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[Alisa]

Brian, welcome to the club! There are many topics and books being discussed regularly so take the time to explore and you are bound to find things that interest you. Please join in the discussions anywhere that inspires you.

[Rachelle]

Hello,

My name is Rachelle, i'm 35. I live in Utah with my hubby and 3 young children. I'm in a position where I am able to going back to school. I'm attending the U of U and my major is History, which I love and am enjoying.

I enjoy reading all types of history, fiction and non-fiction.

I can't wait to share and read more books with History folks.

Rachelle

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Rachelle,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. What type of history are your currently studying?

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 a post should look:

by Nathaniel Fick
(I'm currently reading this)

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

Link to our guidelines:

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

More information:

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

Take a few moments to read the orientation:

[Alisa]

Hi Rachelle! Welcome, we are glad to have you. Aussie Rick pointed you inthe right direction with the links to the clubs rules, including the add book/author feature. If you need any help let us know, otherwise please explore and join any discussions that interest you. We look forward to your participation.

[Felicia]

Hey, I'm Felicia.
Nice to meet you all. :D

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Racelle and welcome Felicia,

A couple things to help you get started with The History Book Club. 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.

The citations have three parts: (bookcover always when available - it usually is except for older books), (author's photo when available) and always (the author's link) - author's name in linkable text.

Here is a sample:

by Winston S. Churchill

I also have added some other helpful links including the guidelines, orientation, etc.

Guidelines

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

Orientation

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

About Us

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

More information on how to add pictures and links:

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

Jump right in on the threads that you are interested in and there will always be an assisting mod to give you the help you might need.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Rachelle and Felicia, one of you posted a follow up note with a book and instead of replying I inadvertently deleted it. My error, so sorry! I think it was a note about a book you are reading now, and actually we have a thread for that so please feel free to post it there.

Here is the thread. http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Hope to see you participate soon!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Felicia, welcome to the group, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun here once you meet everyone.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Rachelle! I'm related to a lot of U of U graduates, although I'm not sure if any of them majored in history. Hopefully you are having success balancing the kids and school--that can get tricky. Glad to have you with us in the group!

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Felicia. I hope you enjoy the discussions here.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Felicia and Rachelle. I do hope you find some interesting discussions and books here.

[Veronika]

Well hello, everyone! I literally just stumbled across The History Book Club this morning, and wow, am I psyched!
I'm just getting back into reading historical fiction, and I currently have the enormous-but-oh-so-good tome John Adams sitting on my sidetable, riddled with pencil marking and underscorings. I'm rediscovering that history really is alive, and it's been so much fun!

About me real quick: I'm a senior in college, getting certified to teach secondary English (though I'm also interested in teaching theatre, history, and writing). I love to write and my dream is to write novels and screenplays for a living someday. I'm an all-American girl residing in the rolling hills of Kentucky, and I love books, movies, horses, 4-wheelers, and coffee houses.

Looking forward to joining the discussions!

by David McCullough

[Alisa]

Veronika, welcome and we are so glad you stumbled across the club! It sounds like your interests will keep you busy out here, so please join in any of the discussion threads.

THANK YOU so much for following the book cover and author posting conventions. It is a requirement of all our club members and is the ideal way for everyone to see the books and authors being discussed. Perhaps you already checked out the mechanics of the board and orientation threads, if not will put them here for handy reference.
More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2878...

Take a moment and look at our orientation thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1851...

If at any time you need a hand, feel free to drop a note to any of the moderators. You look like you are all set, please join in the discussions. Glad to have you.

[Bryan]

Welcome Veronika. Great job on the citation, bravo.

I hope you find some good stuff here.

['Aussie Rick']

Welcome Veronika, good to see you join the History Book Club and I hope you have a good time here. I love books and a good coffee house/cafe as well :)

[Veronika]

Thanks, you all! And yes, I made sure I got it right the first time. I know it can be frustrating for moderators to have to go back and fix things. Been there, done that. :) Looking forward to it!

