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Book Cover for: Orientalism, Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said
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Edward Said had much more interesting things to say about than about 90% of the people who talk about “Orientalism” online

Paperback, 1979

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner), Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)

Nathaniel Philbrick
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@mags_mclaugh Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick. Author also wrote In the Heart of the Sea, which is one of the best nautical adventure histories ever

Paperback, 2001

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology, Toby Wilkinson

A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology

Toby Wilkinson
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@ne0scythian Read A World Beneath the Sands by Toby Wilkinson

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Yukio Mishima
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@WetMayor Is it good? I’ve read Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea & Sound of Waves. I like that this one is a historical epic

Paperback, 1994

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Napoleon: A Life, Andrew Roberts

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts
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@BrandyBeansH I liked the Andrew Roberts Napoleon bio but I also read this by Felix Markham, which is probably better if you’re going in blind. It has less military detail https://t.co/a6XG5ftPqu

Paperback, 2015

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962, Alistair Horne

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962

Alistair Horne
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@gcampbellcohen Right now I am reading De Gaulle by Julian Jackson but I read A Savage War of Peace by Alistair Horne a few years ago and that was also great. Technically a history of the Algerian War but since De Gaulle was a dominant figure in that conflict, there is a lot in there about him

Paperback, 2006

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Napoleon, Felix Markham

Napoleon

Felix Markham
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@BrandyBeansH I liked the Andrew Roberts Napoleon bio but I also read this by Felix Markham, which is probably better if you’re going in blind. It has less military detail https://t.co/a6XG5ftPqu

Paperback, Mass Market, 2010

$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: de Gaulle, Julian Jackson

de Gaulle

Julian Jackson
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@ASPertierra Highly recommend Julian Jackson’s De Gaulle bio for a political history of the Resistance. Read it earlier this year and loved it

Paperback, 2024

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Red And The Black, Stendhal

The Red And The Black

Stendhal
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Apparently George Jackson’s favorite novel was The Red and the Black by Stendhal

Paperback, 2016

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830, Stendhal

Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830

Stendhal
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Apparently George Jackson’s favorite novel was The Red and the Black by Stendhal

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