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Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness

Jennifer Berry Hawes · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A deeply moving work of narrative nonfiction on the tragic shootings at the Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina.On June 17, 2015, twelve members of the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina welcomed a young white man to their evening Bible...
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story - the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As...
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches

Tyler Kepner · Doubleday
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of todayThe baseball is an amazing...
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America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization

Graham Hancock · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has made it his life's work to find out--and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest...
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Sacred Liberty: America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom

Steven Waldman · HarperOne
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined...
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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

William H. McRaven · Twelve
Format: Hardcover

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of bravery and heroism from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Forces. Admiral William H. McRaven...
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Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona

Walter R. Borneman · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A deeply personal and never-before-told account of one of America's darkest days, from the bestselling author of The Admirals and MacArthur at War.The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history. America's battleship...
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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide

Tony Horwitz · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Beloved best-selling author Tony Horwitz retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's epic journey across the American South in the 1850s, as he too searches for common ground in a dangerously riven nation.On the eve of the Civil War, an up-and-coming newspaper, the New York Times, sent a young...
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Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

Tom Cotton · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The perfect Father's Day gift"An ode to excellence. An inspiring read for every American." - Robert M. GatesAn extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton's Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring...
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The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Undermine America

Jim Sciutto · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

CNN's Chief National Security Correspondent reveals the invisible fronts of twenty-first century warfare and identifies the ongoing battles being waged - often without the public's full knowledge - from disinformation campaigns to advanced satellite weaponry.The United States is currently...
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