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Sextant by David Barrie Sextant: The Elegant Instrument That Guided the Great Explorers, and a Young Man's First Journey Across the Atlantic Barrie, David *
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2017-08-travel-me..., 2017-13-nonfictio...     Melita 2017/12/29 view activity »
Salt by Mark Kurlansky Salt: A World History Kurlansky, Mark
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Amber 2017/11/24 view activity »
Feminism Unfinished by Dorothy Sue Cobble Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements Cobble, Dorothy Sue
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-19-feminism     Rachel 2016/02/09 view activity »
Head and Heart by Garry Wills Head and Heart: A History of Christianity in America Wills, Garry
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-10-over-500-..., 2016-20-religion     Rachel 2016/02/03 view activity »
On the Wing by Alan Tennant On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory 2015/04/06 2015/03/24 Velma 2015/12/22 view activity »
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory 2015/06/17 2015/06/21 Jen 2015/12/19 view activity »
One Summer by Bill Bryson One Summer: America, 1927 Bryson, Bill
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Jen 2015/12/08 view activity »
Missoula by Jon Krakauer Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town Krakauer, Jon *
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 read, 2015-06-different..., 2015-10-microhistory, 2015-16-audiobook 2015/06/18 2015/06/24 Leslie 2015/11/25 view activity »
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Brown, Daniel James *
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2017-01-sports 2017/01/04 2017/01/11 SibylM 2015/11/25 view activity »
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 Shapiro, James
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     SibylM 2015/11/25 view activity »
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Roach, Mary
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Straight by Hanne Blank Straight: The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality Blank, Hanne
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory   2015/11/29 Melita 2015/08/13 view activity »
Lost Mountain by Erik Reece Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia Reece, Erik
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Lissa 2015/07/27 view activity »
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough The Johnstown Flood McCullough, David
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Mary Sue 2015/05/16 view activity »
The F-Word by Jesse Sheidlower The F-Word Sheidlower, Jesse
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory 2015/05/11 2015/05/13 Christie 2015/05/13 view activity »
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Winchester, Simon
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory   2015/05/02 Tracy Myer 2015/05/02 view activity »
Ghettoside by Jill Leovy Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America Leovy, Jill
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Super Mario by Jeff Ryan Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America Ryan, Jeff *
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Erika 2015/03/29 view activity »
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise Taylor, Chris
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
Provenance by Laney Salisbury Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art Salisbury, Laney
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
Radio Silence by Nathan Nedorostek Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music Nedorostek, Nathan
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
A History of the End of the World by Jonathan Kirsch A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization Kirsch, Jonathan
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-08-birthdeca..., 2016-20-religion     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
In the Name of Science by Andrew Goliszek In the Name of Science: A History of Secret Programs, Medical Research, and Human Experimentation Goliszek, Andrew
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-02-nonfictio...     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Friedman, Thomas L.
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-10-over-500-...     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan Eig The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution Eig, Jonathan *
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-19-feminism     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 Burrough, Bryan
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory, 2016-18-book-adap...     Rachel 2015/03/21 view activity »
The Imprisoned Guest by Elisabeth Gitter The Imprisoned Guest: Samuel Howe and Laura Bridgman, The Original Deaf-Blind Girl Gitter, Elisabeth
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Karen O 2015/03/13 view activity »
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory 2015/01/27 2015/02/20 Jolynne 2015/02/20 view activity »
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Krakauer, Jon *
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory     Pauline 2015/02/19 view activity »
Words Will Break Cement by Masha Gessen Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot Gessen, Masha
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 read, 2015-10-microhistory   2015/02/16 Ashley 2015/02/16 view activity »


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