E-Book Nonfiction
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#1 THE PASSAGE OF POWER
Robert A Caro
The fourth volume of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” Caro’s monumental biography, follows events from 1958 through the Kennedy assassination.
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#2 HARD MEASURES
Jose A Rodriguez Jr and Bill Harlow
A retired C.I.A. official claims that the agency’s methods resulted in the saving of American lives after 9/11.
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#3 MANHUNT
Peter L Bergen
The 10-year search for Osama bin Laden.
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#4 THE POWER OF HABIT
Charles Duhigg
A reporter for The New York Times offers an account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
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#5 _____ MY DAD SAYS
Justin Halpern
A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author's father.
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#6 UNBROKEN
Laura Hillenbrand
An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific.
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#7 LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED
Jenny Lawson
A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.
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#8 STEVE JOBS
Walter Isaacson
A biography of the recently deceased entrepreneur who was the visionary of Apple, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
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#9 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 emergency appendectomy.
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#10 LIFEBOAT NO. 8
Elizabeth Kaye
Stories of the passengers in the Titanic's lifeboat No. 8, one of the first to leave the sinking ship.
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#11 MRS. KENNEDY AND ME
Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
Recollections of the Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.
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#12 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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#13 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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#14 ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14
Blaine Harden
A journalist's account of the life of Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped the North Korean prison camp where he was born and raised.
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#15 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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#16 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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#17 IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS
Erik Larson
This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis centers on the experiences of William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.
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#18 THE PRESIDENTS CLUB
Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
Two journalists examine the relationships between sitting American presidents and their predecessors.
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#19 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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#20 THE VOW
Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson
After a horrific car crash, a couple embark on a journey to fall in love all over again. The true events that inspired the movie.
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