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07/22
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Napoleon's Marshals (Paperback) by R. F. Delderfield bookshelves: currently-reading |
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04/19
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Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Hardcover) by Robert B. Reich bookshelves: currently-reading |
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04/18
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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Hardcover) by Herodotus, Andrea L. Purvis (Translator), Robert B. Strassler (Editor) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to James by:
Tom Ashbrook of WBUR fame (onpointradio.org)
recommended for: people who love ancient Greek and/or Persian history read in April, 2008 
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"A new translation/edition of the timeless work by the 'father of history' -- what more is there to say? I'm only on book two at the moment, so I'll give it 3 stars until I can draw a final verdict. Oh yeah, it has tons of maps, images of relevent anc...more
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The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel (Hardcover) by Salman Rushdie |
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Napoleon's Marshals (Paperback) by R. F. Delderfield bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar (Paperback) by Edvard Radzinsky |
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read in July, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap
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"Edvard Radzinsky is a stellar biographer whose dramatic background shines through in this work. It doesn't hurt that his subject matter is the life of one of Russia's most enigmatic autocrats.
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Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy (Hardcover) by Eric D. Weitz |
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recommended to James by:
OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook, WBUR Boston
read in June, 2008
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"Democracy can be fertile soil for all sorts of interesting debates and for the efflorescence of the cultural spirit. But when virtually every debate become a live-or-die question about the essential features of human existance, from intimacy in the b...more
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Soul Mountain (Paperback) by Gao Xingjian bookshelves: to-read |
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The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Presidential Power (Hardcover) by Gene Healy bookshelves: to-read |
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The Magic Mountain (Vintage International) by Thomas Mann bookshelves: to-read |
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The Magic Mountain (Vintage International)
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Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (Paperback) by Bryan W. Van Norden |
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read in April, 2006
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The Early Slavs: Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe (Hardcover) by P.M. Barford bookshelves: to-read |
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