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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

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Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

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Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

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Living a Jewish Life: A Guide for Starting, Learning, Celebrating, and Parenting

Living a Jewish Life: A Guide for Starting, Learning, Celebrating, and Parenting

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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

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God Has Ninety-Nine Names: A Reporter's Journey Through a Militant Middle East

God Has Ninety-Nine Names: A Reporter's Journey Through a Militant Middle East

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One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

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Children with a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe

Children with a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe

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The Oxford Companion to World War II

The Oxford Companion to World War II

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Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI and A Devil's Deal

Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI and A Devil's Deal

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Francona: The Red Sox Years

Francona: The Red Sox Years

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Who Was Amelia Earhart?

Who Was Amelia Earhart?

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Composing a Life (Plume)

Composing a Life (Plume)

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Women of the White House: The illustrated story of the first ladies of the United States of America

Women of the White House: The illustrated story of the first ladies of the United States of America

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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

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The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

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Roslindale, MA (Images of America)

Roslindale, MA (Images of America)

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Paris: A Love Story

Paris: A Love Story

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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

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Running Against The Wind: The Struggle of Women in Massachusetts Politics

Running Against The Wind: The Struggle of Women in Massachusetts Politics

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The Rich And The Rest Of Us: A Poverty Manifesto

The Rich And The Rest Of Us: A Poverty Manifesto

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John Adams

John Adams

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A Place in the Country

A Place in the Country

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Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta (Nation Books)

Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta (Nation Books)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

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The Time of Our Lives: A conversation about America

The Time of Our Lives: A conversation about America

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Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

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What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods (P.S.)

Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods (P.S.)

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What Makes Us Catholic: Eight Gifts for Life

What Makes Us Catholic: Eight Gifts for Life

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War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation

War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation

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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in) (Movie Tie-in Editions)

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in) (Movie Tie-in Editions)

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