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The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power

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Myth America

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av Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer ...

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A People's History of the United States

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The Fire Next Time

av James Baldwin ...

Serie serien Penguin Modern Classics
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The Game

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Hidden Figures

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Hillbilly Elegy

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Led Zeppelin

The Biography

av Bob Spitz ...

**“In this authoritative, unsparing history of the biggest rock group of the 1970s, Spitz delivers inside details and analysis with his well-known gift for storytelling.” —PEOPLEFrom the author of the iconic, bestselling history of The Beatles, the definitive account of arguably the greatest rock band of all time.**Rock star. Whatever that term means to you, chances are it owes a debt to Led ... Les mer

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Storm Tide

The landmark 50th global bestseller from the one and only Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith

av Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper ...

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Carrying the Fire

50th Anniversary Edition

av Michael Collins ...

Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events—technical and spiritual—of our ... Les mer

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Reissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events—technical and spiritual—of our
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Mediocre

Myth America

Norse America

Defining Moments in Black History

Afterwar

The January 6 Report

The Floor of Heaven

Sage on the Screen

In Cold Blood

Killers of the Flower Moon

A Promised Land

Just Kids

Empire of the Summer Moon

The Power Broker (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Caste

A People's History of the United States

The Fire Next Time

The Game

Hidden Figures

Hillbilly Elegy

Alive

Led Zeppelin

Storm Tide

Carrying the Fire