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What are some great nonfiction books that are especially about history?

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Kent Liftfork

I am partial to big nonfiction books, with preference for presidential biographies, and history. I own or have read the McCullough, Chernow, and Mehcham books. Please try to recommend underrated or quite unknown books.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
  • Norman Ohler
  • Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
3.7333 reads
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima
To Hell and Back: The Last Train from Hiroshima
  • Charles Pellegrino
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Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500–1600
Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500–1600
  • Alida C. Metcalf
51 read