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13.

World War II in 1942: The History of the Year the Allies Turned the Tide Against the Axis [hoopla audiobook]

Charles River Editors. author.

Publication Date

2024

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IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:756382

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Cover image for Philippines Campaigns of World War II: The History of the Japanese Invasion in 1941-1942 and the Ja : The History of the Japanese Invasion in 1941. 1942 and the Ja [hoopla audiobook]

Philippines Campaigns of World War II: The History of the Japanese Invasion in 1941-1942 and the Ja : The History of the Japanese Invasion in 1941. 1942 and the Ja [hoopla audiobook]

Charles River Editors. author.

Publication Date

2023

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IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:756612

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The Soviet Union: The History and Legacy of the Ussr From World War I to the End of the Cold War : The History and Legacy of the Ussr From World War I to the End of the Cold War [hoopla audiobook]

Charles River Editors. author.

Publication Date

2023

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SD_ILS:748669

16.

50 Battles That Changed the World : the conflicts that most influenced the course of history [hoopla audiobook]

Weir, William, author.

Publication Date

2023

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SD_ILS:735373

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Calendars and the history of time [literacy]

Waring, Rob.

Publication Date

2017

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428.62 WAR

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SD_ILS:474578

18.

Age of revolutions [CD] : progress and backlash from 1600 to the present

Zakaria, Fareed, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2024

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CDs

Call Number

303.64 ZAK

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SD_ILS:716973

19.

Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline

Cooper, Paul M. M., author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

930 COO

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SD_ILS:715731

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Raiders, rulers, and traders : the horse and the rise of empires

Chaffetz, David, author.

Publication Date

2024

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636.1 CHA

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SD_ILS:788067

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In defense of civilization : how our past can renew our present

Bonner, Michael Richard Jackson, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

909 BON

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SD_ILS:689597

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Oceans of grain : how American wheat remade the world

Nelson, Scott Reynolds, author.

Publication Date

2022

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338.7 NEL

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SD_ILS:641855

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Making history : the storytellers who shaped the past

Cohen, Richard, 1947- author.

Publication Date

2022

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907.202 COH

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SD_ILS:643981

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Land : how the hunger for ownership shaped the modern world

Winchester, Simon, author.

Publication Date

2021

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333.309 WIN

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SD_ILS:586247

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