Chris Doherty

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Chris Doherty is currently reading

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman

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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression

by Stéphane Courtois

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
― James Baldwin

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

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The History Book Club — 25459 members — last activity 6 hours, 29 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

Modern East Asian History — 105 members — last activity Dec 21, 2016 01:14PM
Books cover . . . Modern Chinese History Modern Japanese History Modern Korean History Modern Vietnamese History

Modern European History — 21 members — last activity Aug 13, 2009 04:02PM
Books you read for AP European History.

بهترین کتابی که خواندم — 4727 members — last activity Aug 21, 2025 02:59AM
این گروه برای معرفی بهترین کتاب های خوانده شده توسط دوستان عزیزه تا به این ترتیب در لذتی که از مطالعه این کتابها بردیم با هم شریک بشیم

Explore World War II and Other Wars — 86 members — last activity Jan 29, 2021 12:42AM
This group focuses on World War II and other wars. We will discuss and explain some of the many factors and contributions that led to its outcome.

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