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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by Katherine Boo
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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
by David McCullough
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1776
by David McCullough
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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics)
by Tacitus
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The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British
by Sarah Lyall
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Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
by Madeleine Albright
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
by Blaine Harden
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Mountains beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Book I: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
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An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
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Strength in What Remains
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by David McCullough
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Winner of the National Book Award From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first... (read more)

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Things We Couldn't Say
by Diet Eman
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)
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Orientalism (78 Edition)
by Edward W. Said
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