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Stalingrad
Antony Beevor
The Billionaire's Vinegar
Benjamin Wallace
Agent Zigzag
Ben Macintyre
Operation Mincemeat
North
Jenny Jurek, Scott Jurek
In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson
A Higher Call
Adam Makos, Larry Alexander
Facing the Mountain
Daniel James Brown
A Walk in the Woods
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, John le Carré
The Greatest Generation
Tom Brokaw
Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power
Jon Meacham
Rocket Men
Robert Kurson
With the Old Breed
Eugene B. Sledge
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Sarah Vowell