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A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal
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Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
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An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Richard Norton Smith
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum
Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction
Colin Ward
Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car – And How
Lawrence D. Burns
Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship
Tiffany Watt Smith
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