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About Alice Calvin Trillin. 814.54 Tr
American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsetps of Tocqueville Bernard Levy. 917.304931 Le
Betrayed: the Assassination of Digna Ochoa Linda Diebel. 323.092 O164D
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game Michael Lewis. 796.3320371L
The Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West Hampton Sides. 978.02 Si
Clemente: the Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero David Maraniss. 796.357092 C6264M
Cobra II: the Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Michael Gordon. 956.70443 Go
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays David Foster Wallace. 814.54 Wa
A Death in Belmont Sebastian Junger. 364.1523097 Ju
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Thomas E. Ricks. 956.70443 Ri
Freaks of the Storm Randall Cerveny. 551.6 Ce
The Great Deluge:Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Douglas Brinkley. 976.335064 Br
The Great Transformation: the Beginning of Our Religious Traditions Karen Armstrong. 200.901 Ar
The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire
Tom Zoellmer. 553.82 Zo
Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9-11 Lawrence Wright. 973.931 Wr
Losing It All to Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape Bill Belleville. 307.1412 Be
Manhunt: the 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer James Swanson. 364.1524097 Sw
Mayflower: a Story of Courage, Community and War Nathaniel Philbrick. 973.22 Ph
The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs Madeleine Albright. 261.87 Al
Miracle in the Andes: 72 days in the Mountain and My Long Trek Back Home Nando Parrada. 982.6 P259P
Omnivore's Dilemna: a Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollen. 394.12 Po
Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos Seth LLoyd. 530.12 Ll
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution Simm Schama. 326.0973 Sc
Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again Nora Vincent. 305.31092 N822V
This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss
Thomas Ellis. 155.937 El
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations—One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson. 371.8220954 Mo
War of the World:Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
Niall Ferguson. 303.66 Fe
Worst Hard Time: the Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan. 978.032 Eg
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