The History Book Club discussion

Welcome, Carly. It sounds as if you're bringing a reservoir of knowledge to the group.

Best,

George Putnam

Welcome to the group, Carly (love your nom de group) - 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 Mary Beard

More information:
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Take a few moments to read the orientation:
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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

Hola, soy Daniel.

Disculpad si me presento en español, pero es porque no entiendo el inglés.

Me gusta la historia y he creado un grupo de novela histórica para analizarla e investigar los datos históricos. Leemos y buscamos los errores, que luego escribimos en los grupos de discusión.

Estáis todos invitados. Saludos.

Welcome to our group, Daniel! I'm sorry I don't speak Spanish, and that you don't know English. Hope someone can translate this for you.

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 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 us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hi, my name is Brian, I live in New York, I am a teacher and an educational technologist. I try to read about 20 books a year, usually does not work out so well, however, most of the books I read are American History/Foreign Policy books. I joined the club because, I am always looking to read, and learn new things, and hear other opinions.

Welcome Brian, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from New York. Thank you for your interesting introduction, and sharing your interests in history.

Based on your areas of interests, you may want to explore the following threads:

American History
Philosophy and Politics
Political Science

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 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, please don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation in the many discussions.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi, my name is Asif, l am from pakistan. l love reading History and Biography books. Here in pakistan usually its very difficult to find the hard copy of international books. so I always purchase e-books.

Welcome Asif, thank you for your interesting introduction outlining your interest in history. We are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from Pakistan. It is good that you are able to obtain the books you are interested in reading, in an electronic format.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. 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 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
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hello there! My name is Endeavour. Well....I really do love history especially when I go about collecting WW2 reenactment stuff and reading tons of historical novels. For me personally, I have read books like Tanamera, Regeneration (The one about Seigfried Sasson) and War and peace (Hands down this is the best historical novel in my opinion)!

A warm welcome Endeavour, from all of us in the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us. Thank you too for your interesting introduction. Please feel free to join in the many discussions.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. 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 Leo Tolstoy

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,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hello, my name is Tom and I live in the Houston area. Most of what I read anymore is history or biography. I like learning about the Byzantine era, as well as 19th century American history. I particularly enjoy historical commentary, such as the works of Jared Diamond, Yuval Harari, and Charles Mann. I am always open to reading suggestions.

Jared Diamond
Yuval Noah Harari
Charles C. Mann

Welcome, Tom.

Hello everybody my name is Corey. And I live in the New England area. All my life I've been a big reader, I'll read just about anything, except romance, HAHA! I love movies, I'm a big History buff, History was my favorite subject in school!

I'm big on US History, especially on US Presidents, I have many books, and magazines. I own some books from a few well known Presidential Historians, such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham, David McCullough, and Ron Chernow.

My favorite Presidents to study are Lincoln, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Grant, Adams, Jefferson, Bush, and many more!

I'm also into Military History about the Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, and the Holocaust. I watched Schindler's List a few years back for the first time and I was just blown away, such a powerful film!

Some of my other favorite genres are Political thriller, suspense, science fiction, and so on.

But I look forward to getting to know everyone here, and I'm always open to recommendations on good books.

Welcome Tom, to the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us from Houston. Thank you for your very interesting introduction and outlining your varied interests in history.

Based on your areas of interest, you may want to explore the following focus areas:

American 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 mention should look:

by Jared Diamond
by Yuval Noah Harari
by Charles C. Mann

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 continued participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Welcome Corey, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from New England. Thank you for your interesting introduction, and sharing your interests in history.

Based on your areas of interests, you may want to explore the following threads:

American History
Presidential Series

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 mention should look:

by Doris Kearns Goodwin
by Jon Meacham
by David McCullough
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, please don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Lorna wrote: "Welcome Corey, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from New England. Thank you for your interesting introduction, and sharing your interests in history.

Based on your are..."

Hello Lorna, thank you for the kind welcome. I'm slowly getting used to this reading group and I look forward to familiarizing myself with it, discovering different parts of history and meeting some new people. Keep in touch.

Corey, you are very welcome. We are happy to have you in our group. I agree that there is a lot of material. Please fee free to browse and participate. If you have any questions, please contact any of the moderators.

Thank you.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Lorna wrote: "Corey, you are very welcome. We are happy to have you in our group. I agree that there is a lot of material. Please fee free to browse and participate. If you have any questions, please contact any..."

