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I need a good book about something interesting that happened in America any time before the Civil War
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Franchescanado posted:Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon Oh sorry, I should have said, it needs to be a straight up nonfiction history book. It's for a history class.
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Jan 23, 2020 13:50
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus That looks great, thanks
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Jan 23, 2020 17:04
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Can anyone recommend some good book about the Hays Code? Also can anyone recommend some good books about movies under nazi Germany? Those are for separate things. I realize now that putting both those questions together looks like I'm aiming for some kind of hack comparison. But I swear it's for two different things.
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Jan 20, 2022 23:56
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PlushCow posted:I'm going to ask her later if she can remember any authors she liked but I have doubts I'll get an answer, she may have just grabbed whatever was in the grocery store kind of reader. The Rita Mae Brown cat mystery books
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Jan 24, 2022 20:52
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sloppy portmanteau posted:Can I get some recommendations for long fantasy/sci-fi series which stick with the same main or small cast of characters throughout and follows their growth? I recently read the Wheel of Time series and that's what I found I liked about it. The payoff with Rands, Matts, and Egwenes evolution especially, I enjoy the shifting power dynamics from the beginning of the series. Then I moved on to the Cradle series and found that satisfying for similar reasons. Currently reading Forge of Destiny due to recommendations in relation to Cradle, but finding it too meandering and will be dropping it. The Horus Heresy follows 18 bickering brothers across the galaxy over like 70 books.
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Jan 25, 2022 18:40
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What are the best books currently available in English about the Allied invasion of Sicily?
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Jan 28, 2022 05:14
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I need books about movies in the 30s. It can be generally about all movies in the 30s, or just about a specific genre, or pre or post-code movies, But I've already ordered on book about pre-code movies so if you're gonna recommend another book about pre-code movies it should be at least as good and ideally better than the one I've already ordered.
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Feb 10, 2022 15:41
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Franchescanado posted:How are we to know the book you've already ordered? The book was Forbidden Hollywood by Mark Viera
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Feb 10, 2022 16:27
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dexter6 posted:Pls help me become a reader! If you liked a nonfiction book, maybe more nonfiction would work? Especially if you're interested in stuff with a political view. A couple I could recommend off the top of my head Hundred years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin They're both relatively short, quite readable books on topics that are important to today but aren't covered on the news ever. In terms of fiction, have you thought about short stories? Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges is an absolute all time banger, every story is good to great, and crazy original and inventive. I know you said you didn't like sci-fi, but I'm still going to recommend Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino. It's not like sci-fi as you know it, he literally invented sci-fi independently by himself, and his take on it is completely unique. One of the stories is about a cell undergoing mitosis from the point of view of the cell. But not in an edutainment way, in like, a "imagine what it would be like if you had no sensory organs and therefore were incapable of conceiving of anything existing outside of your own body" way. both of those authors have a bunch of other great stuff too, so if you like either of them you've got a lot more to read. Gripweed fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Feb 17, 2022 |
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Feb 17, 2022 04:26
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There simply must be a good book about the Bone Wars.
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Mar 3, 2022 01:50
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Eason the Fifth posted:
The trend towards increasing horniness continues in the fifth and sixth books. Not bad
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Mar 7, 2022 16:06
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Arc Hammer posted:28 years old and never knew much about the Cold War until I started picking up an interest in current day geopolitics. Are there any good recommendations for books that cover the proxy wars and regional conflicts that resulted from the decolonization of Africa and the subsequent efforts by western and soviet powers to influence the local situations? The gist that I've come away with from dipping my toes into this history is that the 70s and 80s were loving insane. All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer is an excellent book about the first US-backed coup of the Cold War Empire's Workshop by Greg Grandin is an overview of American meddling in Latin America throughout the 20th century, which gives you a better perspective than just focusing on the Cold War era. Not a book, but the second season of the podcast Blowback is all about America's relationship with Cuba, especially after the Revolution. It's really great.
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Mar 18, 2022 03:37
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i read that one about the corn people, it was alright.
