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Book recommendations for a child? 10 nyrnyr1994 Jan 2018 Jul 2018 2 3545
Manure and ice cream 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 5 2112
Bill Clinton's book review of Chernow's "Grant." 2 NNadir Dec 2017 Jul 2018 5 2600
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 2746
Jackie Robinson's birthday 1 The Polack MSgt Jan 2018 Jun 2018 1 2187
"Into the Raging Sea" 1 kairos12 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 2029
Finishing up: "Raven Rock: The Story of the US Govt's Secret Plan to Save Itself 6 FSogol Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 2682
Saw these in my library today - might read one or two 0 bucolic_frolic May 2018 May 2018 0 2207
Where are the New Books by Progressive/Liberal/Democrats? 2 srcameron Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2647
Any DUers here 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1962
"Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Writings" (pamphlet, just scanned, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 2529
Just finished: Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That 5 FSogol Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 2670
Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 2 Zorro Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2405
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff 16 RussBLib Jan 2018 Mar 2018 3 4178
Charles Ball describing being taken from his mother forever. 6 NNadir Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 3319
Finishing up Testament: The Bible and History by John Romer 1 Zorro Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 2122
The Lion in the Living Room 3 skippercollector Jan 2017 Feb 2018 1 3175
"U.S. Labor and the Vietnam War" (1989 book, just scanned, PDF format) 0 Mrdie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1823
Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2345
A great book for those interested in outer space and being an astronaut 2 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Feb 2018 2 2236
What's the best biography or autobiography you've read recently? 45 pscot Jul 2013 Jan 2018 0 13278
"Mark Twain: Social Critic" (1966 book, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2517
I can only read this book in short spurts until the pain becomes too great. Read it, I must. 2 NNadir Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 2544
Here is a chaper from my manuscript in audio 0 Koch Ebola Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1872
2018 Book Club List Vote (Poll) 0 Neoma Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2851
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Audiobook #1 3 Goonch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 2468
2018 Nonfiction Book Club. 6 Neoma Dec 2017 Jan 2018 1 5976
I'm reading 81 Days Below Zero. It's the story 6 raccoon Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 2521
Get any great surprise books for Christmas? 14 NNadir Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 4399
Dylan Thomas, 1952: A Child's Christmas in Wales 0 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1719

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Chain of Title by David Dayen 0 octoberlib Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1564
The Red Web: The Struggle between Russia's digital dictators and the online revolutionaries 0 JonLP24 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1572
Anyone read/reading People's History of the United States of America? 5 geardaddy Dec 2015 Dec 2017 1 3439
Just finished reading An American Family by Khizr Khan. 6 onecaliberal Dec 2017 Dec 2017 26 3493
New book:The Despot's Apprentice 1 sweetroxie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1773
Do Yah Want a Book Group? (Poll) 1 Neoma Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1673
I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". 18 llmart Nov 2017 Dec 2017 0 6326
I am looking for a book about how Germans felt when Hitler came to power 9 Lulu KC Nov 2016 Dec 2017 0 5514
An American Family by Khizr Khan 0 beveeheart Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 1691
Sun Chief 2 syringis Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 2021
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen 3 octoberlib Nov 2017 Nov 2017 6 2477
Collusion: How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win, by the Guardian journalist 1 JonLP24 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 8 2398
Pete Souza's Obama 1 Ineeda Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1680
Smithsonian Libraries -- Books Online. 8 eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 Nov 2017 4 3287
Book: World Without Mind 3 defacto7 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 0 2266
Like Judgment Day by Michael D'Orso 0 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1758
Red Summer by Cameron McWhiter 1 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1731
Just received David Neiwerts latest book. 0 Adsos Letter Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1848
Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy 0 JonLP24 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1676
A Fine Old Conflict 4 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2105
Death in a Promised Land: the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 2 struggle4progress Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 3101
Anyone recommend a book on the Christian right? n/t 6 lordsummerisle Aug 2016 Sep 2017 0 2554
Sometimes a great notion. Question 0 Watchfoxheadexplodes Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2140
After the War: A Southern Tour - May 1, 1865 to May 1, 1866 1 SeattleVet Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2449
Book by an Ohio Congressman published in 1903 2 AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 3974
"Rogue Spooks: The Intelligence War on Donald Trump" 0 flyingfysh Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3154
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman 0 octoberlib Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2761
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder 2 sagesnow Aug 2017 Aug 2017 7 2999
Hillary's new book - I just ordered a Kindle copy and they 3 patricia92243 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3036
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right 4 kgrandia Jan 2016 Jul 2017 5 3894

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Calvin Trillin By the Book: 1 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2288
Great pre-school book: A is for Activist! 0 Fluke a Snooker Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2117
REC: 'The Deep State' by Mike Lofgren (reformed Republican) 2 pablo_marmol Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4083
REC: "The Retreat of Western Liberalism" by Edward Luce. 1 Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 2991
After 54 Years, We Fell in Love. After Five Months, I Got Leukemia. 3 elleng May 2017 May 2017 3 7631
"The Arsenal of Democracy." Great book 0 bif Apr 2017 Apr 2017 0 5421
A shout-out for a friend's book 0 Orrex Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2199
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather writing book on patriotism 1 Eugene Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2143
"The New Yorker Book of War Pieces". 0 bif Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 2157
I just finished THE RACE FOR WHAT'S LEFT by Michael T. Klare. 1 raccoon Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1974
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 2029
"Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control" 3 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 6 2667
"Hustling Hitler" by Walter Shapiro 0 bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 2255
"Bottom of the 33rd". Great book! 1 bif Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 3092
Can anyone recommend a good biography of Thomas Edison? 2 bif Jun 2016 Jan 2017 0 2142
"The House By The Lake", by Thomas Harding 1 Matilda Dec 2016 Dec 2016 0 2144
Tribe by Sebastian Junger 6 PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 3000
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 skorpo Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 1408
"The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" 1 TexasProgresive Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2013
One of the best books I've read in a long time. 2 bif Sep 2016 Sep 2016 1 2550
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