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Livia: First Lady of Imperial Rome 9780300127164

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Miss Palmer's Diary: The Secret Journals of a Victorian Lady 9781350987227, 9781786732491

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Kamikaze: A Japanese Pilot's Own Spectacular Story of the Famous Suicide Squadrons [7th ed.] 9780976154754, 0976154757

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The Diary of Prisoner 17326: A Boy's Life in a Japanese Labor Camp 9780823250141

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Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor 9781250010964, 9780312599034

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Christmas: A Candid History 9780520933729

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Lady Red Jade: The True Story of Lady General Liang Hongyu 梁紅玉

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Reversing The Gaze: Amar Singh's Diary, A Colonial Subject's Narrative Of Imperial India 0813336260, 9780813336268

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