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A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium

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The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

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Jerusalem: The Biography

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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China

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Paris

Edward Rutherfurd

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)

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The Books of Jacob

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Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales

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Clarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady

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Dune (Dune, #1)

Frank Herbert

Don Quixote

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The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

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