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We have a variety of folders which may interest you. Why don't you start with our Home Page and look through the current book reads and discussion threads.
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You also may be interested in the following folders:
Roman Empire-The History
Ancient History
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One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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Dragos, not everyone has a problem with pronouncing your name. Greetings from Croatia! :)

Welcome new members! You might want to check out our 50 BOOKS IN 2015 section. You can see what other members have been reading and may find great suggestions there. I know I have.


I was a volunteer librarian during various stages of my formal education and also adore archaeology and history, so join the club. :)
Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:
Prehistory
Archaeology and Antropology and
British history
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A Special Welcome to Newcomers who introduce themselves from all over the world. We are a large global group which specializes in all things historic. We are based in the United States but our moderators represent various locations in the world and within the US.
We are gearing up for a very special Thanksgiving holiday in the United States - today in preparations, tomorrow when we celebrate with our family and friends and Friday when we try to get over the celebrations, or are spending it with family that has flown or has driven in to our various locations across the US.
Therefore if you do not get an immediate or even a delayed response from the US based moderators over the next three days - that is why.
We are preparing, cooking, eating, celebrating and having some family time.
We wish everybody across our country a very blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving where we can all be thankful for what we have no matter how big or how small - and give thanks to God for our health, our loved ones and our surroundings.
May we hope for peace around the world in the year to come and our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Paris and elsewhere who were taken from their families and loved ones too soon.
A very Happy Thanksgiving to all of your wherever you call home from all of us at the HBC (The History Book Club).
Best Wishes,
Bentley
We are gearing up for a very special Thanksgiving holiday in the United States - today in preparations, tomorrow when we celebrate with our family and friends and Friday when we try to get over the celebrations, or are spending it with family that has flown or has driven in to our various locations across the US.
Therefore if you do not get an immediate or even a delayed response from the US based moderators over the next three days - that is why.
We are preparing, cooking, eating, celebrating and having some family time.
We wish everybody across our country a very blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving where we can all be thankful for what we have no matter how big or how small - and give thanks to God for our health, our loved ones and our surroundings.
May we hope for peace around the world in the year to come and our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Paris and elsewhere who were taken from their families and loved ones too soon.
A very Happy Thanksgiving to all of your wherever you call home from all of us at the HBC (The History Book Club).
Best Wishes,
Bentley



Ancient History
Roman Empire - The History...
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José
HBC Administration - Ancient and Medieval History

I joined this group in hopes to be inspired to read more, which has been a challenge in recent years as I have lived a busy life. Within the last year, life has slowed down so I have more time to enjoy reading. I am looking forward to growing more in my knowledge of history and hearing other's perspective.
Amanda

Yes, auto correct can be a pain! ;) I love your choice of interest and if you look at my signature at the end of this post you will see that mine are pretty much the same as yours. :)
Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out these threads:
Ancient history
Renaissance and
Medieval history
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In which ever way you read history, it's perfect, and I think many here will agree.
Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our homepage and see if you find anything of interest. You can access it through this link:
HBC mainpage
Since you also mentioned you love fiction, check out out thread on Historical fiction too:
Historical fiction
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Samanta
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areas of the US. Both parents served in the Navy during WWII and have a distant connection to Jimmy Doolittle. Grew up hearing about The Great Depression. Remember seeing the McCarthy hearings on TV. 'Look', 'Life',
and 'Saturday Evening Post' piled up on the coffee table after much perusing. Find memoirs fascinating for small details but not limited to just that genre. ~~ 20th century amazes and saddens me.
Thank you for admitting me to this group of ideas.


I'm David from Austin, TX. I practice medicine but suspect there is a frustrated history teacher in me somewhere.
Love all history but especially early & modern European history.

You may want to browse this thread.
World War II
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Military Hist L/Global NF/Eur/Brit/Music.

I'm sure my interest in Richard III, the Plantagenets, and the War of the Roses will only increase with this group.

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World War II
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Military Hist L/Global NF/Eur/Brit/Music.

