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After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search Cover Image

After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search (Hardcover)

By Sarah Perry
$27.00
ISBN: 9780544302655
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Published: Houghton Mifflin - September 26th, 2017

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Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe Cover Image

Among the Living and the Dead: A Tale of Exile and Homecoming on the War Roads of Europe (Hardcover)

By Inara Verzemnieks
$26.95
ISBN: 9780393245110
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - July 11th, 2017

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Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India Cover Image

Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India (Hardcover)

By Sujatha Gidla
$28.00
ISBN: 9780865478114
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - July 18th, 2017

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Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene Cover Image

Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene (Paperback)

By Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing (Editor), Nils Bubandt (Editor), Elaine Gan (Editor)
$27.95
ISBN: 9781517902377
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Published: University of Minnesota Press - May 30th, 2017

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Cover Image

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Hardcover)

By Robert M. Sapolsky
$35.00
ISBN: 9781594205071
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Published: Penguin Press - May 2nd, 2017

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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir Cover Image

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir (Hardcover)

By Thi Bui
$24.95
ISBN: 9781419718779
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - March 7th, 2017

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Between Them: Remembering My Parents Cover Image

Between Them: Remembering My Parents (Hardcover)

By Richard Ford
$25.99
ISBN: 9780062661883
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Published: Ecco Press - May 2nd, 2017

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The Blood of Emmett Till Cover Image

The Blood of Emmett Till (Paperback)

By Timothy B. Tyson
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476714851
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Published: Simon & Schuster - December 5th, 2017

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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying Cover Image

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying (Hardcover)

By Nina Riggs
$25.00
ISBN: 9781501169359
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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 6th, 2017

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Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital Cover Image

Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital (Hardcover)

By Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove
$39.95
ISBN: 9781469635866
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - November 6th, 2017

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Cover Image

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Hardcover)

By Richard Rothstein
$27.95
ISBN: 9781631492853
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Published: Liveright Publishing Corporation - May 2nd, 2017

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The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Cover Image

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South (Hardcover)

By Michael W. Twitty
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062379290
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Published: Amistad Press - August 1st, 2017

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Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. Cover Image

Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. (Hardcover)

By Danielle Allen
$24.95
ISBN: 9781631493119
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Published: Liveright Publishing Corporation - September 5th, 2017

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Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery Cover Image

Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery (Hardcover)

By Scott Kelly
$29.95
ISBN: 9781524731595
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Published: Knopf Publishing Group - October 17th, 2017

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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us Cover Image

The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us (Hardcover)

By Richard O. Prum
$35.00
ISBN: 9780385537216
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Published: Doubleday Books - May 9th, 2017

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Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change Cover Image

Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change (Hardcover)

By Ashley Dawson
$29.95
ISBN: 9781784780364
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Published: Verso - October 17th, 2017

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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics Cover Image

Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics (Hardcover)

By Kim Phillips-Fein
$32.00
ISBN: 9780805095258
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Published: Metropolitan Books - April 18th, 2017

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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia Cover Image

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Hardcover)

By Masha Gessen
$28.00
ISBN: 9781594634536
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 3rd, 2017

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Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption Cover Image

Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption (Hardcover)

By Benjamin Rachlin
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316311496
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Published: Little Brown and Company - August 15th, 2017

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Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir Cover Image

Give a Girl a Knife: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Amy Thielen
$26.00
ISBN: 9780307954909
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Published: Clarkson Potter Publishers - May 16th, 2017

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Grant (Hardcover)

By Ron Chernow
$40.00
ISBN: 9781594204876
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Published: Penguin Press - October 10th, 2017

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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Cover Image

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (Hardcover)

By Roxane Gay
$25.99
ISBN: 9780062362599
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Published: Harper - June 13th, 2017

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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street Cover Image

I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street (Hardcover)

By Matt Taibbi
$28.00
ISBN: 9780812988840
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Published: Spiegel & Grau - October 24th, 2017

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I Hear She's a Real Bitch Cover Image

I Hear She's a Real Bitch (Paperback)

By Jen Agg
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143132646
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Published: Penguin Books - September 12th, 2017

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I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad Cover Image

I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad (Hardcover)

By Souad Mekhennet
$30.00
ISBN: 9781627798976
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Published: Henry Holt & Company - June 13th, 2017

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Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me Cover Image

Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me (Hardcover)

By Bill Hayes
$27.00
ISBN: 9781620404935
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - February 14th, 2017

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Cover Image

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Hardcover)

By David Grann
$28.95
ISBN: 9780385534246
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Published: Doubleday Books - April 18th, 2017

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Leonardo Da Vinci (Hardcover)

By Walter Isaacson
$35.00
ISBN: 9781501139154
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Published: Simon & Schuster - October 17th, 2017

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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America Cover Image

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America (Hardcover)

By James Forman
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374189976
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 18th, 2017

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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story Cover Image

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story (Paperback)

By Douglas J. Preston
$15.99
ISBN: 9781455540013
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - September 5th, 2017

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Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning Cover Image

Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning (Hardcover)

By Claire Dederer
$25.95
ISBN: 9781101946503
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Published: Knopf Publishing Group - May 9th, 2017

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No One Cares about Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America Cover Image

No One Cares about Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America (Hardcover)

By Ron Powers
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316341172
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Published: Hachette Books - March 21st, 2017

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Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World Cover Image

Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World (Hardcover)

By Suzy Hansen
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374280048
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 15th, 2017

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Cover Image

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Hardcover)

By Caroline Fraser
$35.00
ISBN: 9781627792769
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Published: Metropolitan Books - November 21st, 2017

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Priestdaddy: A Memoir Cover Image

Priestdaddy: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Patricia Lockwood
$27.00
ISBN: 9781594633737
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 2nd, 2017

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A Really Big Lunch: The Roving Gourmand on Food and Life Cover Image

A Really Big Lunch: The Roving Gourmand on Food and Life (Hardcover)

By Jim Harrison
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802126467
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Published: Grove Press - March 24th, 2017

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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama Cover Image

Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama (Hardcover)

By David Garrow
$45.00
ISBN: 9780062641830
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Published: William Morrow & Company - May 9th, 2017

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The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir Cover Image

The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Ariel Levy
$27.00
ISBN: 9780812996937
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Published: Random House - March 14th, 2017

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Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign Cover Image

Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
$28.00
ISBN: 9780553447088
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Published: Crown Publishing Group (NY) - April 18th, 2017

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Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City Cover Image

Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City (Hardcover)

By Julia Wertz
$29.99
ISBN: 9780316501217
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Published: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers - October 3rd, 2017

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Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) Cover Image

Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) (Hardcover)

By David Sedaris
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316154727
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Published: Little Brown and Company - May 30th, 2017

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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II Cover Image

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II (Hardcover)

By Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780399588723
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Published: Random House - July 25th, 2017

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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays Cover Image

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays (Paperback)

By Samantha Irby
$15.95
ISBN: 9781101912195
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Published: Vintage - May 30th, 2017

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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race Cover Image

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race (Hardcover)

By Reni Eddo-Lodge
$27.00
ISBN: 9781408870556
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Published: Bloomsbury Circus - November 7th, 2017

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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Cover Image

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Sherman Alexie
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316270755
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Published: Little Brown and Company - June 13th, 2017

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