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                            The Great Exchange: Making the News in Early Modern EuropeJoad Raymond Wren
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                            DianaworldEdward White
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                            Nobody Can Give You FreedomKehinde Andrews
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                            Nature's MemoryJack Ashby
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                            What Is Free Speech?Fara Dabhoiwala
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                            The Library of Ancient WisdomSelena Wisnom
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                            Righting WrongsKenneth Roth
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                            More and More and MoreJean-Baptiste Fressoz
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                            The Eagle and the HartHelen Castor
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                            The Burning EarthSunil Amrith
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                            Lower than the AngelsDiarmaid MacCulloch
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                            Four Points of the CompassJerry Brotton
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                            Mother StateHelen Charman
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                            Hitler's PeopleRichard J. Evans
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                            The Language of WarOleksandr Mykhed
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