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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
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King Leopold's Ghost

By Adam Hochschild ,

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The Fraud
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The Fraud

By Zadie Smith ,

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Gambling with Armageddon: Nuclear Roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gambling with Armageddon

By Martin J. Sherwin ,

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Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
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Empireland

By Sathnam Sanghera ,

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At Night All Blood Is Black
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At Night All Blood Is Black

By David Diop , Anna Moschovakis (translator) ,

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The Colony
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The Colony

By Audrey Magee ,

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In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
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In the Forest of No Joy

By J.P. Daughton ,

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Can You Sign My Tentacle?: Poems
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Can You Sign My Tentacle?

By Brandon O'Brien ,

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The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
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The Enlightenment

By Ritchie Robertson ,

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Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping the World
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Hidden Hand

By Clive Hamilton , Mareike Ohlberg ,

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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams
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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

By Anita Heiss ,

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The False Promise of Liberal Order: Nostalgia, Delusion and the Rise of Trump
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The False Promise of Liberal Order

By Patrick Porter ,

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Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
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Not "A Nation of Immigrants"

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ,

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Aesthetic Programming: A Handbook of Software Studies
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Aesthetic Programming

By Winnie Soon , Geoff Cox ,

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The Oil Wars Myth: Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict
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The Oil Wars Myth

By Emily Meierding ,

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War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers
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War for Eternity

By Benjamin R. Teitelbaum ,

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A Rogue of One's Own
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A Rogue of One's Own

By Evie Dunmore ,

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The Haitians: A Decolonial History
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The Haitians

By Jean Casimir , Laurent Dubois (translator) ,

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Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy
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Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy

By Mohammad Ali Kadivar ,

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How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
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How the World Became Rich

By Mark Koyama , Jared Rubin ,

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A Desolation Called Peace
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A Desolation Called Peace

By Arkady Martine ,

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A Disappearance In Fiji
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A Disappearance In Fiji

By Nilima Rao ,

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The Bangalore Detectives Club
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The Bangalore Detectives Club

By Harini Nagendra ,

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Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
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Legacy of Violence

By Caroline Elkins ,

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The Bell of the World
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The Bell of the World

By Gregory Day ,

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Rum Histories
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Rum Histories

By Jennifer Poulos Nesbitt ,

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Zionism
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Zionism

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