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Welcome, Audrey. Glad you could join us.Here are a couple of links to some discussions in our group that might be of interest to you:
Medicine & Science
Britain
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I am an avid reader that always has at least three books going at the same time. At one is a history or memoir. My interests are range widely from global politics to economic history of agriculture. My decrees are in Political Science, Economics of Developing Countries and Accounting though my current work is in Horticulture.
Hello, I'm Marjani and I'm from Brazil and study history at the University and in a few years I'll be a teacher. My main interests are history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Brazil and Europe. I also like biographies. I'm here on the group to find more theoretical and historical fiction books.
Hi everyone,
My name is Marina and I am of Yugoslav origin.
I have bachelor of arts degree in English language and literature and I currently live in the US.
I am a passionate reader, and in the genre of world history I love studying the Roman Empire from its beginning as a small city to the fall of the western Roman empire in the 5th century to the "Barbarians".
I also am a medieval junkie and love to read about the survival of the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine empire.
Thanks!
My name is Marina and I am of Yugoslav origin.
I have bachelor of arts degree in English language and literature and I currently live in the US.
I am a passionate reader, and in the genre of world history I love studying the Roman Empire from its beginning as a small city to the fall of the western Roman empire in the 5th century to the "Barbarians".
I also am a medieval junkie and love to read about the survival of the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine empire.
Thanks!
Hello all,I'm looking forward to being a part of the History Book Club. Current reading interest includes political history dating from the beginning of the 20th century to now.
Chris
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I am an aviation historian. Not only do I read aviation non-fiction but works relevant to particular time periods. It's fascinating to 'wrap' the events of the time period around an aviator. Obviously, it makes the story so much richer. I'm looking forward to recommendations from this group on pre-WWII projects.
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Hello Marjani. Brazil, very beautiful country. 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 Marina. Welcome. We have a Roman History topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Welcome, Chris. We have an American Government topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Hello, I'm Jose Luis. I´m a Spanish physician with great interest in history. I like military history (WWI, WW2, Spanish civil war, American revolution...) but also classic and medieval books. I tend to listen to audio courses and lectures but haven´t read quite as many books of history.
I also like science and science-fiction books.
Jubilena wrote: "Hello I'm jubilee, I'm Australian although I'm not in Australia at this very moment When it comes 2 nonfiction and historic fiction I tend 2 read about ancient Egypt,any time period in England, S..."
Welcome, Jubilee. Glad you could join us. And thank you for introducing yourself so quickly!
You might like to look through our Classic Antiquity thread to get started.
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Jose wrote: "Hello, I'm Jose Luis. I´m a Spanish physician with great interest in history. I like military history (WWI, WW2, Spanish civil war, American revolution...) but also classic and medieval books. I t..."
Welcome, Jose. Glad you could join us.
Our Military History folder might be of interest to you.
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Hello, my name is Cindy from Massachusetts, USA. My main focus is American History. .. studies of U.S. Presidents, our nation's past wars, politics and other historical events which shaped our country and continue to influence our world. World history is also of interest to me. For the past 32 years I have been employed in the healthcare management field; initially as a Medical Office Manager then transitioning from the medical office to a health management consulting company as a Reimbursement Specialist. Living in the suburbs of historic Boston all my life, I find myself drawn to the subject. Visiting historic Charleston, SC on numerous occasions confirmed my passion for learning more about our country's roots. I am a novice in the history realm but welcome your suggestions and discussions on the topic.
Glad you found us Cindy. We have many topics that will appeal to you......please browse the folders on our home page and find those that catch your eye.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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A warm welcome, Sanne......this is the place for the history lover. Please browse the folders on our home page and find what is of interest to you.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 all!I'm Jules, from Austin, Tx, USA. I think I "inherited" my love of history from my dad. He, especially in his later years, was always reading. And he loved reading just about anything to do with history.
I really enjoy Texas History, and American History, the most. But honestly, history is so interwoven together, no matter what subject you're reading about.
I'm more of a lurker than a poster most of the time. But I do sometimes post in spurts, just depending on time permitting.
Thanks for the warm welcome! :D
-Julie
Welcome, Julie. Austin is a great city, and home of LBJ library, which is great.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 to our new members Marina, Chris, Jubilee, Cindy, and Jose. We are glad you joined with the rest of us history lovers.
Hello and thanks for accepting me. Love all eras, types of historical fiction and non-fiction. Particularly early American, Churchill, labor movement and feminism. Currently excited about President Garfield and would love recommendations about great reads about or including him. Also always interested in tLking to Churchill experts regarding a small project I'm working on regarding his depression and daily a Activities.
Hi I'm Lynsey. I'm from Enoch, Utah. I am a stay at home mom, but before this calling I was pursuing my degree in history. Now that my kids are all older and going to school I am finally finishing up my degree. I love all things World War II - thanks to my Grandpa and his war stories. Military history is one of my favorite subjects. I'm also very interested in the Roman Empire. Thank you for letting me be a part of this group. I'm excited to delve back into history.
Hi, I am Amit Tiwary from Bangalore, India. Thanks for accepting my request and letting me join this group. I work for a leading software company. I have developed a keen interest in reading history and mainly contemporary history. World War and India and sub continent history are my favorite subjects. I love reading biographies and autobiographies too.
Jim wrote: "Hello and thanks for accepting me. Love all eras, types of historical fiction and non-fiction. Particularly early American, Churchill, labor movement and feminism. Currently excited about President..."Welcome, Jim. Glad you could join us. Thank you for introducing yourself.
