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1493 How Europes Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade Ecology & Life on Earth
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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
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Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
by Michael Erard
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by Frederick Bodmer
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Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation
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American Gypsy: A Memoir
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