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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
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The 1619 Project

By Nikole Hannah-Jones ,

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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
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Starry Messenger

By Neil deGrasse Tyson ,

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The Nineties: A Book
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The Nineties

By Chuck Klosterman ,

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1177 BC The Year Civilization Collapsed
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1177 BC The Year Civilization Collapsed

By Eric Cline ,

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The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War
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The Free World

By Louis Menand ,

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Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present
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Central Asia

By Adeeb Khalid ,

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The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
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The Age of Wood

By Roland Ennos ,

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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
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The Horde

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Rock Me on the Water: 1974-The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics
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Rock Me on the Water

By Ronald Brownstein ,

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After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
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After 1177 B.C.

By Eric H. Cline ,

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Nothing Personal
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Nothing Personal

By James Baldwin ,

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How to Survive in Ancient Rome
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How to Survive in Ancient Rome

By L.J. Trafford ,

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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

By Emma Southon ,

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The Nile: History's Greatest River
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The Nile

By Terje Tvedt ,

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The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream
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The Story of China

By Michael Wood ,

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Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt's Roaring '20s
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Midnight in Cairo

By Raphael Cormack ,

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Athens: City of Wisdom
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Athens

By Bruce Clark ,

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How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
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How Iceland Changed the World

By Egill Bjarnason ,

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The Stranding
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The Stranding

By Kate Sawyer ,

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Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America
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Republic of Detours

By Scott Borchert ,

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Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome
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Souvenirs and the Experience of Empire in Ancient Rome

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A History of Humanity: The Evolution of the Human System
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A History of Humanity

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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

By Amanda H. Podany ,

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The Sky Worshipers: A Novel of Mongol Conquests
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The Sky Worshipers

By F.M. Deemyad ,

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The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
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The Georgians

By Penelope J. Corfield ,

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American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era
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American Honor

By Craig Bruce Smith ,

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Affinities: A Journey Through Images from The Public Domain Review
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Affinities

By Adam Green ,

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Nomads in the Middle East
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Nomads in the Middle East

By Beatrice Forbes Manz ,

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City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined
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City at the Edge of Forever

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The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities: An Intellectual History, 1400-1800
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The Italian Renaissance and the Origins of the Modern Humanities

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Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico
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Horizontal Vertigo

By Juan Villoro , Alfred MacAdam (translator) ,

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American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020
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American Happiness and Discontents

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The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival: A Guide to Shelter, Water, Fire, Food, Navigation, and Survival Kits
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The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival

By Jason Knight ,

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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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The Decline of the West: Form and Actuality
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The Decline of the West

By Oswald Spengler ,

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The History of Experience: A Study in Experiential Turns and Cultural Dynamics from the Paleolithic to the Present Day
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The History of Experience

By Wolfgang Leidhold ,

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The Empty Canvas
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The Empty Canvas

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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
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Vienna

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The Wrath to Come: Gone with the Wind and the Lies America Tells
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The Wrath to Come

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Flowers Through Concrete
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Flowers Through Concrete

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Africa Is Not a Country
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Africa Is Not a Country

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American Breakdown
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American Breakdown

By Gerard Baker ,

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The Winds of Heaven
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The Winds of Heaven

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