January 15, 2025  
Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Harari Yuval Noah
Random House UK (September 10, 2024) 528 pages
five votes Eric, Bob, Christian, Jeff, Malcolm
February 19, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?
White, Lawrence H.
Cambridge University Press (March 23, 2023) 185 pages

Amazon: In Stock

five votes Jeff, Jon, Malcolm, Ross
March 19, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
Scheidel, Walter
Princeton University Press (March 16, 2021) 704 pages

Amazon: In Stock

five votes Tim, Jim B., Malcolm, Marc
April 16, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Progressive Myths
Michael Huemer
Independently Published (September 15, 2024) 277 pages

Amazon: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com

five votes Jeff, Malcolm, Marc, Michael, Ross
May 21, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Roger Crowley
Random House (05/12/2009) 368 pages
eight votes, one gush Malcolm (gush), Christian, Eric, Jon, MikeD, Tim
June 18, 2025 Online (Zoom)
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Purnell, Sonia
Random House Books for Young Readers (March 24, 2020) 368 pages

Amazon: In Stock

five votes Michael, Jeff, Malcolm, Tim
July 16, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
Talbot, David
Simon & Schuster (March 05, 2013) 480 pages

Amazon: In Stock

five votes Starchild, Jeff, Jon, Marc, Tim
August 20, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Shorto, Russell
W. W. Norton & Company (March 04, 2025) 408 pages

Amazon: In Stock

five votes Jeff, Cynthia, Malcolm, Peggy, Tim
September 17, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World
Lambert, Andrew
Yale University Press (November 27, 2018) 606 pages

Amazon: Available for download now

five votes Tim, Jeff, Jon, Malcolm
October 15, 2025 Online (Zoom)
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson
Crown (February 25, 2020) 608 pages
five votes Richard, Christian, Jeff, Malcolm
November 19, 2025 Online (Zoom)
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne
Scribner (May 10, 2011) 371 pages
five votes, one gush Tim (gush), Jim B., Malcolm, Muri