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posted by kbanas
on Sep 3, 2012 -
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For various reasons, I've become interested in Mexican history. Can you recommend good books that cover the pre-Colonial and Colonial eras (or any other interesting period)? I want something that's reasonably entertaining, if it exists. Interesting histories of Brazil would be cool too. Thanks!
posted by chaiminda
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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It is a sad thing to realize that your primary history source of late is trashy romance novels. Help me fix this.
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posted by elizardbits
on Jun 18, 2011 -
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Is there a term for travel accounts of explorers, both fictional and real-life? Also, tell me some of your favorites.
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posted by actionpact
on Dec 11, 2010 -
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What books best describe/approximate what it was like to be in New York City during the 1970s/80s?
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posted by lxs
on Jun 30, 2010 -
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New Year's resolution: pick a different historical period each year and spend the year immersing myself in that time as much as possible. Help me decide the "when" and give me your suggestions of what to read and watch to learn as much as possible.
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posted by purenitrous
on Jan 23, 2010 -
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What are the best nonfiction sources about the atrocities surrounding the Mexican-American War and related Native American wars?
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posted by Bookhouse
on Jun 29, 2009 -
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Can you recommend good books about Los Angeles? Non-fiction preferred but fiction as well.
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posted by jeremias
on Oct 29, 2008 -
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Looking for popular history books whose title is or starts with a specific year -
1776,
1491,
69 A.D., etc. A subtitle after the year is fine, but the title needs to start with a specific date. Thanks!
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posted by mediareport
on Aug 24, 2008 -
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I'd like to broaden my horizons by getting a better understanding of life in different cultures and time periods. Please recommend great books or films (fiction or non-fiction) which paint a broad, immersive, reasonably accurate picture of a place and time.
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posted by MetaMonkey
on Jul 12, 2008 -
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I am looking for well regarded books/scholarly papers about writing. Most specifically in the areas of Nonfiction (the essay style of article writing) and Children's Fiction (for a young adult audience).
Any tips? Go as far and broad as you can. I'll be off to the British library tomorrow, so the sky is the limit.
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posted by 0bvious
on Jan 9, 2007 -
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NovelFilter: I just finished
Romola, by Eliot, and didn't love it, but want to learn more about Florence in the era--a very interesting time, to put it mildly--with the Medicis, Savanarola, etc. Any good novels or
non-boring non-fiction on Florence in the late 1400s-early 1500s?
posted by amberglow
on Mar 18, 2005 -
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As a lay...
very lay...student of Roman Republic and Empire, and anticipating the upcoming HBO/BBC series
Rome with relish, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about both Republic and Empire. Currently I'm reading an abridgement of
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I just inherited. What next? [insert Latin for "more inside" here].
posted by WolfDaddy
on Sep 2, 2004 -
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