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Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

by Christopher Clark

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Being and Nothingness

by Jean-Paul Sartre

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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: Now Covering More Than 1,000 Species With the Most-Detailed Information Found in a Single Volume

by Jonathan Alderfer

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The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America

by Sam Tanenhaus

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