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[close] Welcome to the 2021 Nonfiction Reading Challenge! Participants must sign up and introduce themselves by April 1, 2021. There are 12 categories to choose from. For each category, read a nonfiction book and share your thoughts about it in the Discussion Thread for that category. Also link to your review, if applicable. The number of categories you complete will determine the number of entries you receive for the prize drawing. Dates: Challenge will run from 12:01 am on January 1, 2021 - 11:59 pm on December 31, 2021 (use your local time). Books begun before the start date & time DO NOT qualify. Books must be completely read by the end date/time to qualify. A couple of notes: Participants must sign up by April 1, 2021 All books must be nonfiction! Children's books are not allowed. You may choose any combination of categories to complete. Categories can be completed in any order. Binge-read or space out your reads - as long as the read dates fall between the challenge dates, the choice is yours. Each category may be used only once (to be considered for prize entry). Books may be used for one category only. Books may not be rereads, with the one exception of the Reread Category. Prize Info: Two lucky readers will win a prize! I don't know yet what it will be exactly, but it will be a gift card of some kind (visa, book depository, etc.) or some other book-related item. After January 2, 2022, I will randomly select winners from all qualified entries. The winners will be contacted via Goodreads and an announcement will be made via this group. Challenge Categories: Classic Nonfiction (Published over 50 years ago, well-known-ish) Spirituality/Religion/Faith Education/Self Help/Business/Hobby Reread OR Recommendation Memoir/Autobio/Biography Science History Humor Bestseller between 2010-2019 Been on tbr for forever Book you borrowed from public library Book on Group shelf

[close] Questo gruppo è pensato per leggere saggi, romanzi a tema, atlanti (ebbene si, anche gli atlanti vanno letti) e tutti quei libri che ci fanno scoprire come funzionano le regole che governano il nostro unico pianeta Terra e l'Universo nel quale viviamo. Ma contestualmente alle meraviglie presenti purtroppo emergono anche le problematiche che mettono a repentaglio tutta questa unicità e quindi verranno proposte come letture anche inchieste, saggi sull'inquinamento e sul climate change. Gli argomenti da snocciolare sono dunque tanti e tutti di uguale importanza: ecologia, astronomia, geologia, scienza, biologia, scienze naturali, inquinamento, effetto serra e surriscaldamento globale, sviluppo delle epidemie ed anche evoluzione della medicina. L'idea è quella di leggere ogni mese (o ogni due, in base alla lunghezza della lettura scelta) un testo che ci faccia approfondire in modo scientifico-divulgativo gli argomenti citati sopra; non verranno scelti testi troppo difficili o tecnici in modo tale che tutti possano intraprendere questo percorso alla scoperta delle regole che governano l'universo.

[close] "Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodreads and these are some of our Focus Areas. We have welcomed worldwide members from over 171 countries; we are a large international group which spans the globe. Discussions: Bentley leads James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Ketchum (Presidential), Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte and Noah Feldman's book - The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President, Stamped, and The Federalist Papers - a long term offering continues. Upcoming: (BOTM) Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler and Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America Free Book Offer soon to History Book Club members - stay tuned for details - North America offering - "for HBC members only" Become a Free Reader (only at the HBC) - we will tell you how and we are currently Free Reading Salt and The Threat. Also White Fragility and the classic Faces at the Bottom of the Well and The Room where it Happened. Find Challenges for the Two Koreas, Ireland, Japan here - You can scroll through them and join the challenge that interests you.

[close] A place to share ideas, theories, and reading lists concerning all subject matter related to the field of genetics. Trying to start a book club to pick one book a month to read on this subject and use for discussion.