Here is a link to our Presidential Series on JAMES A. GARFIELD , hopefully you will find some recommendations that you interest you.
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Lynsey wrote: "Hi I'm Lynsey. I'm from Enoch, Utah. I am a stay at home mom, but before this calling I was pursuing my degree in history. Now that my kids are all older and going to school I am finally finishing ..."Welcome, Lynsey. Glad you could join us. Thank you for introducing yourself.
You might like to start by browsing through and commenting on these group discussions & threads:
MILITARY HISTORY
WWII
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
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Amit wrote: "Hi, I am Amit Tiwary from Bangalore, India. Thanks for accepting my request and letting me join this group. I work for a leading software company. I have developed a keen interest in reading histor..."Welcome, Amit. Glad you could join us. As a group we are working on an EXOTIC BOOK CAVALCADE TO ICONIC INDIA. That might be a good place for you to start browsing.
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Welcome Jim, Lynsey, and Amit.Jim: I worked at the Garfield home in Ohio, so take a look at the topic and I'm happy to answer any questions there.
Hi All,I'm a long-time history buff and I'm especially interested in military history. I'm a native of the historic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, went to school at the Virginia Military Institute, and lived in 1 1918 house in Richmond for many years.
Lynn Seldon
Hi Everyone, I am Dave and I live in Surrey in the UK. I did my degree in Modern History, but history was a passion of mine long before that. I'm normally reading at least one history book and my favoured subjects include the Later Roman Empire and Medieval Europe, the Crusades, the Byzantine Empire, the French Revolution and general military history from the seventeenth through to the twentieth centuries. My favourite historical work of all is Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire which I have read twice and hope to read a third time before I die if I have time :-).Looking forward to taking part in the discussions here.
Welcome to the place for all history buffs, Lynn. Let me get you started with a link to our Military History folder which is only one of several military folders that we have.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Welcome to our new members, Jim, Lynsey, and Amit. If you love history, you will love your time spent here.
So glad you joined us,David. You have so many special history interests, that I will just start you off with one of them; our link to Ancient History.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Hi everyone,I'm Derek a native New Yorker, aspiring writer and passionate lover of history. I'm currently having a - stay up all night can't stop thinking about you - affair with everything dealing with the Crusades. I'm here to listen, learn and hopefully contribute back to this community.
Hi everyone,My name is Ciro, i am 22 and i live in Italy. I study engineerign but my first passion is history. I especially like the military anecdotes of the first and second world war but I do not dislike even biographies of less-known characters. I also love Roman history, i studied Latin and i like to translate works of latin Authors.
From now i apologize for my imperfect English.
I am happy i join this group and i hope you would help my couriosity with many suggestions.
Derek wrote: "Hi everyone,I'm Derek a native New Yorker, aspiring writer and passionate lover of history. I'm currently having a - stay up all night can't stop thinking about you - affair with everything dea..."
Welcome, Derek. Glad you could join us.
We do have a discussion on the Crusades -- it might be of interest to you. You can check it out here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Ciro wrote: "Hi everyone,My name is Ciro, i am 22 and i live in Italy. I study engineerign but my first passion is history. I especially like the military anecdotes of the first and second world war but I do ..."
Welcome, Ciro. Glad you could join us. Thank you for introducing yourself.
It looks like you've come to the right place for history. You have many interests. Here are links to the first and second world war that you might be interested in browsing and commenting:
WWI
WWII
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Hello, my name is James, and I'm a journalist in Memphis, TN. I love all things history, most notably American colonial, Civil War, the Medieval Era, economic history and climate history (for example, The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen). Thanks and I look forward to perusing the many threads in this group.The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen
Welcome, James. Glad you could join us. We have a American colonial history topic:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Bryan wrote: "Welcome Jim, Lynsey, and Amit.Jim: I worked at the Garfield home in Ohio, so take a look at the topic and I'm happy to answer any questions there."
Thank you!
So glad you joined us, Ciro and James. For those who love history, this is the place to be. Lots of interesting topics......browse our home page and find what catches your eye and then jump right in. Happy reading!!!
Hello! My name is Terezi, and I'm an aspiring history enthusiast. I'm particularly interested in military and world conflict history, as well as political history. I hope to discover a whole slew of new books through this group.
Welcome to the place for the history lover, Jennie. You have so many diverse topics of interest that I will start you with one of them at our link below:China
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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Hello and welcome, Terezi. Let me suggest that you browse the folders on our home page and find some topics that are of interest to you......and join right in.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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My name is Allen and I live in North Carolina. I got my love of history from my dad who I can remember reading constantly when I was growing up. I have a rather large collection of books on the Civil War and World War II but lately I have been reading more about the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson and John Adams by David McCullough are the 2 books that really got me interested in the characters and events of that time period. I am currently reading The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon Wood.I am excited to join the group.
Welcome Allen....your background sounds like mine with a family that all read history. Let me get you started with our link to one of your favorite topics, American Revolutionhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Hi Everyone, This is Sumit Kishanpuria from Hyderabad India. I am an engineer and MBA by education background and currently working with Novartis Healthcare.I have been involved in reading for a long time, but from a year or so I have been devoting almost half my reading to History (it started with WW II and now I m moving on to another era).
Idea behind joining this group is to get benefited from discussions with like minded people and if possible contribute my two cents.
Thanks for accepting me, Happy reading...
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I am a technical writer in Glasgow, but with formal training up to the doctoral level in History (in particular, the history of Medicine and Science). I am particularly interested in Victorian Britain.