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APUS Historical Studies Honor Society Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The APUS Historical Studies Honor Society is a student-led organization that recognizes academic achievement by students and alumni in the study of history.

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Book Cover for: Empire of Cotton: A Global History, Sven Beckert

Empire of Cotton: A Global History

Sven Beckert
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For Day 16 of Black History Month, a critically important book that should be required reading for all ... Review of: Empire of Cotton: A Global History, by @Sven_Beckert Sven Beckert https://t.co/mhCho9cJ29

Paperback, 2015

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, Karen Abbott

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

Karen Abbott
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Review of: Liar Temptress Soldier Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, by Karen Abbott – Regarp Book Blog https://t.co/IPiybVSRE9

Paperback, 2015

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gilgamesh: A New English Version, Stephen Mitchell

Gilgamesh: A New English Version

Stephen Mitchell
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Following up on my review of "The Sumerians," here's what sparked my interest ... Review of: Gilgamesh: A New English Version, by Stephen Mitchell https://t.co/KFqP7j4rVD

Paperback, 2006

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Jim Downs

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine

Jim Downs
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For Day 7 of Black History Month, an outstanding contribution to the historiography ... Review of: Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, by @jimdowns1 Jim Downs https://t.co/9ELf3JiSpk

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Book Cover for: The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation, Daina Ramey Berry

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

Daina Ramey Berry
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For Day 2 of Black History Month--An essential read, especially as laws are being passed every day making it illegal to teach the truth about slavery ... Review of: The Price for Their Pound of Flesh, by @DainaRameyBerry Daina Ramey Berry https://t.co/uNYVI4s19D

Paperback, 2017

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, Candice Millard

Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

Candice Millard
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Celebrating female historians for Women's History Month with this outstanding book ... Review of: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill, by @candice_millard Candice Millard – Regarp Book Blog https://t.co/t2V4XcUguI

Paperback, 2017

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality, Angela Saini

The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

Angela Saini
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The one book everyone should read this year ... Review of: The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality, by Angela Saini – Regarp Book Blog https://t.co/GbQPlvAyZe

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway
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Today's the birthday of Ernest Hemingway, greatest 20th century American writer & a real bastard of a human being. My favorite novel is A Farewell to Arms. In the nonfiction realm, there's Death in the Afternoon & A Moveable Feast, which I reviewed here: https://regarp.com/2017/08/26/review-of-a-moveable-feast-the-restored-edition-by-ernest-hemingway/

Paperback, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment, Charles Freeman

The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment

Charles Freeman
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Review of: The Reopening of the Western Mind: The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment, by Charles Freeman, published by @AAKnopf – Regarp Book Blog https://t.co/dzSkam5oTE

Hardcover, 2023

$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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