends in a new city. Looking to keep up on my reading: my studies have been focused on disaster history (natural, man made, genocide, civil war, etc..). I'm currently reading:

by
Steven Pinker

and

by
Richard Rhodes.


I've really wanted to learn more about South America so if you have any book recommendations from that area of the world (I read in Spanish so books in both languages would be appreciated).

I look forward to reading with you all. Cheers, Sam

Welcome Sam to HBC. I enjoyed living in Arlington some years ago - a great base for exploring the region and Washington. Looking forward to your discussions.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Note for Scolvi from Joel:

Hi Joel,

We do not allow links to other segments of goodreads - it leads to self promotion and everything else.

However here is what you wrote ahead of that.

The opening section of The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager tells the story of the saltpeter mines of the Atacama Desert and it's role in some important events in South American history. It's only a part of the book, and only a part of South American history, but it's really well told.

Also, you should definitely check out One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. It is considered a modern classic.

The Lost City of Z A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann is also very popular now because it is being made into a movie.

by Thomas Hager

by David Grann

by Gabriel García Márquez

Hello Peter - you will be hearing from one of our moderators very soon who will give you some assistance. Our rules and guidelines prohibit any self promotion and though we are delighted that you have joined us - we delete all such posts and welcome you to repost minus the offending segments. Our moderators will help steer you on the right path.

Many thanks for setting me straight... agreed with Bryan on an amended version! Looking forward to following the posts!

Thank you Peter, thank you for your cooperation. And a special thank you to Bryan for assisting you.

Got it Bentley. Thanks!

Thank you for your cooperation Joel.

I was born and educated in England, lived for the better part of a decade in Brazil, and then moved with my spouse and two teenage boys (and a beagle and a husky) to Canada, which I love and where I plan to stay - and my passion is the way in which we communicate with one another - verbally, visually, tactilely. What I hope for in this group is to get a much broader understanding of why people read, how they come to choose what they put on their bookshelves, and - of course - how other authors manage to get their books to a public that would adore them!

Welcome, Peter. Glad you could join us and you are in good company, that's for sure.

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by Robert A. Caro

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Bryan
Assistant Moderator (Emeritus)
Presidential Series

Great! Many thanks... will do!

Welcome Peter we are glad to have you with us by way of England, Brazil and now Canada. We are a big global community and you will fit right in.

:-) Thanks!!

Hello everyone,
I'm Tommaso Mazzotta, I was born in Italy (Rome), where I'm actually living, and I'm 18. I'm new to this sort of clubs, but I'll get used to it, I promise. I love history in general, but I'm more interested in centuries from 18th to 20th, so if you have any books to recommend don't hesitate!
Then, I would heartily recommend this book: The Age of Extremes: A History of the World 1914-1991

Hi Tommaso. Glad you could join us. Check out our thread on
European History

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You were close, but this is how book you cite should look like:

by Eric Hobsbawm

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Presidential Series

Tommaso wrote: "Hello everyone,
I'm Tommaso Mazzotta, I was born in Italy (Rome), where I'm actually living, and I'm 18. I'm new to this sort of clubs, but I'll get used to it, I promise. I love history in genera..."

Hi Tommaso,

If you like general history books, try Norman Davis's Europe. It's as sweeping as it gets. In terms of specific countries, Shirer's The The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is or course a classic on Germany in the Twentieth Century between the wars, while Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom will help you understand the origins of the German nation. Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower covers the period from 1890 to the first world war and is extremely well regarded. Natasha's Dance by Orlando Figes is fairly recent and covers Russian history. Paul Johnson does a great job covering both American and European History. His A History of the American People is the standard one volume history of the USA. Thomas Pakenham's The The Scramble for Africa covers the European colonization of Africa.

by Norman Davies
by William L. Shirer
by Christopher Clark
by Barbara W. Tuchman
by Orlando Figes
by Paul Johnson
by Thomas Pakenham

Hi, I'm Rebeca, I'm spanish, I'm 20 and an artist. I'm glad to have found a group of history because I want to learn more of it.

Hi! My name is Tea. I'm a 20-year-old girl from Norway. I'm currently a student of English Language & Literature! The subject of history has always fascinated me, and my favorite subjects are Medieval Europe, Ancient Rome & Greece, European Royalty, The Wars of The Roses, the Enlightenment, the Victorian era and Italian Renaissance!

Welcome, Rebeca. Glad you could join us. You came to the right place to learn more history.

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Assistant Moderator (Emeritus)
Presidential Series

Welcome, Tea. Norway! Wow, great.

There are many other folders that you can discuss topics that interest you.

Antiquity

Renaissance

Medieval Period

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by Donna Tartt

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Presidential Series

Welcome, new members Peter, Tommaso, Rebeca and Tea! You might want to check out our 50 BOOKS IN 2017 section. You can see what other folks have been reading and may find great suggestions there. Or you may want to participate. (You don't actually have to reach the goal of 50 books, but it's nice to have something to shoot for.)

