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Hello Everyone. My name is Cody, I'm 28, and live in the United States (Wisconsin). I graduated college with a degree in Psychology and I'm currently working full-time as a youth counselor at a group home for troubled teens. I've always been sort of a history buff and I've been wanting to participate in book clubs for a long time, so this group seemed perfect! I just picked up The Last Days of the Incas from my local library the other day and I'm looking forward to catching up with the rest of the group.
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My name is Cody, I'm 28, and live in the United States (Wisconsin). I graduated college with a degree in Psychology and I'm currently working full-time as a youth counselor at a..."
Welcome, Cody, we're glad you found us.
As you get started please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. 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 after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:
by G.P. Baker (no photo)More information:
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Welcome to the place for the history lover, Cody. Please browse the topics to find some of your favorite subjects. We look forward to your participation.
Welcome to our newest members, and thank you for introducing yourself so quickly. This is the group to discuss history, I look forward to reading your comments.
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My name is Cody, I'm 28, and live in the United States (Wisconsin). I graduated college with a degree in Psychology and I'm currently working full-time as a youth counselor at a..."
Hi Cody - welcome - this is how the book you mentioned should be cited:
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Kim MacQuarrieThis is a great discussion and book and it is never to late to join any discussion that is on going.
Hello everyone. My name is Sarah and obviously I like history. Always been interested in how everything anything started.
Welcome Marcy and Cody, glad you found us.
Welcome, Sarah. Glad you could join us.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.
This is how a book should look:
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Robert A. CaroMore information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
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Hi, my name is Bruno Menezes, from Brazil.Since a young age, probably before my tens, I became interested in history. The Black Death, World War II, Vietnam, and other topics made a great impression on me.
However, I rarely read any book of any history account, relying only on what I heard from others, wich makes me a bit uneducated in this question, being now 20 years old.
I hope I can be helped by this group in the quest for culture, and eventually help the group myself. That's all.
Hello Bruno. I hope this club will help you in educating yourself on more history. We have a Vietnam topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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.
This is how a book should look:
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Robert A. CaroMore information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
Enjoy.
Hello, my name is Kacy, and I'm from the United States (Texas). I'm 29 years old and have degrees in Sociology and History. I did graduate school with a focus in Sociology of Religion, but have left the academic life to be a stay-at-home mom to my young children. I'm happy to have found this group.
Hi Kacy, glad you found us. We have a history of religions topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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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Karen ArmstrongMore information:
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Thanks.
Welcome Sarah, Bruno, and Kacy. Thanks for introducing yourselves. I look forward to reading your comments in the group.
Hi my history friends,It is my privilege to be apart of this group! I majored in history at Oral Roberts University. I have always had a fondness for history, pacifically ancient history, but recently I have been reading on the American Civil War. It is my hope to have fun with my new book group through our readings!
Sincerely, Anthony De La Garza
Oh ya, I am 41 year old from Modesto, California of the United State of America.
Hello Anthony. Great time to read about the U.S. Civil War with the 150 anniversary. Here is our topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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.
This is how a book should look:
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James M. McPhersonMore information:
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Bryan wrote: "Hello Anthony. Great time to read about the U.S. Civil War with the 150 anniversary. Here is our topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Please take a moment to ..."
Okay ! ;-)
A warm welcome to our new members Melissa, Sarah, Bruno, Kacy and Anthony at the place for all things history. I'm sure you will find some of your favorite topics here. Enjoy!!!
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My name is Melissa. I love to read and I adore history. I thought why not join my two loves together and actually learn something. My major is in History but for some reason have an awful tim..."
@Melissa
Melissa, the moderators were kind enough to remind you again above of our guidelines and our orientation.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Check out post 3824 from Bryan and please READ the links. Please do not in the future set up folders or threads - these are immediately deleted.
Additionally, Kathy sent you a Welcome letter which also had this information and all of the links with the rules and guidelines in them and they seemed to have been ignored a second time. I have also sent you a warning via PM.
We are vehemently against spam on this site and your thread was clutter. We already have threads where you can request suggestions and recommendations. Can you imagine with a group of 9000 what the site would like if everybody set up their own threads and folders when they were looking for a recommendation. That is why we have these rules and guidelines because we do not allow spam.
Here is the link:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Hi folks, this is Vivek from Delhi, India. I join this club as a someone with immense interest and zero knowledge of history. I would look up to you luminaries to suggest the most awesome books to get started. I am mainly interested in 18th century and onwards, trying to understand the roots and context of colonialism, the european revolutions, all the great wars, rise of communist/fascist states, evolution of various political systems and the run up and fallout of the great wars. I have read about 5-6 books on history till now, mainly focused on India. Look forward to a great essential world history startup list....
Hi, my name is Jerome, I live in Australia. I studied the Classics for my Bachelor's degree 20 years ago and have been reading histories ever since. I have an interest in the origins of ideas in human history and their continuous influence in the shaping of cultures and civilisations. I've been looking for a history book club to join for a while, and decided to join this one since there a lot of discussions on a variety of historical periods which I have an interest in. Will be looking forward to learning from the group and sharing what I know as well, cheers, Jerome
Hello Vivek, I hope the HBC meets your needs in finding books to read. We have a India history topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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.
This is how a book should look:
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Paul ScottMore information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
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Hi Jerome. I am glad you decided to join this one. We do have a lot of topics to browse and I hope you join a book discussion, too.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.