(And yes, that's me, I just changed my screenname. :) )

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Veronika for helping out all of the moderators and welcome to the group.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, inkworknow/Veronika! Thanks for explaining about the name change, I was wondering if that is what happened. :) I'm glad you are joining us for the Mr. Midshipman Hornblower discussion and I hope there are lots of other things to interest you in the group.

by C.S. Forester

[Zeeshan]

Hi,
my name is Zeeshan Ali nd I live in Gojra (Pakistan).I m doing MBBS just given papers of 1st prof (part 2)
I have been a curious student of history in my high school.My hobbies r reading whenever i get time.I m looking forward for a very good time here.this is actually my 1st group in goodreads
i will welcome any advices or suggestions

[Bryan]

Welcome, Zeeshan. 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/2...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Alisa]

Hello Zeeshan, welcome to the group, we are glad to have you. The links that Bryan posted for you will get you off to a good start, but please ask if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy exploring and discussing history books and topics with the group.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Zeeshan! My advice is to explore, be polite, ask as many questions as you'd like, and enjoy! Reading and history are both fun, so it is nice to have them both in this group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Zeeshan, welcome to the group and I look forward to your views on some good books & authors and your favourite periods in history.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Zeeshan,

Where is Gojra in Pakistan? Is it in the Province of Punjab near the city of Lahore? I looked it up and discovered that your location is well known for eye surgery in your area and India as well. Here is the excerpt I found:

Eye Surgery

Gojra was a renowned centre for eye surgery. Its fame for ophthalmic excellence was known throughout colonial India.[6] One of the leading figures of Gojra was the eye surgeon, Dr. Harbhajan Singh.[7] He gave eyesight to a huge number of patients whose eyes could not be cured by many of the ophthalmologists in more sophisticated hospitals in big cities like Delhi, Lahore or Calcutta.Another leading figure was Dr Rehmat Ullah. He later on established an eye hospital in Gojra, by the name of Dr Rehmat Ullah's General and Eye Hospital[citation needed]. Later on his mission was carried on by his two sons Dr Abdul Hafeez and Dr Muhammad Iqbal. Currently a project to construct a 1400 bed eye hospital in Gojra is underway. Very impressive.

What is your MMBS. I am sure that you are very proud of your achievements; but every country seems to have different terminology for their degree programs.

We are delighted to have you join us. You may be our first member from Pakistan although we have members from all over the world. Everybody's views are welcome and listened to. Elizabeth S, one of our assisting moderators gave you the best advice: "explore, be polite, ask as many questions as you'd like, and enjoy".

Please make sure to learn how to do our citations of books and authors.

I noticed that Bryan gave you a few pointers and links to take a look at.

If you are citing a book, then you must add the book cover always, the author's photo when available and always the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

Here is a sample of what it would look like:

by Homer

We look forward to your views on the books we have discussed and please join in on some of our discussions if you can get ahold of the books we are reading. We are honored that you have chosen us as your first group on goodreads.

All best,

Bentley

[Diane]

Hello. My name is Diane Oliva. I live in Morgantown, WV and I am in my early 60's. I am retired buyer. I was a home textile buyer for a Federated Department Store (10 years) and a manager/buyer for a hospital gift shop (15 years). I love to read and my favorite genre is nonfiction. I will thank Brian Lamb of Cspan's Booknotes for converting me to nonfiction. That said, I will read almost anything. I just downloaded the James Polk book to my Kindle and will join in the discussion next week. I seem to remember an interview many years ago on Booknotes with an author who wrote about James Polk. I don't know if this book was the one. My memory isn't all that great.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Diane,

Welcome to the History Book Club and you have come to the right place with your interest in non fiction.

Just a few housekeeping helpful hints first:

A couple things to help you get started with The History Book Club. 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.

The citations have three parts: (bookcover always when available - it usually is except for older books), (author's photo when available) and always (the author's link) - author's name in linkable text.

Here is a sample:

by Winston S. Churchill

I also have added some other helpful links including the guidelines, orientation, etc.

Guidelines

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

Orientation

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

About Us

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

More information on how to add pictures and links:

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

Jump right in on the threads that you are interested in and there will always be an assisting mod to give you the help you might need.

