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Stan Prager Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, Christopher Clark

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark
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You cannot hope to understand Europe today without studying the Europe that blew itself up 109 years ago this summer... Review of: The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark – Regarp Book Blog https://t.co/Ub0VuznxFJ

Paperback, 2014

$23.99$11.99 + 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/8NBbU9bjik via @stanprager

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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/pFveOHqTAL

Paperback, 2017

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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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/TvAsQskwn7

Paperback, 2015

$20.00$10.00 + 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/HXoCPWo5Zg

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95$13.48 + 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/7E00XewHep

Paperback, 2017

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, Serhii Plokhy

The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

Serhii Plokhy
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1/2 What are you currently reading? Right now I'm reading: The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans — Cynthia Barnett; The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine — Serhii Plokhy; After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in the World Transformed —Andrew Bacevich https://t.co/AopmtErNKi

Paperback, 2021

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
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Another novel by the author of "All the Light We Cannot See" & "Cloud Cuckoo Land" ... Review of: "About Grace," by Anthony Doerr https://t.co/ctRB66vXoQ

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Grant, Ron Chernow

Grant

Ron Chernow
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Outstanding general, not a great president, but deserves credit for trying to rescue Reconstruction & protect the formerly enslaved from Andrew Johnson's villainy ... Review of: Grant, by Ron Chernow – Regarp Book Blog https://t.co/F7atNXsHnO

Paperback, 2018

$24.00$12.00 + 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/gfJBEMes7w

Paperback, 2015

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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