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Akhenaten
Dominic Montserrat
Paperback , Dec '02
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$77.99
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Agrippina
Anthony A. Barrett
Paperback , Aug '99
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$79.99
$79.19
Lenin
Beryl Williams
Paperback , Aug '00
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$116.00
$114.84
Diocletian and the Roman Recovery
Stephen Williams
Paperback , Dec '96
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$96.99
$96.02
Marie Antoinette's World:...
Will Bashor
Paperback , Apr '24
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$40.99
$39.35
Tigers in the Mud: The Combat...
Otto Carius
Paperback , Jan '20
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$86.99
$83.51
Meriwether Lewis
Thomas C. Danisi
Paperback , Apr '24
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$50.99
$48.95
Brick by Brick: Building...
Karen Sherman
Paperback , Apr '24
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$40.99
$39.35
Titanic Survivor
Violet Jessop
Paperback , Apr '12
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$36.99
$35.51
Commanding Old Ironsides:...
William M. Fowler Jr.
Paperback , May '24
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$50.99
$48.95
The Old West's Infamous Train...
W.C. Jameson
Paperback , Jul '23
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$50.99
$48.95
Calamity Jane
D. J. Herda
Paperback , Apr '18
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$36.99
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Go West Mr. President: Theodore...
Michael F. Blake
Paperback , Oct '23
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Texas Loud, Proud, and Brash:...
Rusty Williams
Paperback , Aug '23
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Empire: The Pioneer Legacy...
Jefferson Glass
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A Lamp for the Dark World:...
Parvati Sharma
Hardback , May '23
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A View from Abroad: The Story...
Jeanne E. Abrams
Paperback , Feb '24
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$44.15
Louis XIV
Richard Wilkinson
Paperback , Aug '17
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$39.99
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Science, Utility and Maritime Power
Roger Morriss
Hardback , Feb '15
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$305.00
$301.95
Hitler's Priestess
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Paperback , Oct '00
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$62.99
$60.47
Transoceanic Radical: William Duane
Nigel Little
Hardback , Dec '07
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$305.00
$301.95
"My Pen and My Soul...
Vikki Vickers
Hardback , Oct '05
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$189.00
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Frantz Fanon
Pramod K. Nayar
Paperback , Nov '12
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$50.99
$50.48
The Testimony of Lives
Vieda Skultans
Paperback , Nov '97
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$101.00
$99.99
V. L. Parrington
H. Lark Hall
Paperback , Apr '11
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$62.99
$62.36
Plínio Salgado: A Brazilian Fascist (1895–1975)
João Fábio Bertonha
Hardback , Oct '23
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$284.00
$281.16
Clive, Proconsul of India: A Biography
James P. Lawford
Hardback , May '23
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$252.00
$249.48
William Marshal
David Crouch
Paperback , Mar '16
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$83.99
$83.15
Margaret McMillan: Portrait of a Pioneer
Elizabeth Bradburn
Hardback , Nov '22
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$194.00
$192.06
Ma Xiangbo and the Mind of Modern China
Ruth Hayhoe
Hardback , Jul '96
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$284.00
$281.16
Gladstone
Erich Eyck
Paperback , Feb '20
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$96.99
$96.02
Akhenaten
Dominic Montserrat
Hardback , May '00
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$284.00
$281.16
The Political Life of Reverend Roland D. Sawyer
Tyler L. Wolanin
Hardback , Jun '24
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$231.00
$221.76
Did Marco Polo Go To China?
Frances Wood
Paperback , Jan '98
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$92.99
$92.06
Basil Hall Chamberlain: Portrait of a Japanologist
Yuzo Ota
Hardback , May '98
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$305.00
$274.50
Fascist in the Family
Francis Beckett
Hardback , Nov '16
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$284.00
$281.16
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