Odd History Books

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It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 7,051 ratings — published 2015
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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 9,249 ratings — published 2016
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as odd-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 121,828 ratings — published 1998
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 240,323 ratings — published 2003
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 1,897 ratings — published 2000
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The Gown The Gown (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as odd-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 59,628 ratings — published 2018
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Sahara (Dirk Pitt, #11) Sahara (Dirk Pitt, #11)
by (shelved 1 time as odd-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,521 ratings — published 1992
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The History of Torture (History Classics) The History of Torture (History Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as odd-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 244 ratings — published 1964
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