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deadpresidents · 3 months
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GEORGE WASHINGTON •Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •George Washington: A Life by Willard Sterne Randall (BOOK)
JOHN ADAMS •John Adams by David McCullough (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •John Adams: Party of One by James Grant (BOOK)
THOMAS JEFFERSON •Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History by Fawn Brodie (BOOK)
JAMES MADISON •The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President by Noah Feldman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Ketcham (BOOK | AUDIO)
JAMES MONROE •James Monroe: A Life by Tim McGrath (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness by Harlow Giles Unger (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity by Harry Ammon (BOOK)
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS •John Quincy Adams: American Visionary by Fred Kaplan (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life by Paul C. Nagel (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics by William J. Cooper (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams by Phyllis Lee Levin (BOOK | KINDLE)
ANDREW JACKSON •American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Andrew Jackson, Volume I: The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 by Robert V. Remini (BOOK) •Andrew Jackson, Volume II: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 by Robert V. Remini (BOOK | KINDLE) •Andrew Jackson, Volume III: The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845 by Robert V. Remini (BOOK)
MARTIN VAN BUREN •Martin Van Buren and the American Political System by Donald B. Cole (BOOK | KINDLE) •Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics by Joel H. Silbey (BOOK) •Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics by John Niven (BOOK)
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON •A Child of the Revolution: William Henry Harrison and His World, 1773-1798 by Hendrik Booraem V (BOOK | KINDLE) •Mr. Jefferson's Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy by Robert M. Owens (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Carnival Campaign: How the Rollicking 1840 Campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" Changed Presidential Elections Forever by Ronald G. Shafer (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
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femmefatalevibe · 9 months
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Hey hope you're well. Do you have any book recs with female characters reinventing themselves, or coming back stronger? Something along those lines, ifykwim.
Also movie recs, if you can.
Have a good day.
Hi love!
Books that come to mind:
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Educated by Tara Westover
Wild by Cheryl Strayed 
Movies that come to mind:
The Devil Wears Prada (also a book but I just love Meryl Streep in the movie too much to not recommend this one!)
Legally Blonde (another classic everyone should be able to reference off-hand!)
The First Wives Club
P.S. I Love You
Easy A
Bridesmaids
** Firefly Lane is a great Netflix show in a similar genre
Hope this helps xx
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californiasfreak · 10 days
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morganathewitch · 3 months
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Book suggestions~
Hello fellow tumblr users,
I'm having a problem as in I am not sure what I should read next. I'd love to get your suggestions, I'm a total garbage disposer regarding literature and I will read anything. My read shelf on Goodreads is a hot mess.
So please give me some of your favorite books!
Genres that I read:
Anything
Genres that I prefer:
Fantasy
Paranormal
Scifi
Historical romance
Contemporary
Poetry
Languages that I read in:
English
Swedish
whatever made up language these dedicated fantasy/scifi writers are creating
"Tropes/stories" that I am a fan of:
enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, strangers to lovers - you get it
anti heroes - gimmie problematic faves, I love grey characters
character development and sizzling chemistry between characters - GIMMIE (not a trope, more about well written characters, lol)
insta lust is accepted, insta love is looked at with scepticism
mind blowing world building - fantasy, dystopian society, scifi, historical places, the future, languages, political conflicts, an epic villain with an insane plan,,,
riding anything - horses, dragons, machines, space ships, men, women.....
strong friendships are a huge plus
smut is always fine but if you have something with both the complex plot, intense characters with depth and intriguing world building you should scream this in the comments so I can devour it
Perhaps something I haven't read yet that you will suggest for me?
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literarydesire · 3 months
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Book suggestions :
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
I'll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson
Book lovers by Emily Henry
Eleanor and Park (that one might make U cry but it's beautiful) also by Rainbow Rowell
A good girls guide to murder series!! By Holly Jackson
The secret history by Donna Tartt
The starless sea by Erin Morgenstern
(no pressure I just included more than 1 option so u can have a bit of choice)
Thank you so much! I’ve read a couple of those already and really enjoyed them, but The Starless Sea and I’ll give you the sun are definitely going on my tbr❤️
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feral-cockroach · 3 months
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does anyone know any poly YA books? or poly fic books in general ! idm if theyre horror or realistic fiction or what i just want a sprinkle of polyamory in my reading !
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anonil88 · 9 months
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I see the gays are going to loose their minds over Jasmin's public journey with queerness. And some of you are sounding a lil too much like Afterellen writers.
To yall and to anyone who feels the same as her might i suggest this interview:
youtube
Or any of these links / books. which i'm using good reads links so you can see the triggers or content warnings to not be blind sided.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (good reads link but you can find the book for free) tw assault, this is not a book for minors
Zami by Audre Lorde (good reads)
My Gender Workbook (good reads) and Gender Outlaws: both the original and the 2010 version by Kate Bornstein
This SLATE article from 2015 (slate article) (wayback in case that link breaks)
These reddit posts with a valley of insight in the comments from older much older queer, gay, and lesbian people: Thread 1 Thread 2
A study done in 2009
Bodies in Relation—Bodies in Transition (article here)
Youtube videos and maybe a documentary
Queer Theory 101- Part 1- An open discussion with Ben Bateman- 30 min and there are 2 parts (go to youtube)
Brief Lecture Introducing Concepts of Queer Theory with Professor Matt Alberhasky- 10 min (go to youtube)
Judith Butler explaining Gender Theory- 13 min (youtube) and their book Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (good reads): and i will quote them here "Stumbling is a part of learning and making an error is a part of learning." & "Many people who refuse to allow trans people to define themselves is that they feel their own self definition is destabilized."
