Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (Abridged)
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
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Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 Boston, just before the Revolutionary War. But even more gripping than living through the drama of Rev…
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