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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Dreams of Space -...
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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A History of Phantom Pain
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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A Collection of...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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