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The Mess They Made: The Middle East After Iraq»rank: 23556par: Gwynne Dyer
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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance»rank: 22634par: Gavin Menzies
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America»rank: 18748par: Erik Larson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. ln ... |
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On Killing»rank: 22011par: Dave Grossman
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. ln ... |
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Travels with Herodotus»rank: 42174par: Ryszard Kapuscinski
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. ln ... |
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A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties»rank: 20904par: Suze Rotolo
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. ln ... |
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army»rank: 32635par: Jeremy Scahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. ln ... |
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1421: The Year China Discovered The World»rank: 22478par: Gavin Menzies
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:lf you're going to make a stir, you might as well do it in style. And Gavin Menzies has caused one, big time. ln 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, this retired Royal Navy submarine commander, who only visited China for the first time on his 25th wedding anniversary, claims that the Chinese navigator Zheng He discovered America some 71 years before Columbus. And not content with this, he goes on to suggest that Zheng ... |
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Extraordinary Canadians Nellie Mcclung»rank: 54249par: Charlotte Gray
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:lf you're going to make a stir, you might as well do it in style. And Gavin Menzies has caused one, big time. ln 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, this retired Royal Navy submarine commander, who only visited China for the first time on his 25th wedding anniversary, claims that the Chinese navigator Zheng He discovered America some 71 years before Columbus. And not content with this, he goes on to suggest that Zheng ... |
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty»rank: 9339par: Muhammad Yunus
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the ... |