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No More Lies No More Lies Dick Gregory
American Rebels American Rebels Nina Sankovitch
A Demon-Haunted Land A Demon-Haunted Land Monica Black
The Year 1000 The Year 1000 Valerie Hansen
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds Paul Farmer
Sex with Presidents Sex with Presidents Eleanor Herman
Great State Great State Timothy Brook
Grieving Grieving Cristina Rivera Garza
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Emma Southon
My Name Is Selma My Name Is Selma Selma van de Perre
Electric City Electric City Thomas Hager
The Hunt for History The Hunt for History Nathan Raab
The Slow Undoing The Slow Undoing Stephen H. Lowe
The Celestial Hunter The Celestial Hunter Roberto Calasso
Mad and Bad Mad and Bad Bea Koch
Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong
The Agitators The Agitators Dorothy Wickenden
Thebes Thebes Paul Cartledge
The Free World The Free World Louis Menand
Walking the Border Walking the Border Ian Crofton
Awards
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America's Great Debate America's Great Debate Fergus M. Bordewich
"No One Helped" "No One Helped" Marcia M. Gallo
A Rage for Order A Rage for Order Robert F. Worth
The Volunteer The Volunteer Jack Fairweather
A Crime So Monstrous A Crime So Monstrous E. Benjamin Skinner
Imperial Reckoning Imperial Reckoning Caroline Elkins
John Adams John Adams David McCullough
Encounters at the Heart of the World Encounters at the Heart of the World Elizabeth A. Fenn
Hirohito And The Making Of Modern Japan Hirohito And The Making Of Modern Japan Herbert P. Bix
Carry Me Home Carry Me Home Diane McWhorter
Dadland Dadland Keggie Carew
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall Anna Funder
The Sleepwalkers The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies John Carey
Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War Frances FitzGerald
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Sylvia Nasar
Waiting for Snow in Havana Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire
The Years of Extermination The Years of Extermination Saul Friedlander
Stranger in the Shogun's City Stranger in the Shogun's City Amy Stanley
Best sellers
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The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939 Frank McDonough
Bluegrass Bourbon Barons Bluegrass Bourbon Barons Bryan S. Bush
Sleeper Agent Sleeper Agent Ann Hagedorn
The Director The Director Paul Letersky
Cheyenne Summer Cheyenne Summer Terry Mort
Controlling Women Controlling Women Kathryn Kolbert
Born Survivors Born Survivors Wendy Holden
A House in the Mountains A House in the Mountains Caroline Moorehead
Lusitania Lusitania Greg King
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey Rinker Buck
Hitler's Art Thief Hitler's Art Thief Susan Ronald
American Rhapsody American Rhapsody Claudia Roth Pierpont
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War David Fisher
No Wall Too High No Wall Too High Xu Hongci
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (Text Only) Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (Text Only) James Davidson
Architects of Death Architects of Death Karen Bartlett
One Giant Leap One Giant Leap Charles Fishman
Return to Victory Return to Victory James P. Duffy
The Nazi's Granddaughter The Nazi's Granddaughter Silvia Foti
The British Are Coming The British Are Coming Rick Atkinson
New releases
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Against Empire Against Empire Michael Parenti
Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation Mark Lax
Tobruk Tobruk David Mitchelhill-Green
Sea Monsters Sea Monsters Tony Matthews
Brothers of Coweta Brothers of Coweta Bryan C. Rindfleisch
Vendors' Capitalism Vendors' Capitalism Ingrid Bleynat
Black Warrior-King Black Warrior-King Dr. Terence Candell
Traditional Brazilian Black Magic Traditional Brazilian Black Magic Diego de Oxóssi
The Passion of Bootblacking The Passion of Bootblacking Amelia Horo
To Deter and Punish To Deter and Punish Silke Zoller
Saving My Enemy Saving My Enemy Bob Welch
Contact Strategies Contact Strategies Heather F. Roller
The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz The Boy Who Drew Auschwitz Thomas Geve
Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel Anne Chesky Smith
Haunted Graveyard of the Pacific Haunted Graveyard of the Pacific Ira Wesley Kitmacher
Texas True Crime Miscellany Texas True Crime Miscellany Clay Coppedge
Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore Solving the West Georgia Murder of Gwendolyn Moore Clay Bryant
The New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica The New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica Dennis Webster
Haunted Potomac River Valley Haunted Potomac River Valley David W. Thompson
High Point University and the Furniture Industry High Point University and the Furniture Industry Richard R. Bennington