The History Book Club discussion

Hi all, I am Kumar from India. I came across and joined this group a couple of days back. I have been looking through the threads and discussions here. And I must say, this is just the kind of group I have been looking for.

Lately I have developed an interest in non fiction books especially world-history. I was looking for a place where I can get to know about books from this genre, and discuss them with people with similar interests. And this is it. I have already found a number of books to add to my to-read shelf. Thanks to this group. Hoping to have a good time here :)

Welcome, Kumar. You will have a good time here as there are many excellent book recommendations and discussions.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply 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 a book should look:

by William L. Shirer



More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. Enjoy!

Kumar, we are glad to have you. This club has a way of facilitating additions to the to-read pile for many of us. You will fit right in!

Welcome Kumar to the world wide History Club. We are glad you found us and appreciate the books so far. If you wish, we have a Group Map thread where some members post their general location.

Hi Kumar, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

I'm glad you found us, Kumar. We strive to be the best on the web!

Welcome Kumar. I hope you find some good books through the group.

Hello,

My name is Tommy. Just figured I'd introduce myself. I'm going to be finishing up my final two years of college after about a 5 year layoff (due to my old job) beginning this spring and I'm going to be getting my degree in History. I would like to become a history teacher and high school baseball coach.

I think this book club will definitely me on the road to my degree. I love to read and I'm hopefully going to participate in some of the discussions here, but at the very least I will definitely use this as a place to get book recommendations and also read up on the discussions as well. I feel like online communities such as the History Book Club will be a great addition to my learning and goal to becoming a history teacher.

Thanks for making this club available!

Look forward to participating!

Welcome, Tommy. I'm glad you chose us to help you with your interest in history and your degree.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply 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 a book should look:

Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings and keep us posted on how your classes are going.

You have come to the right place for the history lover, Tommy and we are glad that you joined us. If you have any questions, we are here to help.......most of all, enjoy!!

Hello Martin, we are glad to you have join us. We love authors and writers in every shape and size but we have stricter rules for them here.

We do not allow writers or even would be writers to self promote even if it is the most veiled. In fact, all self promotion is considered spam.

We take our hats off to all of you on one thread only and the moderators are the only folks allowed to do that posting so I am sorry but I will have to delete your post.

I have reposted your introduction here and I welcome you to get very involved so we can toot your horn for you minus the self promotion.

All best.

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Hello, folks. My name is Martin. I'm a big reader history reader, particularly involving 19th and 20th century warfare. I'm a former journalist, turned Navy medical operations analyst.

Looking forward to reading all your posts here.

Cheers!

Hi Tommy, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Welcome, Martin. Glad you found us.

Welcome Martin, hope you enjoy the group and the many discussions found here.

Welcome Tommy and Martin. It's always great to meet new people interested in history.

Hello everyone. My name is Randy Morris. I have a BA in History and I love reading and writing history articles and books.

To give you a little background, I was also a missionary for two years in the Philippines and I speak fluent Tagalog. I love traveling and I've been across much of Europe and Asia. I've worked for Geek Squad (Best Buy) for the past 5 years while I finished up my degree part time and I recently took the LSATs and will be applying to law schools soon. I would love any recommendations of history books / articles (my focus for my degree was mostly Roman and Byzantine). Nice to meet you all.

-Randy Morris

Welcome Tommy to the History Club. Learning is not a race and good for you for continuing on.

Welcome, Eli. I’m glad you could join us.

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 reply 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 (when available) 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 a book you might mention should look:

Noel Malcolm

Please use the “(preview)” tab to view your alignment before officially “posting”.
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Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

As for your book inquiry try our thread:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

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

Welcome, Randy. You are certanly active.

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 reply 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 (when available) 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 a book you might mention should look:

Philip Freeman

Please use the “(preview)” tab to view your alignment before officially “posting”.
More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

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

Glad you joined us,Eli.....we are a truly international book club and have other members from Belgium. Enjoy browsing the threads and finding those areas that interest you and maybe find some new interests as well.

Welcome Eli and Randy. Glad you can join us.

Hi Eli, Randall, welcome to the group.

Eli, I'm from Breda - not that far away... We often used to visit Oostende, Brugge, Antwerpen, Gent but also Luik.
Anyway, as to the Taliban, you might want to check the War in Afghanistan thread. I'm sure you'll find some interesting posts there.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Hello Eli and Randall! ~ Glad you joined the group and hope you enjoy the many discussions and book recommendations. Always something going on in the group so lots to choose from.

Welcome Eli and Randy. Browse around the many threads in the group - you're sure to find something that interests you.

Hello everyone
My name is Pawel and I live in Poznan, Poland, I'm 30 years old.
I'm a software developer and my interests beside my job are military history and military modelling.
I'm here to get better recommendations for new books and to read opinions of others.
For a while I will be only silent observer and watch how this is working.
Nice to see you all.

Best,
Pawel

Welcome, Pawel. I’m glad you could join us and your approach as an initial silent observer is not bad.

