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['Aussie Rick']

Hi Steve, welcome to the group, I'm pretty sure you'll have a fun time here!

[Elizabeth S]

It is nice to officially welcome you, Steve. Hopefully I can catch up in Federalist soon so I can join in the intelligent conversations going on there. :) See you around.

by Alexander Hamilton and co.

[Lauren]

Hi everyone! I'm Lauren from California. I'm a grad student in anthropology so I really enjoy ancient history. When I'm not reading for school I enjoy any type of history, although I prefer non-fiction. Right now I'm reading:

by: Charles C. Mann

Looking forward to reading new books and hearing everyone's thoughts on them!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Lauren. Glad you could join us.

Great job on the citation. 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.

[Ankit]

Hello guys
I am Ankit just completing my MBA.
Have varied interests in several fields and genre.

Looking forward to more good books.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Byran for helping Lauren out with the useful links.

Welcome Lauren and congrats on getting the citation correct first time.

Wish I were in sunny California now where the weather must be a lot warmer. Glad that you like Ancient History and if you have any suggestions for the Ancient History folder please let us know and/or Elizabeth S.

We want to make your stay here enjoyable.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Hello Ankit! ~ Glad you found us and decided to join. I think you will find much here to appeal to a broad range of interests.

As you get started, please take a note to familiarize yourself with our guidelines and the add book/author feature. 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/2878...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1851...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2851...

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

[Alisa]

Hello Lauren ~ Welcome, we are glad to have you with us. Please join in any of the discussions that interest you. There is a lot here. We look forward to your participation.

[Bryan]

Hello Ankit, welcome.

[Catherine]

My name is Catherine Claxton-Dong. My Ph.D. is in government, but my research for over a decade now has been focused on aspects of western European and United States history.

I don't usually read history for fun - well, it's been years since I've read much of anything for fun - I get too absorbed when I read and get nothing done.

I have spent many, many days practically living on wikipedia and reading bits and pieces from no longer copyrighted histories on the internet.

I like history, its patterns, its surprises, its often astonishingly progressive aspects that reveal the outline of our own cultural preconceptions.

It should be fun not to just write about it, but to talk about it. :)

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Catherine,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. Like you said, it will be fun not to just write about it, but to talk about it!

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 Bing West
(what I'm currently reading)

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...

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Lauren & Ankit, a big welcome to both of you to the group.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Catherine; I hope you find some interesting discussions.

[Alisa]

Hello Catherine ~ Glad to have you in the group, please join in any discussion that interests you. Enjoy!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Ankit and good luck with your MBA. also Catherine you certainly should find something of interest here and we are very glad to have you and Ankit with us.

[Catherine]

Thanks, Ausie Rick, Bryan, Alisa and Bentley. My cousin has been wanting me to join forever, but I'm too addicted when I read (rarely put down a book before finishing it), so I have been "dieting." Now that I've gotten a portion of my research published, though, I want to give myself a bit of a break with reading and social life, etc.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Well glad you are here.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Lauren, Ankit, and Catherine. It looks like you are getting the feel of things in our group. It is always good to see more history lovers join us.

[Jim]

Hello everyone,

My name is Jim, I live in The Netherlands and I'm 22, my interest for history started at my primary school, I loved the history lessons everyday, when I was 14 I started to read history books, and I enjoyed it so very much that I decided to make it my hobby, so next to reading books, I subscribed to history magazine, and I joined a few forums. When I had to go to college I decided I would like to studie history, so I chose to become a history teacher, I'm still studying(almost done and then I'm a certified history teacher).

At the moment I own about 280 books, where at least half of them are history books(maybe even more) and I'm not quite done with buying history books, furthermore I own 2 books who are printed in 1884.

That is everything for now :)

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Jim,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. I share the same passion about reading as do many others here so I am sure you will fit right in :)

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 Craig Deayton
(what I'm currently reading)

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]

Jim, glad you found us. We are happy to have you and you will find that this is a global community represented by pretty much every inhabitable continent.

Your love of history means that you have found the right spot.

So enjoy and let us know how we can help you get the most out of The History Book Club.

And thank you Aussie Rick for helping Jim.

All best,

Bentley

PS: Nice introduction Jim.

[Bryan]

Welcome Jim, I really hope you enjoy the discussions and readings here.

[Alisa]

Welcome Jim, we are glad to have you in the group and look forward to your contributions.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Jim. You sound like a great fit for the group. By the way, I like the idea of introducing people by sharing the date of the oldest book you own. I'm on vacation now, but when I get home I'll have to look to see what my oldest book is.

[Jason]

Hello everyone my name is Jason and I am from Oklahoma City. I work at a newspaper. When I was little (about five years old) I could name all the presidents in order. I kind of lost that drive (and that ability) until just about a year ago, when I re-discovered my love for history. I like reading biographies. I'm glad to have found a group of like-minded people!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Jason. I don't think I had that ability at 5!

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]

Hi Jason, welcome to the group. If you are reigniting your interest in history you have come to the right place. The links Bryan provided will help you get off to a good start but let us know if you need a hand with anything. We look forward to your posts.

