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To Cuba and Back
by Richard Henry Dana
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The Four Musketeers: The True Story of D'Artagnan, Porthos, Aramis & Athos
by Kari Maund
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Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923
by Caroline Finkel
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The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by David McCullough
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Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)
by Peter Hessler
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From the acclaimed author of River Town comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of twenty-first-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world.... (read more)

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Viva Che!: The Strange Death and Life of Che Guevara
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books)
by David McCullough
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Knights: In History and Legend
by Constance Bouchard
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Vishnu's Crowded Temple: India Since the Great Rebellion. Maria Misra
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Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb
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