Wow, I'm not but I'm curious to hear your reason.

I'll second that. And add that I've read 1491 and think there are better options.

Me too!!

Because being on purpose license assistance isn't embarrassing enough we should definitely encourage people to humiliate and shame people using SNAP by forcing them to justify their help and purchases. Sounds like a solid plan.

Yay! I love when life does that! Her short history of Islam was the first thing I read from her and then became a fan girl.

Ohhh ohh ohh!! OK, Fields of Blood is really well written. A History of God is a great primer on the major religions. I think Holy War is a great foundational education book. Hope you like any of these.

Or OR I can just buy the dough mix and eat it straight out of the bowl with a bottle of wine and a Law and Order SVU marathon.

That was what I first read from her. She is concise and thorough and makes a difficult topic easier to read.

I also love both off these podcasts. They are fantastic.

Gah!!! As a historian I am GEEKING out over this list. Might I also include anything by Karen Armstrong?

I recently employed the "half plus seven" rule to justify my new guy. I'm 38 and he is 26.

I would be thrilled that two dozen people showed up to my backyard BBQ (assuming I had a backyard) but it's a quarter of what he anticipated.

I love Art Smith! I'm so sorry that he did something with such wonderful intentions and it had such lackluster participation.

Oh. My. God. thank you for this

I want to eat that right meow.

OMG I LOVE ERIE, INDIANA!!!

Ya, why drink a cup when you could drink a pot?

Ha! A romantic optimist!

I had nightmares where I was killing my dad. Even though I knew it was what he wanted and that it was the right thing the act of deciding to end his life buried itself deep inside my head and heart. Therapy has helped. There are some things that are just never easy.

I'm dating a great guy who is REALLY younger than I am and has said he intends to marry me someday. Chances are better he will win the lotto. And then I'll marry him.