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Let's set sail! David Reynolds joins me to talk Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America.

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Let's crash! Liaquat Ahamed joins me to talk 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World.

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Stalin's Apostles by Antonia Senior 

Hammer of the Gods by Don Hollway 

The Fallen by Louise Brangan 

American Men by Jordan Ritter Conn

Margaret Beaufort by Lauren Johnson 

One of Us by Asne Seierstad 

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Let's survive! Thomas Asbridge joins me to talk The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic.

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Let's strike oil! Douglas Brunt joins me to talk The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World.

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Let's go for a run! Martin Dugard returns to talk The Long Run: Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and the Decade That Made the Marathon Cool.

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Let's Greek it up! Adrian Goldsworthy joins me to talk Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece.

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Let's revolt! Anand Gopal joins me to talk Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution.

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Let's go north! Peter Stark joins me to talk The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado's Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance – A Narrative History of Exploration, Conquest, and Resistance.

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Can't interview them all! Don't miss these books:

These Divided Isles by Stephen Phillips –Phillips tells the story of the relationship between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Britain from independence to now. (Pegasus Books)

The Oracle’s Daughter by Harrison Hill – it’s the story of the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps cult. It’s a wild story about a woman who truly goes off the deep end and the daughter who tries to break away. (Scribner Books)

This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz – it’s the life of the author of Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë. (W. W. Norton)

Madman by M.F. Gross – Florida true crime story in 1949. Enough said.

A Terrible Intimacy by Melvin Patrick Ely – a look at six different court cases in antebellum Virginia where people from each side of the racial divide are involved. (Henry Holt and Co.)

For my classic pick of the month, I am going with Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Rubenstein – I don’t believe in trying to improve on perfection. So here is the official synopsis of this book: “A true story of bank heists, ice hockey, Transylvanian pelt smuggling, moonlighting detectives, and broken hearts.” All of that is in there and all of that is true. I laughed, I cried. This is a book I can hand to absolutely anyone and know they will like it. Get it yesterday.

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