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Hi, my name is Alayne and I am fascinated by history. I enjoy reading about most areas of European history, and also African history. The first World War is also of interest to me.I live in Australia and am in middle age (late)!
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Robert Kirkconnell here and I just joined the group. I am retired U.S. military and also a retired high school teacher. When I retired, with a capitol R, I finished writing a book that I had been working on for years. It is political science, history and theory, and it delves into what I would call hidden history or at least under reported history. These are the areas I am particularly interested in. In researching this I found that many of the best books had been suppressed in the U.S. Somewhere along the line I ran into Goodreads and have started doing reviews on some of the source books that were obscure but powerful. Looking forward to getting to know the people in the group and tap into what all of you know.
Hi everyone, my name is Frank and I have always loved history. It has fascinated me since I was a child. My main interest is great leaders in history, as I teach leadership in a youth program. I look forward to the discussions and stories.
Greetings all, My name is lysergius and I have a lifelong interest in history. If this sounds like an introduction during an AA session so be it. The fact remains that I would probably rather read a history book that a vampire or juvenile wizard saga.Is it necessary to have a serious turn of mind to appreciate and enjoy the story of how we got to where we are today? I think not. One of the most fascinating things about history is the strange and often humourous turns that events take over time. In a sense if one waits long enough, what goes around comes around, again and again.
My particular areas of interest are Europe prior to WWI, WWI itself, causes and resolution. Europe between the wars, and during WWII. I am also fascinated by Vietnam, Chinese and Japanese history.
I also like to read about historical issues in literature, philosophy and to a lesser extent sociology.
I read in english, french and german.
I look forward to exchanging ideas and book recommendations.
Thank you.
Name is Jason. I'm from and live in the US. Love history and focus primarily on military and war with slight detours into historical figure biographies.
Hi I am MJ and new to the group and look forward to learning even more about history. Unfortunately due to my schedule I likely will not be able to read every recommended book but I look foward to reading and sharing the topics that interest me the most. I am excited!
Hello Alayne. So glad you joined us from Australia. Take a peek at our WWI topic:
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Hello, I'm Judy and from beautiful Colorado, USA. We are having our first snow today! I have always loved reading about history, even back in school. I especially love American history, I also have read a lot of Russian history. I have always enjoyed medieval stories, ready a lot about King Arthur when I was a nerdy kid back in high school. Thanks for the welcome!
Hi,I don't have much time for reading but my favourite genre is definitely history, whether biographies, non-fiction or historical fiction.
I am mostly interested in Western history, but also any scientific history.
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My name is Selena Joy Layden. I live in Virginia and am fortunate to be surrounded by history. I have a particular interest in Colonial American and the American Revolution as well as some British history. I particularly like how the events of history are all intertwined. I'm interested to be part of this group and take the opportunity to learn even more about history!
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Welcome to the group, Ellis. We have a section on U.S. history here -
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Hi all - my name is Martin and as you probably guessed I just joined the group. I'm British originally, grew up in Africa and Italy, and have been living in Texas for the last 10+ years.I've always been a big reader in a wide range of genres, and have also always been interested in history. Again I find most periods/areas fascinating, but if I had to pick ones of particular interest I'd say late Roman empire, British colonial, and World War 2.
Hi everyone! I'm Susan and I'm to say I've joined this group. I love reading and many genres interest me. I've loved history for a long time and especially enjoy historical biographies.
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Welcome to our group, Kirsten! We are currently discussing two historical fiction works, the ones listed below. I'm really enjoying them both, although they are very different.
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Glad you joined us, Robert.
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Frank - welcome to the place for all things history. Our American history section covers many great leaders from the U.S.
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Welcome Lysergius. We have an extensive section on WWI here -
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Welcome Jason. We have lots on military history here -
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Welcome Mary Jo. Don't worry about not being able to read all the recommended books. I hope you can find at least one book discussion that interests you, and you can join in at any point. We are in the middle of the three books listed below. Maybe one of them will tickle your fancy.
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Welcome Judy. You can find our section on American history here -
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And the section on Russia is here -
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I don't have much time for reading but my favourite genre is definitely history, whether biographies, non-fiction or historical fiction.
I am mostly interested in Western history, but also any ..."
Welcome Ambrosia. We don't have a specific section on the history of science, but an interesting aspect of it, body-snatching for research in 1800s England, is discussed, with book recommendations, here -
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Welcome Selena. We have a great section on American history here -
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Welcome Martin. We have lots on British history here -
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Welcome Susan. Since you like biographies, you might enjoy our section on U.S. presidents -
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My name is Tanya. I'm a World History and European history teacher. I love reading history and historical fiction books. It helps me in my job but also fuels my passion for knowledge of the past. Looking forward to finding great reads and having great discussions here.