I certainly will

Hello everyone, I am very excited to have joined this group. My name is Nikita and I am avid lover of history. I have been since I was really little (I cannot remember not loving history, so that young). My love for history is all thanks to my dad who would put on the History channel I would watch Civil War Journal and other shows. He also had me watch at a very young age the musical movie "1776". (which in turn he, his mother, and few other family members got me to fall in love with classic movies as well) As I became older I saw my focus and love was towards American History, mainly American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War. I am also a huge fan of John Adams and his family.

When it comes to reading (also thanks to my dad and few others in my family I came to love reading at a young age) I read so many different genres than just History, Biographies, and Autobiographies. I am hoping with joining this group I can find new books to read.

My other reason of joining this group is hoping to find books about particular topics that will help me learn more about what my family lived through.

I have for many years researching my family history and in the recent months I have received so much new information about people in my family. One such person is my maternal 2nd Great Uncle who died in World War I. I never knew when he died, where he died, or how. Thanks to recent inquiries I found the campaign he was a part of that he lost his life.

I do not want to just randomly pick up a book. I want to find books that are reliable and with good reviews. And honestly, what better place than a group like this who has many members who love history as much as I.

As you can tell I am horrible about introducing myself, so I shall leave this post with some little tid-bits of myself.

1. Born on New Year's Day
2. Married for 6 1/2 years to a wonderful man who serves in the United States Navy (He is also an avid lover of Military History)
3. Volunteer for organization that helps preservers and teaches about a Fort that saw battle in the American Revolutionary War.

Everyone enjoy the rest of your day and cannot wait to contribute to the group.

~Nikita~

Nikita, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us. Thank you too for your very interesting introduction.

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

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

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 us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello. My wife loves history and historical fiction and she enjoys writing reviews on Goodreads. She's pretty good at it, but gets discouraged sometimes because she doesn't get much feedback. I'm wondering how to get her reviews to reach more people. For example, she just posted about Ian Toll's "Pacific Crucible"

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Any suggestions as to how to get people to look at her reviews and give her some encouragement?

Thanks very much.

Hello Everyone,

I am a retired university professor living in Indianapolis IN USA. I am an avid reader of history and look forward to being a member of this group.

Welcome!

Thank you!

Welcome to our group, Dan! 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:

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 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 us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

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

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 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 us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello all. I am new to goodreads thanks to a friend. I am a student of history with focus on US History - Antebellum thru Civil Rights with a particular interest in local history pertaining to the South Carolina Lowcountry (if anyone knows of any similar groups more catered towards that focus please feel free to message me). I do occasionally enjoy historical fiction when time permits. My favorite fictional work is probably Once An Eagle by Anton Myrer. As for history with which I am best suited to discuss, the work I find myself recommending the most to people is Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson. At 34, I consider myself extremely lucky to have had so long an interest in history as I feel it allows me to put today's social and political issues into some form of perspective, and with the sheer amount of information offered today via technology, and internet in particular, I find a historical background with a proper understanding of historiography invaluable when it comes to properly digesting that information. With that being said I hope this was a proper introduction. I look forward to finding many great books thanks to this awesome group. I'm usually not a huge contributor when it comes to reviews and comments, but please feel free to message me anytime. Thanks!

What a nice introduction, Bradley. 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 this topic:

Civil War

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 Anton Myrer
by James M. McPherson

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. I'm BeckyM. I am a retired pre-school teacher living in Connecticut. I've always been an avid reader, and I enjoy reading history. I've always felt history helps us to understand what is happening in the world today. Looking forward to reading the books and the discussions.

Welcome BeckyM, thank you for your nice introduction outlining your interests in history. We are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club from Connecticut.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. 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 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
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi everyone! Glad to find this group. Briefly, some of my present interests include the early modern period, both the expansion and shrinking of Europe as it came to define itself and the Others (also as subjects) which it constructed for the purpose; the medieval Mediterranean and its rich and diverse economy and patterns of cultural exchange (and similar zones in world history, maritime or otherwise); worldwide precolonial societies, minority populations, and globalization; empire, urban history, nationalism, and revolution as global phenomena; and Islam and Islamic history generally. Looking forward to finding out what makes everyone here tick and getting good recommendations and food for thought!

What a nice introduction, Cody. 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:

European history
Islam

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 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 us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello Everyone! Truth be told, I never had an interest in History during my school age years. Most recently, I developed a curiosity in US History and how it has shaped our current governmental systems. I could also thank the current political and social movements for bringing me on the journey that has connected me to this group. I love reading and look forward to sharing all my newfound information with all my fellow group members.

Welcome, Kimberly.

George Putnam

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

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

American Democracy
American 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 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 us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Bentley wrote: "This is a thread where you can introduce yourself to the group. This is one of our rules and guidelines.

