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#BroaderBookshelf 2021:Read a Book by a Journalist (Nonfiction)

  • Chantal W.
  • Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Here is a list of nonfiction books that will help you complete the 2021 #BroaderBookshelf prompt of reading a book by a journalist. 

These were the titles that didn't make it onto the other Read a Book by a Journalist lists...here you'll find books about a host of other subjects including business, food, music, sports and travel.

Betrayal

Betrayal

The Crisis in the Catholic Church
Published in 2015
ix, 282 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Guantanamo Voices

Guantanamo Voices

True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison
Published in 2020
xiv, 191 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Origins of Totalitarianism

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975, author.
Published in 1973
xliii, 527 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
This is Cuba

This is Cuba

An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow
Ariosto, David, author.
Published in 2018
viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Good to Go

Good to Go

What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery
Aschwanden, Christie, author.
Published in 2019
302 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Radio Okapi Kindu

Radio Okapi Kindu

The Station That Helped Bring Peace to the Congo
Bakody, Jennifer, 1974- author.
Published in 2017
1 online resource
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Ebook
 
Notes of a Native Son

Notes of a Native Son

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
xvi, 175 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.
Published in 1993
106 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Pop Science

Pop Science

Serious Answers to Deep Questions Posed in Songs
Ball, James (Journalist), author.
Published in 2019
ix, 182 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Dueling with Kings

Dueling with Kings

High Stakes, Killer Sharks, and the Get-rich Promise of Daily Fantasy Sports
Barbarisi, Daniel, author.
Published in 2017
353 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Betrayal of the American Dream

The Betrayal of the American Dream

Barlett, Donald L.
Published in 2012
xxi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
A New Day Yesterday

A New Day Yesterday

UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s
Barnes, Mike (Music journalist), author.
Published in 2020
vii, 616 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Dynasty

The Dynasty

Benedict, Jeff, author.
Published in 2020
xii, 578 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Second Mountain

The Second Mountain

How People Move from the Prison of Self to the Joy of Commitment
Brooks, David, 1961- author.
Published in 2019
pages cm
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Book
 
Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be

Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be

An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Bruni, Frank.
Published in 2015
v, 218 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
A Meatloaf in Every Oven

A Meatloaf in Every Oven

Two Chatty Cooks, One Iconic Dish, and Dozens of Recipes-- from Mom's to Mario Batali's
Bruni, Frank, author.
Published in 2017
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Sonic Boom

Sonic Boom

The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince
Carlin, Peter Ames, author.
Published in 2021
xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
I'll Have What She's Having

I'll Have What She's Having

How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy
Carlson, Erin, 1981- author.
Published in 2017
341 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Queen Meryl

Queen Meryl

The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep
Carlson, Erin, 1981- author.
Published in 2019
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

A History of the Hip-hop Generation
Chang, Jeff.
Published in 2005
xiii, 546 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Book
 
The Gun

The Gun

Chivers, C. J. (Christopher John)
Published in 2010
481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Best Advice I Ever Got

The Best Advice I Ever Got

Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Couric, Katie, 1957-
Published in 2011
xxiv, 262 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Sidelined

Sidelined

Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America
DiCaro, Julie, author.
Published in 2021
viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Joan Didion, the 1960s & 70s

Joan Didion, the 1960s & 70s

Didion, Joan, author.
Published in 2019
x, 970 pages ; 21 cm.
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Book
 
Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Didion, Joan, author.
Published in 2021
xxxv, 149 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
Last Night at the Viper Room

Last Night at the Viper Room

River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Edwards, Gavin, 1968-
Published in 2013
xiii, 273 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Kindness and Wonder

Kindness and Wonder

Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever
Edwards, Gavin, 1968- author.
Published in 2019
248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The Tao of Bill Murray

The Tao of Bill Murray

Real-life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
Edwards, Gavin, 1968- author.
Published in 2016
xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
The World According to Tom Hanks

The World According to Tom Hanks

The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy
Edwards, Gavin, 1968- author.
Published in 2018
xvi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Our Towns

Our Towns

A 100,000-mile Journey into the Heart of America
Fallows, James M., author.
Published in 2018
x, 413 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Evangelicals

The Evangelicals

The Struggle to Shape America
FitzGerald, Frances, 1940- author.
Published in 2017
ix, 740 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Price of Admission

The Price of Admission

How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Golden, Daniel, 1957-
Published in 2006
323 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

Notes of a Chronic Re-reader
Gornick, Vivian, author.
Published in 2020
pages cm
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Book
 
Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Grann, David, author.
Published in 2017
x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z

A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Grann, David, author.
Published in 2017
xi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Book
 
The Old Man and the Gun

The Old Man and the Gun

And Other Tales of True Crime
Grann, David, author.
Published in 2018
133 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
The End of Life As We Know It

The End of Life As We Know It

Ominous News from the Frontiers of Science
Guillen, Michael, author.
Published in 2018
x, 358 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Soul Full of Coal Dust

Soul Full of Coal Dust

Hamby, Chris.
Published in 2020
text file
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Ebook
 
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back

How to Run--or Ruin--an Economy
Harford, Tim, 1973-
Published in 2014
xxiv, 245 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Dance of the Reptiles

Dance of the Reptiles

Selected Columns
Hiaasen, Carl, author.
Published in 2014
xii, 400 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Assume the Worst

Assume the Worst

The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
Hiassen, Carl, author.
Published in 2018
39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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Book
 
Temples of Chance

Temples of Chance

How America Inc. Bought out Murder Inc. to Win Control of the Casino Business
Johnston, David Cay, 1948-
Published in 1992
viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
She Said

She Said

Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
Kantor, Jodi, 1975- author.
Published in 2019
310 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Krakauer, Jon.
Published in 1997
xx, 293 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Three Cups of Deceit

