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10-21-2016, 10:42 PM | #17 |
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I'll second Lawrence in Arabia and Jacksonland.
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10-22-2016, 06:51 AM | #18 |
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I'll second Devil in the White City.
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10-22-2016, 07:47 AM | #19 |
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Darn, I wanted to nominate Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes by Christopher Hibbert but apparently it's only available as print or audio cassettes.
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10-22-2016, 08:06 AM | #20 |
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I read a terrific book last year, Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America by Nick Bunter, on the origins of the revolution from the British perspective, if it's the topic that speaks to you. That is available in ebook and digital audiobook.
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In order to help speed things up here, we just need one more nod to The Devil in the White City.
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10-23-2016, 02:44 AM | #23 |
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I third Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind.
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10-24-2016, 04:50 AM | #25 |
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I have been looking to read this book for long time but the length has always given me a pause. Not sure if I will get enough time to finish this book in the coming weeks.
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I second The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
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10-24-2016, 06:37 AM | #27 |
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Read it. I couldn't though. I had a beef with the formatting problems of my ebook. Too many long paragraphs. Sounds like something trivial, but it made me hesitate and question my commitment to the book. I read the first 4 or 5 %. It's a very entertaining book. If chosen by this book club, then I'll do my utmost to read it.
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I'd like to nominate Midnight at the Pera Palace: the Birth of Modern Istanbul, by Charles King.
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