TheKnightIrish

theknightirish.bsky.social

31 Oktober 2026 10:03

I know I try to avoid Oxfam these days but ‘buy 3 get 30% off’ meant I could epic savings on these Royal Navy tomes so I did… 🇬🇧 🌊 📚 #histbookchat #maritimehistory

Andrew

andrew617.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 20:54

#HistBookChat offering for the week is more of a display of books on my new rotating book tower. Nowhere near enough room for them all but it's a good start and I have been able to rescue several titles from being stored under the bed!

Rick Green

bcbrews.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 17:50

NYT has a good book review, if you haven't yet read it: www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/b...

Rick Green

bcbrews.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 17:05

#histbookchat #BookSky Just finished rereading "Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong" by Vaudine England. I was so delighted how it captured the essence of the city, I had to buy my own copy. This is the story of the mixed-race, "in-between" Hongkongers that made the city thrive.

Brian

halma.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 14:22

I know Mark Twain made the publishing deal with Grant, working to get Grant a better deal. I hadn't heard about the door to door effort, but per the US NPS, 10,000 agents sold the books door to door, many of whom were veterans, and some in their old uniforms. www.nps.gov/articles/000...