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microhistories: “how do you even know that??”

by anaconda
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288 books

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

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Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous ItemsSalt: A World HistoryDark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human SkinCSI Told You Lies: Giving victims a voice through forensics.
Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous ItemsSalt: A World History

Books About Books 📚

by kathytrithardt
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319 books

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

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The Library at Mount CharThe Midnight LibraryThe Library: A Fragile HistoryThe Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
The Library at Mount CharThe Midnight Library

They didn't teach us that

by wednesdaymourning
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106 books

history you probably didn't learn in school

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America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United StatesOne Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants (Politics and Society in Modern America)The U.S. Antifascism Reader
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United StatesOne Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965

the life of a bookshop

by endless_tbr_list
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13 books

nonfiction works on bookstores, shops, and sellers

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The Bookshop: A History of the American BookstoreThe Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first CenturyBlack-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black BookstoreIn Praise of Good Bookstores
The Bookshop: A History of the American BookstoreThe Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-first Century

Hyperfixating on Niche Facts

by kinga
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49 books

Let's learn a little bit about a lot. Nonfiction in the niche, unique, or not-commonly-discussed topics.

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The Anthropocene ReviewedThe Truth About Stories: A Native NarrativeStorm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday LifeThe Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science is Rewriting Their Story
The Anthropocene ReviewedThe Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

Goodreads Choice Winners - 2024

by seema
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The Wedding PeopleThe WomenThe God of the WoodsFunny Story
The Wedding PeopleThe Women

Purveyors of Books

by j.bateman
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30 books

Books about Librarians and Booksellers, real and fictional.

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The Personal LibrarianThe Midnight LibraryWhat You Are Looking For Is in the LibraryThe Last Chance Library
The Personal LibrarianThe Midnight Library

certified poli sci girl recommmends

by sophserif
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23 books

some fav fic & nonfic political/historical reads

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HomegoingThe Making of Asian America: A HistoryHuman ActsThe Eyes of Gaza
HomegoingThe Making of Asian America: A History

books about books (and reading)

by tk.reading
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights OutThe Library: A Fragile HistoryIndex, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital AgeThe Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights OutThe Library: A Fragile History

Gift Books

by treatyoshelf611
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25 books

Giftable books

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and MurderTurtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaE Is for Edward: A Centennial Celebration of the Mischievous Mind of Edward GoreyAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and MurderTurtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
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