Hello History Book Club,
My name is Atar. I only started truly reading a few years ago but I love it and I can't wait to get into my book at the end of the night. I enjoy Military, African American, Influential people, Criminal justice, & enviormental history. Right now I'm focused on reading as much as I can about Iraq and Afghanistan's modern military history. Actually I plan on working my way backward from modern to ancient military history. Some might say that's also backwards but that's how I like it. So I'm happy to be here and I hope to have some good conversations with like minded folks.

Atar wrote: "Hello History Book Club,
My name is Atar. I only started truly reading a few years ago but I love it and I can't wait to get into my book at the end of the night. I enjoy Military, African American..."

Hi Atar, Welcome!
I've also been reading about Iraq and Afghanistan, I worked for a little last year on a project in Afghanistan and have become slightly obsessed with Afghan history. While I have read nowhere near as much as you have I'm currently reading by Anthony Shadid and I have just purchased by Ahmed Rashid. Maybe you can recommend some books to me to help continue my learning?

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Iraq
Military

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by Robert A. Caro

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Hi Scolvi,
Thanks for your reply. I would love to recommend a few books. I will say the book you bought "Decent into Chaos" by Ahmed Rashid is a very good book. Well written and very informative, not just about Afghanistan but Central Asia & Pakistan. He also wrote a book called "Taliban" which a lot of the U.S. Military leaders & Politicians read after the war started. There are many other very good books but unfortunately this is my first time posting anything. I'm new to this and need some help. As you noticed I don't have pictures. Could you walk me through how to put them on a post. I tried "add book/author" but each time I tried it just left writing but no picture. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Once I figure it out I will send you some books I really like. One last thing you said you worked in Afghanistan. If you don't mind me asking, what did you do?

Atar wrote: "Hi Scolvi,
Thanks for your reply. I would love to recommend a few books. I will say the book you bought "Decent into Chaos" by Ahmed Rashid is a very good book. Well written and very informative, n..."

Hi Atar,

For the book thing it's at the very bottom once you click add book/author you can choose link or cover for the books and link or image for authors. The html looks something like:
bookcover:Welcome to Night Vale|23129410 by authorimage:Joseph Fink|2559520 author:Joseph Fink|2559520 (just add the [ ] ) I hope that is clear....

As for my work in Afghanistan, I'm pretty sure I can't promote anything here so I will just say if you'd like to talk about it you can send me a PM.

If you still can't figure out how to reference the books - ask one of the moderators they are very helpful and I'm sure can steer you in the right direction.

I'm looking forward to your recommendations.

Hello, Atar. I’ll try to walk you through the citation process. When you click on the “add book/author” link just above the comment box, you type in the title of the book you want, click “Search” and when you see the book you are looking for, click the “cover” button at the bottom, then the “Add” button. Follow this with “by”, then click on the author link. If there’s a photo, click the “photo” button and add it, then click the “link” button and add that. If there’s no photo, just add the link to the author followed by “(no photo)”. I hope this helps.

by Ahmed Rashid

Atar wrote: "Hi Scolvi,
Thanks for your reply. I would love to recommend a few books. I will say the book you bought "Decent into Chaos" by Ahmed Rashid is a very good book. Well written and very informative, n..."

by Ahmed Rashid

by Ahmed Rashid

Vicki,
Thank you for the help. If I have any other questions can I send another message?

Hello! I happily stumbled upon this group today. I was attracted to the Presidents series, as I have recently taken to reading nonfiction political works. I have quite a few nonfiction books on my TBR list, but feel like I need a little help getting started on them. I am also a life long history reader. I fell in love with history while in the 5th grade, learning/reading about the US Civil War. Recently I have been attracted to WWI and WWII related nonfiction. I am exciting to get involved with this group and join some of the monthly reads. I must say, a quick glance at this group is a bit intimidating, due to the large amount of material here. I feel like it will take some time to look through everything. As a side note, I'm from Pennsylvania. I look forward to getting involved!

Welcome, Shawn. Glad you could join us and we have a pretty lively presidential history series and topics. Take some time and browse around to get used to things.

Presidential Series

World War II

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Hey, I'm Alexandra (18) from Germany and I hope to study history one day, so this group is pretty much perfect for me! :D

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

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

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by Adrian Goldsworthy

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

I suggest you check out our homepage and see what we have ..."

Thanks a lot!! I'll try and contribute to this group as well as I can :)

Hi, I'm Janette. I'm 19, I live in Melbourne, Australia and I love learning about history!!

Welcome, Janette . Glad you could join us.

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by Robert A. Caro

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Bryan
Assistant Moderator (Emeritus)
Presidential Series

Ok thanks

Francis we welcome you from Maryland via China and we are very happy that you have found our group. Having said that and though we welcome you - we do not allow self promotion of any kind and all such posts are deleted. One of our assisting moderators will be contacting you shortly and will give you some helpful assistance.

Hello. I'm Cindy from California in the U.S. I've always enjoyed learning about history, but usually it was limited to textbooks in public school. (view spoiler)[I also wasn't a very good student, so I only got bits of history. (hide spoiler)] I think I liked it because it is the story of the world. Last year I got interested in World War I and its origins. I joined the group hoping to expand my history reading.