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No Beast So Fierce No Beast So Fierce Dane Huckelbridge
No More Lies No More Lies Dick Gregory
The Year 1000 The Year 1000 Valerie Hansen
The Hunt for History The Hunt for History Nathan Raab
Great State Great State Timothy Brook
Mad and Bad Mad and Bad Bea Koch
Our City Our City Jon Bloomfield
The Volunteer The Volunteer Jack Fairweather
Thebes Thebes Paul Cartledge
Black Wave Black Wave Kim Ghattas
Vietnam Vietnam Max Hastings
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds Paul Farmer
This Land Is Our Land This Land Is Our Land Suketu Mehta
The Celestial Hunter The Celestial Hunter Roberto Calasso
The Cold War's Killing Fields The Cold War's Killing Fields Paul Thomas Chamberlin
A Demon-Haunted Land A Demon-Haunted Land Monica Black
American Rebels American Rebels Nina Sankovitch
The House of the Pain of Others The House of the Pain of Others Julián Herbert
The British in India The British in India David Gilmour
Sex with Presidents Sex with Presidents Eleanor Herman
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The Volunteer The Volunteer Jack Fairweather
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Anna Funder
Polar Imperative: A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North America Polar Imperative: A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North America Shelagh D. Grant
The Years of Extermination The Years of Extermination Saul Friedländer
John Adams John Adams David McCullough
Encounters at the Heart of the World Encounters at the Heart of the World Elizabeth A. Fenn
The Rescue Artist The Rescue Artist Edward Dolnick
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies John Carey
A Crime So Monstrous A Crime So Monstrous E. Benjamin Skinner
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Gilbert King
Waiting for Snow in Havana Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire
The Sleepwalkers The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Sylvia Nasar
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee
Rough Crossings Rough Crossings Simon Schama
Where the Blood Mixes Where the Blood Mixes Kevin Loring
Imperial Reckoning Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins
"No One Helped" "No One Helped" Marcia M. Gallo
America's Great Debate America's Great Debate Fergus M. Bordewich
A Rage for Order A Rage for Order Robert F. Worth
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Battle Story: Hastings 1066 Battle Story: Hastings 1066 Jonathan Trigg
America's Hidden History America's Hidden History Kenneth C. Davis
Life After the Military: A Handbook for Transitioning Veterans Life After the Military: A Handbook for Transitioning Veterans Janelle B. Moore
Presidential Ambition: Gaining Power At Any Cost Presidential Ambition: Gaining Power At Any Cost Richard Shenkman
Nigeria: After the Nightmare Nigeria: After the Nightmare Iyorwuese Hagher
The Tactics of Toleration: A Refugee Community in the Age of Religious Wars The Tactics of Toleration: A Refugee Community in the Age of Religious Wars Jesse Spohnholz
The Life of Andrew Jackson The Life of Andrew Jackson Robert V. Remini
Secret Intelligence and the Holocaust: Collected Essays from the Colloquium at the City University of New York Secret Intelligence and the Holocaust: Collected Essays from the Colloquium at the City University of New York David Bankier
Pachakutik: Indigenous Movements and Electoral Politics in Ecuador Pachakutik: Indigenous Movements and Electoral Politics in Ecuador Marc Becker
The Lost Rocks: The Dare Stones and the Unsolved Mystery of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony The Lost Rocks: The Dare Stones and the Unsolved Mystery of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony David La Vere
Day the Universe Changed Day the Universe Changed James Burke
Horace Greeley and the Politics of Reform in Nineteenth-Century America Horace Greeley and the Politics of Reform in Nineteenth-Century America Mitchell Snay
Pearl Harbor Child Pearl Harbor Child Dorinda Md Nicholson
Tea: The Drink that Changed the World Tea: The Drink that Changed the World Laura C. Martin
The Hawaiians an Island People The Hawaiians an Island People Helen Pratt
Wide As the Waters Wide As the Waters Benson Bobrick
Interventions Interventions Noam Chomsky
Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style Kathy Peiss
Contested Commonwealths: Essays in American History Contested Commonwealths: Essays in American History William A. Pencak
In Scripture: The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities In Scripture: The First Stories of Jewish Sexual Identities Lori Hope Lefkovitz
New releases
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Sudan: The Rise of Closed Districts' Natives Sudan: The Rise of Closed Districts' Natives Omer Shurkian
The Last Campaign of World War One: 1990–2006 The Last Campaign of World War One: 1990–2006 David Johnson
Troy: The World Deceived Troy: The World Deceived John Lascelles
The Ten Year War The Ten Year War Jonathan Cohn
The York Patrol The York Patrol James Carl Nelson
The Enlightenment The Enlightenment Ritchie Robertson
Tonopah Test Range Tonopah Test Range Peter W. Merlin
The School Poisoning Tragedy in Caledonia, Ohio The School Poisoning Tragedy in Caledonia, Ohio Dr. James Van Keuren
You Don't Belong Here You Don't Belong Here Elizabeth Becker
The Ten Year War The Ten Year War Jonathan Cohn
'Uthman ibn 'Affan 'Uthman ibn 'Affan Heather N. Keaney
No More Lies No More Lies Dick Gregory
Fortune's Many Houses Fortune's Many Houses Simon Welfare
Fortune's Many Houses Fortune's Many Houses Simon Welfare
Why the Jews? Why the Jews? Marek Halter
A Short History of Social Life in England A Short History of Social Life in England Margaret B. Synge
Knights Templar: Lost Secrets Revealed  Knights Templar: Lost Secrets Revealed  World History
A History of the Japanese People (Vol.2) A History of the Japanese People (Vol.2) Frank Brinkley
Calhoun Calhoun Robert Elder
The Rise and Fall of Pennsylvania Station The Rise and Fall of Pennsylvania Station Gregory Bilotto