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HBC READATHONS 2018 - ON HOLD > COLLAGE OF READATHON BOOKS - 2015

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message 1: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (last edited Mar 28, 2016 10:16PM) (new)
Mar 28, 2016 10:10PM

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This is the thread which shows a collage of all readathon books read by our group members who participated in one of our readathons in 2015.


message 3: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (last edited Mar 28, 2016 10:22PM) (new)
Mar 28, 2016 10:18PM

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2015 READATHON BOOKS CONTINUED

The Borgias The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer The Cause of All Nations An International History of the American Civil War by Don H. Doyle The Economics of Inequality by Thomas Piketty Pauline Perspectives Essays on Paul, 1978-2013 by N.T. Wright The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell Aquinas by Frederick Charles Copleston Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland Gotham A History of New York City to 1898 by Mike Wallace The Pope and Mussolini The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I. Kertzer Walls of Fear by Kathryn Cramer The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King Holy Bible King James Version by Anonymous SEAL Team Six Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin Nine Parts of Desire The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose On Politics A History of Political Thought From Herodotus to the Present by Alan Ryan Ringing the Changes An Autobiography by Mazo de la Roche A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Emotional Vampires at Work Dealing with Bosses and Coworkers Who Drain You Dry by Albert J. Bernstein A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland The Lost World of the Old Ones Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest by David Roberts The Father of Us All War and History, Ancient and Modern by Victor Davis Hanson American Mojo Lost and Found by Peter D. Kiernan The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Masters of the Air America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller Magna Carta The Birth of Liberty by Dan Jones Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1) by Jamie McGuire Letters from Mexico by Hernán Cortés Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell Fooling Houdini Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind by Alex Stone Journal D'Un Cure de Campagne Au Xviie Siecle by Alexandre Dubois The Hangman's Daughter (The Hangman's Daughter, #1) by Oliver Pötzsch One Man Against the World The Tragedy of Richard Nixon by Tim Weiner Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini Pauline Perspectives Essays on Paul, 1978-2013 by N.T. Wright The Conquering Tide War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 by Ian W. Toll Kissinger Vol 1 The Idealist, 1923-1968 by Niall Ferguson The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith Payment in Blood (Inspector Lynley, #2) by Elizabeth George Orientalism by Edward W. Said Why Buddha Touched the Earth Zen Paganism for the 21st Century by Tom Swiss The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman A Brief History of Central America by Héctor Pérez-Brignoli Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Pope and Mussolini The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I. Kertzer Encounters at the Heart of the World A History of the Mandan People by Elizabeth A. Fenn Soldat Reflections of a German Soldier, 1936-1949 by Siegfried Knappe Big Girls Don't Cry The Election that Changed Everything for American Women by Rebecca Traister Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Idiopathy by Sam Byers Jerusalem The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore


message 4: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (new)
Mar 28, 2016 10:24PM

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We had a wonderful year of reading - congrats to all of the 2015 participants.


message 5: by Samanta (new)
Mar 28, 2016 10:34PM

Samanta (almacubana) This looks great in one place :)


message 6: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (new)
Mar 28, 2016 11:42PM

Bentley | 44291 comments Mod
Very impressive - glad that you like it. Also a good way to get some ideas for books in future readathons or just personal selections.


message 7: by Michele (new)
Apr 06, 2016 02:10PM

Michele (micheleevansito) | 44 comments Looks great! Good to see it all in one place.


message 8: by Jill (new)
Apr 07, 2016 01:29AM

Jill Hutchinson (bucs1960) I see two of the book I completed but haven't found the rest yet!!! This is a great resource to find some new titles that might be of interest. Thanks so much, Bentley........this took a lot of work and it is appreciated.


message 9: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (new)
Apr 07, 2016 08:25AM

Bentley | 44291 comments Mod
They are all there. You are welcome - I am still catching it all up but we will get there. There is a lot of work involved with the readathons but I think they are fun, a great way of catching up on some reading.


message 10: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (new)
Apr 07, 2016 08:25AM

Bentley | 44291 comments Mod
Thank you Michele. Yes it is fun.


message 11: by Kristen (new)
Apr 07, 2016 09:56AM

Kristen | 66 comments Very cool!!


message 12: by Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief (new)
Apr 07, 2016 12:09PM

Bentley | 44291 comments Mod
Thx Kristen - glad you like it


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