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River of the Gods by Candice Millard River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile Millard, Candice
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Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
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The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Isaacson, Walter *
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Cricket Country by Prashant Kidambi Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire Kidambi, Prashant
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A Fistful of Shells by Toby Green A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution Green, Toby
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Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Wilkerson, Isabel *
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Clanlands by Sam Heughan Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other Heughan, Sam
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1491 by Charles C. Mann 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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Mann, Charles C.
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The Three Lives of James Madison by Noah Feldman The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President
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Feldman, Noah
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Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Kendi, Ibram X. *
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Sailing True North by James G. Stavridis Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character Stavridis, James G. *
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Madame Fourcade's Secret War by Lynne Olson Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler Olson, Lynne *
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This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War Faust, Drew Gilpin
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Educated by Tara Westover Educated
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Iran by Abbas Amanat Iran: A Modern History
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Amanat, Abbas
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The Threat by Andrew G. McCabe The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump
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McCabe, Andrew G.
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Salt by Mark Kurlansky Salt: A World History
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 to-read 2019/03/01 2019/05/31 Bentley 2019/02/22 view activity »
Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau Walden & Civil Disobedience
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Thoreau, Henry David
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 to-read 2019/10/01 2019/11/01 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
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Theroux, Paul
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Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
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Dower, John W.
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 to-read 2019/04/30 2019/06/30 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
Angela Merkel by Stefan Kornelius Angela Merkel: The Chancellor and Her World
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Kornelius, Stefan
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 to-read 2019/04/26 2019/05/26 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
CEO, China by Kerry Brown CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping
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Brown, Kerry
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 to-read 2019/08/01 2019/08/30 Bentley 2017/08/30 view activity »
Ulysses by James Joyce Ulysses
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Joyce, James
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 to-read, fiction, historical-fiction, ireland, james-joyce 2019/01/15 2019/04/15 Bentley 2017/06/28 view activity »
Without You, There Is No Us by Suki Kim Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
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 to-read, north-korea 2019/07/15 2019/10/31 Bentley 2017/06/28 view activity »
The Romanovs, 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore The Romanovs, 1613-1918
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 to-read 2018/07/01 2018/07/31 Bentley 2017/01/09 view activity »
The Black Presidency by Michael Eric Dyson The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
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Dyson, Michael Eric
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 to-read 2019/06/09 2019/07/09 Bentley 2017/01/09 view activity »
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton The Federalist Papers
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Hamilton, Alexander
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 to-read 2019/09/01 2021/12/30 Bentley 2010/08/24 view activity »
Retribution by Max Hastings Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 Hastings, Max
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 to-read, fiction, japan, military, non-fiction 2020/01/17 2020/04/17 Bentley 2008/09/11 view activity »


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