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                          The New CarthaginiansNick Makoha
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                          A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 3John Romer
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                          Going SoloRoald Dahl, Quentin Blake
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                          Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real LibertaliaDavid Graeber
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                          HorizonsJames Poskett
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                          The Quiet BeforeGal Beckerman
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                          JunglePatrick Roberts
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                          The World Before UsTom Higham
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                          The Year 1000Valerie Hansen
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                          A Fistful of ShellsToby Green
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                          Eastern ApproachesFitzroy MaClean
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                          The Penguin Book of Modern SpeechesBrian MacArthur
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                          Hero of the EmpireCandice Millard
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                          Africa's Long Road Since IndependenceKeith Somerville
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                          The ClimbChris Froome
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                          African NightsKuki Gallmann
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                          The Last Train to Zona VerdePaul Theroux
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                          The Great SeaDavid Abulafia
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                          There Was a CountryChinua Achebe
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                          Great Battles: The Battle of IsandlwanaSaul David
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                          Carthage Must Be DestroyedRichard Miles
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                          South Africa's Brave New WorldR. W. Johnson
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                          Colour BarSusan Williams
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                          The Sunjata StoryBamba Suso, Banna Kanute
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                          ZuluSaul David
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                          The Secret Life of Laszlo AlmasyJohn Bierman
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                          Soldiers of LightDaniel Bergner
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                          The Mediterranean in the Ancient WorldFernand Braudel
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                          The Shadow of the SunRyszard Kapuscinski
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