ARCHIVE ONE: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ~ Showing 2,701-2,750 of 6,553

[Doug]

Thanks for the welcome, everybody...and welcome to you, Debye!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

We are delighted to have you with us Debye.

[3535]

Hi, my name is Gerald. I've been away from Goodreads for a while but am delighted upon returning to discover this group. I am in the lucky position that my passion, history, is also my job, so am doubly delighted that I can find kindred spirits here. My interests are broad, ranging from classical antiquity to 20th century history, although I am perhaps less interested in current issues or politics of the day than most history buffs. My expertise is in the Atlantic World of the 17th and 18th centuries, but I am also keen on later periods. I am decidedly fonder of social and cultural history than of political and military history, but I guess there is room for everybody here! In advance I must apologise for making any errors -- I am a bit of technophobe....

[Bryan]

Welcome, Gerald. Glad you could join us and no worries about the learning curve. We hare here to help as you get started.

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 think there is plenty of room for social history, so look around.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Debye, we are always glad to have voracious history readers join us.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Gerald. Glad you came back to goodreads and found us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Gerald and glad to have you with us.

[Alisa]

Welcome Debye and Gerald, glad you discovered the group and decided to join.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Gerald, welcome to the group, I am sure you will enjoy yourself here chatting about some great books and authors.

[Brandi]

Hey guys,
I'm Brandi. I'm 26 and I'm from Alberta, Canada. I just graduated from university for Communications in Professional Writing, and I plan to be a copyeditor and hopefully do some book editing as well. Hmm...what else to say...I guess I like this idea because I've been a giant word nerd/bookworm since I learned to read, but I don't have very many friends that read like I do. So it will be great to have people to share suggestions and ideas with. Besides reading, I love to write and spend most of my time with Tank, my ever loyal English Bulldog <3 He can't read, but he sure loves to grab a nap while I do! I'm really interested in history, specifically World War II. I really enjoy personal accounts, especially of the Holocaust. Hope to meet some fellow lovers of literature!

B

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Brandi,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. I also enjoy good books on World War II and I like your dog's name, very appropriate for a English bulldog!

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 mention in your post should look:

by Tom Holland
(book 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...

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Brandi wrote: "Hey guys..."

Hi Brandi - please say Hi to Tank. Even when he doesn't read I'm sure he's a great companion.

As you can imagine I love Engl. bulldogs.
Do you know Tyson the skating bulldog? Self-trained because he lOOOOOOOves it!
Here's the scene from the movie Lords of Dogtown and a little extra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RusTnz...

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Brandi. You have definitely joined a group of readers. I hope you enjoy the discussions as well!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Brandi; glad to have you with us.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Hi Brandi! ~ Glad you found the group and decided to join. I think you will find plenty here to discuss with other members. Enjoy!

[Doug]

Hi, Brandi! Nice to meet you.

[Bryan]

Hi Brandi, welcome!

[Rev]

Hi Iam a Lutheran Pastor who loves to read. I always have a book with me even on the treadmill. I read all kinds of history. I will have to live to a 1000 to get half the books read I want to.

[Doug]

Hi, Rev! Good to meet you.

[Max]

Hello Rev. Welcome to the group, it's a pleasure to have you and I'm glad you found us. Reading on the treadmill... why didn't I think of that?

Haha, I know where you're coming from when you say you'd have to live to 1000 to read half the books you want to.

Anyway, have fun on the threads and I look forward to reading all your posts in the future!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Rev,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors.

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 mention in your post should look:

by Octave Aubry
(book 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...

[Bryan]

welcome, Rev, glad you found is.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome again, Rev. :)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Rev...I do the same thing on the treadmill; it helps alleviate any boredom.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Demetrius, are you from the United States or are you one of our global members. What are your interests in history so that we can steer you in the right direction?

We are accustomed to more of an introduction which tells us what is there about history which captures your imagination or what historical genre might interest you. Remember we are very clear about our age guidelines.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Demetrius, also here is our standard note where we provide some helpful links.

==========================================

Thank you for joining the History Book Club. We do have a few guidelines and an orientation that I would like you to take a look at and familiarize yourself with.

Guidelines:

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

Orientation:

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

Mechanics of the Board:

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

The add book/author feature:

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 a sample citation and how it should look:

by Geert Mak

Normally, we always add three parts: the bookcover, the author's photo when available and always the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text. The book you cited did not have an author's photo in goodreads so there were only two segments.

Glad you found goodreads and the HBC.

Bentley

[Bryan]

Welcome, Demetrius, glad you found us on Goodreads. I hope you find the group rewarding and let us know if you have any questions.

