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The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 by Eric J. Hobsbawm The Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian Michel the Giant by Tété-Michel Kpomassie Empire by Gore Vidal The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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