To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks and papers. !bookworms
I'm finnishing Never Let Me Go, I haven't read any thing for a couple of weeks even though the book club ended.
I also bought 2 editions of Charles Darwin's On The Origin of the Species 
First I ordered the 6th edition and then the first edition which arrived today and is shown in the pic above. Yes I'm aware Darwin's book is outdated as he had no knowledge of genetics but I bought them as they're still interesting as history of science and to see how much of the original theory still stands, also the cover and illustrations are so pretty.
These pics are from the 6th edition I got, very collectible editions even if they're translations. !historychads
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I finished A Mad Catastrophe about Austria-Hungary in the lead up, and in WWI recommended to me by a dramatard. It was great, I really enjoyed it. My only complaint is there weren't more maps. There were lots.of troops and army movements I found difficult to follow because it has one base map seemingly per chapter, and a bunch of Podunk eastern euro towns I had never heard of as description points.
Still absolutely great.
Now I'm reading The Great Siege of Malta 1565 about the Turks against the Knights of St John. It's older being written in the 60s. It's very good, but I am slightly dubious about the details. There's a lot of direct quotes and attributions that I doubt the accuracy of. Full paragraphs written as a direct quote from a Turkish war council by an 80 year old pirate who then sleeps in the trenches with the men. Just seems a bit embellished.
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Hello, I'm the one who recommended to you Wawro's Mad Catastrophe. Glad you enjoyed it and really gratified you followed through. Easily on of my favorite books, really sheds a light that most people, even those interested in history, do not see in WWI.
I agree with you on the maps, but wew does he paint a picture everywhere else.
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