Russian History & Culture
From the Tsars to the modern era — the epic story of Russia
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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
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The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
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A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
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His Life and Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
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Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. Atlas Books, 2006.
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A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017.
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How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine. Park Row Books, 2021.
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Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.
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The History of Coffee and How It Transformed the World. Basic Books, 2019.
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A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
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The History and Mystery of the Bicycle. Crown, 2022
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A Biography of George Washington. Viking, 2020.
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A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Crisis in the Eurozone. Verso, 2012.
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Man’s Search for Meaning. Washington Square Press, 1985.
William Quinn
A Global History of Economic Bubbles. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Evan Osnos
Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China. Vintage, 2015.
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Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Stephen Cavalier
The World History of Animation. Quarto Publishing, 2011.
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Man’s Search for Meaning. Washington Square Press, 1985.
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His Life and Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
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A Biography of George Washington. Viking, 2020.
Rebecca Rupp
Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables. Storey Publishing, 2011.
Robert Greene
The 48 Laws of Power. Penguin Books, 1998.
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A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
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Crisis in the Eurozone. Verso, 2012.
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How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. Viking, 2018.
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Napoleon the Great. Penguin Books, 2014.
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