Welcome to all the new members who responded so quickly to our invitation to introduce yourself. Vicki has given you the essential links for all the guidelines but if you have further questions, ask any of the moderators.
Hi Ellis, Robert, Frank, Lysergius, Jason, MY, Judy, Ambrosia, Selena, Martin, and Susan. Great introductions everyone and I'm glad you decided to join us here.
Hi everyone- my name is Jill and I live in Kentucky, USA. I avoided history in school..."who wants to read about all that old stuff?"...but now history is one of my favorite genres. I especially like WWII, and biographies. I don't have a lot of time to read, but will look forwarding to seeing your comments and suggestions and adding books to my list.
Hi Jill. History comes off pretty boring in school, so I'm glad you returned to it later on. Here is the WW2 topic for you:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Glad you joined us, Jill. This is "history central" no matter what era or subject of history is of interest to you. Please join in the discussions.
Welcome to all the many newbies in the past week. And thanks to Vicki for giving you all some tips on how to navigate the HBC here. So nice to see so many people interested in history.
Hello,I joined this club because I absolutely love history. Human mentality intrigues me and I feel that knowing our past is one way to know and understand our present. I'm going to keep this short, as per your request. Thank you for welcoming me and I look forward to hearing your book recommendations and thoughts on all things historical. :)
Hello! My name is Sara, I'm a lifelong history lover, and I'm very excited that I found this group. I'm from north Florida, and I work in telecommunications. I am primarily interested in anything British history (especially British Empire), the US Civil War, and the Roman Empire. I like other subjects in history too, and I'll try reading just about anything if it's well recommended! I'm glad to be here and I'm looking forward to participating in the group.
Welcome, Jade. I totally agree that we can learn about people and nations from their past, which helps for the future. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the Goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.
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Hi Sara. We have lively British history topics thanks to a our moderator Jill:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Hello my name is Claudia and I'm excited to read more about world history. As of lately I have been more curious and would love to be in a group that gives me that direction.
Hi Claudia, I'm glad you found us. We do have a World History topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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I had to spend a little time thinking what I wanted to say in my introduction and what my specific historical interests are. It’s pretty easy to say, “I’m Paul. I am interested in WW2, Viking trade routes, or the 12th Century Renaissance”; however, I felt there must be something deeper that drives me to read about the past. My conclusion was that I am interested in the ideas that drove people to action. So often history can simply be a list of dates, facts and names — boring, but if I can find an idea that forms an undercurrent to the events of history I am hooked. My current fascination:
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire by Edward N. Luttwak
Best regards,
Paul
Hello Paul. Glad you could join us. Here is our European history topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Hi, my name is Lacey. I am an American living in Germany. I was in the US Air Force, and retired 2 years ago. I decided to stay in Germany for a few years - I'm trying to learn the language (which is quite difficult, by the way :). I work on the US base at Landstuhl. I really enjoy living here and having access to all this wonderful history. One of my favorite pastimes is tromping around the old castle ruins here...did you know there are 20,000 castles and castle ruins in Germany? I'm looking forward to interacting with this group of like-minded history lovers!
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Welcome Tanya. It's great having a history teacher here. Did you see our current challenge, books about India?
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
You can read non-fiction or fiction, and there are lots of suggestions.
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Hello. My name is Amy. I have had a lifelong love of history. So much so that it's driven me to become a historian and archivist, despite the fact that those fields aren't exactly booming. My studies focused on the United States Progressive Era and WWI, but I am also very interested in the history of the Mediterranean and Middle East as well as the history of cities and their development in general.
Am a 50+ male. Studied American history as one of a split minor @ Univ. of Arizona in the 70's. Casual reader drawn to a lot of U.S. History. Getting iPad has tripled my reading over last year or so. Have come to love Goodreads. Am joining group(s) to enrich the experience.
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am in Omaha, NE. I am a big fan of military history and Latin America. Joined the group some time ago but am just now really getting into the threads and adding books to my to read pile.Currently reading
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Hello,My name is Nancy and I am new to the History Group. I have been retired for a few years. I rarely read when I was working because of the job stress and long hours. But I heard about a US Civil War General by the name of Joshua Chamberlain on public radio one day and since he sounded like quite an amazing individual I got a book about him. As a result, I realized that I am quite interested in history and have read some wonderful books since then. And I have already added some more books to my "to read" list from reading the postings from the Group and for that I thank you.
Thanks Lacey for joining us and thank you for your service.
Welcome, Amy. The Progressive era is fascinating. We have good Wilson and TR topics:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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