Americanhistory

March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) | Andrew Aydin, John Lewis

Am starting the #deweyreadathon with this series. #marchtrilogy #graphicnovels #history #nonfiction #americanhistory #salem #obamainaguration #civilrightsmovement #1960s #johnlewis

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Leftcoastzen

The Great Oom: The Mysterious Origins of America's First Yogi | Robert Love

As I try to finish book 1 of #WhartonBuddyRead find myself thinking Edith was up to speed about Perry Baker who renamed himself Dr. Pierre Bernard bringing yoga to America. Lots of scandal & running from the law , criticism from clergy,etc. And was it sex cult? I‘m not sure, still on my TBR .

Lcsmcat, Graywacke

Lcsmcat Oooh, intriguing. You‘ll have to report back after you read it! 1mo

Graywacke I don‘t know anything about this. Cool! 1mo

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UnderworldAmusements

Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla, and the Electric Chair | Th. Metzger

“Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction.“ ~G.K. Chesterton

Read the incredibly strange and surprisingly true story behind the invention of “Old Sparky.“
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#limitededition #signed #bloodandvolts #edison #tesla #electricchair #oldsparky #nonfictionbook #americanhistory #history #curioussundries #callousbroadsides #strangerthanfiction

LeslieO

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge | David McCullough

Love me some nonfiction! #TLT #ThreeListThursday

dabbe

Aims42 Bill Bryson & Erik Larson are in my Top 10 favorite authors 🤩👏🙌 2mo

dabbe Love all 3 of these authors, and I haven't read any of these! You know where they're now going! 🤩 Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 2mo

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Hooked_on_books

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis | Adam Hochschild

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This book looks at an era in American history filled with requirements of loyalty, vicious anti-immigrant rhetoric, jailing (or attempting to jail) those with different political opinions, censorship of written materials certain people don‘t like and more. Sounds awfully familiar, doesn‘t it? But it‘s about the era starting in 1917. While my attention to this did wane in places, overall it‘s an interesting, topical book.

Leftcoastzen I‘m glad you reviewed it , one I wanted to check into but forgot to write it down , Palmer raids , right? 2mo

Hooked_on_books @Leftcoastzen That‘s part of it, yes. He paints a picture of that whole era. 2mo

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dabbe

Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow

#ItTakesAllKinds
#F&NFWithSameTopic
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 2mo

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Eggs Perfect pairing👏🏻 2mo

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UnderworldAmusements

Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla, and the Electric Chair | Th. Metzger

It's #pubday❗️

An ax murderer, two of the most brilliant scientific minds of the century, billions of dollars in profit, precedent-setting legal battles, and the secrets of life and death — all of these come together in the true story of the first electric chair.

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#AvailableNow #NewBooks #TrueCrime #Nonfiction #AmericanHistory #SecondEdition #Revised #Expanded #BloodandVolts #Edison #Tesla #ElectricChair #CapitalPunishment #DeathPenalty