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To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause by Benjamin Nathans To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
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Thrall, Nathan
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His Name Is George Floyd by Robert Samuels His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
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Samuels, Robert
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Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
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Elliott, Andrea
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The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman The Guns of August
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
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Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
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Zucchino, David
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The Undying by Anne Boyer The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care
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The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
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Amity and Prosperity by Eliza Griswold Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
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Griswold, Eliza
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Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
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Evicted by Matthew Desmond Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Black Flags by Joby Warrick Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
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Warrick, Joby
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Edmund Pendleton, 1721–1803 by David John Mays Edmund Pendleton, 1721–1803: A Biography, Volume I
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Mays, David John
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The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White The Making of the President 1960
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White, Theodore H.
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The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman The Guns of August
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
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Hofstadter, Richard
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O Strange New World by Howard Mumford Jones O Strange New World: American Culture, The Formative Years
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Jones, Howard Mumford
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Wandering Through Winter by Edwin Way Teale Wandering Through Winter
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Teale, Edwin Way
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The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture by David Brion Davis The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture (The Problem of Slavery, #1)
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Davis, David Brion
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Rousseau and Revolution by Will Durant Rousseau and Revolution (The Story of Civilization, #10)
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Durant, Will
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So Human an Animal by René Dubos So Human an Animal: How We are Shaped by Surroundings and Events
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Dubos, René
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The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as History
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Mailer, Norman
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Gandhi's Truth by Erik H. Erikson Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
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Erikson, Erik H.
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The Rising Sun by John Toland The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45
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Toland, John
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Barbara W. Tuchman Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45
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Tuchman, Barbara W.
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Children of Crisis by Robert Coles Children of Crisis
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Coles, Robert
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Fire in the Lake by Frances FitzGerald Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
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FitzGerald, Frances
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The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker The Denial of Death
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Becker, Ernest
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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Dillard, Annie
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Why Survive? by Robert N. Butler Why Survive?: Being Old in America
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Butler, Robert N.
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