Welcome to the group, David! Based upon your post, you may find something to interest you in this topic:
European history
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Vicki
Assisting Moderator – Ancient Roman History
European history
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Glad you joined us, Portia. This is the place for the avid history buff. You might want to check out these topics.
British history
British monarchy
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British history
British monarchy
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Welcome to the group, Harsh--we are glad you found us. We have lots of discussions so please feel free to join in.
Based upon your post, you may find something to interest you in this topic:
India
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Based upon your post, you may find something to interest you in this topic:
India
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My name is Rachel. I just joined the group today. I am from the USA, I like history because I think it gives us perspective and can help inform our decisions today. Admittedly I am a bit of a historical newb, since I figured most of my college studies on science and engineering. I joined this group because I want to be more well read on American, South American, and world history. History on a human evolutionary scale is particularly interesting to me.
Thanks, looking forward to the December 5th reading challenge!
Hello everyone here i m rachid from agadir city i had 31 year i m happy to share with you this The History Book Club. here we can share lots of suggestions book .and make goods friends


Passion for history was introduced by my father and by Mr.Nataraj the history teacher. But fate was I have to take Botany as major in college.
The most liked book on historical fiction is Ponniyin Selvan, Kayalvizhi and Sivagamiyin Sabatham which are in Tamil.
The historical figure I like are Alexander the Great, Caesar and Indian Kings like Narasimha Varma Pallavan also known as Mamallan and Harsha Vardhan.
I also like to read Rome and Egyptian history.



That has led to a deeper interest in the American Expeditionary Force in WW!.

We have a variety of folders which may interest you. Why don't you start with our Home Page and look through the current book reads and discussion threads.
History Book Club Home Page
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One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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HBC Administration - Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Health-Medicine-Science

We have a variety of folders which may interest you. Why don't you start with our Home Page and look through the current book reads and discussion threads.
History Book Club Home Page
You also may be interested in the following folders:
The First World War
You may also be interested in the following discussion:
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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I notice you don't seem to have an Environmental History discussion folder. If there's any interest in starting one, I'd be happy to help out.

We have a variety of folders which may interest you. Why don't you start with our Home Page and look through the current book reads and discussion threads.
History Book Club Home Page
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The First World War
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One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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Francie
HBC Administration - Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Health-Medicine-Science
i m happy to be here ,good evening everyone



My name is Jess and I am interested in ancient Egyptian history. It all started when I was a little girl, afraid of mummies. When I was afraid of something, I would learn all I could about it. My fear turned into a lifelong fascination with ancient Egypt. I was fortunate enough to travel there in 2008. My favorite authors are Justin Pollard and Terry Jones- yes! The one from Monty Python. He is a Medieval History historian who writes about the funny things that happened in history. :)
Thank you!

this is bhakti vaishnav, i teach in a college and love to read. good to see you all who share the same interest.

My name is Karen and I love history although in some of my research I have found myself seething from what I found in the depths of my research. My love of history started early in my life because of my passion for horses. I couldn't get enough of learning about horses and where and how they got here. Most of all I became fascinated how horses have been an important partner in the history of mankind. What a revelation for some one so young at the time. Always fascinated with history, when I went back to school in my fifties (and not being in school for over thirty years), I majored in you guessed it, history. Now that I have a BA in history I plan to continue on for my masters and PhD. My interests are varied from history of the America's (Pre-Colombian and the first couple of centuries after), Eurasia, the medieval era, and ancient/archaeological history (Eurasia).I enjoy historical fiction and some if my favorites have been the "North and South" series. I just finished a historical fiction series of the Mongol Empire from Genghis to Kublai. The series "Khan Dynasty" by Conn Iggulder had everything (that is important to me!), middle ages, Eurasia and of course an ultimate horse culture.
Thank you!
Karen

I definitely second that fascination with ancient Egypt. I absolutely love everything about it.
Based on your introduction, I suggest you check out our Ancient African history tread (includes Egypt), which you can access through this link.
Ancient African history
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HBC Administration - Croatia - Art, Architecture and Culture - Ancient and Medieval History



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