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Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
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 read, british-monarchies 2012/01/10 2012/04/04 Bentley 2011/12/08 view activity »
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
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Dickens, Charles
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 read, fiction, historical-fiction, world-history 2012/02/06 2012/04/29 Bentley 2011/11/05 view activity »
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad
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John Quincy Adams by Paul C. Nagel John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
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Nagel, Paul C.
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 read, american-studies, biography, non-fiction, presidential-seri... 2012/01/09 2012/04/29 Bentley 2011/06/22 view activity »
Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
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McCullough, Colleen
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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi
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Twain, Mark
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None Braver by Michael Hirsh None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism
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Hirsh, Michael
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The Republic of Plato by Plato The Republic of Plato Plato
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Stiff by Mary Roach Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Roach, Mary
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The Road Gets Better From Here by Adrian Scott The Road Gets Better From Here
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Scott, Adrian
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Russia by Jonathan Dimbleby Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People
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Dimbleby, Jonathan
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 read, buddy-read, fiction, non-fiction, russia 2011/06/06 2011/06/26 Bentley 2011/04/21 view activity »
Millennium by Tom Holland Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom
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Holland, Tom
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 read, buddy-read, christianity, european-history, non-fiction 2011/05/09 2011/06/05 Bentley 2011/04/21 view activity »
Kill or Capture How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down... by Matthew Alexander Kill or Capture How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist
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100 Missions North by Ken Bell 100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War
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Bell, Ken
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Apache by Ed Macy Apache: Inside the Cockpit of the World's Most Deadly Fighting Machine
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Macy, Ed
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 read, afghanistan, buddy-read, military, nuclear-weapons 2011/04/11 2011/05/08 Bentley 2011/04/21 view activity »
My Life by Bill Clinton My Life
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None Braver by Michael Hirsh None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism
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Hirsh, Michael
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H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin #3)
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O'Brian, Patrick
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Black Hearts by Jim Frederick Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death
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 read, buddy-read, iraq, military, non-fiction 2011/03/21 2011/04/17 Bentley 2011/03/14 view activity »
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Gates of Fire
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 read, ancient-history, buddy-read, fiction, historical-fiction 2011/02/28 2011/03/27 Bentley 2011/02/28 view activity »
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre Brontë, Charlotte
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 read, british-history, buddy-read, historical-fiction 2011/02/28 2011/04/28 Bentley 2011/02/28 view activity »
Byzantium by Judith Herrin Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
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Herrin, Judith
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 read 2011/12/04 2011/03/10 Bentley 2011/02/04 view activity »
One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
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Fick, Nathaniel
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 read, afghanistan, fiction, iraq, non-fiction 2011/01/31 2011/02/28 Bentley 2011/01/24 view activity »
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
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Mantel, Hilary
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 read, man-booker-prize 2011/02/21 2011/05/31 Bentley 2010/11/29 view activity »
The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2) McCullough, Colleen
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 read, historical-fiction, romans 2011/02/07 2011/04/17 Bentley 2010/11/04 view activity »
Polk by Walter R. Borneman Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
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Borneman, Walter R.
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front
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Remarque, Erich Maria
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 read, first-world-war, historical-fiction 2011/05/02 2011/07/31 Bentley 2010/09/02 view activity »
Grant by Jean Edward Smith Grant
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Smith, Jean Edward
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
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Forester, C.S.
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 read, fiction, historical-fiction, napoleonic-wars 2011/01/17 2011/04/03 Bentley 2010/08/24 view activity »
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
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O'Brian, Patrick
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