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Prisoners of Geography

Prisoners of Geography

Tim Marshall
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The White Album

The White Album

Joan Didion
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The Soul of A New Machine

The Soul of A New Machine

Tracy Kidder
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Troublemakers

Troublemakers

Leslie Berlin
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Stress Test

Stress Test

Timothy F. Geithner
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Boyd

Boyd

Robert Coram
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Nonzero

Nonzero

Robert Wright
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The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson
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The Tiger

The Tiger

John Vaillant
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Hope in the Dark

Hope in the Dark

Rebecca Solnit
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Longitude

Longitude

Dava Sobel
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On Immunity

On Immunity

Eula Biss
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Medieval Technology, and Social Change

Medieval Technology, and Social Change

Lynn White
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Empire of Pain

Empire of Pain

Patrick Radden Keefe
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But What If We're Wrong?

But What If We're Wrong?

Chuck Klosterman
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Rocket Men

Rocket Men

Robert Kurson
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The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine

M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Begin Again

Begin Again

Eddie S Glaude Jr
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Impeach

Impeach

Neal Katyal
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Americana

Americana

Bhu Srinivasan
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What It Takes

What It Takes

Richard Ben Cramer
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Bloodlands

Bloodlands

Timothy Snyder
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Humankind

Humankind

Rutger Bregman
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Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

Bryan Burrough
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A Mind at Play

A Mind at Play

Jimmy Soni
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Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer
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Dreamland

Dreamland

Sam Quinones
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The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

William L. Shirer
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On Tyranny

On Tyranny

Timothy Snyder
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Dominion

Dominion

Tom Holland
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The Anarchy

The Anarchy

William Dalrymple
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The Path Between the Seas

The Path Between the Seas

David McCullough
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The Silk Roads

The Silk Roads

Peter Frankopan
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The Bully Pulpit

The Bully Pulpit

Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Dead Wake

Dead Wake

Erik Larson
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The Innovators

The Innovators

Walter Isaacson
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Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu
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Losing the Signal

Losing the Signal

Jacquie McNish
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Personal History

Personal History

Katharine Graham
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon
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Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Neal Gabler
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The Double Helix

The Double Helix

James D. Watson
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The Swerve

The Swerve

Stephen Greenblatt
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The Electric KoolAid Acid Test

The Electric KoolAid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe
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Triumph of the City

Triumph of the City

Edward Glaeser
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The Library Book

The Library Book

Susan Orlean
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Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

John Berger
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