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1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
It's January, 1946, and writer Juliet Ashton sits at her desk, vainly seeking a subject for her next book. Out of the blue, she receives a letter ... More
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2. A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present
by Howard Zinn, Ph.D.
This account of US history from the bottom up tells the real story of the people, rather than the flag-waving official story.
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3. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
by Daniel Yergin
The struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades continues to shake the world economy, dictate the outcome of wars, and ... More
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4. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
by Robert A Caro
The fourth volume in Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson follows Johnson through his volatile relationship with John and Robert Kennedy in ... More
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5. Mrs. Kennedy and Me
by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin
HE CALLED HER MRS. KENNEDY. SHE CALLED HIM MR. HILL. For four years, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in November 1960 until after the ... More
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6. Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of ... More
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7. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice
Gripping, eye-opening, and powerful, "American Sniper" is the astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, whose record 255 confirmed kills ... More
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8. Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
by Robert A Caro
National Book Award winner. The long-awaited third volume in Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert A. Caro's award-winning epic biography of Lyndon Johnson. ... More
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9. Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Caroline Kennedy (Foreword by), Michael Beschloss (Introduction by)
In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy. Now, for the first time, they can be heard and ... More
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10. Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
by Mimi Alford
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. ... More
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11. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
by Diana Gabaldon
List of all editionsThe eagerly awaited new epic from the International Bestselling Author of The Fiery Cross Their love has survived time, but can they survive fate? ... More
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12. The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
List of all editionsFrom one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life -- in good times and bad -- that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a ... More
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13. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
List of all editionsBrothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Krakauer's investigation is a meticulously researched, bone-chilling ... More
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14. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by David McCullough
List of all editionsThe building of the Panama Canal was one of the most grandiose, dramatic, and sweeping adventures of all time. Spanning nearly half a century, from ... More
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15. Naked
by David Sedaris
List of all editionsA riotous collection of memoirs which explores the absurd hilarity of modern life and creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar ... More
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16. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson
List of all editionsIn this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American ... More
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17. Enemies: A History of the FBI
by Tim Weiner
List of all editions"Such creatures of passion, disloyalty, and anarchy must be crushed out. The hand of our power should close over them at once". (President Woodrow ... More
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18. Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
by Sally Bedell Smith
List of all editionsIn this magisterial new biography, a "New York Times"-bestselling author brings to life one of the world's most fascinating and enigmatic women: ... More
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19. The President's Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity
by Michael Duffy, Nancy Gibbs
List of all editionsOver the years that followed-and to this day-the presidents relied on, misunderstood, sabotaged, and formed alliances with one another that changed ... More
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20. Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
List of all editionsEinstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and ... More
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21. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
List of all editionsOne of the top young business leaders in America delivers the true story of two boys born in the same neighborhood in the same town with the same ... More
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22. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
by Jon Gertner
List of all editionsA sweeping, atmospheric history of Bell Labs that highlights its unparalleled role as an incubator of innovation and birthplace of the century's most ... More
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23. Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
List of all editionsTyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then (as ... More
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24. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P Huntington
List of all editionsIn this text, the author argues that as people increasingly define themselves by ethnicity and religion, the West will find itself more and more at ... More
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25. A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
List of all editionsSince his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and ... More







