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The Journal of Hélène Berr»rank: 4989par: Helene Berr
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New York Times: The Complete Front Pages: 1851-2008»rank: 1160de: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army»rank: 15174par: Jeremy Scahill
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Ghost Wars»rank: 4110par: Steve Coll
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Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt»rank: 4445par: H.W. Brands
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Masters And Commanders»rank: 11868par: Andrew Roberts
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Three Cups Of Tea»rank: 5911par: Greg Mortenson
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa»rank: 3822par: Adam Hochschild
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and ... |
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards»rank: 3025par: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Chroniques et points de vue:From :King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as 'small country, small people.' Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and ... |
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The Diary of a Young Girl»rank: 383par: Anne Frank
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries chronicle 25 trying months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with her parents, sister, a second family, and a middle-aged dentist who has little tolerance for Anne's vivacity. ... |