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Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
by Madeleine Albright
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1776
by David McCullough
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In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all... (read more)

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder
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How Can One Sell the Air?: Chief Seattle's Vision
by Eli Gifford
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John Quincy Adams
by Harlow Giles Unger
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Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Oxford History of the United States)
by Gordon Wood
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Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
by Frederick Kempe
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1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)
by Gavin Menzies
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The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
by Charles R Morris
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Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage
by Douglas Waller
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by Ian Mortimer
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