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  1421: The Year China Discovered The World

  1421: The Year China Discovered the World (US title: 1421: The Year China Discovered America) is a 2002 book written by retired submarine commander and amateur historian Gavin Menzies. The premise of the book is that, at the behest of the Yongle Emperor, a Chinese fleet of explorers led by the...
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  Lost Continents

  Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature is a 1954 study by L. Sprague de Camp, first published in book form in 1954 and updated in 1970. It is one of his most popular works. L. Sprague de Camp enjoyed debunking doubtful history and pseudoscientific claims. In Lost...
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  The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

  The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by journalist William L. Shirer, is the first and most successful, large scale history of Nazi Germany in English for a general audience, first published in 1960 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.. Shirer, an American radio reporter for CBS who also worked for a number...
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  Guns, Germs, and Steel

  Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In 1998 it won a Pulitzer Prize and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. A documentary based on the book and produced...
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  Time and Chance: an Autobiography

  Time and Chance: an Autobiography is the autobiography of science fiction and fantasy writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.. It won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book. The book covers the writer's life and ancestry in a series of vignettes...

• The Story of Mankind

  The Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and published in 1921. In 1922, it was the first book to be awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. Written for his grandchildren, The...