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    A Promised Land Barack Obama
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    Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Joe Scarborough
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    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson
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    Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh
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    Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Annie Jacobsen, Hachette Audio
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    Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Hodder & Stoughton
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    The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science Seb Falk
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    The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock
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    America the Beautiful: A Story in Photographs National Geographic
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