101 Books to Read - Nonfiction

1.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,799 ratings
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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,371 ratings
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 4.01 avg rating — 885,830 ratings
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,205 ratings
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,978 ratings
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,065 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,209 ratings
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail 4.07 avg rating — 436,122 ratings
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Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,656 ratings
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference 4.01 avg rating — 844,255 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,955 ratings
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 3.75 avg rating — 206,251 ratings
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 4.08 avg rating — 465,728 ratings
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,693 ratings
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John Adams
John Adams 4.08 avg rating — 373,241 ratings
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,317 ratings
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The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness 4.17 avg rating — 123,031 ratings
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin 3.89 avg rating — 215,184 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,444 ratings
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating — 86,439 ratings
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 167,142 ratings
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,774 ratings
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember 4.09 avg rating — 27,692 ratings
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,977 ratings
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory 4.10 avg rating — 101,035 ratings
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,898 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating — 74,675 ratings
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Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 4.15 avg rating — 650,960 ratings
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating — 850,493 ratings
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,305 ratings
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The Universal Mind: An exploration into life's biggest questions of existence, creation, evolution, consciousness, the mind, the universe, humanity, human psychology and the illusion of reality.
The Universal Mind: An exploration into life's biggest questions of existence, creation, evolution, consciousness, the mind, the universe, humanity, human psychology and the illusion of reality. 4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President 4.22 avg rating — 81,274 ratings
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer 4.16 avg rating — 34,161 ratings
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Zeitoun
Zeitoun 4.05 avg rating — 79,607 ratings
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence 4.18 avg rating — 49,293 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,709 ratings
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Gift from the Sea
Gift from the Sea 4.14 avg rating — 54,658 ratings
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 168,096 ratings
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus 4.16 avg rating — 119,583 ratings
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves 4.15 avg rating — 41,835 ratings
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors 4.14 avg rating — 80,874 ratings
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.20 avg rating — 46,350 ratings
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When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,277 ratings
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,934 ratings
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Between a Rock and a Hard Place 3.84 avg rating — 23,288 ratings
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A Predicament of Innocents: Might the Schools Help?
A Predicament of Innocents: Might the Schools Help? it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health 4.17 avg rating — 9,837 ratings
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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World 3.97 avg rating — 2,769 ratings
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before 4.04 avg rating — 10,353 ratings
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The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate 4.28 avg rating — 468,550 ratings
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy 4.22 avg rating — 80,458 ratings
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The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape 3.93 avg rating — 11,900 ratings
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,415 ratings
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Hard Wired: A Crash Course in Small College Football
Hard Wired: A Crash Course in Small College Football 3.75 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes
by: Tom Rath
3.58 avg rating — 7,799 ratings
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The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom
The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom 4.23 avg rating — 3,025 ratings
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The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating — 22,788 ratings
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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker 3.96 avg rating — 26,863 ratings
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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy 4.06 avg rating — 33,544 ratings
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List 3.88 avg rating — 43,381 ratings
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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times 4.19 avg rating — 77,379 ratings
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Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,492 ratings
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner 4.26 avg rating — 26,519 ratings
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French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley (Book 1)
French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley (Book 1) 3.83 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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Saving Our Pennys
Saving Our Pennys 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Two Week Traveller
The Two Week Traveller 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Declutter Now!: Uncovering the Hidden Joy and Freedom in Your Life
Declutter Now!: Uncovering the Hidden Joy and Freedom in Your Life 4.08 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process 4.10 avg rating — 10,017 ratings
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Zero To One
Zero To One 4.15 avg rating — 381,690 ratings
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Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books)
Snapshots (Matthew Lightfoot Travel Books) 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea 4.12 avg rating — 117,722 ratings
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 4.01 avg rating — 36,514 ratings
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Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats 4.06 avg rating — 4,497 ratings
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 4.16 avg rating — 176,384 ratings
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The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 4.26 avg rating — 34,746 ratings
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Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,789 ratings
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II
The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II 4.07 avg rating — 4,472 ratings
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Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,926 ratings
80.
The Greatest Salesman in the World
The Greatest Salesman in the World 4.21 avg rating — 67,209 ratings
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating — 92,323 ratings
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The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga 4.25 avg rating — 3,191 ratings
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking 3.96 avg rating — 614,698 ratings
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Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 4.18 avg rating — 16,375 ratings
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Shadows of the Workhouse
Shadows of the Workhouse 4.17 avg rating — 26,833 ratings
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Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon - Survival of Bodily Death
Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon - Survival of Bodily Death 4.10 avg rating — 11,973 ratings
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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal 4.23 avg rating — 15,407 ratings
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi 4.30 avg rating — 24,827 ratings
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II 4.27 avg rating — 11,421 ratings
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Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto 4.27 avg rating — 9,777 ratings
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Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall 4.37 avg rating — 12,282 ratings
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Milestones of Science and Technology: Making the Modern World
Milestones of Science and Technology: Making the Modern World 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Derivation Incognita: A Comprehensive Study into the Peopling of America
Derivation Incognita: A Comprehensive Study into the Peopling of America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Attractive Unattractive Americans: How the World Sees America
Attractive Unattractive Americans: How the World Sees America 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Enigmatic Expanse - Existence
The Enigmatic Expanse - Existence 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1)
Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) 4.29 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Separate Things: A Memoir
Separate Things: A Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 86 ratings
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland 4.25 avg rating — 62,183 ratings
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A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2)
A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) 4.66 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
by: Beth Ward
3.79 avg rating — 48 ratings
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