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The Gamble: General David Petraeus... Hardcover ~ Thomas E. Ricks
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It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a... Hardcover ~ Michela Wrong
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into... Hardcover ~ Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof
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Imperial Hardcover ~ William T. Vollmann
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Nine Lives: Death and Life in New... Hardcover ~ Dan Baum
Little Pink House: A True Story of... Hardcover ~ Jeff Benedict
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The Healing of America: A Global... Hardcover ~ T. R. Reid
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch
The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History by Jason Vuic
Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment by David Kirby

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How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies by Roger E.A. Farmer
The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by Simon Johnson
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

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Columbine by Dave Cullen
Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser
Hella Nation by Evan Wright

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Empire of Liberty: A History of the... Hardcover ~ Gordon S. Wood
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Paperback ~ James M. McPherson
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From Colony to Superpower: U.S... Hardcover ~ George C. Herring
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The Glorious Cause: The American... Paperback ~ Robert Middlekauf
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What Hath God Wrought: The... Paperback ~ Daniel Walker Howe
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Freedom from Fear: The American... Paperback ~ David M. Kennedy
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Restless Giant: The United States... Paperback ~ James T. Patterson
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Grand Expectations: The United States... Paperback ~ James T. Patterson
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The American People in World War II... Paperback ~ David M. Kennedy
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Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine

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