If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see. ..... in solidarity with SouleMama
Simon Schama: Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Jay Winik: The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
Jared Diamond: The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee: Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks