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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

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Author: Anderson Cooper Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine...
The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

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Author: Clay Risen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history:...
President McKinley Architect of the American Century

President McKinley Architect of the American Century

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Author: Robert W Merry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 624 Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a "measured, insightful biography that seeks...
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice:

Olympic Pride, American Prejudice:

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Author: Deborah Riley Draper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400  The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin...
The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir

The Adventurer's Son: A Memoir

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Author: Roman Dial Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Gripping." -New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) * "A page-turner that will rip your heart out."...
A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President

A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President

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Author: Jeffrey Toobin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 452 The International Bestseller The inspiration for Impeachment: American Crime Story The definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandals, A...
The Warrior and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation

The Warrior and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation

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Author: Peter Cozzens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 'Marvellous... One of the best pieces of Native American history I have read.' - S.C. Gwynne, bestselling author of Empire of...
Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11

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Author: Mitchell Zuckoff Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 624 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The farewell calls from the planes... the mounting terror of air traffic control... the...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America

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Author: Cody Keenan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book...
Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America's mass graves: CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 BY FT READERS AND THE NEW YORKER

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Author: Dr Alexa Hagerty Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF...
The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging

The Girl from Lamaha Street: A Guyanese girl at a 1950s English boarding school and her search for belonging

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Author: Sharon Maas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'An incredibly moving, truly inspiring story of the power of determination. An absolutely stunning read.' Katharine Birbalsingh 'Fascinating and poignant... an...
Neruda: The Biography of a Poet

Neruda: The Biography of a Poet

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Author: Mark Eisner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 640 A Finalist for the PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography The most definitive biography to date of the poet Pablo Neruda, a...
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

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Author: Alec Nevala-Lee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 672 One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 *...
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert 'Believe It or Not' Ripley

A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert 'Believe It or Not' Ripley

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Barack and MichelleThe Love Story

Barack and MichelleThe Love Story

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A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch

A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch

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Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America's First Martyr to Environmentalism

Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America's First Martyr to Environmentalism

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The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman

The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman

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Madam Secretary: A Memoir

Madam Secretary: A Memoir

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Author: Madeleine Albright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 "One of the most diverting political bios in recent memory." -- Entertainment Weekly Revised and updated with a new epilogue, Madam...
Arrogance of Power: The Secret Life of Richard Nixon

Arrogance of Power: The Secret Life of Richard Nixon

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Volume 41

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Volume 41

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Author: Frederick Douglass Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, in his own wordsConsidered to be the most famous work written by a...