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Notes from a Small Island
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Notes from a Small Island

By Bill Bryson ,

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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
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Albion's Seed

By David Hackett Fischer ,

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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
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The Image

By Daniel J. Boorstin ,

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Catherine, Called Birdy
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Catherine, Called Birdy

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The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome
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The Ancient City

By Hazel Dodge , Peter Connolly ,

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A Short History of Byzantium
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A Short History of Byzantium

By John Julius Norwich ,

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What Life Was Like: When Rome Ruled the World: The Roman Empire 100 BC-AD 200
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What Life Was Like

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The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World
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The Buried Mirror

By Carlos Fuentes ,

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Inscribed Landscapes: Travel Writing from Imperial China
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Inscribed Landscapes

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Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
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Kaempfer's Japan

By Englebert Kaempfer , Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey (translator) ,

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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

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The Autumn of the Middle Ages
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages

By Johan Huizinga , Rodney J. Payton (translator) , Ulrich Mammitzsch (translator)

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Cities in Civilization
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Cities in Civilization

By Peter Hall ,

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The Savage Freud and Other Essays on Possible and Retrievable Selves
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The Savage Freud and Other Essays on Possible and Retrievable Selves

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Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs
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Egypt

By Regine Schulz ,

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Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia
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Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia

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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

By Jacob Burckhardt ,

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Zen and Japanese Culture
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Zen and Japanese Culture

By Daisetz T. Suzuki ,

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Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

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The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
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The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

By Michael Roaf ,

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Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
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Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome

By Lesley Adkins , Roy Adkins ,

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In Conquest Born
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In Conquest Born

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A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future
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A History of Knowledge

By Charles Van Doren ,

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On Looking into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society
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On Looking into the Abyss

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Tormented Voices: Power, Crisis, and Humanity in Rural Catalonia, 1140-1200
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Tormented Voices

By Thomas N. Bisson ,

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The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity
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The Most Southern Place on Earth

By James C. Cobb ,

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A History of Japan
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A History of Japan

By R. H. P. Mason , J. G. Caiger ,

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Dakota
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Dakota

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Within the Context of No Context
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Within the Context of No Context

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The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture
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The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light

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