Member: twp77

CollectionsAudio Book (3), Frenchtown Library (1,654), The Eichler Collection (44), E-Book (80), Wishlist: To Read (910), Wishlist: To Own (406), Currently reading (2), Read but unowned (220), All collections (3,306)

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Tagsto read (1,262), wishlist (1,048), ww2 (534), read (445), military history (305), writing project (201), biography (188), unowned (179), fiction (167), history (164) — see all tags

MediaNot set (7), Book (3,299), Paper Book (3,229), Audiobook (3), Ebook (18)

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About meNonfiction writer, historian & politics buff. Writing a book on civil liberties in FDR's America. Interests: WW2, 20th Century Military History, Politics. Birkbeck UK Alum

BA in Politics, Philosophy and History from Birkbeck, University of London and an MRes in Social and Political Theory from Birkbeck, University of London.

About my libraryThis library consists of my home library, all books from the library are marked with the appropriate tags. In addition, books which have been read are tagged as such. All books are currently in the library except books which have been read but are not owned and "wishlist" items. In addition, books which are on loan to friends are marked with the tag "On Loan" and those which are being lent to me are marked "Borrowing"

GroupsAmerican History, Baseball, Cats, books, life is good., Easton Press Collectors, Fans of Russian authors, Folio Society devotees, Franklin Library Collectors, GLBT History, History Fans, History: On learning from and writing history —show all groups, International Relations, Jewish Bibliophiles, Jewish Fiction, Legacy Libraries, Lest We Forget, Military History, New York Review Books, Non-Fiction Readers, Philosophy and Theory, Radical History, Reading Globally, Second World War History, The Great War, TinyCat

Favorite authorsPeter Ackroyd, Stephen E. Ambrose, Anne Applebaum, Hannah Arendt, Karen Armstrong, Antony Beevor, William S. Burroughs, Winston S. Churchill, Christopher Clark, Norman Davies, Gilles Deleuze, Alan M. Dershowitz, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Dupré, Alan Furst, Martin Gilbert, Vasily Grossman, Michael Hardt, Thomas Hardy, David Harvey, Max Hastings, E. J. Hobsbawm, John Holloway, John E. Kelly, Jack Kerouac, Naomi Klein, Mark Kurlansky, David Kynaston, Louis L'Amour, Donna Leon, Margaret MacMillan, Manning Marable, Caroline Moorehead, Benny Morris, Antonio Negri, Anna Reid, Kim Stanley Robinson, Sheila Rowbotham, Chris Salewicz, Tom Segev, E. P. Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Barbara W. Tuchman, Leon Uris, A. N. Wilson, Simon Winchester, Herman Wouk, Howard Zinn, Slavoj Žižek (Shared favorites)

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Favorite bookstoresAct 2 Books, Argosy Books, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Boston University Bookstore, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Center Valley, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Court Street, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Fifth Ave, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Park Slope, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Union Square, Bluestockings, Book Corner, BookCourt, BOOKOFF New York (49 W 45th), Farley's Bookshop, Foyles (old Charing Cross branch), Freedom Bookshop, Housing Works Used Book Cafe, Housmans, Hullabaloo Books, Judd Books, La Central, La librairie du Monde libertaire, Labyrinth Books, Libreria Acqua Alta, London Review Bookshop, Myopic Books, Panoply Books, PERMANENTLY CLOSED - The Book Cellar, Phoenix Books, Posman Books, Posman Books @ GCT, Quadrant Book Mart & Coffee House, Shakespeare and Co. Broadway, Shakespeare and Co. New York, St. Mark's Bookshop (New York City), Stoke Newington Bookshop, Strand Books @ Club Monaco, Strand Bookstore, Strand Central Park Kiosk, Terrace Books (Formerly Babbo's Books), The Book Garden, The Community Bookstore, The Park Slope Community Bookstore, Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Twice Told Tales / The Moonstone Mystery Book Store, Waterstone's Gower Street, Waterstones London (Piccadilly), Weller Book Works

Favorite librariesBirkbeck College, University of London - Birkbeck Library, British Library, Brooklyn Public Library - Eastern Parkway, Free Library of New Hope and Solebury, Hunterdon County Library - Bunnvale, Hunterdon County Library - Flemington Free Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - Frenchtown Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - High Bridge Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - Holland Alexandria Free Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - Lambertville Free Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - Milford Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - North County Branch, Hunterdon County Library - Readington Township Library, Hunterdon County Library - South County Branch, Hunterdon County Library - Tewksbury Township Public Library, Hunterdon County Library - Three Bridges Library, Hunterdon County Library Headquarters, Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York Public Library - Mid-Manhattan Library, Riegelsville Public Library, Senate House Library, University of London, The David Library of the American Revolution

Other favoritesChurch Street Books

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Real nameTR Peterson

LocationFrenchtown, NJ

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Member sinceJul 14, 2007

Currently readingWhite Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels