Plagues and Peoples
By: William H. McNeill
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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3.77
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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3.87
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
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5. Plagues and Peoples
By: William H. McNeill
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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6. The Vikings: A History
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Format: 206 pages,
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8. In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
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3.57
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3.69
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3.65
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21. Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia
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