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[Tim]

Welcome to the group, Michelle. I see that you are reading by Lawrence Wright. I found that book really illuminating!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Michelle, no worries about not being an academic. We have all stripes here, and I hope you find some interesting discussions and book suggestions.

[Bryan]

Hi Paula and welcome. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (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. This is how the books you've mentioned should look:

Barbara W. Tuchman

More 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, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Alisa]

Hello Paula, welcome and glad you decided to join. There is a wide variety of topics and books to explore here so please make yourself at home.

[Paula]

Sorry - didn't realize that was a requirement. Will do my best to remember to do so going forward.

Bryan wrote: "Hi Paula and welcome. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box...."

[Bryan]

Paula wrote: "Sorry - didn't realize that was a requirement. Will do my best to remember to do so going forward."

No worries, Paula. We are here to help and the add book/author feature is kind of cool.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Paula and welcome. Please make sure to familiarize yourself with the guidelines. I can see that you have gotten some help already from one of the assisting moderators.

All best,

Bentley

[Carol]

Hi I am Carol. I love books of all kinds. I especially love history, particularly Russia, China and India. I enjoyed reading the threads on Dimblebys' journey in Russia. I have this book but I have not yet started it.
I am not in any way an academic but I hope that I can make a contribution to some discussions. I had a read through all of the guidelines, I will just have to figure out the ad/book thing.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Carol,

We are sorry that we did not see you over here. Usually one of us greets newcomers right away.

I want to personally welcome you to the History Book Club. We love folks who love books and history here so you will fit right in. If you have any suggestions for good books, please feel free to let us all know. I am glad that you are enjoying the buddy read thread on Dimbleby's book. Also, if you have any ideas for threads on Russia, China and India beyond what we have, please by all means let us know. And though we do have some academics, we are for the most part just a good group of folks who enjoy good non fiction books, historical fiction and good conversation...so you will fit right in quite easily.

Just to help you get started: whenever citing any books and/or even when you are simply citing just authors, you must for a book, utilize the add book/author feature of goodreads and always add the book cover, the author's photo when available and always the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

If you are adding simply an author's name, then you must add the author's photo when available and the author's link (which is the author's name in linkable text).

The guidelines are not optional and we want everybody to get off to a great start.

Here are some examples if you mention any authors:

Agatha Christie

Rex Stout

Ngaio Marsh

If you are citing a book and I will use an Agatha Christie book as an example, this is how that book would look:

by Agatha Christie

If you would like to take a look at our rules and guidelines and orientation; here are a few links:

Guidelines

About Us - The History Book Club

Mechanics of the Board - Help Desk

Orientation

We are delighted to have you and hope you will enjoy yourself here.

Also, you mentioned a book and author so the citation should look like this:

by Jonathan Dimbleby - (no photo available)

All best,

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Carol, welcome to the group, I hope you have a fun time here and I'm glad to hear that you have been enjoying the posts on "Russia".

by Jonathan Dimbleby

[Joshua]

Hello everyone. My name is Joshua.
I stumbled upon your group this evening, and since I've always enjoyed history, I decided to join. In particular, I've always found Medieval history the most fascinating. Getting more specific, I prefer British medieval history. In fact, I'm currently reading Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede. I'm quite enjoying it. I'm going to follow it up with The History of the Kings of Britain, which is a bit more fantastical and a bit less historical.
I'm looking forward to exploring more of the group when I have the time, but for now, I'll stick with this introduction.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Joshua and Bhamielec,

Welcome to the History Book Club. Joshua, glad you stumbled across our group and we are glad to have you. We have a spotlighted read beginning next Monday which may be one you would be interested in. British Medieval History is a great subject matter. Becky, here you will find more good non fiction recommendations than you probably can read in a lifetime so you also have found a good spot.

We love folks who love books and/or history here so you both will fit right in. If you have any suggestions for good books, please feel free to let us all know.

Just to help you get started: whenever citing any books and/or even when you are simply citing just authors, you must for a book, utilize the add book/author feature of goodreads and always add the book cover, the author's photo when available and always the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

If you are adding simply an author's name, then you must add the author's photo when available and the author's link (which is the author's name in linkable text).

The guidelines are not optional and we want everybody to get off to a great start.

Here are some examples if you mention any authors:

Agatha Christie

Rex Stout

Ngaio Marsh

If you are citing a book and I will use an Agatha Christie book as an example, this is how that book would look:

by Agatha Christie

If you would like to take a look at our rules and guidelines and orientation; here are a few links:

Guidelines

About Us - The History Book Club

Mechanics of the Board - Help Desk

Orientation

We are delighted to have you and hope you will enjoy yourself here.

