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Parisian Lives by Deirdre Bair Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
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Our Man by George Packer Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
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Packer, George
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Sontag by Benjamin Moser Sontag: Her Life and Work
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Moser, Benjamin
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Rising by Elizabeth Rush Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore Rush, Elizabeth
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In a Day's Work by Bernice Yeung In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers Yeung, Bernice
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Civilizing Torture by W. Fitzhugh Brundage Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition Brundage, W. Fitzhugh
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The Road Not Taken by Max Boot The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam Boot, Max
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Proust's Duchess by Caroline Weber Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris Weber, Caroline
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The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prum The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us
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Prum, Richard O.
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Notes on a Foreign Country by Suzy Hansen Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World
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Hansen, Suzy
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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character
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Richard Nixon by John A. Farrell Richard Nixon: The Life
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Hitler in Los Angeles by Steven J. Ross Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America
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Fear City by Kim Phillips-Fein Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
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Brothers at Arms by Larrie D. Ferreiro Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
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New England Bound by Wendy Warren New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America
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Warren, Wendy
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Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
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Dallek, Robert
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The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
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Halberstam, David
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Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
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Middle Passages by James T. Campbell Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
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Campbell, James T.
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New York Burning by Jill Lepore New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
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Lepore, Jill
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The Rise of American Democracy by Sean Wilentz The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln
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Wilentz, Sean
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Arc of Justice by Kevin G. Boyle Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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Boyle, Kevin G.
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Conjectures of Order by Michael O'Brien Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860
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O'Brien, Michael
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Great Fortune by Daniel Okrent Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center
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Okrent, Daniel
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They Marched Into Sunlight by David Maraniss They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967
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At the Hands of Persons Unknown by Philip Dray At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America
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Dray, Philip
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Rereading Sex by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
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Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz
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Deep Souths by J. William Harris Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation
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Harris, J. William
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Facing East from Indian Country by Daniel K. Richter Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
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Richter, Daniel K.
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