We are glad that you will be joining our assisting moderator Bryan for the next Presidential Series read which I hope you enjoy.

Polk was a president and author and of course we are referencing our upcoming book in the conversation, so you must cite the book according to our guidelines which is a snap to do once you get the hang of it.

The Polk book and author would be cited as follows:

by Walter R. Borneman

Isn't the Kindle the most handy tool for reading. I am sure that you love it as much as I love mine.

So now just jump into the threads after getting acclimated to the rules and guidelines and enjoy.

Bentley

[Bryan]

Hi Diane:

Welcome to the group and glad to hear you will join us for the Polk discussion.

Walter R. Borneman

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Diane. Glad you joined us!

[Alisa]

Diane, welcome, we are so glad you discovered the group. There is a lot here to explore so please join any discussion that interests you. We look forward to your participation.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Diane and welcome to the group, I'm sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors.

[Diane]

Walter Borneman
I am working hard to understand all of the guidelines and rules. Still working on accessing the threads and adding my books. Adding my books might take forever! I have Audible, Kindle and "real" books. So many choices! Thanks for all of the welcomes.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good job on the add Diane. Looks good. In the case of the book cited there is no author's photo available; if there were; then that would be the third item added like in the Churchill example I gave above in message 2288.

[Jeffrey]

My name is Jeff. I live in Middle Georgia, USA.
I'm 64.
I am a buyer working for a Aerospace subcontractor.
My undergraduate degree is in history, pimary interest is 19th century American history.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Jeff,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. 19th century American history is an interesting period to read.

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 want to mention in a post should look:

by David Roberts
(I'm currently reading this)

Link to our guidelines:

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

More information:

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

Take a few moments to read the orientation:

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

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Jeff to the History Book Club.

I noticed that Aussie Rick was kind enough to post some helpful links to our rules and guidelines.

Please familiarize yourself with there rules and just join in and have fun.

Bentley

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Jeff! Glad to have you join us.

[Alisa]

Jeff, welcome to the group. We are glad you joined and hope you enjoy your experience. Please join in any discussion tha intersts you - there are many out here!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Jeff. I hope you find the group rewarding.

[Diane]

Jeff,
Glad you decided to join.
Diane Oliva

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Sridhar,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. I wish I could play the guitar, very envious!

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 book that you mentioned should look:

by William Dalrymple

Link to our guidelines:

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

More information:

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

Take a few moments to read the orientation:

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

By the way, whereabouts exactly is Pune?

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Sridhar, I'm glad to see another military history fan here, I'm sure we'll find a lot to talk about :)

I figured Pune was in India somewhere but wasn't too sure exactly where so thanks for the link. I knew of Poona from a lot of history books that I read covering the 'Indian Mutiny' and the British Empire.

I bet you will have lost of history to share with us here at the History Book Club and look forward to your contributions to the threads when your ready.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome to the History Book Club Sridhar. We are glad to have you with us all the way from Pune.

You even were able to give our Aussie Rick a geography lesson. Thanks to Aussie Rick for giving you a lot of links and information to digest.

Bentley

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Sridhar. I hope you enjoy reading and discussing history with us.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Sridhar. We are glad you joined us here at the HBC.

[Alisa]

Sridhar, welcome to the group! We look forward to your participation. We have members from all around the world, which makes it fun and interesting for everyone.

[Erik]

Hi everybody! I am Erik, a Swede currently living in Bulgaria. I love historical fiction and saw that you are about to read The Grass Crown by Colleen Mccollough. I thought The First Man in Rome was just great and figured I should join. Never joined a group book reading before and looking forward to try it out.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Erik. 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:

Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough

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/2...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Erik. Glad to have you with us.

Thank you Bryan for giving some helpful hints to Erik regarding our rules and guidelines .

If you need any help, do not hesitate to call on one of our assisting moderators.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Hi Erik! ~ Glad you found the group and decided to join. There is much here to explore and the links Bryan provided will give helpful orientation as you participate in the discussions. Enjoy!

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Erik! Glad you found us. I hope you enjoy discussing lots of books with us. See you 'round!