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From another chapter of the book: Christian History. Surprising and Hardcore 1 real Cannabis calm Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 2047
It Came From Something Awful by Dale Beran 1 pscot Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2107
Just finished Johann Hari's book, Lost Connections 3 mnhtnbb Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1681
an infuriating book: "White Rage" 1 flyingfysh Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 2005
The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933) 1 Democrats_win Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1746
"Leaving the Witness" by Amber Scorah - wow. Really eye opening 4 NRaleighLiberal Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1972
Recommending Jim Acosta's book "The Enemy of the People" 0 FakeNoose Aug 2019 Aug 2019 9 1727
Three excellent books about immigration. 2 PETRUS Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1639
"The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip" by Jeff Guinn 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1575
"The Liberation of Paris" by Jean Edward Smith 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1500
American Women of the Far Right 7 lunasun Jul 2019 Aug 2019 5 2225
Megan Rapinoe (US Women's World Cup soccer star) has 2 books in the works 0 FakeNoose Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1477
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 0 1586
"The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found" 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1495
The Men and the Moment: The Election of 1968 and the Rise of Partisan Politics in America 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1424
"ESCALANTE'S DREAM: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest" 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1974
The Battle for People's Park, Berkeley 1969: when Vietnam came home 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 1512
"Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist" 0 eissa Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1316
Reading Ian McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain. Awesome. 1 lindysalsagal Jun 2019 Jun 2019 8 1756
Naomi Wolf admits blunder over Victorians and sodomy executions 0 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 6 2000
Hi, I'm looking for non-fiction recs of a specific type 17 happybird Apr 2019 May 2019 0 5455
'The Pioneers' by David McCullough 6 left-of-center2012 May 2019 May 2019 6 1964
"Fascism" by Madeline Albright 0 no_hypocrisy May 2019 May 2019 5 1764
Craig Unger uncovers ties between trump, Michael Cohen and Russian mafia. 2 ellenrr Aug 2018 Apr 2019 8 3849
I'm counting The Mueller Report as a book. 1 Neoma Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 2077
I just finished Berlin Diary by William Shirer. 6 raccoon Feb 2018 Apr 2019 1 2221
Midnight In Chernobyl 2 kairos12 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1511
A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John Romer 4 Zorro Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1761
Neoma's Nonfiction Recommendations. 4 Neoma Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 3236
"The Hard Stuff" by Wayne Kramer 0 bif Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1438

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Leadership: In Turblent Times 2 Ninga Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 3350
Collusion books 0 JonLP24 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1347
"On Putin's Blacklist" Documentary (free on Amazon prime) 1 AlexSFCA Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 2581
David Paulides Missing 411 Series - Wow !! 9 donkeypoofed Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 2969
David Cross - Making America Great Again 0 hibbing Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 1581
Katherine Johnson, at age 100, is telling her life story 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 3017
12/10/18 What Non-Fiction Are You Reading? 8 violetpastille Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 2040
Carl Sagan - The Demon Haunted World (FULL) 0 BootinUp Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1526
Review of "Women on the Move; the Forgotten Era of Women's Bicycle Racing" X-Pst History of Feminism 2 TexasProgresive Nov 2018 Nov 2018 1 1434
Anyone read any of Richard J Evans trilogy about the Third Reich? 5 raccoon Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1663
I need help finding a word 8 Freelancer Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2043
I, Mammal 1 PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 1386
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. I just finished it a few days ago. 11 raccoon Apr 2018 Sep 2018 5 2342
What are the "best" sections of Fear? 3 AndJusticeForSome Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 2485
Just finished: The Perfectionists: How precision engineers created the modern world by 2 FSogol Jul 2018 Sep 2018 7 1865
The Soul of America, by Jon Meacham 0 RussBLib Sep 2018 Sep 2018 6 1413
My new book, First We Destroy the GOP, is now available... 9 RobertDevereaux Sep 2018 Sep 2018 28 3699
"Believer: My Forty Years in Politics" by David Axelrod 1 eissa May 2018 Aug 2018 3 1596
Explains how democracy is in big trouble: "Democracy in Chains." 2 kairos12 Sep 2017 Aug 2018 2 3304
I am reading 'Underground in Berlin' , Marie Jalowicz Simon 5 irisblue Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 1965
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 mysteryowl Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1917
Book recommendations for a child? 10 nyrnyr1994 Jan 2018 Jul 2018 2 2451
Manure and ice cream 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 5 1632
Bill Clinton's book review of Chernow's "Grant." 2 NNadir Dec 2017 Jul 2018 5 2117
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History 2 Adsos Letter Apr 2018 Jun 2018 2 2230
Jackie Robinson's birthday 1 The Polack MSgt Jan 2018 Jun 2018 1 1731
"Into the Raging Sea" 1 kairos12 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1599
Finishing up: "Raven Rock: The Story of the US Govt's Secret Plan to Save Itself 6 FSogol Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 2051
Saw these in my library today - might read one or two 0 bucolic_frolic May 2018 May 2018 0 1825

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Where are the New Books by Progressive/Liberal/Democrats? 2 srcameron Apr 2018 Apr 2018 0 2177
Any DUers here 1 Ohiogal Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1599
"Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Writings" (pamphlet, just scanned, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 2 1991
Just finished: Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That 5 FSogol Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 2076
Just finished Bernal Diaz' The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 2 Zorro Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1924
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff 16 RussBLib Jan 2018 Mar 2018 3 2802
Charles Ball describing being taken from his mother forever. 6 NNadir Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 2497
Finishing up Testament: The Bible and History by John Romer 1 Zorro Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1739
The Lion in the Living Room 3 skippercollector Jan 2017 Feb 2018 1 2679
"U.S. Labor and the Vietnam War" (1989 book, just scanned, PDF format) 0 Mrdie Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1425
Book: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek 1 bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1904
A great book for those interested in outer space and being an astronaut 2 Ohiogal Jan 2018 Feb 2018 2 1792
What's the best biography or autobiography you've read recently? 45 pscot Jul 2013 Jan 2018 0 9424
"Mark Twain: Social Critic" (1966 book, PDF format) 2 Mrdie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 2012
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 2001
Here is a chaper from my manuscript in audio 0 Koch Ebola Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1441
2018 Book Club List Vote (Poll) 0 Neoma Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 2457
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Audiobook #1 3 Goonch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1916
2018 Nonfiction Book Club. 6 Neoma Dec 2017 Jan 2018 1 5090
I'm reading 81 Days Below Zero. It's the story 6 raccoon Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1888
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