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 reply 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 (when available) 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 a book you might mention should look:

by Ernest Hemingway

Please use the “(preview)” tab to view your alignment before officially “posting”.
More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

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

Welcome Pawel. You might check out some of the threads in our 50 Books in 2012 to see what books others here have liked.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Welcome Pawel. There is a lot here to explore and you can lurk or participate as much or as little as you want. Feel free to join any of the discussions. We have a worldwide membership and welcome all views.

Welcome Pawel. Glad you found us.

Glad you have joined our world-wide history club, Pawel. Please join in the discussions when you feel comfortable but until then we welcome you as a silent observer.

Hi Pawel, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Greetings from The Valley of the Sun (Arizona),

Very new to this group thing but it looks like a ton of fun! I'm a huge history junkie; I tend to just read whatever I come across. I think the gorup's structured reading schedule will be refreshing, and it'll be nice to actually be able to discuss the things I'm reading with other people :)

To summarize me: my name is Amber, I work in retail and spend what little free time I have in bars and bookstores. Other interests include the color yellow, Russia, zombie lore, and Netflix.

I'm not sure where to start just yet so I'm going to wander around silently for bit and eventually just jump right in. Happy reading :)

Welcome, Amber, to the place for all things history. We are glad that you have joined us.

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 reply 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 (when available) 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 a book you might mention should look:

by Ernest Hemingway

Please use the “(preview)” tab to view your alignment before officially “posting”.
More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......

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

Hi, Amber, welcome. Feel free to look around and start talking.

Hi Amber, we are glad you found us and hope you find discussions and book recommendations that stimulate your interest.

Welcome Amber to the world wide History Club. Your interest in bars and books can make a great combination as witnessed by Boston’s elegant Hampshire House that was formerly a private mansion on Beacon Hill. The intimate second floor library features oak paneled bookshelves, soaring ceilings with crystal chandeliers, a fireplace, a bar and massive windows overlooking the historic Boston Public Garden. If the right background music causes your mind to drift you might be inclined to put the book down for a moment and dance on the adjacent ballroom floor.

Hello all! I'm really glad I joined the club, what I've managed to read so far is both fun and stimulating.
My name is Luciana Nadalutti. I'm a Brazilian with deep Italian roots, which means that I feel Italian when I'm in Brazil, and Brazilian when I'm in Italy. After getting a B.D. in Economics, I ended up going back to my passion: languages! Now I'm a Conference Interpreter and Translator, a profession that allows me to indulge in studying a wide variety of topics in my working languages. I feel real lucky!
Why, one of my passions is History, of course. Seems like I've come to the right place! I'm new to Goodreads and the HCG, but I feel I'll be around often.
I'm interested in History from all over, and tend to favor books who manage to unite art, culture, politics, religion aspects through good narrative (like by , one of my favorite books ever).
I would like to ask you guys for suggestions: I'm looking for good "introductory level" books about American History: I want to both to correct the clichés I was taught in school and to bridge the gaps in my knowledge, so I guess I'm looking for one of those classic books that provide an outline for readings to follow. I was thinking of
by . Please let me know of other interesting titles you've read! Thanks!

Welcome Luciana! What a great introduction. We are glad to have you as a member and hope you enjoy the many discussions found here.

Welcome, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. 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 after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. You did well with your posts above, just missing the author links. This is how books you mentioned should look:
by Thomas Cahill
by Paul Johnson

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

You might also try posing your question regarding American History on this thread ~ http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Many members have found it very helpful and folks will chime in with suggestions. There is so much to explore about American History it is hard to know where to start!

Thanks and glad you joined us.

My name is Andreas. I´m 31 years old, I come from northern Sweden and I teach history and swedish. My main interests in history are american history of all sorts. Glad to be here.

Welcome Andreas, we are glad to have you as a member.

As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. 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 after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Timothy Egan

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

Welcome Amber, Luciana and Andreas. It sounds like you will all be right at home here. We're so glad you joined us.

Thanks Alisa. Looking forward for book suggestions!

Glad you found us Andreas and Luciana

Welcome to our truly international book club, Andreas and Luciana............you will find much here to pique your interest in history. We look forward to your participation.

Welcome Andreas and Luciana to the History Club. Someday I hope to visit the beautiful countries that you are from. We are glad to have both of you on board.

Hi Amber, Lucina and Andreas, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

Hi All, my name is Marco (Gigio for Goodreads). I'm Italian and I live in Rome. I have an university degree in Economics. History is a passion for me, in particular XIX/XX century history.
I am impressed by the organization and topics of your group. I do hope to be able to partecipate to some of your discussions.

Welcome, Marco. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply 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 the books should look:

Robert A. Caro

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

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

Benvenuta, Marco. This is a truly international book club and we are glad that you joined us from Italy. We look forward to your participation and the moderators are here to help if you have questions. Enjoy!!

Ciao Marco, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André