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Kirkus Star 1493
by Charles C. Mann
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Kirkus Star 1861
by Adam Goodheart
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Kirkus Star ASSASSINS OF THE TURQUOISE PALACE
by Roya Hakakian
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Kirkus Star THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW
by Peter Englund
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Kirkus Star THE BRILLIANT DISASTER
by Jim Rasenberger

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Kirkus Star DEATH IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
by David King
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Kirkus Star THE DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC
by Candice Millard
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Kirkus Star FOUNDING GARDENERS
by Andrea Wulf
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Kirkus Star IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS
by Erik Larson
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Kirkus Star THE GREATER JOURNEY
by David McCullough

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Kirkus Star HEARTS TOUCHED BY FIRE
by Harold Holzer
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Kirkus Star INFERNO
by Max Hastings
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Kirkus Star JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM
by James Carroll
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Kirkus Star LOST IN SHANGRI-LA
by Mitchell Zuckoff
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Kirkus Star SMOKING TYPEWRITERS
by John McMillian

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Kirkus Star THE STORM OF WAR
by Andrew Roberts
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Kirkus Star THE SWERVE
by Stephen Greenblatt
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Kirkus Star THE THOUSAND-YEAR FLOOD
by David Welky