Also Joshua, you mentioned a book and author so the citation should look like this:

by Bede

The book has a goodreads book cover so we always add that first, then there is an author's photo available so we always add that next if there is one and then finally the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

by Geoffrey of Monmouth

For the second book you mentioned; I am assuming you meant the one above. That is why we do specific citations in order to assist our readers so that they indeed have the same book we are referring to with the correct edition, author, etc.

Hope all of this helps rather than confuse; but you will both get the hang of it very soon and we are all here to help you.

All best,

Bentley

[Alisa]

Welcome Carol, Joshua, and Bhamielec, we are glad you joined us. Please join in any of the discussions and look around, there is lots here to explore. The links will be handy but if you need any help just ask an of us moderators.

[Jill H.]

A belated hello from Jill. I have been posting in the group for about a month but forgot to introduce myself. I was thrilled to find this diverse group since I am a lover of all history especially British, military, and the World Wars.
I am a Masters prepared health care provider/administrator and currently write regulatory and statutory guidance for quality assurance in health care facilities with a specialty in medical malpractice.
I am a voracious reader and hope that I can add something of value to this group. I have certainly added to my never-ending TBR shelf from the wonderful recommendations by the members.

[Alisa]

Jill, thanks for introducing yourself and for joining the group. I have seen some of your posts and glad you are getting involved with the discussions.

I think you are also familiar 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.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...


Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

If you need a hand or have a question you can ask any of us moderators. Thanks and glad you joined us.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Joshua and Becky, welcome to the group and I'm glad that you have found us. I am sure you will both have a good time and hopefully find lots of new and interesting titles and authors to explore.

A belated welcome to Jill as well :)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Jill wrote: "A belated hello from Jill. I have been posting in the group for about a month but forgot to introduce myself. I was thrilled to find this diverse group since I am a lover of all history especially..."

Well welcome belatedly Jill. Glad to have you with us.

Bentley

[Luckness Rabbit]

Hi there everyone! :)
My name is Miren, I´m 20 years old and I am at my third year at university studying History. Apart from my passion for all kind of books, I like writing and drawing as well as playing video games but the hobby I really enjoy is photography, my dream is to become a good photographer one day.

I am looking forward to participate in this group!
(Sorry if my english is not very good, it´s not my native language).

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Miren,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. Your English seems pretty good so far :)

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (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.

This is how a book that you mention in your post should look:

by Simon Winchester

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Mirren,

Welcome to the group. You are doing just fine and photography is a great passion to have.

Bentley

[Mel]

Hi, my name's Mel.

I have a (completely amateur) interest in Roman history and Romano-British history in particular, but I'm fond of history in general.

I look forward to having a good browse to see what books other people are reading and hope to recommend a few favourites once I'm a bit more familiar with how all this works.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Mel,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. I also have a passion for Roman history so hope to chat to you more about a few good books on that subject :)

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (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.

This is how a book that you mention in your post should look:

by Simon Winchester

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Mel...we will be continuing with another read dedicated to the Romans next month. So stay tuned.

[Alisa]

Welcome to both Miren and Mel, we are glad to have you and hope you enjoy exploring the club and participating in discussions.

[Bryan]

Welcome to Carol, Joshua, Becky, Jill, and Mirren. I'm glad you joined us and I know you will find good book recommendations, and I hope you join in our discussions, as well.

[Mimi V]

hi! i just read two really good history books and thought i'd see if there was a group on Goodreads that would be a good place to find more ideas. i just finished reading "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson, which i found to be a really good book about the American ambassador and his family in Berlin during the early 30s, as Hitler consolidated poower.

the other book i've read recently is "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918" by Adam Hochschild. this is about the first world war, but has the interesting perspective of people who opposed the war, as well as those who waged it; and their sometimes surprising relationships to each other.

you might think i read a lot of war history, but that's not the case. i usually shy away from that type of thing, but still found Hochschild's book really fascinating.

looking forward to exchanging ideas with the group!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Naomi. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (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. This is how the books you've mentioned should look:

Erik Larson

Adam Hochschild

More 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...

Check out these two threads on the world wars:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

I hope you find the group interesting.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Naomi and welcome to the group, I am sure you will have a fun time here discovering new books and authors and chatting about your favourites.

[Alisa]

Hi Naomi, welcome. I hope you find topics and books of interest to discuss and to add to your reading list. The links Bryan provided will get you off to a good start but let us know if you need any help. Enjoy!

