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Fort Sumter to Perryville
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Fort Sumter to Perryville

By Shelby Foote ,

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Goodbye to All That
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Goodbye to All That

By Robert Graves ,

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The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century
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The Sicilian Vespers

By Steven Runciman ,

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The Book of Tea
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The Book of Tea

By Kakuzo Okakura ,

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The Historian’s Craft
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The Historian’s Craft

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Dr. No
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Dr. No

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Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History
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Life Against Death

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The Colonial Experience
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The Colonial Experience

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The Sweet Science
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The Sweet Science

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The Old Regime and the French Revolution
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The Old Regime and the French Revolution

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Three Centuries and the Island: A Historical Geography of Settlement and Agriculture in Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Three Centuries and the Island

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Of Plymouth Plantation 1620 - 1647
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Of Plymouth Plantation 1620 - 1647

By William Bradford ,

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The Age of Reform
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The Age of Reform

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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
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On the Banks of Plum Creek
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On the Banks of Plum Creek

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Essays of Elia
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Essays of Elia

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The Sane Society
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The Sane Society

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The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man
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The Mechanical Bride

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This Glorious Cause: The Adventures of Two Company Officers in Washington's Army
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This Glorious Cause

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The Irish Parliament In The Middle Ages
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The Irish Parliament In The Middle Ages

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Mischief in Patagonia
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Mischief in Patagonia

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Meaning in History: The Theological Implications of the Philosophy of History
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Meaning in History

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The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution
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The Stamp Act Crisis

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The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant
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The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution

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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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A Study of History: Volume I: Abridgement of Volumes I-VI
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A Study of History

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Factory and Manager in the USSR
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Factory and Manager in the USSR

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Patterns of Discovery: an Inquiry Into the Conceptual Foundations of Science
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Patterns of Discovery

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The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870
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The Victorian Frame of Mind, 1830-1870

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