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State of Terror: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could (Hardcover)

By Adam Schiff

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Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement (Eyewitness Memoirs) (Paperback)

By Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway

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12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next (Hardcover)

By Jeanette Winterson

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The Mother Next Door: A Novel of Suspense (Paperback)

By Tara Laskowski

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Published: Graydon House - October 12th, 2021
American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears (Hardcover)

By Farah Stockman

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The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women (African American Studies) (Paperback)

By Marita Golden

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Published: Mango - October 12th, 2021
Move: The Forces Uprooting Us (Hardcover)

By Parag Khanna

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Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery (Hardcover)

By Bruce A. Ragsdale

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Published: Belknap Press - October 12th, 2021
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (Hardcover)

By Mary Beard

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Published: Princeton University Press - October 12th, 2021
On Animals (Hardcover)

By Susan Orlean

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