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A History of Witchcraft

Jeffrey B. Russell, Brooks Alexander

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The Royals

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Ireland

Joseph Coohill

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Rumbles

Elsa Richardson

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How to Survive History

Cody Cassidy

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Being Human

Lewis Dartnell

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The Newsmongers

Terry Kirby

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The Irish

Turtle Bunbury

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The History Lessons

Shalina Patel

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The Food Book

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The Rest is History

Goalhanger Podcasts, Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook

$24.99
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

Victoria Finlay

$27.99
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Cover image for The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
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The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present

Chris Gosden

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Europe: A History

Jean Baptiste Duroselle

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Knowing What We Know

Simon Winchester

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Cover image for The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food--Featuring More Than 100 Recipes
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The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food–Featuring More Than 100 Recipes

Mark Kurlansky

$34.99
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History Year by Year

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Cover image for Generals Die in Bed: War Popular Penguins
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Generals Die in Bed: War Popular Penguins

Charles Yale Harrison

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Cover image for Fear: An Alternative History of the World
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Fear: An Alternative History of the World

Robert Peckham

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Cover image for The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World
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The Rule of Laws: A 4000-year Quest to Order the World

Fernanda Pirie

$34.99
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Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control

Daniel Pick

$24.99
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The Five-Million-Year Odyssey

Peter Bellwood

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A History of the Muslim World

Michael A. Cook

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Crypt

Alice Roberts

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Fire and Steam

Christian Wolmar

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

David Gibbins

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Cover image for Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World
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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

$22.99
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Artists Who Changed History

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$55.00
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The World According to Colour: A Cultural History

James Fox

$26.99
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How the West Became Antisemitic

Ivan G. Marcus

$59.99
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