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Nominations for May 2018 • Doomed to Repeat It: History
Happy Easter and Happy Passover to all those who are celebrating and stay wary today to all. Help us select the book that the New Leaf Book Club will read for May 2018. The theme is Doomed to Repeat It: History (fact and fiction). The nominations will run through 7 AM EDT April 7, 2018. Each nomination requires a second and a third to make it to the poll, which will remain open for four days. The discussion of the selection will start on May 15, 2018. Don't forget to show up for the discussion of the April selection of the New Leaf Book Club, Making History, on April 15. FAQs for the Nomination, Selection and Discussion process General Guidelines for the New Leaf Book Club Official choices with three nominations: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore [issybird, CRussel, Alohamora] Amazon US $9.99 | Amazon UK £0.99 | Amazon CA $17.53 | Amazon AU $10.99 | Kobo US $14.39 | Kobo CA $19.19 |Kobo UK £0.99 | Kobo AU $10.99 | OverDrive | Hoopla (ebook and audiobook) Spoiler:
Willoughbyland by Matthew Parker [latepaul, issybird, Bookpossum] Amazon UK £2.99 | Amazon US $13.99 | Amazon CA $14.99 | Amazon AU $14.99 | Kobo UK | Kobo US | Kobo CA | Overdrive Spoiler:
The Prestige by Christopher Priest [Bookpossum, bfisher, gmw] Kobo: $US7.99, $C9.99, $A9.99 and GBP5.99 Spoiler:
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky [Dngersone, gmw, Luffy] Goodreads US$16.99 Spoiler:
Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2000 Years by Tom Standage [Bookworm_Girl, Bookpossum, Dazrin] Amazon US $9.99 | Amazon UK £8.63 | Amazon Canada $9.99 | Amazon Australia $7.12 |Kobo | Overdrive | Scribd | Audio: Overdrive | Hoopla | Scribd Spoiler:
The Appointment by Herta Müller [astrangerhere, Luffy, Bookworm_Girl] Amazon $9.99 / Kobo $9.99 Spoiler:
The Soul of a New Machine Tracy Kidder [CRussel, bfisher, latepaul] AmazonUS: $9.99 | AmazonUK: £3.99 | AmazonAU: $12.99 | KoboCA: $12.99 | AudibleUS Spoiler:
Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material by Robert Courland [gmw, Dazrin, issybird] Amazon US - $12.99 | Amazon UK - £10.44 | Amazon CA - CDN$9.99 | Amazon AU - AUD$10.97 | Kobo US - USD$12.99 | Kobo UK £8.99 | Kobo CA - CAD$10.69 | Kobo AU AUD$15.06 Spoiler:
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka [JSWolf, Dngrsone, CRussel] Goodreads | Hoopla Digital | Overdrive: | Kobo US | Kobo UK | Kobo CA | Kobo AU | Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon AU | Amazon CA Spoiler:
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The format will be slightly altered this month so that once a book has received three nominations, it will appear only in the list of official choices above. This will eliminate the redundancy between the two lists and make it easier to see which books haven't been fully nominated. Or that's the theory, anyway.
Pending Nominations: **The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian [Catlady, Bookworm_Girl] Amazon US $11.99 | Amazon Canada $13.99 | Amazon UK £5.99 | Amazon Australia $11.99 | Kobo U.S. $11.99 | Kobo Canada $13.99 | Kobo UK £5.99 | Kobo Australia $11.99 | Overdrive (ebook and audiobook) | Scribd (audiobook) Spoiler:
*Everyone Brave Is Forgivenby Chris Cleave [Catlady] Amazon U.S. $11.99 | Amazon CA $4.99 | Amazon UK £4.99 | Amazon AU $11.99 | Kobo U.S. $11.99 | Kobo CA $4.99 | Kobo UK £4.99 | Kobo AU $11.99 Spoiler:
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I decided to go non-fiction for my nomination, it gets me away from all those historical fiction novels I looked at for the time-ly theme. Following is a book I discovered during research for one of my projects, and I was impressed with how well it was done.
