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The Lake of Dreams The Lake of Dreams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.19 — 14,812 ratings — published 2010
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Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.35 — 2,233 ratings — published 2022
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Family Tree Problem Solver Family Tree Problem Solver (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 347 ratings — published 2005
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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 46,929 ratings — published 2019
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Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 128 ratings — published 1993
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Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 350 ratings — published 2010
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Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 460 ratings — published 2009
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 195,573 ratings — published 2018
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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 817 ratings — published 2016
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 2,226 ratings — published 2006
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Bloodroot Bloodroot (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 8,479 ratings — published 2010
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Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 709 ratings — published 2006
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Herbert & Harry Herbert & Harry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 86 ratings — published 1986
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Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 133 ratings — published 1993
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The Postcard The Postcard (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 43,860 ratings — published 2021
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Show Way Show Way (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 3,509 ratings — published 2005
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 41,923 ratings — published 2016
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Scottish Genealogy Scottish Genealogy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.93 — 82 ratings — published 2009
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How Green Was My Valley How Green Was My Valley (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 19,438 ratings — published 1939
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Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 1,022 ratings — published
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Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 1,723 ratings — published 2021
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Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,873 ratings — published 2019
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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avg rating 4.37 — 21,822 ratings — published 2014
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We Are Water Protectors We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 9,237 ratings — published 2020
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The Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Scotland The Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Ancestors in Scotland (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 24 ratings — published
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All-In-One Basic to Advanced Guide to Genealogy & Ancestry History Research All-In-One Basic to Advanced Guide to Genealogy & Ancestry History Research (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
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The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Germanic Ancestry in Europe (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.12 — 110 ratings — published 2014
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Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837: A Guide for Family Historians (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.91 — 132 ratings — published 2011
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The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 124 ratings — published 2009
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Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 743 ratings — published 2013
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Operation Stella Polaris: Signalspanare på flykt Operation Stella Polaris: Signalspanare på flykt (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 2008
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 428,611 ratings — published 2016
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The History of White People The History of White People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 3,247 ratings — published 2010
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 25,748 ratings — published 2016
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The Ones We Choose The Ones We Choose (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 10,311 ratings — published 2018
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Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical) Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Dover Literature: Biographical)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,430 ratings — published 1230
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The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,246 ratings — published 2016
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White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 2,462 ratings — published 2017
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 25,728 ratings — published 2012
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Clans and Tartans of Scotland Clans and Tartans of Scotland (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 91 ratings — published 1938
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (ebook)
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avg rating 3.89 — 47,173 ratings — published 2006
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 294,773 ratings — published 1979
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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 358 ratings — published 2012
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The Hour I First Believed The Hour I First Believed (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 67,244 ratings — published 2008
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A Long Time Gone A Long Time Gone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 8,955 ratings — published 2014
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 15,715 ratings — published 2004
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The Family Tree Sourcebook: The Essential Guide to American County and Town Sources The Family Tree Sourcebook: The Essential Guide to American County and Town Sources (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 12 ratings — published 2010
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Tracing Your Family History Tracing Your Family History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 17 ratings — published 2006
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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 7,727 ratings — published 2001
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Criss Jami
“Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.”
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Walter de la Mare
“After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts – like a Chinese nest of boxes – oaks that were acorns that were oaks. Death lies behind us, not in front – in our ancestors, back and back until...”
Walter de la Mare, The Return

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