Combined Print and E-Book Nonfiction
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#1 THE PASSAGE OF POWER
Robert A Caro
From 1958 through the Kennedy assassination; the fourth volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson.”
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#2 HARD MEASURES
Jose A Rodriguez Jr and Bill Harlow
A retired C.I.A. official claims the agency’s methods saved American lives after 9/11.
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#3 THE POWER OF HABIT
Charles Duhigg
A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
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#4 MANHUNT
Peter L Bergen
The 10-year search for Osama bin Laden.
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#5 LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE
Anna Quindlen
The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.
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#6 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an appendectomy.
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#7 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS
Erik Larson
William E. Dodd, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, and his daughter, Martha, in 1930s Berlin.
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#8 MY CROSS TO BEAR
Gregg Allman with Alan Light
The musician’s memoir.
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#9 UNBROKEN
Laura Hillenbrand
An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.
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#10 LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED
Jenny Lawson
A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.
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#11 PRAGUE WINTER
Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
The former secretary of state describes her family’s life in Czechoslovakia, where she was born; their exile in London during World War II; their return to their homeland after the war and their final move to the United States in 1948.
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#12 STEVE JOBS
Walter Isaacson
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
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#13 KILLING LINCOLN
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The anchor of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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#14 DRIFT
Rachel Maddow
America’s path to war has become too easy, with excessive power ceded to the executive branch, the MSNBC host argues.
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#15 MRS. KENNEDY AND ME
Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
Recollections of the Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.
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#16 IMAGINE
Jonah Lehrer
An account of the science of creativity argues that it is not a gift but a group of thought processes that can be learned.
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#17 THE PRESIDENTS CLUB
Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
Two journalists examine the relationships between sitting American presidents and their predecessors.
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#18 END THIS DEPRESSION NOW!
Paul Krugman
The Nobel-winning economist and New York Times columnist argues that government spending is necessary to jump-start the economy and create growth.
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#19 JENERATION X
Jen Lancaster
A humorous account of coming to terms with adulthood, by the author of "Such a Pretty Fat."
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#20 THE TYRANNY OF CLICHES
Jonah Goldberg
The founding editor of National Review Online and author of "Liberal Fascism" accuses liberals of lazy thinking, deceptiveness and worse.
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