Three Cups of Deceit

How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
Krakauer, Jon.
Published in 2011
75 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Where Men Win Glory

Where Men Win Glory

The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Krakauer, Jon.
Published in 2010
xxx, 450 pages : maps ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Classic Krakauer

Classic Krakauer

Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Krakauer, Jon, author.
Published in 2019
181 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Arguing with Zombies

Arguing with Zombies

Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Krugman, Paul R., author.
Published in 2020
xvi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Lines Between Us

The Lines Between Us

Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore's Racial Divide
Lanahan, Lawrence, author.
Published in 2019
xiv, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Big Game

Big Game

The NFL in Dangerous Times
Leibovich, Mark, author.
Published in 2018
xxiv, 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Ghettoside

Ghettoside

A True Story of Murder in America
Leovy, Jill.
Published in 2015
x, 366 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Big Short

The Big Short

Inside the Doomsday Machine
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Published in 2010
xviii, 266 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Boomerang

Boomerang

Travels in the New Third World
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Published in 2011
213 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Flash Boys

Flash Boys

A Wall Street Revolt
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Published in 2014
274 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Moneyball

Moneyball

The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Published in 2003
xv, 288 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Scraps, Peels, and Stems

Scraps, Peels, and Stems

Recipes and Tips for Rethinking Food Waste at Home
Lightner, Jill, author.
Published in 2018
254 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Unforgetting

Unforgetting

Lovato, Roberto.
Published in 2020
text file
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Ebook
 
Drift

Drift

The Unmooring of American Military Power
Maddow, Rachel.
Published in 2012
275 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Bag Man

Bag Man

The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, & Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House
Maddow, Rachel, author.
Published in 2020
x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Blowout

Blowout

Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Maddow, Rachel, author.
Published in 2019
xxi, 406 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Age of Greed

Age of Greed

The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present
Madrick, Jeff, 1947-
Published in 2011
pages ; cm.
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Book
 
Seven Bad Ideas

Seven Bad Ideas

How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World
Madrick, Jeff, 1947-
Published in 2014
254 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Invisible Americans

Invisible Americans

The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty
Madrick, Jeff, 1947- author.
Published in 2020
231 pages ; 20 cm
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Book
 
The Dark Side

The Dark Side

The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Mayer, Jane.
Published in 2009
412 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Book
 
Dark Money

Dark Money

The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Mayer, Jane, author.
Published in 2016
xii, 449 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Salt, Sugar, Fat

Salt, Sugar, Fat

How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Moss, Michael, 1955-
Published in 2013
xxx, 446 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Hooked

Hooked

Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions
Moss, Michael, 1955- author.
Published in 2021
xxviii, 274 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Orchid Thief

The Orchid Thief

[a True Story of Beauty and Obsession]
Orlean, Susan.
Published in 2014
x, 300 ; 21 cm
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Book
 
The Library Book

The Library Book

Orlean, Susan, author.
Published in 2018
317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Out of My League

Out of My League

Plimpton, George.
Published in 1993
150 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
Second Nature

Second Nature

A Gardener's Education
Pollan, Michael.
Published in 2003
258 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Pollan, Michael, author.
Published in 2018
xii, 465 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Monster of Florence

The Monster of Florence

Preston, Douglas J.
Published in 2008
322 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Lost City of the Monkey God

The Lost City of the Monkey God

A True Story
Preston, Douglas J., author.
Published in 2017
viii, 326 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Save Me the Plums

Save Me the Plums

My Gourmet Memoir
Reichl, Ruth, author.
Published in 2019
266 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Fight

Fight

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking
Robinson, Eugene S., 1962-
Published in 2007
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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Book
 
Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls

Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls

Women, Music, and Fame
Robinson, Lisa (Music journalist), author.
Published in 2020
242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Storm of the Century

The Storm of the Century

Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster
Roker, Al, 1954-
Published in 2015
vi, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Been There, Done That

Been There, Done That

Family Wisdom for Modern Times
Roker, Al, 1954- author.
Published in 2016
ix, 271 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Ruthless Tide

Ruthless Tide

The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
Roker, Al, 1954- author.
Published in 2018
vi, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Book
 
You Look So Much Better in Person

You Look So Much Better in Person

True Stories of Absurdity and Success
Roker, Al, 1954- author.
Published in 2020
vi, 216 pages ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation

The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Schlosser, Eric.
Published in 2001
356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Command and Control

Command and Control

Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Schlosser, Eric, author.
Published in 2013
632 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise

Why So Many Predictions Fail-- but Some Don't
Silver, Nate, 1978-
Published in 2012
534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Book
 
The Outpost

The Outpost

An Untold Story of American Valor
Tapper, Jake, author.
Published in 2013
xv, 683 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Book
 
Here for It, Or, How to Save Your Soul in America

Here for It, Or, How to Save Your Soul in America

Essays
Thomas, R. Eric, author.
Published in 2020
xviii, 264 pages ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone

The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
Thompson, Hunter S.
Published in 2011
xi, 572 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Pappyland

Pappyland

A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last
Thompson, Wright, author.
Published in 2020
246 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Book
 
Trick Mirror

Trick Mirror

Reflections on Self-delusion
Tolentino, Jia, author.
Published in 2019
xi, 303 pages ; 25 cm
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Book
 
Data, a Love Story

Data, a Love Story

How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match
Webb, Amy, 1974-
Published in 2013
viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Book
 
The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Wolfe, Tom.
Published in 2008
xiii, 352 pages ; 21 cm
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Book
 
The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test

Wolfe, Tom, author.
Published in 2008
416 pages ; 21 cm
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Chantal W.

Research and Readers' Advisory Manager

British mystery show addict and lover of fantasy, romance and mystery novels.

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