I'm sure it's been raised multiple times before, but I'm reading "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. Have read his books on the Lusitania and Weimar Germany before, but this one on the Chicago World's Fair is very engaging and interesting!

I haven't looked closely at reviews of his accuracy, but they are very solid reads.

I've recommended this book a couple of times before, but it's worth mentioning again: Paul A. Cohen's History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience and Myth (1997) is a must-read for pretty much anyone, even if you're not interested in the Boxers in particular. Cohen is excellent when it comes to discussing historiography and the philosophy of history, and his analysis of the distinctions between history as event (how it is reconstructed by historians), history as experience (how agents perceive history as it occurs) and history as myth (how past events are manipulated and interpreted to suit the purposes of the present) is absolutely top-notch. On top of this Cohen's narrative of the Boxers in Part I, whilst brief, is probably the fairest, least Eurocentric one there is in English; his exploration of the experiences of Boxers, Chinese civilians and Europeans pretty much goes through the whole gamut of human emotion; and his section on myth is really enlightening on 20th century Chinese historiography. I'd say it's not just worth checking out, it's pretty much essential reading.

Just finished Russian Orientalism by David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye and I would heartily recommend it to anyone with an interest in Russian history. It's a quick and easy read, and pretty easy to skip around if you aren't interest in the topic of a given chapter.

Would love some recommendations for books on the Caucasian War.

Any recommended readings on Native American history?

Any recommendations for a great biography of Julius Caesar. One that provides multiple views and is in depth?

The story of Eight Deer Jaguar Claw has three fascinating pages in Charles C. Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. What is a good place to learn more about 8 Deer? Mann states that John Pohl is the great expert, and the Wikipedia article cites

Pohl, John M.D. (2002). The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514019-2. OCLC 47054677.

Is that the best work to learn more? Does he have later or better works? Has anyone disputed his conclusions?

I am writing or rather about to begin writing my thesis on George Marshall(: The Brain Behind the Reconstruction of Western Europe). I have already acquired some secondary sources but as I am Hungarian myself, I might not come across so many books online or in the library so I thought this would be the best place to ask for suggestions.

Can anyone recommend me some books on Tibetan history, specifically before the Chinese invasion from 1950-59?

I don't know if there is one out there but I'm having a little trouble getting legit history on what life was like for people in Europe before Christianity took over politics and society in general back in the medieval period. The few books I (as a layman) have read are heavy in personal bias and speculation rather than referring to what we've discovered about that era.

Anyone have some idea of where I could start to learn about this era? I'm looking to learn about day-to-day life, if that helps.