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An ocean of fascination. Simon Winchester amazes—whether he's deciphering The Professor and the Madman or diving inside Krakatoa. With Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories, he magically contains the massiveness and the awe-striking history of the ocean we all take for granted. Explore this sea with Simon and he'll fascinate you at every turn.

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	In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin more books like this by Erik Larson $7.49 (used softcover, see detail) The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from... read more see all copies from $3.28! new only from $8.97!
	The Swerve: How the World Became Modern more books like this by Professor Stephen J Greenblatt $12.11 (used softcover, see detail) One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of... read more see all copies from $7.71! new only from $12.28!
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