History

[close] The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is given to themes of: engaging politics, sprawling battles, drugs(errr .. mead) and debauchery. If authors like Robyn Young, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield resonate with you, this group is designed for you. If you are bursting in your seams to discuss their books, please do come in. AUTHORS welcome as READERS ONLY. Limited opportunity for self promotion exists in A&M! No romantic melodrama books please. Want to gush about this great Victorian-era romance novel you've discovered and had been smitten with? Not the right group for you. We encourage freedom of opinion on books and authors in this group. As long as the opinion is respectful and harmless and breaks no Group rules. Don't feel you can't be honest about a book or author. No matter how popular the book or author is. Our Group Motto, courtesy of George S. Patton, is: If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

[close] Welcome! We are the Ridgewood High School Social Studies Department. We collectively teach courses in: World History, US History, European History, American Studies, Art/Social History, Psychology, Human Geography, Philosophy, Sociology, Government, Law, Economics, Contemporary Issues, and Gender Studies. Use this group to find, recommend and/or review books that the Ridgewood High School staff and/or students might benefit from. Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is to encourage and facilitate reading among staff and students in our learning community. While some of the books reviewed and/or recommended on this group may be or will one day be approved by the Board of Education as part of a curriculum, the books referred to in this group constitute neither curriculum nor required reading in any way. This group is public and staff driven. The views in any of the reviews are those of the reviewers only and do not constitute the views of the Ridgewood Public Schools, Board of Education, or Ridgewood High School Administration.

[close] If you want to read Great African Reads - you've come to the right place! Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. African Literature in French French reads! Short Story Reads All short story reads. Challenges, challenges, challenges! 50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read My African Literature goal for 2019 African Trek 2019 African Lit TBR Takedown Random African Travels Challenge Bingo Challenge Authors! If you would like to promote your book, give away copies or otherwise advertise your books please do so in this folder - selfpromotion in other places will be deleted.

[close] Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's like a cross between ____ and ____ with a little Harry Potter thrown in." "YOU'VE NEVER READ ____?!?" You know the drill. Your friends reference it, your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/"sort of thing?" raves about it, even your favorite movies quote it, or it IS your favorite movie but you've never read the book. This group is for those of us for whom one of the following may apply... - we have finally developed a taste for reading and are severely behind on classics; - we kindaaa, sortaaa, but actually slept through English class in high school and used Sparknotes/Hollywood remakes to write our book reports; - we buy a book that everyone is talking about and it sits on our shelf, and sits there... and sits there; - we've heard the hype and are finally getting around to reading the actual book; - we want to expand our horizons beyond the single genre we usually read and want to do so with some time-tested material; - we just plain old want to get everyone off our backs for not having read _____. Every month we'll choose three books to read: 1) a classic (that everyone has probably read but us), 2) a "modern" classic or popular book that everyone is talking about, and 3) a bookshelf catch-up in which we choose a book the group has already read to catch-up with other members.