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Africa Books

Stories of Life, Leadership, and Legacy on the African Continent

Twice as Hard

Twice as Hard

Jasmine Brown

The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.

19 mins read

4 reads

Uncommon Grounds

Uncommon Grounds

Mark Pendergrast

The History of Coffee and How It Transformed the World. Basic Books, 2019.

21 mins read

3 reads

The Games

The Games

David Goldblatt

A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

21 mins read

2 reads

The Children of Ash and Elm

The Children of Ash and Elm

Neil Price

A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.

22 mins read

2 reads

A World Beneath the Sands

A World Beneath the Sands

Toby Wilkinson

The Golden Age of Egyptology. W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

20 mins read

2 reads

The Mosquito

The Mosquito

Timothy C. Winegard

A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator. Dutton, 2019.

15 mins read

4 reads

Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Currency, 2012.

17 mins read

2 reads

Will in the World

Will in the World

Stephen Greenblatt

How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

20 mins read

3 reads

About Time

About Time

David Rooney

A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks. W. W. Norton & Company. 2021.

20 mins read

1 reads

How to Love Animals

How to Love Animals

Henry Mance

How to Love Animals: in a Human–Shaped World. Viking. 2021.

22 mins read

4 reads

Dress Codes

Dress Codes

Richard Thompson Ford

How the Laws of Fashion Made History. Simon & Schuster, 2021.

20 mins read

1 reads

Cowboys and Indies

Cowboys and Indies

Gareth Murphy

The Epic History of the Record Industry. Thomas Dunne Books, 2014.

19 mins read

1 reads

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