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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Staff Pick The rise of the Third Reich as observed by William Dodd, America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany, and his free-spirited daughter is the chilling topic of Erik Larson's impressive new book. With his gift for narration, Larson has once again created... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by Fiona Carnarvon Publisher Comments Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon and the basis of... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller Staff Pick In her 2001 debut, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller recalled in vivid, often excruciating detail coming of age in Rhodesia as a long civil war raged in neighboring Mozambique and her own country slid down the violent path toward an... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie Ten Boom Publisher Comments “I pray that God forgive them...” Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a concentration camp matron beating a prisoner. “Oh, the poor woman,” Corrie cried. “Yes. May God forgive her,”... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis Publisher Comments Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography Widely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel Publisher Comments While Galileo Galilei was under house arrest, accused of heresy for his claim that the earth revolved around the sun, his daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength through the difficult years of his trial... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Staff Pick I'm rather sure that all three of Stacy Schiff's previous works have been nominated for some award or another. With a pedigree like that, you know that her latest biography is bound to be a must-read. Stripping away all the previous misconceptions about... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Winston Churchill (Shire Library) by Kevin Theakston Publisher Comments Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest leaders and an iconic figure. Prime minister twice (1940-45 and 1951-55), his political career - with its many ups and downs, controversies and achievements - spanned over sixty years from the reign of... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag by Orlando Figes Publisher Comments A heroic love story and an unprecedented inside view of one of Stalin's most notorious labor camps, based on a remarkable cache of letters smuggled in and out of the Gulag I went to get the letters for our friends, and couldn't help but feel a little... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Shanghai Diary 2ND Edition a Young Girls Journey 1st Edition by Ursula Bacon Publisher Comments By the late 1930s, Europe sat on the brink of a world war. As the holocaust approached, many Jewish families in Germany fled to one of the only open port available to them: Shanghai. Once called "the armpit of the world," Shanghai ultimately served as... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Genghis Khan and Making of Modern World (04 Edition) by Jack Weatherford Publisher Comments The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag by Orlando Figes Publisher Comments A heroic love story and an unprecedented inside view of one of Stalin's most notorious labor camps, based on a remarkable cache of letters smuggled in and out of the Gulag "I went to get the letters for our friends, and couldn't help but feel a little... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable Publisher Comments Years in the making-the definitive biography of the legendary black activist. Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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J. Frank Norris: The Fascinating, Controversial Life of a Forgotten Figure of the Twentieth Century by Michael E. Schepis Publisher Comments As one of the most fascinating and sensational personalities, J. Frank Norris, has become a forgotten figure of the twentieth century, as many people today have never heard of him. This fascinating true story takes you from his poverty as a child to the... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $6.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman Staff Pick Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T E Lawrence Publisher Comments The monumental work that assured T.E. Lawrence's place in history as "Lawrence of Arabia." Not only a consummate military history, but also a colorful epic and a lyrical exploration of the mind of a great man who helped shape the Middle East as... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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All But My Life: A Memoir by Gerda Weissmann Klein Publisher Comments All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mr. Speaker!: The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster by James Grant Publisher Comments “The most influential speaker of the House most people have never heard of…Reed makes for good copy…Grant has managed to rescue Reed from oblivion and to capture the raucous political atmosphere in which Reed did battle&rdquo... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (59 Edition) by Alfred Lansing From Powells.com Days before the outbreak of World War One renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail to attempt the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. More than eighty miles from their destination, however, their... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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