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May 29, 2006 08:42 PM EDT -- Doug had a great idea  - What is everyone reading? This is what he  wrote: What are people reading these days? I'll begin by answering my own question. I'm a little over half way . . . more
January 15, 2006 09:50 PM EST -- John Fawcett's journey began on a freezing night in February 1936, riding the blinds of a crack passenger train. It was to change the 16-year-old's life forever. The son of a prosperous ophthalmologist . . . more
September 02, 2006 09:13 PM EDT -- "Why are you frowning?" My wife asks. "I just read this story about three Persian princes in the Shahnameh who are betrothed to three Yemeni princesses. But the father, Sarv, loves his . . . more
June 16, 2006 04:07 PM EDT -- After selling his personal library to the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in 1815, "I cannot live without books..." He gave up his nearly 7,000 volume library to replace . . . more
October 02, 2006 05:56 PM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1836: Charles Darwin's return to England Naturalist Charles Darwin  returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered . . . more
January 14, 2007 05:29 PM EST -- I am so glad those of you who have decided to gather here stopped in. I look forward to getting better acquainted with you. And for those of you who have welcomed me to Gather, thank you kindly. As you . . . more
September 27, 2006 11:45 AM EDT -- Warning, this is another one of my periodic "why people should pay more attention to history posts." Today, after reading about recent revelations of Saudi-Israeli contacts I was reminded of . . . more
August 21, 2006 05:27 AM EDT -- I am currently reading this book.  I am within 20 pages of being done.  If you want to read a good book on World War II this is it.  It is written fron the tapes of interviews done after . . . more
Menander The Guardsman
by Sean Paul Kelley
views: 7 | rating: 10
September 19, 2006 12:00 PM EDT -- So, I've been hunting around for some time trying to find the source of this mysterious Byzantine Ambassador to the Empire of the Turks, one Zemarchos, that Grousset mentioned in his "Empire . . . more
August 25, 2006 08:58 AM EDT -- I just finished Paul Kriwaczek's short travel-history book "In Search of Zarathustra" and for those of you out there who are, like me, not particularly religious, but curious as to the origins . . . more
September 28, 2006 05:18 PM EDT -- I was browsing through an old copy of To The Finland Station by Edmund Wilson last night and a few lines from Louis Menand's foreword reached out at me, grabbed me by the neck and threw me on the floor. . . . more
June 02, 2008 10:27 AM EDT -- Why don't we know much about history? For nearly twenty years, I have been working on that very troublesome question –and trying to solve the problem by writing and talking to people about . . . more
October 09, 2006 11:45 AM EDT -- Christopher Columbus died 500 years ago this year, but how should Americans remember him this Columbus Day? Was he the grand explorer deserving of the honor long accorded him, or was he a rank imperialist . . . more
July 26, 2006 01:09 AM EDT -- "Kristallnacht was the prelude to the destruction of a whole people, and an indication of what happens when a society falls victim to its baser instincts." Sir Martin Gilbert On November 9, . . . more
June 09, 2008 10:50 AM EDT -- In AMERICA'S HIDDEN HISTORY , I tell six separate stories, each of which reveals an "untold tale" that your schoolbooks left out. These six stories cover a broad range of our history, . . . more
July 28, 2008 09:59 PM EDT -- BOOK REVIEW: Among the Cannibals by Paul Raffaele Perhaps not for the overly squeamish, Paul Raffaele's book, Among the Cannibals , is sure to entice readers seeking an interesting travel narrative. . . . more
August 31, 2006 12:10 PM EDT --   I highly recommend reading Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride. Fischer is a leading historian in the field of American history and his narrative style of writing history is completely appealing . . . more
October 24, 2007 12:03 PM EDT -- Book and History Buffs: Join us here TODAY at 3-4PM ET as Gather member Donna Hammett-Tooker hosts a live interview with Rick Beyer , author of The Greatest Presidential Stories . . . more
November 11, 2006 07:21 PM EST -- Two primary impulses drove me towards Yazd. First, I wanted to see the architecture of this old Silk Road city, to walk in Marco Polo's footsteps and see what he saw. My second goal was to see, interact . . . more
Menander Is Mine
by Sean Paul Kelley
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September 23, 2006 12:46 AM EDT -- A few years ago while searching for original sources of men who had made the entire journey across Eurasia I bought Cathay and the Way Thither by Sir Henry Yule. This is a wonderful collection of a few . . . more
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