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A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
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Combee by Edda L. Fields-Black Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War
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Black, Edda L. Fields
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The Romanovs by Robert K. Massie The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
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Massie, Robert K.
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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
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Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
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Rivera Garza, Cristina
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Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
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Chasing Me to My Grave by Winfred Rembert Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South
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Rembert, Winfred
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The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
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The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)
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The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
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Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Boykin Chesnut Mary Chesnut's Civil War
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Chesnut, Mary Boykin
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Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
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The New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
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Stewart, Jeffrey C.
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The Soul of America by Jon Meacham The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
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Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin Leadership: In Turbulent Times
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
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Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Harari, Yuval Noah
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Brown, Dee
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Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
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The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday
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Nissenbaum, Stephen
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Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures
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How Markets Fail by John Cassidy How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
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Cassidy, John
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Barbarian Days by William Finnegan Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
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Finnegan, William
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Custer's Trials by T.J. Stiles Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America
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Stiles, T.J.
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Hiroshima by John Hersey Hiroshima
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Hersey, John
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Profiles in Courage by John Fitzgerald Kennedy Profiles in Courage
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Kennedy, John F.
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The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White The Making of the President 1960
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White, Theodore H.
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The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman The Guns of August
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
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