The Aggressives (free tubi link but you can arrgh matey it if you try hard enough) , a 2005 documentary, directed by Eric Daniel Peddle. An insightful exposé on the subculture of masculine presenting POC and their "femme" counterparts. Filmed over five years in NYC, the featured subjects share their dreams, secrets and deepest fears. Some of the AGs in this video identify as trans men, non binary, or bi now but all of their experiences are valid.
And if you were wondering yes, yes i do love researching and having references. Its fun.
This might be shocking but there are older lesbians and i am talking the most butch blue collar trades dyke with silver strands who have done way more things that would make some of y'all squeem because its not within this very linear view of what some people view should be everyone's exact labeled experience should be. And yes they still fully identify as lesbians and are in very long term commited lesbian relationships their past has just been a lot. No two people are the same and many people will have a definition similar to you but an entirely different and layered experience. This also includes experiences and journeys with labels that you are going to feel uncomfortable with if they open up about the journey that it took them on to get to the same label you use. I tend to say that is for thee does not have to be for me. Sometimes the moments of others journey albeit will be cringey to you and others but they aren't directly harmful to you and your experience. No matter what we will all still be hit on by people and certain demographics that we do not want to be hit on, because they do not care. Tearing apart your communities in person and online over drivel and people just on their journey whilst learning does nothing for us when that is what those in opposition are banking on. Now unclench and breathe.
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semantiques · 6 months
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You said, This thing we call life mustn’t ever become something endured
Greek Lessons, Han Kang
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tw-5 · 8 months
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going to bookstore any suggestions? peace andlove
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Help out an independent bookshop by telling me your favourite underrated/not super popular YA books!
Hi all! I work at a small independent bookshop and we are in the process of expanding our YA section. I figured it would be a waste to ignore the fantastic nerdy community we have here so I figured I’d ask y’all: 
What are your favourite underrated YA books? What good YA books do you know of that you rarely see in libraries or small bookshops? 
Thank you all so much and happy reading!!
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woolfinbooks · 10 months
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Bisexual book recommendations
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deadpresidents · 4 months
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Since these questions were sent at about the same time, I'm going to answer them together in the same post.
There's actually a great book that came out in 2020 about the geopolitical rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran that really heated up following the Islamic Revolution in Iran that overthrew the Shah in 1979 in favor of the theocracy of the Ayatollah Khomeini: Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East by Kim Ghattas (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO). It's one of the better books that I've read in the past few years and the ideal book to pick up if you're interested in the two most powerful Islamic nations of the Middle East.
Another good book that focuses on both countries is Andrew Scott Cooper's 2012 book The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO).
SAUDI ARABIA (I've read A LOT of books about Saudi Arabia over the past few years, so I could go on-and-on, but I'll try to limit myself to just a few recommendations!) •The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa'ud by Robert Lacey (BOOK | AUDIO) •Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia by Robert Lacey (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Ibn Saud: The Desert Warrior Who Created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Barbara Bray and Michael Darlow (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine by Yaroslav Trofimov (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Saudi Arabia in the Nineteenth Century by R. Bayly Winder •King Faisal of Saudi Arabia: Personality, Faith and Times by Alexei Vassiliev (BOOK | KINDLE) •Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States Since FDR by Bruce Riedel (BOOK | KINDLE)
IRAN •The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present by John Ghazvinian (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Iran-Iraq War by Pierre Razoux (BOOK | KINDLE) •A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind by Michael Axworthy (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Iran: A Modern History by Abbas Amanat (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer (BOOK | KINDLE) •Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam by Mark Bowden (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)
I'll stop there for now. I could list scores of books because I'm fascinated by the history of both countries, their place in the world, and their relations with one another and with the United States. I probably read a lot more about Saudi Arabia and Iran -- and their leaders -- than most people would expect. So I have even more suggestions if you need them...but hopefully this is a good start!
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cameronspecial · 25 days
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So I made a bookstagram account… if you want to know what books might be inspiring my writing or just love to read maybe give it a follow!
P.S. I promise I’m working on making better posts!
Insta: @turningthepagewithzoe
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demisexual-eddie-diaz · 11 months
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Are there any books that are mlm that have the same feel as Anthony and Kate from Bridgerton?
Or where the love interest is like Benedict Bridgerton?
And I don’t mean like Heartstopper or Young Royals type books.
I mean books that properly feel like Bridgerton books and have a real love story.
No hate to those shows of course.
Just want a Victorian/Regency mlm recommendation.
(basically, I’m crushing over the Bridgerton boys right now)
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Since my books have received some attention over the weekend I thought it best to make it clear that you can submit your suggestions for Leitner books in my asks. Suggestions can be as long or short as you want and I take the time to read each one. If you wish to talk further my dms are open for discussing secret books.
Thank you for taking interest in the Library of Leitner.
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thanatoseyes · 1 month
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Are there any books about dracula and van Helsing being ex lovers?
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