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Book cover of Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History Book cover of A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves Book cover of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics Book cover of The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History Book cover of Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years

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Book cover of The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History Book cover of Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics Book cover of A Most Improbable Journey: A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves Book cover of Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History Book cover of The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall Book cover of Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present

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