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  1. A Promised Land
    A Promised Land Barack Obama
    Hardcover
    $23.96 $45.00
    (5,331)
  2. The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity
    The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity Hans-Friedrich Mueller, The Great Courses
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  3. Modern Warriors: Real Stories from Real Heroes
    Modern Warriors: Real Stories from Real Heroes Pete Hegseth
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  4. Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discont
    Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson, Robin Miles, Random House Audio
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  5. Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Bill O'Reilly's Killing
    Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series) Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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  6. Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization
    Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Joe Scarborough
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    (36)
  7. Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
    Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America Michael Eric Dyson
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  8. My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Shana Corey, Margeaux Lucas
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  9. Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future
    Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh
    Hardcover
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    (2)
  10. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migra
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson
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    (7,178)
  11. Man's Search for Mea
    Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl, William J. Winslade, Harold S. Kushner
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  12. Obama: An Intimate Portrait
    Obama: An Intimate Portrait Pete Souza, Barack Obama
    Hardcover
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  13. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Cou
    First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country Thomas E. Ricks
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  14. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
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  15. Extreme Ownership (How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win)
    Extreme Ownership (How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win) Jocko Willink
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  16. 2021 History Channel This Day in History Boxed Calendar: 365 Remarkable People, Extraordinary Events, and Fasc
    2021 History Channel This Day in History Boxed Calendar: 365 Remarkable People, Extraordinary Events, and Fascinating Facts History Channel
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  17. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
    Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win Jocko Willink, Leif Babin, Macmillan Audio
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  18. The Last Days of John Lennon
    The Last Days of John Lennon James Patterson, Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge
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  19. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't
    Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Hachette Audio
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  20. Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America
    Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America Michael Eric Dyson, Macmillan Audio
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  1. Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
    Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Hodder & Stoughton
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  2. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
    Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press
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  3. The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript
    The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript Mark L. Levine - editor, George C. McNamee - editor, Daniel Greenberg - editor, Aaron Sorkin - foreword, J. K. Simmons, Jeff Daniels, Chris Jackson, John Hawkes, Chris Chalk, Luke Kirby, Corey Stoll, Norbert Leo Butz, George Newbern, full cast, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  4. The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
    The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History Andy Greene
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  5. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
    The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock - foreword, Graham Hancock, Macmillan Audio
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  6. Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
    Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Michael Cohen, Robert Petkoff, Skyhorse Publishing
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  7. Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lost
    Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lost Michael Walsh, Blackstone Publishing
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  8. Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life
    Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life Bill Madden
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    $22.18 $28.00
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  9. Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization
    Saving Freedom: Truman, the Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization Joe Scarborough, HarperAudio
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  10. A Promised Land
    A Promised Land Barack Obama, Penguin Audio
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    A Promised Land Barack Obama
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  12. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
    The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Dion Graham, Recorded Books
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    The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, HarperAudio
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    The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest Ed Caesar
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    (35)
  15. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
    The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Virginia Postrel
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    (23)
  16. Once a Warrior: How One Veteran Found a New Mission Closer to Home
    Once a Warrior: How One Veteran Found a New Mission Closer to Home Jake Wood
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  17. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Cou
    First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country Thomas E. Ricks, James Lurie, HarperAudio
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  18. Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
    Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz
    Hardcover
    $19.69 $28.00
  19. Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future
    Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future Pope Francis, Arthur Morey, Simon & Schuster Audio
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    (2)
  20. Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation His
    Inferno: The True Story of a B-17 Gunner's Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History Joe Pappalardo
    Hardcover
    $24.99 $28.99
    (2)
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  1. History of the World Map by Map
    History of the World Map by Map DK, Smithsonian Institution
    Hardcover
    $36.15 $50.00
    (1,217)
  2. The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
    The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
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    (352)
  3. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
    Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) Yuval Noah Harari
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  4. Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
    Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Michael Cohen
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  5. Night (Night)
    Night (Night) Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel
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    $8.78 $11.00
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  1. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
    Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) Vashti Harrison
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  2. What Unites Us
    What Unites Us Rather
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    100 Parks, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do Joe Yogerst
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    The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Ben Macintyre
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  5. His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
    His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham, John Lewis
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  6. Eleanor
    Eleanor David Michaelis
    Hardcover
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  7. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
    A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Sonia Purnell
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    $16.20 $18.00
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  8. How to Be an Antiracist
    How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi
    Hardcover
    $13.98 $27.00
    (15,273)
  9. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Ra
    White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson
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  10. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
    Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza
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  11. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
    How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro
    Hardcover
    $20.28 $28.99
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  12. The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
    The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II Gregory A. Freeman
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    $14.52 $17.00
    (2,810)
  13. Booze & Vinyl: A Spirited Guide to Great Music and Mixed Dr
    Booze & Vinyl: A Spirited Guide to Great Music and Mixed Drinks André Darlington, Tenaya Darlington
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  14. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
    Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson
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  15. The Drunken Botanist
    The Drunken Botanist Amy Stewart
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  16. Humans of New York : Stories
    Humans of New York : Stories Brandon Stanton
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  17. The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook (Downton Abbey Cookery)
    The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook (Downton Abbey Cookery) Annie Gray, Gareth Neame
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  18. World War II Map by Map
    World War II Map by Map DK, Smithsonian Institution
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  19. A Cat's Tale: A Journey Through Feline His
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  20. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
    The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein
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    (8,857)
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