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The Phantom of Fifth Avenue 0 SheilaT Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1550
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The 50 book challenge. 27 Neoma Aug 2012 Sep 2014 1 7978
How 'bout these? 1 libodem Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1660
Poe Ballantine books are now on Kindle! 17 frogmarch Jan 2014 Aug 2014 0 6669
Samuel Beckett's biographer reveals secrets of the writer's time as a French Resistance spy 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2313
ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14: 6 fadedrose Apr 2013 Jul 2014 0 2755
What about Double Down? 9 Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2013 Jul 2014 0 2648
Some D-Day reading: Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy 1 pscot Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1643
Has anybody else read David C. Johnston's books, "Perfectly Legal", 1 sinkingfeeling May 2014 May 2014 0 1647
Just finished TO END ALL WARS by Adam Hochschild, about WWI. 1 raccoon May 2014 May 2014 0 1584
Just finished reading My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor. 15 northoftheborder Jan 2013 Apr 2014 0 3698
If you are interested in the temples in Cambodia 0 oldandhappy Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1431
"Skipping Towards Gomorrah" 2 Democrats_win Dec 2013 Apr 2014 0 1844
Highly recommend: Kill Anything that Moves..by Nick Turse 2 dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 Apr 2014 2 2427
Chronicles by Bob Dylan 1 pscot Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 1601
2013: What are you reading at the moment? 18 Neoma Jun 2013 Mar 2014 0 5522
Undercover: The True Story of Britain's Secret Police 0 shockedcanadian Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1284
Woman finds long-lost sister after reading her memoir ‘Wild’ 2 jakeXT Sep 2013 Mar 2014 3 2005
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington: biography by Terry Teachout 0 Auggie Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 1708
Fans of Thomas Cahill's "Hinges of History" - 1 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 1969
The Color of Water by James McBride 4 oldandhappy Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2157
O. J. IS INNOCENT AND I CAN PROVE IT by William C. Dear 9 fadedrose Apr 2012 Dec 2013 1 4279
"Somebody Had to Do It First": The Story of Shirley Chisholm 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1737
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I need help finding a book - 9 hedgehog Oct 2013 Nov 2013 0 2911
I'm hoping someone can help me find an author with some really vague clues. 1 othermeans Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1703
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 4 gollygee Aug 2013 Nov 2013 0 2291
Chris Hadfield: 'I'm blind, in space, holding a drill. Houston, I have a problem' 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2276
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars -- The Untold Story, 1 jakeXT Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1812
Book suggestions for a book club. 8 Neoma Aug 2012 Oct 2013 0 2934
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro 2 Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 Sep 2013 1 1920
This town wow 5 Laochtine Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2057
Some interesting reads: adoption, cops with tanks, math, and deceit. 6 matt819 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2197
The Long Road To Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution 2 Adsos Letter Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1947
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett. 1 Neoma Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1752
"Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield" by JEREMY SCAHILL 2 dusty trails Jul 2013 Aug 2013 1 2580
A History of Weapons: 0 Neoma Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1474
A list of must read non-fictions 4 SpearthrowerOwl Jun 2013 Jul 2013 3 2918
Need help with title of book about an escape from East Berlin. The book appeared as 1 raccoon Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1880
"The Spy Who Loved" The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville, by Clare Mulley. 0 Paladin Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1548
Need help from history buffs. 6 leftyladyfrommo Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2452
Project Terminated 0 jakeXT Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 1495
Gulp 1 RudynJack Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1697
Great book about skyjacking! 2 zappaman Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1884
book on Mandela 0 gabeana Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1462
What is with the discrepancy on book prices on rare/used book sites? 1 LuckyLib Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1636
"Behind the Beautiful Forevers" is an amazing MUST read book. 10 dixiegrrrrl May 2013 Jun 2013 0 3339
25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books 8 Neoma Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 5549
I'm looking for a good book on women's sufferage. 3 Just Saying May 2013 May 2013 0 1980
Columbine by Dave Cullen - anyone read it? 4 bixente Jan 2013 May 2013 0 2033
Just working my way through "The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, Revolu 2 Adsos Letter Feb 2013 May 2013 0 2412
Fighting Words Against Big Data‘Who Owns the Future?’ by Jaron Lanier 0 groovedaddy May 2013 May 2013 0 1785
WWII book fans check in here. 20 Neoma Jul 2012 Apr 2013 0 5623
First World War 9 Jack Sprat Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 2542

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10 illuminating books about North Korea 7 davidpdx Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2614
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust 7 struggle4progress Feb 2013 Apr 2013 0 2624
True Crime - Casey Anthony 3 matt819 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1945
The Best Civil War Books, a list. 12 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 Apr 2013 0 3852
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 polly7 Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1375
Anyone read the Robert Caro series on LBJ? 14 dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 Mar 2013 1 4230
Just started "The Presidents Club" 2 RudynJack Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1708
Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse. 7 Neoma Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2877
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief 1 SheilaT Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 1692
looking for the scariest books 25 clarice Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 10148
Enjoyed "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer 9 oldandhappy Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 2776
Anyone a member of Shelfari.com? 1 Neoma May 2012 Feb 2013 0 2843
Documentary about maverick scholar Russell Jacoby free online 0 nightfire Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2189
I bought American Sniper by Chris Kyle just out of curiosity, being that I served iin the military 4 demosincebirth Apr 2012 Feb 2013 0 3056
Is there any interest in a sub-section of non-fiction devoted to military history? 1 Lurks Often Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1716
Best Book(s) On the Roman Empire 4 erpowers Jan 2013 Feb 2013 0 2723
"Thinking Fast and Slow" -- Kahneman 22 bemildred Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 7239
Time of Useful Consciousness 0 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1672
My storm is worse than yours 6 FSogol Oct 2012 Jan 2013 0 2553
Book Review - about going beyond self-improvement 0 Voice for Peace Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1695
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