The History Book Club discussion

Welcome Marco. I'm sure you'll find a lot here to interest you.

Thank you so much on the tutorial on adding book cover and author links. I'm April, by the way, and really happy to be in the group.

Welcome Marco to the world wide History Club. Years ago my older son turned 18 in Rome!

Welcome officially April. I’m glad you could join us.

Although you may have mastered book postings, 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:

Robert A. Caro

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.

Hi April, 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 April, glad you found the group and I look forward to your posts.

Welcome April. There is a lot to see here, so please browse the topics and join right in.

Hello, friends--

My name's Scott, a resident of western PA, middle-aged Dad of 2 boys, a clergyman, and a complete nerd. I love many styles of reading, including biographies/autobiographies, history, historical fiction, classics, theology, sci-fi, fantasy, mysteries, westerns, and it goes on from there. I'm a big gamer as well. I'm part of a couple of other book clubs on Goodreads, but then as I was browsing I found you folks, and I was very pleased to see there was some great discussion going on around history. Looking forward to taking part in the discussions. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Edit: just figured out your preferred format for the "add book/author" feature, so I'm ready to go. Looking forward to jumping in soon!

Welcome, Scott. Glad you could join us.

I'm also glad you took 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 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.

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.

Loved your introduction, Scott.....we are all "reading nerds", I think.
Please take some time to browse the many threads and jump right in. Some good book recommendations/discussion are to be found here. And most of all.....enjoy!

Welcome Scott to the History Club. We look forward to hearing from you.

Welcome April and Scott. You'll find lots of helpful people and interesting books here.

Chris: Well-met! Glad to meet a fellow newcomer. I haven't launched into my 1st book with this group, yet, but I've looked at a sampling of the discussions on the fora. Great, substantial stuff. I think we're going to enjoy ourselves famously!

Welcome, Chris. I’m glad you could join us from Seoul.

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:

Robert A. Caro

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.

Hi Chris, Scott, 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 Chris to the place to be for all things history. Please take some time to browse the many topics and get involved in the book recommendations/discussions. We are soon beginning a group read on Thomas Jefferson on November 19th which might be of interest to you....and the author will be joining us for questions and answers. It will be very exciting. The book is noted below.

by Jon Meacham

Welcome Pam. This is the place for the history lover.

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 the book you mentioned should look:

by Bill O'Reilly


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 participation.

Hi Pam, 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

You might want to re-visit the "more information" topic to assist you in book citations. It is found at:

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

You can practice the citations there.

Welcome Pam to the global History Club.

Pam wrote: "For some reason it shows some html is ok and will not let me change that . So when i try to do book or author it will not show picture it will only let me do one or the other . What am i doing wrong."

Pam, from your statement I believe you need to do the book and then go back and do the author, two times if there is a photo. The (preview) tab below will show a picture.

Hello my name is Shawn Borup. I am from Yakima, WA. I have a BA in History and an endorsement in Special Education. I teach at A. C. Davis High School home of the Pirates. I love history and love to read about it.

Pam wrote: "For some reason it shows some html is ok and will not let me change that . So when i try to do book or author it will not show picture it will only let me do one or the other . What am i doing wrong."

For the book itself, just show the cover by selecting the radio button. For the author, select his/her photo as well. Then, duplicate the author link, but this time choose the link. So, once for the book (cover) and twice for the author (photo, then link). Like so...

by Benjamin Franklin

Hi Shawn,
welcome to the group!

For this club 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 the book you mentioned should look:

by Richard Holbrooke

More information can be found here:

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...

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.

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators.
Best wishes,

André

Welcome Shawn to the History Club. Check out all of our sites.

Glad you joined us, Shawn. Lots to see here for the history lover and we look forward to your participation.

Pam you are almost there but you have two bookcovers and four parts.

First the bookcover which you have, then the author's photo should be second and the author's name which is called the author's link is third.

Why don't you go to the Mechanics of the Board thread and practice there. The assisting mods gave you the links.

Welcome Chris, Pam and Shawn. I know yu'll enjoy it here.

Welcome Marco, April, Scott, Chris, Pam and Shawn! Lots here to explore. We look forward to your contributions.

Welcome,Olavi. I’m glad you could join us. When I lived in New England I loved to cross country ski.

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:

Frans G. Bengtsson

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.

Hello Chris,Pam, and Shawn. Keep practicing, Pam.

Hi Olavi, 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

So glad you joined us, Olavi..........we are a truly international book club. Please take some time to browse the many topics and join in the discussions/book recommendations.

Welcome, Olavi, glad you found us here.

Welcome Olavi and thanks for the great introduction. We are glad you found the group and hope you enjoy participating in the many discussions found here.

Welcome Olavi. What an interesting occupation you have. I hope you enjoy it here.

Wow, this group looks amazing! I'm Ken and I am very interested in history so when I came across this group it was a no-brainer that I had to join. right now I am reading for my history/non-fiction Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty. Seriously though, wow!

Hi Ken,
welcome to the group - and thanks for the compliment!

For this club 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 the book you mentioned should look:

by Richard Holbrooke

More information can be found here:

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...

Since you seem to like John Coltrane... 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.

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators.
Best wishes,

André

Ken, welcome to the History Club. We explore history through books and the active group members have a lot of fun along the way.

Welcome Ken. Here is the book you mentioned in our required format

John M. Barry

Thank you all & thanks for setting me straight.

Ken, glad you found the group and hope you enjoy the discussions.

Welcome Ken. I'm sure you'll enjoy it here.

Glad you joined us, Ken. Its all about history and I'm sure you will find much here to pique your interest. Any questions??....just ask any of the moderators.

Thank you all for the welcome, I'm still wondering where to post or what to post about.

Hello all. My name is Jacqueline. I am a thirty-something married mother of four girls, aged 14 to 6. I am currently attending school for Secondary Education in History and Social Studies (middle and high school teacher). I live on five acres in the middle of nowhere in Florida with my family and a host of pets. I have never been good at talking about myself. I hope that is enough of an "about me".

Christopher wrote: "Welcome Jacqueline, glad to have you with us! Going to school with 4 kids must be quite a feat!"

Thank you =) It is. My husband helps out bunches so that makes it better. Going to school for something you love (history) also makes it a bit easier.

Hi Jacqueline,
welcome to the group. What pets you got hopping round the place?

For this club 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 the book you mentioned should look:

by Richard Holbrooke


More information can be found here:

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...

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.

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators.
Best wishes,

André

Welcome Jacqueline to the History Club. We are glad you joined us.

So glad you found us, Jacqueline. I hope you will have time in your very busy schedule to participate in the discussions/book recommendations. Enjoy!!