Allmän historia och kulturhistoria
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A Fever in the Heartland : The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Egan, TimothyPenguin Publishing Group 2023NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction • An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Review of Books Best B...
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Killers of the Flower Moon : The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Grann, DavidKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2017#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost C...
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MCU : The Reign of Marvel Studios
Robinson, Joanna; Gonzales, Dave; Edwards, GavinLiveright 2023INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood.... This definitive account of the Hollywood juggernaut thrills." —Publishers Weekly...
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Cobalt Red : How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Kara, SiddharthSt. Martin's Publishing Group 2023The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. An unflinching investigation reveals the...
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Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents
Wilkerson, IsabelRandom House Publishing Group 2020#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garn...
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The Hundred Years' War on Palestine : A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
Khalidi, RashidHenry Holt and Co. 2020A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history In 1...
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The Library Book
Orlean, SusanSimon & Schuster 2018A dazzling love letter to a beloved institution—and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries—from the bestselling author hailed as a "national treasure" by The Washingto...
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The Escape Artist : The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Freedland, JonathanHarperCollins 2022Winner of the National Jewish Book Award · New York Times Bestseller"A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information—and misi...
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Say Nothing : A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Keefe, Patrick RaddenKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2019NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Soon to be an FX limited series streaming on HULU • From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in North...
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American Prometheus : The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER
Bird, Kai; Sherwin, Martin J.Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan...
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Four Hundred Souls : A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Random House Publishing Group 2021A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X....
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The Splendid and the Vile : A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Larson, ErikCrown 2020#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring...
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Unruly : The Number One Bestseller 'Horrible Histories for grownups' The Times
Mitchell, DavidPenguin Books Ltd 2023Discover who we are and how we got here in comedian David Mitchell's UNRULY: A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the entitled and enthroned...
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Indigenous Continent : The Epic Contest for North America
Hämäläinen, PekkaLiveright 2022NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times Book Review • 100 Notable Books of 2022 Best Books of 2022 — New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence...
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Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind
Harari, Yuval NoahHarperCollins 2015New York Times BestsellerA Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's...
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The Dawn of Everything : A New History of Humanity
Graeber, David; Wengrow, DavidFarrar, Straus and Giroux 2021INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of ag...
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Wonder Drug : The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
Vanderbes, JenniferRandom House Publishing Group 2023“A shocking saga of pharmaceutical malpractice . . . Wonder Drug is both a first-rate medical thriller and the searing account of a forgotten American tragedy.”—Patrick Radden Keef...
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Land : How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Winchester SimonHarper 2021The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—our proprietary relationship with the land—through human history, how it has shape...
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A Mystery of Mysteries : The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
Dawidziak, MarkSt. Martin's Publishing Group 2023A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author's life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes....
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Three Women
Taddeo, LisaAvid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster 2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE NEXT PICK Named a Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post * NPR * The Atlantic * New York Public Library *...