[Jim]

hey everybody, thanks for the warm welcome, I will certainly contribute when I have the time for it, as for now one of my favorite history book is this one:

, I really loved it, because it was the first book I read about the twin towers

[Alisa]

Jim, thanks for posting the book cover, don't forget to add the author links to complete the citation. Cover photo, author photo (when available, in this case it was not), and author link. It should look like this:

Jim Dwyer

Thanks!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Jason, welcome to the group. I can see that many of the assisting moderators are helping you already. I did not see the author's photo available on that book. So you would add the book cover as you did and the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text; when the author's photo is available then of course you would add that too.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Jason, welcome to the group I hope you have a fun time here chatting about great books and great moments in history.

[Felina]

Hello Everybody,

I noticed a friend of mine had joined this group (Hi Terri) and since I've always been interested in history I decided to join as well. I very rarely get to read strictly historical books and I look forward to discussing with everybody. I picked up a copy of by and am planning on joining in the discussion.

[Alisa]

Hi Felina! ~ Glad you discovered the group and decided to join. There are so many areas of history and topics to explore that even for the casual fan there is often something that stumulates curiousity. Glad you are here.

Nice job on the book post, you may have already familiarized yourself with the "add book/author" - thank you! Please do use the 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/2878...

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


Thanks and glad you joined us.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Feline,

Welcome to the group, Terri has enjoyed herself her so I'm sure you will as well :)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Felina and welcome.

You did a good job adding the book cover and author's photo but remember you also have to add the author's link; like so:

by Barbara W. Tuchman

Terri has enjoyed her time here so I know you will. We look forward to you joining the Tuchman read.

All best,

Bentley

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Jason, glad to have you rediscover your love of history. I hope you enjoy reading and discussing with us.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Feline. Aren't friends wonderful? I hope you enjoy the group as much as Terri has.

[Bryan]

Glad you joined us Felina, welcome.

[Felina]

Thanks for the welcome!

[Linda]

Hi my name is Linda. I live in ILLinois. I luv history and reading biographies. Recently, I have become fascinated with the Italian Renaissance and have been reading alot on that period of History.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Linda. 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.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome, Linda...we are glad to have you with us. The Italian Renaissance sounds like a great fascination to have. I love Italy myself and have loved visiting it over the years (the museums and the art); and who can forget the food.

Thank you Bryan for assisting new member Linda.

[Alisa]

Hi Linda, welcome to the group. The links Bryan provided you will be helpful as you get started. There is a lot here to explore, including a thread on the Renaissance.

We look forward to your posts, on any thread that interests you.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Linda. It is always good to have people from Illinois join us.

[Stephen]

Hello everyone, my name is Stephen and I'm a freelance artist living in Omaha. Although I primarily illustrate prehistoric natural history scenes I'm broadening my horizon to include other historical events and what better way to get inspiration than through the voracious devouring of history books.

I look forward to joining in on the many discussions this group provides.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome, Stephen. Glad you could join us. Good luck with your endeavors; just an an fyi - we allow no self promotion on this site and I am glad that you did not give us additional details on your artistry beyond your brief intro. You are correct that history is very inspiring and we hope we inspire you to read some very good books that maybe you have been wanting to read for a long time.

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.

There are a few helpful links which may be useful to you.

Here is one on the Mechanics of the Board - sort of like a virtual help desk.

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

Take a few moments to read the thread titled: "How to Get Started" -

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

And here are our guidelines:

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

When adding a book, the citation should look like this: (bookcover, author's photo when available, and always the author's link)

by Charlotte Brontë

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Stephen. I like how you say, "voracious devouring of history books." What an appropriate phrase. I hope you enjoy both devouring and discussing history with us. :)

[Bryan]

Welcome Stephen and I hope you find the group interesting to you.

[[deleted user]]

A big shout out to everyone! :)
I'm Rein and i'm currently living in Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud.
i've finished my secondary school and would soon pursue my tertiary education as a registred nurse. just like everyone i love to read books and im challenging myself to read more of historical fiction books. so then i join this group to find more recommendations and of course to share my thoughts about the books that the group are reading...i'm about to start reading the H.M.S Surprise so i can catch up with every one. happy reading!:)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

First welcome Rein and glad you found the Introductory thread; that is one of our first requirements for everyone who joins.

I had to look up where you were stating you were from: Aotearoa I had to say where is that?

Wikipedia helped out with this explanation: "Aotearoa (pronounced Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa], commonly /aʊtɪəˈroʊ.ə/ ( listen) by English speakers) is the most widely known and accepted Māori name for New Zealand. It is used by both Māori and non-Māori, and is becoming increasingly widespread in the bilingual names of national organisations, such as the National Library of New Zealand / Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.[1]"

So I assume you are from New Zealand. I am glad that you like historical fiction and history and we are delighted with that.

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. I can see that you added the bookcover which is terrific; but remember that on our site there are three parts to our citations: book cover, author's photo when available and always the author's link.

There are a few helpful links which may be useful to you.

Here is one on the Mechanics of the Board - sort of like a virtual help desk.

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

Take a few moments to read the thread titled: "How to Get Started" -

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

And here are our guidelines:

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

When adding a book, the citation should look like this: (bookcover, author's photo when available, and always the author's link)

Patrick O'Brian

I know that Christopher will be delighted to have you post on the HMS Surprise threads.