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Apr 5, 2022 14:13
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DreamingofRoses posted:So, I don’t know if it was here or in the fantasy thread, but there was a brief list of recommendations for ‘homey’ fantasies, and I can’t find the thread again but something small-scale and reliant more on character interaction with a fantasy bent instead of uber powerful artifacts/world saving quests sounds really nice right about now. If you're willing to read manga, there's a goddamn bonanza of that poo poo. Three I can personally recommend Delicious in Dungeon - a group of adventurers don't have enough money to outfit an expedition into the dungeon, so they decide to skimp on food and instead learn how to cook the monsters they defeat in the dungeon. Heterogenia Linguistico - a linguist goes on a study trip into the part of the world inhabited by monster races, with the goal of learning more about their languages and cultures Dragon Goes House Hunting - a small, weak, cowardly dragon seeks a home where he can live in peace. Unfortunately due to shenanigans he develops a reputation as the Flame Dragon King, and trouble seems to find him! Luckily the Dark Lord of Real Estate won't rest until his client is completely satisfied.
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Apr 11, 2022 03:41
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The Grey posted:Can anyone recommend a WWII book from the basic German soldiers perspective? One that isn't holocaust or SS focused, but tells the story of someone like an infantry grunt. The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer is a memoir of an infantry grunt on the Eastern Front. He makes it sound pretty unpleasant
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Apr 12, 2022 14:31
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You might like Hal Clement's stuff, everything of his I've read has dealt with the problems of intelligent creatures from wildly different planets interacting with each other. Like Ice World, which is about aliens trying to figure out how to send probes to the surface of a planet so cold that even elements like lead and phosphorus are frozen solid. There's a great part where the crew are trying to figure out why the probes they send to the blue parts of the planet instantly break when they reach the surface. In another one of his books creatures all from different planets explore an uninhabited world. The inciting incident for a big action rescue setpiece is that the first creature out of the airlock is a very small alien from a planet with very little atmosphere, and he instantly gets in trouble because none of the creatures from planets with thick atmospheres thought to warn him about wind and he gets blown away
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Apr 26, 2022 18:07
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Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar Disney War by James Stewart
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Apr 29, 2022 13:24
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Can I please get some book recommendations? The Ciaphas Cain series. Don't let the fact that it's Warhammer put you off, it's a fun adventure series with a likable rogue lead, not grimdark at all.
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May 11, 2022 20:02
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The video game Splatoon
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May 30, 2022 03:59
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Laid Back Camp!
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May 31, 2022 22:07
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Doom Mathematic posted:I am looking for a book I could give to a six-year-old (reads at the level of an eight-year-old) son of a friend of mine for his birthday. His parents say "genre of your choice" and I'm veering toward science fiction but I don't have any idea what's out there. I also know children's books can be all over the place in quality. So, just like a fistful of recommendations I can peruse would be good? Thank you in advance. Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
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Jun 11, 2022 00:18
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If a kid likes reading you should get them stuff a little above their reading level. That's the only way they'll get better
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Jun 11, 2022 01:18
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Is there a good single volume history of Germany?
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Oct 28, 2022 03:46
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LLSix posted:The Milhist thread also fields all sorts of other history questions. The fine folks there will be happy to recommend you something. I'll see what they have to say, thanks. Carly Gay Dead Son posted:Urs Allemann’s novel from 1992. You gotta read another book man
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Oct 28, 2022 12:56
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What's the best book about Frederick II?
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Nov 14, 2022 21:43
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regulargonzalez posted:Looking for novels set in the intelligence community but not spy stuff or Jack Ryan per se, more the diplomat / ambassador / handler level stuff. Something like Count Fenring in Dune, or Laird Barron's story The Siphon, except not fantasy or horror. Thanks! Have you read the Culture novels?
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Dec 2, 2022 22:08
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Kvlt! posted:i'm looking for a rec for a Christmas present for my brother. His favorite book is Between Two Fires, he's a big fan of fantasy but less traditional wizards and elves and dragons style and more "realistic" style (though that doesn't mean it can't have magic or creatures etc). He also likes the Black Company series if that helps. A good low fantasy series is Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu. It's about a modern day Japanese pub whose front door opens into a Germanic medieval fantasy world. The various people of the fantasy city stop by and their troubles are lessened by the delicious food and cold beer that's unlike anything they've ever had before. There are no elves or dragons, but there is a witch (who mainly just seems to be a classic folk healer with herbs and stuff) and mention of a kraken. It also does get a bit into the economics and trade of the fantasy world Heterogenia Linguistico is another good option. It's about a linguist who travels into a part of the world inhabited by various kinds of beastmen, in an attempt to learn their languages and cultures. Gripweed fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Dec 7, 2022 |
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Dec 7, 2022 19:36
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Sorry, I only know manga.
