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Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy

Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy

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The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues

The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues

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The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future

The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future

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The Roots of Obama's Rage

The Roots of Obama's Rage

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With or Without You: A Memoir

With or Without You: A Memoir

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The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark (Honoring a Detroit Legend)

The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark (Honoring a Detroit Legend)

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Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them

Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers as We Never Saw Them

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America 1933: The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Shaping of the New Deal

America 1933: The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Shaping of the New Deal

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Written by Herself Volume II

Written by Herself Volume II

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A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 (1)

A Self-Made Man: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 (1)

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The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps

The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps

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Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

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Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

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Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

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The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond This World

The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life beyond This World

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Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

Good Women of China: Hidden Voices

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Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Story

Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Story

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A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction

A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction

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Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Home

Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Home

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George Kennan: A Study of Character

George Kennan: A Study of Character

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More Than Words

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Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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American Ghosts: A Memoir

American Ghosts: A Memoir

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The Rage of a Privileged Class

The Rage of a Privileged Class

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More Than Words

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Growing Up Jewish: An Anthology

Growing Up Jewish: An Anthology

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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen

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Who's Who in Aviation History

Who's Who in Aviation History

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Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57

Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship 1940-57

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More Than Words

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Leaving the Pink House

Leaving the Pink House

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University Of Iowa Press

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Comic Lives: Inside the World of American Stand-Up Comedy

Comic Lives: Inside the World of American Stand-Up Comedy

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La Grande Therese : The Greatest Scandal of the Century

La Grande Therese : The Greatest Scandal of the Century

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More Than Words

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Things You Get for Free

Things You Get for Free

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Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope

Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope

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A Jewish Mother in Shangri-La

A Jewish Mother in Shangri-La

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Moranifesto

Moranifesto

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Amelia Earhart: Adventure in the Sky

Amelia Earhart: Adventure in the Sky

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More Than Words

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Claremont Boy: My New Hampshire Roots and the Gift of Memory

Claremont Boy: My New Hampshire Roots and the Gift of Memory

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Let's Be Less Stupid: An Attempt to Maintain My Mental Faculties

Let's Be Less Stupid: An Attempt to Maintain My Mental Faculties

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A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like

A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like

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