Concrete Planet by Robert Courland The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material Amazon US - $12.99 | Amazon UK - £10.44 | Amazon CA - CDN$9.99 | Amazon AU - AUD$10.97 | Kobo US - USD$12.99 | Kobo UK £8.99 | Kobo CA - CAD$10.69 | Kobo AU AUD$15.06 From Goodreads: Quote:
Most of us will have read fantasy stories where the ancients held great secrets, with concrete that has been true: for centuries it appeared the secret of making strong concrete had died with the Romans. We do now know how they did it, but the author laments that - unlike the Romans - we continue to make buildings, and even memorials, that may not long outlast the generation that built them. Prices of non-fiction tend to be inconsistent and often high. When I bought this book four years ago I got it for under AUD$10 from Kobo, but now they are asking AUD$15 (Amazon.com.au is better). I see the UK costs are quite high, but hopefully you can get it at a library or shop around for a better deal. |
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I would like to nominate a book I am interested to read, having heard good things of it:
The Prestige by Christopher Priest. From Goodreads: Quote:
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04-01-2018, 07:04 AM | #5 |
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The classic 'doomed to repeat' novel would be War and Peace concerning Napoleon's invasion of Russia which Hitler decided to repeat with the same disastrous results of Napoleon. I've read it 3 times so I won't nominate it, but I'm looking....
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I'd love a goad to reread War and Peace, but I would expect participation to be very low indeed if somehow it made it past the goalpost!
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I am nominating The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian.
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Amazon Canada $13.99 CAD Amazon UK £5.99 Amazon Australia $11.99 AUD Kobo U.S. $11.99 USD Kobo Canada $13.99 CAD Kobo UK £5.99 Kobo Australia $11.99 AUD Audiobook version also available. The book can be borrowed through Overdrive (ebook and audiobook) and Scribd (audiobook). |
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I would like to nominate Willoughbyland by Matthew Parker. It's the story of a 'lost colony' in the 17th century.
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Amazon UK £2.99 Amazon US $13.99 Amazon CA $14.99 Amazon AU $14.99 It's also at Kobo: Kobo UK Kobo US Kobo CA And Overdrive Last edited by issybird; 04-02-2018 at 07:39 AM. Reason: Fixed link. |
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Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine
I nominate Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine. I read this book when it first came out, and I can highly recommend it. Tracy Kidder is nothing if not a superb storyteller, but he also has a knack for getting into the very heart of a subject and letting you understand it in a way I can only envy. After reading this book, if nothing else, you'll have a far deeper understanding of geeks.
Length -- 297 Pages AmazonUS: $9.99 AmazonUK: £3.99 AmazonAU: $12.99 AUD __KoboCA: $12.99 CAD AudibleUS Goodreads: Quote:
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For those of us who like learning about the foods we eat (okay, maybe that's just me), the non-fic Salt: A World History is pretty darn interesting. The doomed to repeat part falls into the much-anticipated apocalypse-- if our modern world goes down the tubes, it'll be the people with access to salt and other food preservation methods who will likely survive.
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Is there a list somewhere of previous reads that can't be nominated? I'm tempted to nominate All Quiet on the Western Front, but I seem to remember it being a winner once, I didn't read it then and have wanted to. Any WWI novel would be a classic 'doomed to repeat' selection, with WWII right around the corner. But it also occurs to me that it might be a better selection in August, war, what' s it good for.
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Here's the post with the link to the spreadsheet.
...according to which All Quiet on the Western Front was read in 2014, so not eligible sadly. Last edited by latepaul; 04-02-2018 at 06:02 AM. Reason: spelling |
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Dazrin maintains an excellent list of past nominations on this thread.
I was wondering why it wasn't showing on the first page, but it seems editing existing posts does not bump the thread. When in doubt use the "Search This Forum" option within Book Clubs subforum. I've been doing that for anything I am curious about. For example one of my favourite books is In Pale Battalions by Robert Goddard, and while it has never been voted in it has been nominated a few times, and this makes me less inclined to put it up yet again (since presumably most people will already have read it, if it appealed to them). |
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