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The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures | George Bailey Sansom

Charity shop gems! Thanks to my love for grabbing this for me ❤️

#charityshop #bookshop #goodfinds #funfinds #historygeek #japanese #hardtofind

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The Colosseum | Keith Hopkins

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This was such an interesting read, dealing with the origins of the colosseum, it‘s uses, the famous gladiator events, even touching on the morals and ethics surrounding such a horrific and brutal sport.

Enjoyable if you are after a little slice of history with a little bit of humour and nostalgia thrown in!

#nonfiction #ancientrome #historygeek #gladiators #romans #colosseum #history #dork #wellread

VeganCleopatra There was humor thrown in? 5y

LostInSpace @VeganCleopatra all of Mary Beards writing has some sort of humour in it, I guess it‘s kinda dark humour but I like her writing style, she brings history to life 🙂 5y

VeganCleopatra Huh. I don't recall thinking she was humorous before and I've read a few. I actually like dark humor too. Now I wonder if I missed. 🤔 Have you read SPQR? That was my most recent Beard book and I found it pretty terrible and badly in need of an editor. I may have been too irritated to notice subtle humor. 😏 5y

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Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Great book on American culture and the history of the Second Amendment. Some stuff I was familiar with but lots of information packed into this little book. Recommended reading.

#guns #gunsinamerica #secondamendment #culture #history #historyfan #historygeek

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Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years and Slave, and Four Years in the White House | Elizabeth Keckley