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Shock of the new Review of American Colonies: The Settling of North America, Vol. 1 by Alan Taylor

Shock of the new
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How language shapes our biology and culture Review of How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention by Daniel Everett

How language shapes our biology and culture
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The great, little known gem of early Christianity Review of Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin

The great, little known gem of early Christianity
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Genghis Khan as enlightened and visionary Review of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Genghis Khan as enlightened and visionary
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Putting Africa at center stage Review of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World by Howard W. French

Putting Africa at center stage
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A history of prehistory Review of The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins by Stefanos Geroulanos

A history of prehistory
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From Neanderthals to Cro-Magnons Review of Cro-Magnon: How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans by Brian M. Fagan

From Neanderthals to Cro-Magnons
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900 years in power Review of The Habsburgs: To Rule The World by Martyn Rady

900 years in power
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Nationalism: what is it, where did it come from? Review of Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson

Nationalism: what is it, where did it come from?
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That neglected classical civilization Review of Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles

That neglected classical civilization
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Eugene Smith's milieu Review of Gene Smith's Sink: A Wide-Angle View by Sam Stephenson

Eugene Smith's milieu
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Weird, but heck, whatever works I guess.

There are plenty of political scientists and historians attempting to address these issues. The real question is, where are the politicians offering effective opposition.

Gripping intro to the Crusades Review of The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge

Gripping intro to the Crusades
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Biography of a unique mind Review of Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick

Biography of a unique mind
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Emergence of the nation-state and democracy Review of The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe, 1648-1815 by Timothy Blanning

Emergence of the nation-state and democracy
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The Rube Goldberg march to catastrophe Review of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

The Rube Goldberg march to catastrophe
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The romantic reaction to the hyper-rationalism of the Enlightenment philosophes Review of Against the Current by Isaiah Berlin

The romantic reaction to the hyper-rationalism of the Enlightenment philosophes
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Kokoschka, Freud and cognitive neuroscience Review of The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric Kandel

Kokoschka, Freud and cognitive neuroscience
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Explaining and fixing recessions Review of House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi

Explaining and fixing recessions
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Visionary, revolutionary, courtier, and protean bureaucrat Review of Review of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Visionary, revolutionary, courtier, and protean bureaucrat
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Initial step to modern international relations Review of Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan

Initial step to modern international relations
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The Magna Carta failure Review of King John - Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta by John Morris

The Magna Carta failure
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Grant on the Civil War Review of Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

Grant on the Civil War
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Not all of us are celebrating. I'm not going to mourn that dickhead, but political violence is a fundamental violation thta threatens us all.

What trivial definitions of "freedom". He'd fit right in.

The social science revolution in philosophical and historical context Review of Consciousness and Society by H. Stuart Hughes

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From ethnolinguistic patchwork to proto-nations Review of Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe by Peter Heather

From ethnolinguistic patchwork to proto-nations
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Man, conqueror, God Review of Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C by Peter Green

Man, conqueror, God
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The Eastern Rome that survived 1,000 years longer than the West Review of The New Roman Empire: a History of Byzantium by Anthony Kaldellis

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