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Unknown History: The Siege of Berlin in 1948

by Giles Milton

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Unknown History: The Strangling of Berlin

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Unknown History: A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin

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Unknown History: Churchill’s Iron Curtain

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Unknown History: The Great Berlin Power Struggle

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Unknown History: Russia’s Secret Revolutionaries

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Unknown History: Sleeping with the Enemy

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Unknown History: The Americans Arrive in Berlin

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Unknown History: Berlin Turns Red

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Unknown History: The Colonel Who Went to War

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Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci

Il Deputato Liberale Emilio Pucci, IV Legislatura Repubblica Italiana, 2016. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Public Domain.

by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci

Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…
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The Importance of Mud

by Jane Ziegelman

Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George

Map from The Escapes of David George. Credit: Credit: Springer Cartographics

by Gregory E. O'Malley

When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Five New History Books to Read This February

From the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America to…
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Galileo’s Secret Sauce: People Skills

A portrait of Galileo by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans. Circa 1640. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

by Matt Kaplan

In I Told You So!, author Matt Kaplan reveals how scientists from Darwin…
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Anne Sebba’s 7 Most Important Holocaust Books

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was finally liberated. In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, New York…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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