[Mimi V]

Alisa wrote: "Hi Naomi, welcome. I hope you find topics and books of interest to discuss and to add to your reading list. The links Bryan provided will get you off to a good start but let us know if you need a..."

thanks, Alisa and Aussie Rick! i'm looking forward to the discussions

[Julie]

Hi,

My name is Julie and I'm pleased to find a group in which to enjoy History. I'm sorry to have missed the Russia book (having just finished A Russian Diary by but I'm sure there will be many fine selections to enjoy in future.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Julie. Glad you could join us.

You made a great first try on a citation. It should include a cover, photo, and an author link. This is how the book you mentioned should look:

Anna Politkovskaya

More 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, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Julie, hi - you really did not miss the book on Russia, you can join in on it at any time. The dates are loose and forgiving and you can post any time.

by Jonathan Dimbleby

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Julie and welcome to the group. I hope you find everything your looking for here and have a good time chatting about good books and authors.

[Alisa]

Hello Julie, welcome to the group we are glad to have you. There are many open threads where discussions are ongoing and we hope you join the conversation.

[Kurt]

Hi, I’m Kurt Hanson. I’ve been a reader of historical fiction since I was a kid and my mother, a history teacher, started tossing Anya Seton and Mary Stewart books at me. I became a historian and history teacher as well, focusing on American History. I write a blog and historical fiction, but I’m here as a reader.

[Reading Wolf]

Hello I am Minda. I have been in love with History since I was about 6 years old. I used to dream of being an archaeologist. I first fell in love with Egyptian history, then Mediterranean (by which I mean Etruscan, Roman Empire, Greek, etc.), next came prehistoric man, and finally English history.

I took a History class every year of high school, read historical fiction/nonfiction on my own (imagine not needing to beg a teen to do that now!) and finally carried my love to college where I fell in love with the history of science. Sadly I needed to take time off from my last semester (15 credits shy) because of medical reasons. C'est la vie.

So right now I am a housewife, and trucking companion. I love traveling. I hope to use it to my benefit by seeing a lot of historical sites and perhaps some museums. (Already seen the archaeological site at the Grand Canyon, the original pony express building, and some other sites here and there) I still love archaeology but lets just say it would have to be a lot of night digs in order for me to participate. LOL.

So that's about it with me. *scratches head* Oh and I read a lot of fiction, I'm becoming picky about what nonfiction I read, and I have a soft spot for dystopia. So that should cover most of my information.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Kurt and Minda. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (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. Kurt, this is how the authors you've mentioned should look:

Anya Seton

Mary Stewart

More 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, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Kurt and Minda and welcome to the group, I hope you both find what your looking for here and have a great time discovering and talking about good books and authors.

[Alisa]

Hello Kurt and Minda, glad you both decided to join us. Please explore the site and join in any of the discussions. The links Bryan provided you will be helpful in getting you started but you can always ask one of the moderators if you need a hand.

[Mike]

Hi everyone, my name is Mike and I live in a busy family with four young children in the foothills of Canberra, Australia. I work in Finance and enjoyed studying Literature and Philosophy at University many years ago. I have two young boys 11 and 13 that have been introduced to reading Roman and Greek history without scarring them to date and so I am on the lookout for any modern suggestions that we can enjoy together. As my children have Italian, Czech and English grandparents any suggestions with these themes are also welcomed. Looking forward to the suggested reading of the month for my own pleasure.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Mike. 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.

More 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...

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Mike, welcome to the group, amazing to see another member from Canberra here :)

[Alisa]

Hi Mike, welcome we are glad to have you in the group! With your interests there should be plenty here to explore, check out the discussion threads as they are chock full of books which our members have enjoyed and discussed. You will see there are several group book reads, usually a couple going on simultaneously, and they are stretched out over a couple of months to allow people to participate at their own pace. Join in wherever you are inspired to do so. We look forward to your posts.

[Simon Chambers]

Hello everyone, I am Simon. I am from the U.K. I am a big fan of historical military books. I am a military author myself and love reading anything I can get my hands on... or download to my kindle, lol. Looking forward to talkings book with you all.

[Nylne]

Hi, I am intrested in both ancient and biblical history!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Simon and Nylne. 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.

More 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, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Simon, welcome to the group and I hope to chat with you soon about some good military history books.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Mike, Simon, Nylne to the History Book Club. We are delighted to have you with us and a special thank you for the assisting moderators for their assistance.

[Alisa]

Welcome Simon and Nylne, glad you joined us! Lots here to explore, hope you enjoy getting into it.