Genoa, 'La Superba': Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower
By: Nicholas Walton
3.67
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Genoa has an incredible story to tell. It rose from an obscurity imposed by its harsh geography to …
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Format: 592 pages, Paperback
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4.09
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Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
Berlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have c… read more
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By: Ilan Pappé
3.98
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
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By: Robert Harris
3.73
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
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By: Serhii Plokhy
3.87
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
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By: Roger Crowley
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration i… read more
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8. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
By: Adam Hochschild
4.18
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for … read more
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By: Giles Tremlett
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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By: Serhii Plokhy
4.30
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
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4.24
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12. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
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4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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15. Genoa, 'La Superba': Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower
By: Nicholas Walton
3.67
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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