Best American History books
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07/01
Dan
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Bloom's Reviews: Autobiography of Malcom X (Bloom's Reviews: Comprehensive Research & Study Guides) by Alex Haley bookshelves: autobiography, biography, currently-reading, history-is-the-new-fiction, non-fiction |
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04/10
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Path Between The Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 (Paperback) by David McCullough bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Bloom's Reviews: Autobiography of Malcom X (Bloom's Reviews: Comprehensive Research & Study Guides) by Alex Haley bookshelves: autobiography, biography, currently-reading, history-is-the-new-fiction, non-fiction |
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gave Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Paperback) by Jon Krakauer bookshelves: history-is-the-new-fiction, non-fiction |
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recommended to Dan by:
Lizzie
read in June, 2009
Dan said:
"This book definitely makes me want to learn more about Mormonism and why it's so popular. I can't say that I'm enticed though. Fundamentalists of any flavor are scary to behold. It bothers me that religion can have such a profoundly negative affect o...more
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gave The Blind Assassin (Paperback) by Margaret Atwood bookshelves: igtrtsootb, novels |
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igtrtsootb
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories
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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke (Hardcover) by Peter Guralnick bookshelves: to-read |
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gave Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy (Paperback) by Matt Ruff bookshelves: abandon-ship, igtrtsootb, novels |
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igtrtsootbc
recommended for: nobody I like read in November, 2007, has a copy to sell/swap
Dan said:
"I had to stop. I'm sorry. I hate not finishing books but this one increasingly felt like a waste of my ever precious reading minutes.
Yeah, this book is crap. This book was very bad. It is not genius, clever, or even that intere...more " |
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An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943 (Hardcover) by Rick Atkinson bookshelves: to-read |
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Hardcover) by Rick Atkinson bookshelves: to-read |
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Paperback) by Steve Coll bookshelves: to-read |
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recommended to Dan by:
Whit
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Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Bryan Magee bookshelves: to-read |
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