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A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance

A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance

Dirty Rotten Tendrils

Dirty Rotten Tendrils

Flower Shop (1)

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

William L. Shirer

Me and Kaminski

Me and Kaminski

Daniel Kehlmann

At Home

At Home

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, ...

Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers

Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest ...

Deborah Cadbury

The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder and the Birth of the American Mafia

The First Family: Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder and the ...

The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship

The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in ...

Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light

Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Made Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Made Us Richer, ...

The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food-Before the National Highway System, Before Chain Restaurants, and Before Frozen Food, When the Nation's Food Was Seasonal,

The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food-Before ...

Bacon: A Love Story

Bacon: A Love Story

Basque History of the World

Basque History of the World

Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact From the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds

Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and ...

Darren Oldridge

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956

Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern

Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women ...

Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War

Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second ...

Rebuild the Dream

Rebuild the Dream

Summer of '49

Summer of '49

David Halberstam

The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis

The Girl Who Loved Camellias: The Life and Legend of Marie Duplessis

The Children of Henry VIII

The Children of Henry VIII

Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America

Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America

Lost and Found in Russia: Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape

Lost and Found in Russia: Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape

Land of Seven Rivers: History of India's Geography

Land of Seven Rivers: History of India's Geography

Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

Opium: A History

Opium: A History

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, Treachery, and Folly From Royal Britain

Behind the Palace Doors: Five Centuries of Sex, Adventure, Vice, ...

Michael Farquhar

Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women

Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women

Evening's Empire

Evening's Empire

Craig Koslofsky

Bananas: An American History

Bananas: An American History

Virginia Jenkins

Indigo: In Search of the Colour That Seduced the World

Indigo: In Search of the Colour That Seduced the World

Catherine E. McKinley

Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire

Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire

Robin Waterfield

Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World

Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World

Tristan Donovan

An Edible History of Humanity

An Edible History of Humanity

The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector

The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector

Geoffrey C. Bunn

The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England

The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England

The Warrior Queens - Boadicea's Chariot

The Warrior Queens - Boadicea's Chariot

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes From 1066 to the Present

Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling ...

The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season

The Season: A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season

Sophie Campbell

Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, the Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side

Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the ...

The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women

The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women

Deborah J. Swiss

They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French

They Eat Horses, Don't They?: The Truth About the French

Piu Marie Eatwell

The Covent Garden Ladies: The Extraordinary Story of Harris's List

The Covent Garden Ladies: The Extraordinary Story of Harris's ...

Hallie Rubenhold

The 40s: The Story of a Decade

The 40s: The Story of a Decade

The New Yorker Magazine & David Remnick & E. B. White & J. D. Salinger & Zadie Smith

Letters From the Front: From the First World War to the Present Day

Letters From the Front: From the First World War to the Present ...

Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos

Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current ...

Leesa Culp & Gregg Drinnan & Bob Wilkie

Strategy: A History

Strategy: A History

Lawrence Freedman

Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900

Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900

Rebellion: The History of England From James I to the Glorious Revolution

Rebellion: The History of England From James I to the Glorious ...

Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives

Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives

Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body

Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body

Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice

Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice

Marjorie Shaffer

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American ...

Pen and Ink Witchcraft: Treaties and Treaty Making in American Indian History

Pen and Ink Witchcraft: Treaties and Treaty Making in American ...

Colin G. Calloway

Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide

Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian ...

Constance Street: Part 2 of 3: The True Story of One Family and One Street in London’s East End

Constance Street: Part 2 of 3: The True Story of One Family ...

Charlie Connelly

We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s

We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent ...

Rebecca Traister

Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter

Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter

Pamela Cox & Annabel Hobley

First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies

First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies

Kate Andersen Brower