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	1864   Read Review Charles Bracelen Flood, Read by Mel Foster, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	1920: THE YEAR OF SIX PRESIDENTS   Read Review David Pietrusza, Read by Paul Boehmer, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	ABUNDANCE OF VALOR   Read Review Will Irwin, Read by Michael Prichard, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	ALEXANDER OF MACEDONIA   Read Review Robin Lane Fox, Read by Robin Lane Fox, Audio Program, JUNE 2010 Library Ed. • Recorded Books/ Modern Scholar
	ALISTAIR COOKE'S LETTERS TO AMERICA   Read Review Alistair Cooke, Read by Alistair Cooke, Audio Program, MARCH 2010 Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America
	AMERICA AND THE WORLD   Read Review Mark A. Stoler, Read by Mark A. Stoler, Audio Program, APRIL 2010 Library Ed. • The Teaching Company
	THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR   Read Review John Keegan, Read by Robin Sachs, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	AMERICAN HEROES   Read Review Edmund S. Morgan , Read by David Chandler, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	AMERICAN PASSAGE   Read Review Vincent J. Cannato , Read by Jonathan Hogan, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Recorded Books Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION   Read Review Allen C. Guelzo, Read by Allen C. Guelzo, Audio Program, FEBRUARY 2010 Trade Ed. • The Teaching Company
	ANCIENT EMPIRES BEFORE ALEXANDER   Read Review Robert L. Dise, Jr., Read by Robert L. Dise, Jr., Audio Program, NOVEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • The Teaching Company
	ANDERSONVILLE   Read Review William Marvel, Read by Jeremy Gage, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Audible, Inc.
	THE ASCENT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON   Read Review John Ferling, Read by Norman Dietz, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	BARRON'S EZ-101 STUDY KEYS, Part 1   Read Review Robert D. Geise, Read by Jeff Riggenbach, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	THE BIG BURN   Read Review Timothy Egan, Read by Robertson Dean, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Brilliance Audio Library Ed. • Brilliance Audio
	THE BONFIRE   Read Review Marc Wortman, Read by Anthony Heald, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE   Read Review Dee Brown, Read by Grover Gardner, Unabridged, JANUARY 2010 Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	CAHOKIA   Read Review Timothy Pauketat, Read by George Wilson, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	A CENTURY TURNS   Read Review William J. Bennett, Read by Jon Gauger, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Trade Ed. • Oasis Audio
	CITIZENS OF LONDON   Read Review Lynne Olson, Read by Arthur Morey, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME   Read Review John Hale, Read by John Hale, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • The Teaching Company
	CRO-MAGNON   Read Review Brian Fagan, Read by James Langton, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	DANGEROUS GAMES   Read Review Margaret MacMillan, Read by Barbara Caruso, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	D-DAY   Read Review Antony Beevor, Read by Simon Vance, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Penguin Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE DEAD HAND   Read Review David E. Hoffman, Read by Bob Walter, Unabridged, JANUARY 2010 Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	DESPERATE PASSAGE   Read Review Ethan Rarick, Read by Christopher Prince, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	DISCOVER: MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC ERA   Web Pass Required David McCleery, Read by Jeremy Siepmann, Audio Program, JULY 2009 Trade Ed. • Naxos AudioBooks
	THE DREAM MACHINE   Read Review Richard Whittle, Read by Kevin Foley, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	EIFFEL’S TOWER   Read Review Jill Jonnes, Read by Paul Hecht, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	FATAL JOURNEY   Read Review Peter C. Mancall, Read by Christopher Prince, Unabridged, FEBRUARY 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	A FIERY PEACE IN A COLD WAR   Read Review Neil Sheehan, Read by Robertson Dean, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio
	FLAWLESS   Read Review Scott Selby, Greg Campbell, Read by Don Hagen, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Digital Download • Giildan Media Corp.
	FLY BY WIRE   Read Review William Langewiesche, Read by David Drummond, Unabridged, JANUARY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA   Read Review Sarah Rose, Read by Sarah Rose, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE FOURTH STAR   Read Review Greg Cloud, Greg Jaffe, Read by Richard McGonagle, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	GENERAL SHERMAN'S CHRISTMAS   Read Review Stanley Weintraub, Read by Ed Sala, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE GHOSTS OF CANNAE   Read Review Robert L. O'Connell, Read by Alan Sklar, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE GIRLS OF ROOM 28   Read Review Hannelore Brenner, Read by Suzanne Toren, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America
	GOD'S BATTALIONS   Read Review Rodney Stark, Read by David Drummond, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE GOOD SOLDIERS   Read Review David Finkel, Read by Mark Boyett, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	GREAT AMERICAN BESTSELLERS   Read Review Peter Conn, Read by Peter Conn, Audio Program, APRIL 2010 Library Ed. • The Teaching Company
	THE GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE   Read Review Peter B. Petersen, Read by Ross Ballard II, Audio Program, APRIL 2010 Trade Ed. • MountainWhispers.com Audiobooks
	THE GREATEST DAY IN HISTORY   Read Review Nicholas Best, Read by John Haag, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	THE HAWK AND THE DOVE: PAUL NITZE, GEORGE KENNAN, AND THE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR   Read Review Nicholas Thompson, Read by Michael Prichard, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	HELL IS UPON US   Read Review Victor Brooks, Read by Peter Ganim, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL   Read Review Hampton Sides, Read by Hampton Sides, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio
	THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   Read Review Peter Whitfield, Read by Peter Whitfield, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Naxos AudioBooks
	THE HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD   Read Review Susan Wise Bauer, Read by John Lee, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	HITLER'S HOLY RELICS   Read Review Sidney Kirkpatrick, Read by Charles Stransky, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • HighBridge Audio
	HUMBOLDT'S COSMOS   Read Review Gerard Helferich, Read by Ray Childs, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD   Web Pass Required Stephan Talty, Read by Stephen Hoye, Unabridged, JULY 2009 Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE IMPERIAL CRUISE   Read Review James Bradley, Read by Richard Poe, Unabridged, JANUARY 2010 Trade Ed. • Hachette Audio Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America
	IN A NUTSHELL: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION   Read Review Neil Wenborn, Read by Roy McMillan, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Naxos AudioBooks
	IN A NUTSHELL: THE RENAISSANCE   Read Review Peter Whitfield, Read by Peter Whitfield, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Trade Ed. • Naxos AudioBooks
	JOKER ONE   Read Review Donovan Campbell, Read by David Drummond, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	K BLOWS TOP   Web Pass Required Peter Carlson, Read by Malcolm Hillgartner, Unabridged, JULY 2009 Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	LAST CALL   Read Review Daniel Okrent, Read by Daniel Okrent, Abridged, AUGUST 2010 Trade Ed. • Simon & Schuster Audio
	THE LAST STAND   Read Review Nathaniel Philbrick, Read by George Guidall, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Penguin Audio Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	LIFE AND DEATH IN THE THIRD REICH   Read Review Peter Fritzsche, Read by David Zinn, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Trade Ed. • Caravan
	LIFE IN YEAR ONE   Read Review Scott Korb, Read by Arthur Morey, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	LONDON   Read Review Robert Bucholz, Read by Robert Bucholz, Audio Program, FEBRUARY 2010 Library Ed. • The Teaching Company
	LONG SHADOW OF THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD   Web Pass Required Ian Worthington, Read by Ian Worthington, Audio Program, JULY 2009 Library Ed. • The Teaching Company
	LOST TO THE WEST   Read Review Lars Brownworth, Read by Lars Brownworth, Unabridged, JANUARY 2010 Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE MAN WHO ATE HIS BOOTS   Read Review Anthony Brandt, Read by Simon Vance, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS   Read Review Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, Glen M. Leonard, Read by Bill Dewees, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	THE MONUMENTS MEN   Read Review Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter, Read by Jeremy Davidson, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America
	MUNICH, 1938   Read Review David Faber, Read by Arthur Morey, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE MURDER OF KING TUT    Read Review James Patterson, Martin Dugard, Read by Joe Barrett, Unabridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Hachette Audio Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America
	THE NATIONAL PARKS   Read Review Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Read by Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Lee Stetson, Kevin Conway, Carolyn McCormick, Tim Clark, James Keyson Lee, Feodor Chin, John H. Meyer, Abridged, NOVEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio
	NO QUARTER   Read Review Richard Slotkin, Read by Dion Graham, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	ON HALLOWED GROUND   Read Review Robert M. Poole, Read by Robert M. Poole, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Trade Ed. • Brilliance Audio Library Ed. • Brilliance Audio
	ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS    Read Review Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Read by Bob Costas, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Recorded Books/ Griot Audio Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	OPERATION MINCEMEAT   Read Review Ben MacIntyre, Read by John Lee, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2010 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE PACIFIC   Read Review Hugh Ambrose, Read by Mike Chamberlain, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Trade Ed. • Penguin Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	PARISIANS   Read Review Graham Robb, Read by Simon Vance, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	PATTON, MONTGOMERY, ROMMEL   Read Review Terry Brighton, Read by Mel Foster, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES   Read Review Howard Zinn, Read by Jeff Zinn, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Digital Download • Harper Audio
	PLAIN, HONEST MEN   Web Pass Required Richard Beeman, Read by Michael Prichard, Unabridged, JULY 2009 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO THE SIXTIES   Read Review Jonathan Leaf, Read by Rick Silversmith, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	PREHISTORY   Read Review Colin Renfrew, Read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, Unabridged, JULY 2009 Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	THE REMAINS OF COMPANY D   Read Review James Carl Nelson, Read by Ray Porter, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	REVOLUTION 1989   Read Review Victor Sebestyen, Read by Paul Hecht, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Library Ed. • Recorded Books
	ROCKET MEN   Web Pass Required Craig Nelson, Read by Richard McGonagle, Unabridged, JULY 2009 Trade Ed. • Penguin Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	ROOT AND BRANCH   Read Review Rawn James, Jr., Read by Dominic Hoffman, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Digital Download • Random House Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION   Read Review Jonathan D. Smele, Read by Jonathan D. Smele, Audio Program, MARCH 2010 Library Ed. • Recorded Books/ Modern Scholar
	THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOL QUEENS   Read Review Jack Weatherford, Read by Robertson Dean, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	A SHORTER HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA   Read Review Geoffrey Blainey, Read by Humphrey Bower, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Library Ed. • Bolinda Audio
	THE STATE OF JONES   Read Review Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer, Read by Don Leslie, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE STATE OF JONES   Read Review Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer, Read by Don Leslie, Abridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio
	THE STORM OF WAR   Read Review Andrew Roberts, Read by Christian Rodska, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	THE SUN AND THE MOON   Read Review Matthew Goodman, Read by Malcolm Hillgartner, Unabridged, DECEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	SUPREME POWER   Read Review Jeff Shesol, Read by Mel Foster, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THOUGH THE HEAVENS MAY FALL   Read Review Steven M. Wise, Read by Andrew Shapiro, Unabridged, FEBRUARY 2010 Digital Download • Audible, Inc.
	TO HELL AND BACK   Read Review Sydney Loch, Susanna de Vries, Jake de Vries, Read by Shane Nagle, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Library Ed. • Bolinda Audio
	TRAPPED!   Read Review Robert K. Murray, Roger W. Brucker, Read by Joe Barrett, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	THE TUDORS   Read Review G.J. Meyer, Read by Robin Sachs, Unabridged, JUNE 2010 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	UNDERSTANDING MOVIES   Read Review Raphael Shargel, Read by Raphael Shargel, Audio Program, APRIL 2010 Library Ed. • Recorded Books/ Modern Scholar
	UNDERSTANDING THE HOLOCAUST   Read Review David Engel, Read by David Engel, Audio Program, MAY 2010 Library Ed. • Recorded Books/ Modern Scholar
	UNLIKELY ALLIES   Read Review Joel Richard Paul, Read by Arthur Morey, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	URANIUM WARS   Read Review Amir Aczel, Read by Eric Conger, Unabridged, FEBRUARY 2010 Trade Ed. • Macmillan Audio
	VOODOO HISTORIES   Read Review David Aaronovitch, Read by James Langton, Unabridged, MAY 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	WAR BENEATH THE WAVES   Read Review Don Keith, Read by Stephen Hoye, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE WAR LOVERS   Read Review Evan Thomas, Read by Richard Davidson, Unabridged, JULY 2010 Trade Ed. • Hachette Audio
	THE WAR THAT KILLED ACHILLES   Read Review Caroline Alexander, Read by Michael Page, Unabridged, JANUARY 2010 Trade Ed. • Brilliance Audio Library Ed. • Brilliance Audio
	WEST POINTERS AND THE CIVIL WAR   Read Review Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, Read by Stephen Hoye, Unabridged, APRIL 2010 Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	THE WHALE   Read Review Philip Hoare, Read by Michael Page, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	WHIRLWIND   Read Review Barrett Tillman, Read by Mel Foster, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE WHITE WAR   Read Review Mark Thompson, Read by Gerard Doyle, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Trade Ed. • Audible, Inc.
	WINSTON'S WAR   Read Review Max Hastings, Read by Robin Sachs, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Trade Ed. • Random House Audio Library Ed. • Books on Tape
	THE WOLF   Read Review Richard Guilliatt, Peter Hohnen, Read by Michael Page, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	A WORLD DESTROYED   Read Review Martin J. Sherwin, Read by Patrick Cullen, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks
	A WORLD OF TROUBLE   Read Review Patrick Tyler, Read by Michael Prichard, Unabridged, SEPTEMBER 2009 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE YEAR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD   Read Review Michael Meyer, Read by Ed Sala, Unabridged, MARCH 2010 Trade Ed. • Tantor Media Library Ed. • Tantor Media
	THE ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM   Read Review Barbara W. Tuchman, Read by Wanda McCaddon, Unabridged, AUGUST 2010 Library Ed. • Blackstone Audiobooks

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