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dixiegrrrrl

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14. Mark Kurlansky wrote Cod

Sun Dec 20, 2015, 05:12 PM

Dec 2015

and Salt
and a bunch of other books
Mr. Dixie says they are great.

I like historical detail...the kind of stuff you can irritate people with by saying
" did you know........"

One of my favorite authors is William Klingaman...
he wrote 1929, and 1919, and I think 1941
which are very readable narratives of the years in the title, filled with details about who was who and what they were like.
the category is "Social History", the best kind, IMHO.
Another one he wrote:
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

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What are you reading this week of December 20, 2015? [View all] hermetic Dec 2015 OP

Two Non-Fiction Books cantbeserious Dec 2015 #1

Hi, thanks for joining in here hermetic Dec 2015 #3

Yes - Both Very Good So Far cantbeserious Dec 2015 #4

I miswrote last week when I said I was 2/3 through Outlander TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #2

Oh yeah, that she does hermetic Dec 2015 #5

I haven't- I just looked at some pics and TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #6

No, I don't have television hermetic Dec 2015 #7

Rebus TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #8

One fiction, one biography pscot Dec 2015 #9

Nice write up hermetic Dec 2015 #13

I have been on a Murakami jag lately pscot Dec 2015 #15

Can I add non-fiction? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #10

Yes, I don't see why not hermetic Dec 2015 #12

Mark Kurlansky wrote Cod dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #14

I hope we never have another year without Summer. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #18

We are having TWO of them. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #19

Now that is too weird. Right now it is 65° here in Ohio. That is highly irregular! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #20

Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Nice to see so many readers this week. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #11

Let me know what Mrs. Enthusiast thinks of The Ritual Bath. TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #16

She has hardly been able to put it down. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #17