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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph J. Ellis

4.5 on Amazon

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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000

Lee Kuan Yew

4.8 on Amazon

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943): The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1

Rick Atkinson, George Guidall, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

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Why We're Polarized

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4.6 on Amazon

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The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor, Revised Edition

Susan Wise Bauer

4.7 on Amazon

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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives

Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

Anne Frank , Otto M. Frank, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy, 2)

Rick Atkinson

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

Adam Makos and Larry Alexander

4.8 on Amazon

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Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

4.6 on Amazon

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The Hill: A Memoir of War in Helmand Province

Aaron Kirk

? on Amazon

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Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century

Charles King

4.6 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Fast Food Nation (The Dark Side of the All-American Meal)

Eric Schlosser

4.5 on Amazon

1 HN comments

U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook

Army

4.6 on Amazon

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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Vol. 1) (Pacific War Trilogy): War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942

Ian W. Toll

4.8 on Amazon

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a_bonoboonFeb 26, 2020

If you want to learn more about Le Guin's influences, I just finished reading Charles King's Gods Of The Upper Air ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42951225-gods-of-the-upp... )

It's pop-history of the early 20th century anthropologists with a focus on the influence of Franz Boas and the many things he spawned, and how Boas and his pupils fought against genetic determinism. Many of the 'characters' in the books appear in OP's article. Recommended companion piece!

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