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Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer Washington's Crossing
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Fischer, David Hackett
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Polio by David M. Oshinsky Polio: An American Story
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Oshinsky, David M.
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The Race Beat by Gene Roberts The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
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Roberts, Gene
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The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
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Gordon-Reed, Annette
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Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
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Ahamed, Liaquat
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The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
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Truman by David McCullough Truman
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McCullough, David
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Vera by Stacy Schiff Vera
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John Adams by David McCullough John Adams
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McCullough, David
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Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
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Caro, Robert A.
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Khrushchev by William Taubman Khrushchev: The Man and His Era
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Taubman, William
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American Prometheus by Kai Bird American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father
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Matteson, John
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American Lion by Jon Meacham American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
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Washington by Ron Chernow Washington: A Life
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Chernow, Ron
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The Black Count by Tom Reiss The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Reiss, Tom
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Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
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Wills, Garry
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The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
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Weiner, Jonathan
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The Haunted Land by Tina Rosenberg The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Diamond, Jared
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Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II
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Dower, John W.
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Gulag by Anne Applebaum Gulag: A History
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Applebaum, Anne
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Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
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Blackmon, Douglas A.
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The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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Greenblatt, Stephen
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An Empire on the Edge by Nick Bunker An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America
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Bunker, Nick
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Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism by Thomas Brothers Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism
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Brothers, Thomas
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Encounters at the Heart of the World by Elizabeth A. Fenn Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
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Fenn, Elizabeth A.
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The Pope and Mussolini by David I. Kertzer The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
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Kertzer, David I.
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The Dead Hand by David E. Hoffman The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
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The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Mukherjee, Siddhartha
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