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1

Wild Swans:
Three Daughters of China

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9.6
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  • 2

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom:
    A Triumph

    Current rating
    9.4
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  • 3

    The Times of My Life:
    And My Life With the Times

    Current rating
    9.4
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  • 4

    Isaiah Berlin:
    A Life

    Current rating
    9.3
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  • 5

    Hitler:
    1889-1936: Hubris
    (Vol 1)

    Current rating
    9.1
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  • 6

    Mein Kampf

    Current rating
    8.9
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  • 7

    Are You Somebody:
    The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman

    Current rating
    8.9
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  • 8

    West With the Night

    Current rating
    8.9
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  • 9

    Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B. C.:
    A Historical Biography

    Current rating
    8.7
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  • 10

    Titanic Survivor:
    The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disasters

    Current rating
    8.7
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  • 11 The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
    Current rating
    8.7
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  • 12 Marcel Proust
    (Penguin Lives)

    Current rating
    8.7
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  • 13 Seven Years in Tibet
    Current rating
    8.7
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  • 14 The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
    Current rating
    8.5
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  • 15 Through the Eyes of the Enemy: Russia's Highest Ranking Military Defector Reveals Why Russia Is More Dangerous Than Ever
    Current rating
    8.5
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  • 16 Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
    Current rating
    8.5
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  • 17 The Life and Times of Pancho Villa
    Current rating
    8.5
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  • 18 Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
    (Vintage International)

    Current rating
    8.5
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  • 19 Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
    (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

    Current rating
    8.3
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  • 20 An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
    Current rating
    8.2
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