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Mad and Bad Mad and Bad Bea Koch
Black Wave Black Wave Kim Ghattas
The Celestial Hunter The Celestial Hunter Roberto Calasso
No More Lies No More Lies Dick Gregory
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds Paul Farmer
Thebes Thebes Paul Cartledge
The British in India The British in India David Gilmour
The Year 1000 The Year 1000 Valerie Hansen
This Land Is Our Land This Land Is Our Land Suketu Mehta
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Emma Southon
Great State Great State Timothy Brook
The Free World The Free World Louis Menand
The Volunteer The Volunteer Jack Fairweather
American Rebels American Rebels Nina Sankovitch
The House of the Pain of Others The House of the Pain of Others Julián Herbert
Sex with Presidents Sex with Presidents Eleanor Herman
No Beast So Fierce No Beast So Fierce Dane Huckelbridge
A Demon-Haunted Land A Demon-Haunted Land Monica Black
Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong
The Hunt for History The Hunt for History Nathan Raab
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The Years of Extermination The Years of Extermination Saul Friedländer
America's Great Debate America's Great Debate Fergus M. Bordewich
John Adams John Adams David McCullough
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies John Carey
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Anna Funder
A Crime So Monstrous A Crime So Monstrous E. Benjamin Skinner
Carry Me Home Carry Me Home Diane McWhorter
Hirohito And The Making Of Modern Japan Hirohito And The Making Of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix
Imperial Reckoning Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee
Stranger in the Shogun's City Stranger in the Shogun's City Amy Stanley
Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War Frances FitzGerald
"No One Helped" "No One Helped" Marcia M. Gallo
Encounters at the Heart of the World Encounters at the Heart of the World Elizabeth A. Fenn
The Volunteer The Volunteer Jack Fairweather
Waiting for Snow in Havana Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire
Ernie Pyles War Ernie Pyles War James Tobin
A Rage for Order A Rage for Order Robert F. Worth
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Sylvia Nasar
The Sleepwalkers The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark
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The Triumph of Nancy Reagan The Triumph of Nancy Reagan Karen Tumulty
The Nine The Nine Gwen Strauss
Killing the Mob Killing the Mob Bill O'Reilly
Cleopatra Cleopatra Alberto Angela
First Steps First Steps Jeremy DeSilva
Buses Are a Comin' Buses Are a Comin' Charles Person
A Fire in the Wilderness A Fire in the Wilderness John Reeves
Japan from Anime to Zen Japan from Anime to Zen David Watts Barton
The Happiest Man on Earth The Happiest Man on Earth Eddie Jaku
Born Survivors Born Survivors Wendy Holden
A House in the Mountains A House in the Mountains Caroline Moorehead
Reagan Rising Reagan Rising Craig Shirley
Forgotten Forgotten Linda Hervieux
Israel Israel Daniel Gordis
Rescue at Los Banos Rescue at Los Banos Bruce Henderson
82 Days on Okinawa 82 Days on Okinawa Art Shaw
The Original Black Elite The Original Black Elite Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Trudeaumania Trudeaumania Robert Wright
The Gene The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee
A History of Infamy A History of Infamy Pablo Piccato
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A Short History of Charleston A Short History of Charleston Robert N. Rosen
Philadelphia Stories Philadelphia Stories C. Dallett Hemphill
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies Leo Hollis
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack - From the History of the First U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack - From the History of the First U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin Elisha Kent Kane
Trivia and Riddles in American History Trivia and Riddles in American History Koerner,Michael
The Grey Men The Grey Men Ralph Hope
Surviving Katyn Surviving Katyn Jane Rogoyska
Six Months in Mexico - and Other Investigative Journalism Articles Six Months in Mexico - and Other Investigative Journalism Articles Nellie Bly
Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition Sherard Osborn
History is a Set of Lies Agreed Upon - Writings about the Great Napoleon Bonaparte History is a Set of Lies Agreed Upon - Writings about the Great Napoleon Bonaparte Various
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea- In the Years 1819-20-21-22 - The Complete Edition Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea- In the Years 1819-20-21-22 - The Complete Edition John Franklin
Blood Legacy Blood Legacy Alex Renton
Gough and Me Gough and Me Christine Sykes
The Nine The Nine Gwen Strauss
Killing the Mob Killing the Mob Bill O'Reilly
A Fire in the Wilderness A Fire in the Wilderness John Reeves
The Happiest Man on Earth The Happiest Man on Earth Eddie Jaku
The Murders That Made Us The Murders That Made Us Bob Calhoun
An Alternative History of Pittsburgh An Alternative History of Pittsburgh Simon
Unsettled Unsettled Steven E. Koonin