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History Published in Year: 2020
History Published in 2020
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Revolution or Death: The Life of Eldridge Cleaver
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The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the Making of the Cold War
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
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Behind the Enigma: The Authorized History of GCHQ, Britain’s Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency
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American Daredevil: Comics, Communism, and the Battles of Lev Gleason
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The Nazi Spy Ring in America: Hitler's Agents, the FBI, and the Case That Stirred the Nation
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Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System
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Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography
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City of Champions: A History of Triumph and Defeat in Detroit
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Cry of Murder on Broadway: A Woman's Ruin and Revenge in Old New York
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Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
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The Red Years: Theory, Politics, and Aesthetics in the Japanese ’68
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The Longest Campaign: Britain's Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939–1945
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Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny
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Sally Rand: American Sex Symbol
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Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific Century
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The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
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Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
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Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution
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Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
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Stateway's Garden: Stories
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'Mad Mike' Hoare: Legendary Leader of the Wild Geese: A Biography
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The Original Broadway Cast Recording's Hamilton (33 1/3)
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In the Reign of King John: A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
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The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar
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A History of the Church through its Buildings
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The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790
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From Cowgirl to Congress: Journey of a Suffragist on the Front Lines
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Feb 15, 2021 09:54PM
Removed promotional titles by Widad Akreyi. One has a 2019 publication date, and the other is a novel, not non-fiction.
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Midnight in Chernobyl was published in early 2019. Great book, though!
I removed Catch and Kill and Midnight in Chernobyl. Those are both 2019 releases.
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