This is how a book should look:
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Steven JohnsonMore information:
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Hello, my name is Martin Bruce King. While I read a wide variety of books, I find myself reading a lot of books I should have actually read in high school or during my undergraduate college days. Whatever I read, fiction or nonfiction, I usually approach the work, and the author, from a historical perspective. I always have one actual history book in my “currently reading pile.” While I read most types of history I have I have both a personal and academic interest in late twentieth century intellectual, environmental (political economy of) and economic (heterodox) history.
Hi! I'm Mandi :) I joined this group mainly because of my lack of knowledge in regards to history and my motivation to change that. I'm hoping this group will give me some ideas of good books to read and keep me motivated to learn more.
Hi I live in Australia and have joined this group to further develop my growing interest in history. I have a finance background so haven't formally studied any history....I'm just teaching myself so it is helpful for some guidance! Really looking forward to learning a lot!
So glad you joined us, Vivek and Jerome. You are in the midst of a whole crowd of history lovers!!!!! Looking forward to your participation.
Welcome Martin. I'm glad you found us.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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John KingMore information:
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Hi Mandi, welcome. You should find some good reading material in our topics.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.
This is how a book should look:
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Robert A. CaroMore information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...
Enjoy.
Hello Samantha. I'm glad you found us here. Let us know if you are looking for anything specific to learn, and our members will be glad to help.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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Welcome, Garra. Glad you could join us.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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Hello everyone.My name is Stuart and I'm living in the UK. At school I studied the world wars, the cold war and aspects of Victoria Britain. Since then I have read about a number of eras that interest me, such as ancient Greek and Roman history, crusades and middle eastern history and British history from 1066 onwards. I am very interested to learn more about other areas of history, particularly the Reformation, the age of discovery, the history of China, India and the USA. All suggestions welcome!
A warm welcome Stuart. You have joined with others from around the world who love history and we look forward to your participation. You will find all your favorite topics here, so please join in the discussions.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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William L. ShirerMore information:
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Hi,I've been on Good Reads for a while, but only recently began to use it.
I'm from North Lincolnshire, England, but only began to get into history around the time I moved to Wiltshire. I've watched many documentaries about history, but really want to start reading more books about the history of England. I'm currently re-reading The Seven Ages of Britain, which was written in conjunction with a Channel 4 documentary a few years back. It was the first history book I read of my own accord - and while it's quite basic, it did begin to teach me a lot about how things developed in Britain.
I've been looking around and have seen some interesting books on English history, but I'd still really appreciate any recommendations.
This looks like a great group. I look forward to adding to the discussions as I learn my way around here!
Best wishes,
Tim
Welcome Tim to the place for all things history. We are glad to have another member from the UK as we are a truly international book club. Let me get you started with one of your favorite topics at our British History link below.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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.
This is how a book should look:
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William L. ShirerMore information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......
And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......
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I joined this group ages ago, but it's been such a long time since I last used Goodreads I thought I'd re-introduce myself. My name's Robert and I'm from London. I've always loved history, especially that of the ancient world (which was my focus at university). My most recent historical read was
. I'm keen to branch out into unfamiliar areas, so I'm interested to see what others are reading.
Jill wrote: "Welcome Tim to the place for all things history. We are glad to have another member from the UK as we are a truly international book club. Let me get you started with one of your favorite topics at..."Thanks Jill
Tim wrote: "Jill wrote: "Welcome Tim to the place for all things history. We are glad to have another member from the UK as we are a truly international book club. Let me get you started with one of your favor..."Tim....I think you will find enough here to keep you reading for the next 20 years!!!!! Some great recommendations and discussions.
Robert, we are glad you joined us. This is the place for the history lover. Since you like ancient history let me give you our link to that topic.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Hi! love reading history.. especially 1800s era.. belonged to a bookclub at my building but not keen for most the books they choose (fiction) I do like reading fiction but like reading on various subjects as well.. tall ships era, whaling, gold rush era, civil war.. world histories as well.
We are glad you found us, Pamela. You seem to have a wide range of favorite history topics so please browse our threads to find your areas of interest. There is a lot to see.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.
This is how a book should look:
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William L. ShirerMore information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2......
Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......
And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5......
If you have any questions, just ask a moderator. We look forward to your participation,
Glad to meet you Stuart, Tim, Robert, and Pamela. Welcome to the HBC.
Hello! I currently live in Virginia, a state that has a lot of history. My educational background does not include much history, but I really enjoy reading about our collective past. I guess the aspect about history I enjoy most is discovering what events from the past formed and shaped our current society. My historical interests lie in several areas such American History, Modern European history, ancient history, and several other areas.I'm looking forward to reading some of the selections the moderators and members post for discussions. Perhaps I'll expand my interests into areas i have not considered.
Welcome, Timothy. Glad you could join us.We have a American history topic for you to browse:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Glad you joined us, Timothy. Lots to see and do here.
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sterling Newberrymoderately disabled, interested in modern 20th century warfare.
Very glad you decided to join the rest of us history buffs, Sterling. Since you are interested in 20th century warfare, let me start you with a link to our topic History of WWIIhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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The History Book Club
Books mentioned in this topic
Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy (other topics)Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece (other topics)
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West (other topics)
Alexander the Great (other topics)
The Peloponnesian War (other topics)
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Donald Kagan (other topics)Barry S. Strauss (other topics)
Philip Freeman (other topics)
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James Romm (other topics)
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More information:
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