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1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro

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One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War) by Margaret Macmillan
Empire of Pain:  The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

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