Please introduce yourself here so we can welcome you. Tell us a little bit about yourself,..."

Hi my name is Lucienne, I'm Brazilian but living in France; I have a great passion for History, unfortunately I could not follow this path as a carreer, my main interest is British History, WWI and WWII, and Espionage. I love living in France because I literally walk through the history (the village where I live is near to Compiegne, and Hundred Year's War) and I am very happy to participate from this group.

I could not follow History in my job carreer due to a historic episode in Brazil, the time I went to University, the country was under dictatorship, so most of History Universities were closed, including the one I wanted to go, and they were reopened the year I left the University, I could not make a step back due any other reasons but I plan to go back to University when my kids will be grown up.

Hello Lucienne,

Welcome to the club. I also love all history with a strong focus on British. I am enjoying the subgroup "the Tudors History Lovers club (Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, ect…). I just finished reading Henry IV by Christopher Given-Wilson (No photo) which was very well done and covers both the 100 Years War and the start of the Wars of the Roses. I would also recommend Edward III by W. Mark Ormrod which looks at the origins of the 100 Year War.

Raised in Birmingham, AL during the dark period of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, I’m interested in Southern History including but not limited to the Civil War. I’ve also developed a taste for the history of the Thirty Years War period.

I’ve actually written and had published several stories based on the alternate history novel “1632”. Currently, I’m reading Tony Horwitz new book “Spying on the South’.

Hello, new friends! My name is Stefanie. I live in Dayton, Tennessee. (I normally do not admit that and just say I am from Chattanooga, which is about 30 min South of me. People get belligerent about this being the Scopes Trial town and I get tired of it. -_-)

I am a History Major, (World History, Concentration in European History, Specialization in World War II), with a minor in Cultural Anthropology.

I love reading about royals and nobility, world religions, and WWII. I read a wide range of things, however. I'm doing my family history on Ancestry and discovered some pretty cool people on my Dads side, so I just started Queen Isabella by Alison Weir...turns out Queen Isabella is my 23rd GGM on of branch.

Welcome, from Moscow, TN just outside Memphis.

Welcome to our group, Lucienne! 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:

British history
WW I
WW II

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 Mary Beard

More information:
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Vicki
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Wood, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us from Birmingham.

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Civil War

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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

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

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

History of Religions
WW II

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.

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by Mary Beard

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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History

Hello there,

My name is Robert Wang. I was raised in Hong Kong before eventually moving to the US to pursue business, including real estate and the aerospace industry. I have always been interested in the Opium Wars period of history because of my experiences growing up, and how pertinent that story is in the current world climate. I also enjoy reading historical biographies, such as John Adams, so I thought this would be a great group to join!

Cheers,
Robert

Welcome Robert, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club, originally from Hong Kong, now living in the United States. Thank you for your interesting introduction, and sharing your interests in history.

Based on your areas of interests, you may want to explore the following threads:

China

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by David McCullough

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Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Lorna wrote: "Welcome Robert, we are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club, originally from Hong Kong, now living in the United States. Thank you for your interesting introduction, and sharing y..."

Thank you for the suggestions and the explanation; they are very helpful, as I am still getting used to this platform.

Have a wonderful day, Lorna and all,
Robert

Thank you, Robert. we are very happy to have you. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hello. My name is Sara. Born and raised in Toronto but currently living in Australia. Have always been interested in History but never found enough time to read until recently. And with GoodReads it's great to be 'challenged' to do more! Problem is now I'm trying to balance my time between READING history and LISTENING to history podcasts which just talk about more books to add to my READING list.

Welcome Sara, thank you for your nice introduction outlining your interests in history. We are happy that you have joined us in the History Book Club as this is the place to be challenged.

There are many folders where you can discuss topics that may interest you as well so please feel free to explore our many diverse threads. 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 mention should look:

by Ron Chernow

More information:
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Take a few moments to read the orientation:
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And our guidelines:
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If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the moderators. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hi everyone, my name is Isabella Nieminen!

As I prepare to become a lawyer and look back at my life, I realize how important history and international relations have been to me. I’m a leader for my school’s Model UN team and I write political articles for the local newspaper. I absolutely love history!

My goal in life is to become fluent in at least two other languages!


My favorite place is Finland, and the most recent place that I visited was Lourdes, France— a Catholic pilgrimage site in the Pyrenees.


The most recent books that I have read are “1984” by George Orwell, “The Name of God is Mercy” by Pope Francis, and “Saint Bernadette: Her Story” by Françoise Bouchard.