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A GREAT IDEA AT THE TIME
The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
ALEX BEAM
November
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A KIND OF GENIUS
Herb Sturz and His Work on Society's Toughest Problems
SAM ROBERTS
January
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Great American Historians On Our Sixteenth President
A C-SPAN READER EDITED BY BRIAN LAMB AND SUSAN SWAIN
October
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CHURCHILL BY HIMSELF
The Definitive Collection of Quotations
RICHARD M. LANGWORTH, EDITOR FOREWORD BY LADY SOAMES INTRODUCTION BY SIR MARTIN GILBERT
October
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GETTING GREEN DONE
Hard Truths and Real Solutions from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution
AUDEN SCHENDLER
January
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HIDE AND SEEK
The Search for Truth in Iraq
CHARLES DUELFER
February
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MAKE IT PLAIN
A Life in Speaking
VERNON E. JORDAN, JR.
November
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OBSCENE IN THE EXTREME
The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
RICK WARTZMAN
September
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PASSING GAME
Benny Friedman and the Transformation of Football
MURRAY GREENBERG
November
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REPUTATION
Portraits in Power
MARJORIE WILLIAMS EDITED BY TIMOTHY NOAH
October
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TELL ME HOW THIS ENDS
General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq
LINDA ROBINSON
September
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THE BEST PRACTICE
How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine
CHARLES KENNEY
July
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THE GREAT DECISION
Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court
CLIFF SLOAN AND DAVID MCKEAN
February
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THE GREATEST DAY IN HISTORY
How, on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, the First World War Finally Came to an End
NICHOLAS BEST
October
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THE HURRICANES
One High School Team's Homecoming After Katrina
JERÉ LONGMAN
August
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THE SPY WHO LOVED US
The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An's Dangerous Game
THOMAS BASS
February
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TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
EVAN THOMAS AND THE STAFF OF NEWSWEEK
January
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TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN
Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor
CURTIS ROOSEVELT
October
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WAITING FOR AN ORDINARY DAY
The Unraveling of Life in Iraq
FARNAZ FASSIHI
September
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New Paperbacks
BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL WRITING 2008
EDITED BY ROYCE FLIPPIN INTRODUCTION BY TODD S. PURDUM
October
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HEALTHCARE, GUARANTEED
A Simple, Secure Solution for America
EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL, MD, PHD. WITH A FOREWORD BY VICTOR R. FUCHS
May
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THE PRACTICAL PROGRESSIVE
How to Build a Twenty-first Century Political Movement
ERICA PAYNE
August
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WIFE IN THE NORTH
350 miles from home with three young children, two aging parents, and one absentee husband
JUDITH O'REILLY
August
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BILL CLINTON
Mastering the Presidency
NIGEL HAMILTON
October
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CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY
Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
MUHAMMAD YUNUS
January
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DEMOCRACY'S GOOD NAME
The Rise and Risks of the World's Most Popular Form of Government
MICHAEL MANDELBAUM
August
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DIAMONDS, GOLD AND WAR
The British, The Boers, and the Making of South Africa
MARTIN MEREDITH
September
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ENCORE
Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
MARC FREEDMAN
September
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HIGH SOCIETY
How Substance Abuse Ravages America and What to Do About It
JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.
October
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HOW RICH COUNTRIES GOT RICH ... AND WHY POOR COUNTRIES STAY POOR
ERIK REINERT
October
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PETER JENNINGS
A Reporter's Life
EDITED BY KATE DARNTON, KAYCE FREED JENNINGS, AND LYNN SHERR
October
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RICHARD M. NIXON
A Life in Full
CONRAD BLACK
November
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THE ASSIST
Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives
NEIL SWIDEY
November
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THE BILLIONAIRE WHO WASN'T
How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune
CONOR O'CLERY
September
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THE NEW ASIAN HEMISPHERE
The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
KISHORE MAHBUBANI
February
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THIS COMMON SECRET
My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
SUSAN WICKLUND WITH ALAN KESSELHEIM
December
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ZHOU ENLAI
The Last Perfect Revolutionary
GAO WENQIAN TRANSLATED BY LAWRENCE R. SULLIVAN AND PETER RAND
July
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