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The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

Steven Johnson - Crown
Format: Hardcover

"A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail." - ERIK LARSON. A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat - a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite...
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Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema

Anne Helen Petersen - Plume
Format: Paperback

Celebrity gossip meets history in this compulsively readable collection from Buzzfeed reporter Anne Helen Peterson. This guide to film stars and their deepest secrets is sure to top your list for movie gifts and appeal to fans of classic cinema and hollywood history alike. Believe it or not,...
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The Princess Diarist

Carrie Fisher - Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. * Named a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016 *A New York...
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Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

Leonard Mlodinow - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and inspirational exploration of Stephen Hawking--the man, the friend, and the physicist.Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous and influential physicists in the world. He left a mark in our culture that touched the lives of millions. His books have inspired countless scientists-to-be,...
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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Peniel E. Joseph - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

A dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leadersTo most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil...
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The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

Tom Clavin - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multiple New York Times bestselling author.. The Last Outlaws is the thrilling true story of the last of one of the greatest outlaw gang. The dreaded Dalton Gang consisted of three brothers and their...
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

What really happened in 1969?Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order-their...
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold - Crown
Format: Print book

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's...
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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund - Crossway
Format: Hardcover

"I have read no book that more carefully, thoroughly, and tenderly displays Christ's heart." -- Paul David Tripp, President, Paul Tripp Ministries; author, New Morning Mercies and My Heart Cries OutChristians know what Jesus Christ has done -- but who is he? What is his deepest...
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Written in the Stars: A Novel

Alexandria Bellefleur - Avon
Format: Paperback

In her debut with nods to Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice, Alexandria Bellefleur delivers a charming #ownvoices queer rom-com about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year's Eve - with results not even the stars...
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