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| Introduction |
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Unsolved History---Mysteries in History |
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Art and Bones---Objects with a Past |
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3 | (3) |
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Earth, Wind, and Fire---Natural Disasters |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (2) |
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Heroism off the Battlefield---Human Stories from World War II |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (2) |
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Then I Didn't Feel So Well---Microbes that Made History |
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16 | (3) |
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How Money Gets Made (and Lost) |
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19 | (3) |
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Dinner Table History---Food, Feasting, Eating, and Manners |
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22 | (2) |
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Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral---Microhistories |
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24 | (2) |
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The Crime of the Century---Yesterday's True Crime Stories |
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26 | (3) |
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All Work and No Play---The History of Fun and Games |
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29 | (2) |
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Broad Strokes---Books That Span Time |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (3) |
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Leader of the Free World---The Character of the President |
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36 | (2) |
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Theodore Roosevelt---America's Most Energetic President |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (2) |
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We Are Family---Family Sagas |
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44 | (2) |
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The Despicables---History's Bad Guys |
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46 | (2) |
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Ordinary Folks, Extraordinary Stories |
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48 | (3) |
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Creative Spirits and Their Times |
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51 | (3) |
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (3) |
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It's Not Easy Being Queen---The (Mostly Sad) Lives of Princesses and Queens |
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59 | (2) |
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Brainiacs---Big Minds Thinking Great Thoughts |
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61 | (3) |
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Passionate Connections---History's Famous Couples |
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64 | (2) |
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Frenemies---Thrown Together by History |
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66 | (2) |
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A Picture instead of a Thousand Words---Picture Book Biographies |
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68 | (2) |
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The Moneymakers---Famous Capitalists |
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70 | (3) |
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Gossip or History? You Decide |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (30) |
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75 | (2) |
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Decline and Fall---The Passage of Empires |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (1) |
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The Grand Tour---International Tourist Sites Not to Be Missed |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (2) |
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That Was the Year That Was |
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84 | (2) |
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On the Briny---Stories Set at Sea |
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86 | (2) |
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Pre, Proto, and Paleo---The World Before History |
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88 | (2) |
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Be it Ever So Humble---The History of House and Home |
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90 | (1) |
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Bright Lights, Big City---Stories of the World's Great Cities |
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91 | (2) |
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If You Can Make It There---New York |
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93 | (2) |
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The Watery Parts of the World---Rivers and Seas |
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95 | (2) |
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Centuries of Crime---Mysteries Set in the Past |
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97 | (2) |
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In the Time of the Patriarchs---The World of the Old Testament |
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99 | (2) |
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When in Rome, or Greece, or Egypt |
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101 | (4) |
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105 | (24) |
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105 | (3) |
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We Were There---Eyewitness Histories |
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108 | (1) |
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words---Graphic History |
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109 | (3) |
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Often Quoted, Always Remembered---American Texts That Still Have Impact |
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112 | (2) |
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Long Ago for Short Attention Spans---History under 300 Pages |
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114 | (2) |
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Bite-Sized History---Every
Chapter a New Story |
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116 | (2) |
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History's Tomes---Huge Books with Depth and Detail |
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118 | (1) |
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Scribble, Scribble, Eh Mr. Gibbon---Multivolume Sets |
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119 | (3) |
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Unusual Tellings---Books with Unique Narrative Structures |
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122 | (2) |
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Just the Facts, Ma'am---Curling up with a Good Reference Book |
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124 | (2) |
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First Person Historical---The Fictional Lives of Real People |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (22) |
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Conflict---One-volume Wars |
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129 | (2) |
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It Was the Worst of Times---History as Horror Story |
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131 | (3) |
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If Only---Alternative Histories |
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134 | (2) |
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid---History as Cautionary Tale |
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136 | (1) |
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Couth and Culture---Gentle Stories with No Battles or Blood |
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137 | (3) |
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Old Stories for Young Readers---History Written for Children |
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140 | (2) |
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A How-to Guide---The Science, Art, and Craft of History |
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142 | (2) |
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the History Book---History with Humor |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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Global Themes---Surveys of History's Big Topics |
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147 | (4) |
| Appendix: Authors to Explore |
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151 | (2) |
| Index |
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