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Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley , Ron Powers
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: 1 Oct 2001
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Captures the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima and the story of the 3 who survived - including Bradley's father.

In the Heart of the Sea : The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Hardcover: May 2000
Paperback: 1 May 2001
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Tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever - an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick.

Desire of the Everlasting Hills : The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History Vol. 3)
by Thomas Cahill
Hardcover: Nov 1999
Paperback: 1 Feb 2001
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Cahill's most daring and provocative subject yet: Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Western civilization.

Galileo's Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
by Dava Sobel
Hardcover: Oct 1999
Paperback: 1 Oct 2000
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Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion.

The Gifts of The Jews : How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
by Thomas Cahill
Hardcover: Mar 1998
Paperback: 1 Sep 1999
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An enchanting journey into history, recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today.

Guns, Germs & Steel
by Jared Diamond
Hardcover: Mar 1997
Paperback: 1 Apr 1999
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'Diamond has written a book of remarkable scope . . . one of the most important and readable works on the human past published in recent years.'

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And the Mountains Echoed
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Khaled Hosseini has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations
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