[Max]

Welcome Demetrius, nice to have you.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Demetrius, there is no test or exam (smile) but you have to read them and follow them as a member.

We do have threads on the Medieval period and the Romans.

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Demetrius wrote: "Do I have to read all those guidelines? I didn't know there would be an exam/test or anythin..."

Well, Demetrius, it's not that hard...
Look how others do it and copy.
Citing a book? Add book's cover first, then link, then author's portrait when available and author's name all using the link on top of the comment box.

Here ya go:

69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors by Gwyn Morgan (no portrait available)

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Demetrius wrote: "could someone help me with it?..."

In case you get stuck, ask where and with what you need help and I'm sure you'll get all the help you need.

[Max]

Andre is correct, it is easy and he has shown you how to do it above. Enjoy!

[Bryan]

Demetrius, it is even easier than Andre says. If you have a book cover, you don't even need to list the title link, just the cover will do and an author link.

Gwyn Morgan

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Demetrius wrote: "Oh theres no exam, thank godness i have never been good at them lol. I just have to read ok I will do that happily. Thanks Andrian for the help with how to put Books up :)"

Andrian - hmmm isn't there some woman from the Ukraine doing Euro-pop - add an a at the end.... she will probably get votes at the Eurovision horror song contest but not with me.
So if you'd like to add a video, here she goes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PJy-J...

Also Andrian is a small town in Northern Italy with some 1043 inhabitants. If you would want to know what they do for a living except hang around on the Goodreads site check here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrian

my name though, is André - thank godness....

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Not bad.

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

I prefer the link with the book's cover - Bryan leaves it. Up to you. But since Mr. Milne has such a lovely face and it's on the site we also post his portrait.

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Demetrius wrote: "lol!"

I know what you mean Demetrius. We all have a lot of fun here on the site.

Where you from? The Ukraine? Do you sing or play the Ukulele - or are you from Greece, bankrupt and what not?

[Bryan]

Demetrius wrote: "Thanks Brian :)

Is this right?

byA.A. Milne"

Andre, thanks for your help.

Yep, just add an author photo and you have it. Good first try!

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Demetrius wrote: "I am from the US but one of my parent is Greek. I sing i nthe shower."

Here's a colleague you might want to meet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEfi2A...

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Demetrius. Looks like you are shaking things up a bit in the Intro thread. :) Glad to have you join us.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Demetrius, welcome to the group and lets hope you enjoy yourself here and get to read some good books on Roman history :)

[Alisa]

Hello Demetrius, welcome to the group. We have members from everywhere with varied interests so explore the threads and I am sure you will learn from other members. Looks like you have the book posting thing down but let us know if you need help.

[Sultan]

Hi everyone

I'm sultan from Iraq. I'm 26 years old. I'm in my fourth year of medical school in Iraq and after finishing medical school I will change my course to social science probably in one of universities in Canada .
I really love all branches of social science especially history
when I opened this site I really impressed
I hope that you will help me in choosing books and advice me whether the books historically accurate or not because it's hard to find a history book that is objective and not influenced by author's idea and prejudice

sultan

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Sultan,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. Nice to hear from someone your side of the globe, and I am sure you will find lots of interesting books here to discuss and 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 the book that you mention in your post should look:

by Octave Aubry
(book 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...

[Alisa]

Hello Sultan, glad you joined the group. There are many discussion threads in this group and Aussie Rick pointed you in the right direction to ehlp you get familiar with how the gorup is run.

Probably every history book is influenced somewhat by the perspective of the author, but some do more research than others. You will see that members share their perspective about what they read and you can consider that in deciding what to explore. Hope you enjoy the group!

[Max]

Hello Sultan, glad you found us and welcome. I'm sure you'll get plenty of help and advise from other members on what are the best history books to buy and you will already find an extensive range of books on most subjects in the numerous threads we have here.

I hope you find the group informative, have fun and I look forward to reading your posts in the future!

[Bryan]

Greetings, Sultan, and welcome. I hope you find the group interesting and enjoyable.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome from Iraq. We are delighted to have you with us. You will find that we are a global community with members from around the globe. Do you want us to call you sultan or something else.

We want you to feel comfortable and enjoy your stay here.

Bentley

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Sultan. It looks like you are new to both goodreads and our history group. I hope you enjoy both. It is nice to have someone from Iraq with us. If you end up in Canada next year, it will be nice to have you from there too. :)

[Sultan]

thanks to all of you for that hearty welcome
you can call me sultan or anything you want

sultan

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Ok that is fine. There was great curiosity as to where you are located in Iraq and what the 11 meant by what we assumed was your city name. Do you have districts or zones - for example have you seen firsthand much of the conflict or were you far removed from those areas.