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Dec 7, 2022 20:03
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hallo spacedog posted:I have a sort of odd request: please recommend to me your favorite books under 300 pages. Anything by Italo Calvino. If I had to pick one, The Nonexistent Knight.
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Dec 9, 2022 15:52
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I haven’t read it so I can’t speak to its quality, but there is a book called How The Irish Saved Civilization.
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Dec 11, 2022 01:14
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PupsOfWar posted:This is gonna be weird but does anyone have reccs for Choose Your Own Adventure style books or gamebooks of similar stripe? I'm going to third the recommendation for manga. There's a ton of manga for young girls. Alternatively, and this is the real break glass in case of emergency option, visual novels. Get her a Switch and a copy of Dangan Ronpa and she'll learn to read all right. But at what cost?
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Dec 15, 2022 16:06
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BlindSite posted:I have been swapping between Sci Fi and fantasy series for the past few months burning through books and I've hit a little bit of a wall after I worked through much of my kindle reccs. Gaunt's Ghosts sounds perfect for you. Sci-fi military series about a scout recon unit that keeps getting thrown into the toughest battles of a decades-long war against an army of extremely evil guys. A lot of stuff about the day to day annoyances of military life, but also stuff like they can't look too closely at the graffiti left behind by enemy forces because their symbols can literally hurt your soul.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:12
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Good-Natured Filth posted:I'm looking for a recommendation for my wife. What she reads today is mostly autobiographies or self-help / self-help-adjacent books, but she wants to try to get back into fiction. The last fiction series she read and really enjoyed was Harry Potter nearly two decades ago. So this may be a challenge. Man you just described like half of the light novel genre. I'm not versed enough in light novels to be able to offer any firm recommendations, but if there's a light novel thread go ask in there and you will get so many recommendations.
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Jan 25, 2023 03:02
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yaffle posted:I've only ever read an excerpt that was published in The New Yorker (Or Wired maybe? it was a long time ago) but "Jarhead" is written by a sniper in the marine corps about his experiences. I've never seen the film, partially because what I read of the book was so visceral and awful. The sequels are better
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Feb 25, 2023 17:20
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The Solar War, the first book in the Siege of Terra series, has some good spaceship battles. But it’s mostly extremely large scale fleet engagements. But of a wildcard since it’s comics not novels, but the Gundam Thunderbolt series has extremely good space combat in a debris field. Well told detailed combat scenes, they do get a bit flashy when the Gundam shows up but even then the focus is on how terrifying it is to face a machine like that.
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Mar 8, 2023 23:15
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StrixNebulosa posted:I'm back with another request! Path of the Eldar would probably be up your alley. Classic haughty better than you elves, they're very boring. But I gotta recommend Path of the Dark Eldar. Also classic haughty, better than you elves, but they're evil backstabbing elves, with different evil subfactions and an evil city full of evil secrets. Even I, a person who typically finds elves very boring, really got into those evil elves and their evil centuries-long schemes.
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Mar 14, 2023 02:53
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stealie72 posted:Oh crap, should have mentioned that I read and really enjoyed several of the Old Man's War books and tapered off exactly as predicted. Any other Scalzi in particular stand out? Have you tried Dick?
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Mar 21, 2023 16:31
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stealie72 posted:[insert some joke or another here] I have not read Electric Sheep so I can't speak to that, but in general you can't really go wrong with the hits. Scanner Darkly and Man in the High Castle are both classics for a reason. So I assume you'd be safe with Electric Sheep. Since you are coming at it from a more standard sci-fi angle, maybe some of his less weird books like We can Build You or The Zap Gun might be a better entry point. I personally loving love The Zap Gun, I think it's a seriously underrated book. It's hard to go wrong with Dick. The only thing I'd actually warn you off starting with is the Valis Trilogy. hold off on those until you've gotten a few other Dicks under your belt.
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I liked Kinky Friedman's mystery books when I was a kid. I 100% do not want to check if they hold up
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