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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Cover Image

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Paperback)

By David Grann
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307742483
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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 2018
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Cover Image

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Hardcover)

By Sonia Purnell
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735225299
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Published: Viking - April 9th, 2019
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Cover Image

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Paperback)

By Laura Hillenbrand
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812974492
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - July 29th, 2014
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Truman (Paperback)

By David McCullough
$24.00
ISBN: 9780671869205
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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 14th, 1993
America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr. Cover Image

America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr. (Hardcover)

By Steven M. Gillon
$29.00
ISBN: 9781524742386
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Published: Dutton - July 9th, 2019
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Cover Image

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Paperback)

By Erik Larson
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307408853
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Published: Broadway Books - May 1st, 2012
Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story Cover Image

Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story (Hardcover)

By Marie Arana
$30.00
ISBN: 9781501104244
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Published: Simon & Schuster - August 27th, 2019
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Cover Image

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)

By Jared Diamond
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393354324
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 7th, 2017
The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis Cover Image

The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Letts
$18.00
ISBN: 9780345544827
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Published: Ballantine Books - May 23rd, 2017
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague Cover Image

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague (Hardcover)

By David K. Randall
$26.95
ISBN: 9780393609455
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 7th, 2019
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Cover Image

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)

By Doris Kearns Goodwin
$22.00
ISBN: 9780743270755
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Published: Simon & Schuster - September 26th, 2006
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II Cover Image

A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II (Hardcover)

By Simon Parkin
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316492096
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - January 28th, 2020