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  1. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
    Michael Lewis
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  2. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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    Katy Tur
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  4. Mad City: The True Story of the Campus Murders That America Forgot
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    Michael Arntfield
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  5. Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
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    Jennifer Michael Hecht
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  6. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
    Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival...
    Mitchell Zuckoff
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  7. A Short History of Reconstruction
    A Short History of Reconstruction
    Eric Foner
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    67
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  8. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
    The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
    Peter Frankopan, Laurence Kennedy...
    Audible Audio Edition
    318
    $32.95  
  9. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
    SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
    Mary Beard, Phyllida Nash...
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  10. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
    The Residence: Inside the Private World of the...
    Kate Andersen Brower
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  11. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
    In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the...
    Nathaniel Philbrick
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  12. The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD
    The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000...
    Simon Schama
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  13. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
    William L. Shirer, Ron Rosenbaum
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  14. 1000 Years of Annoying the French
    1000 Years of Annoying the French
    Stephen Clarke
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  15. The Origins of Totalitarianism (Harvest Book, Hb244)
    The Origins of Totalitarianism
    Hannah Arendt
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  16. The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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    Sam Kean, Sean Runnette...
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  17. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
    American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
    Jon Meacham
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  18. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
    The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
    Douglas Preston, Bill Mumy...
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  19. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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    Steven Pinker, Arthur Morey...
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  20. The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
    The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the...
    Helen Russell, Lucy Price-Lewis...
    Audible Audio Edition
    301
    $14.95  
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  1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Yuval Noah Harari
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    David Grann
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    Kurt Andersen
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  4. Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
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  6. Meditations: A New Translation
    Meditations: A New Translation
    Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Cornelius Fronto
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  7. Humans of New York : Stories
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    Brandon Stanton
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  8. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
    Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
    Yuval Noah Harari
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  9. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
    Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
    Sheryl Sandberg
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  10. Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors
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    George W. Bush, Laura Bush...
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  11. Humans of New York
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    Brandon Stanton
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  12. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
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    Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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  13. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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    Erik Larson
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  14. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
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    Margot Lee Shetterly
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  15. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
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    Leif Babin, Jocko Willink
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    Mark Bowden
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  18. The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
    The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We...
    David McCullough
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  19. A Short History of Nearly Everything
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
    Bill Bryson
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  20. The Centrist Manifesto
    The Centrist Manifesto
    Charles J. Wheelan
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  4. The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home
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  8. Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
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  15. The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice: The Stories of Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim
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  20. How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America
    How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America
    Brion McClanahan, Ron Paul
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  1. No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army...
    Gregory A. Daddis
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  2. The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life...
    Duong Van Mai Elliott
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  3. Southeast Asia in World History
    Craig A. Lockard
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    $16.95  
  4. Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars: Local, National, and Transnational Perspectives (Reinterpreting History: How Historical Assessments Change over Time)
    Making Sense of the Vietnam Wars: Local...
    Mark Philip Bradley, Marilyn B. Young
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    1
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  5. The Republic of Rock: Music and Citizenship in the Sixties Counterculture
    The Republic of Rock: Music and Citizenship in...
    Michael J. Kramer
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  6. My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into Darkness (Pivotal Moments in American History)
    My Lai: Vietnam, 1968, and the Descent into...
    Howard Jones
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  7. The Vietnam War: A Concise International History (Very Short Introductions)
    The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
    Mark Atwood Lawrence
    Hardcover
    45
    $21.95  
  8. Withdrawal: Reassessing America's Final Years in Vietnam
    Withdrawal: Reassessing America's Final Years...
    Gregory A. Daddis
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  9. Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present
    Viet Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the...
    Ben Kiernan
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    $26.01  
  10. Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam
    Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam
    Lawrence Freedman
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  11. A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975
    A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam...
    Robert D. Schulzinger
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  12. Westmoreland's War: Reassessing American Strategy in Vietnam
    Westmoreland's War: Reassessing American...
    Gregory A. Daddis
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  13. A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War
    A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War
    Robert D. Schulzinger
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    1
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