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Behind the Wall: An American in East Germany 1988-89 by Paul Gleye; 2012 August |
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In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson; 2012 June |
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Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train by Ina Caro; 2011 August |
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The Clockwork Universe by Edward Dolnick; 2011 July |
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Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber by Stephen Yafa; 2011 July |
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A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 2011 July |
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Arthur and George fiction by Julian Barnes; 2011 July |
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The Great Train Robbery fiction by Michael Crichton; 2011 June |
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Moon Shot by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton; 2011 March |
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World Architecture: The Masterworks by William Pryce; 2011 March |
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Thunderstruck by Erik Larson; 2011 January |
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Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Berlin Johnson; 2010 December |
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Hitch-22: a memoir by Christopher Hitchens; 2010 November |
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Isaac\’s Storm by Erik Larson; 2010 November |
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iWoz : computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had by Steve Wozniak; 2010 November |
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Inside Steve\’s Brain by Leander Kahney; 2010 October |
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Human Smoke history by Nicholson Baker; 2010 October |
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The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science history, history of science, nonfiction by Richard Holmes; 2010 June |
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Paul and Me : Fifty-three Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal, Paul Newman by A.E. Hotchner; 2010 June |
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Operation Mincemeat : How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victo history, nonfiction, war by Ben Macintyre; 2010 June |
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The Secret Lives of Buildings by Edward hollis; 2010 May |
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In Defense of Food food, health, nonfiction by Michael Pollan; 2010 April |
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Mark Twain: A Life by Ron Powers; 2010 April |
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Zeitoun nonfiction by Dave Eggers; 2009 December |
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Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens; 2009 December |
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Protest Singer by Alec Wilkinson; 2009 November |
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How I Became a Famous Novelist novel by Steve Hely; 2009 October |
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Predictably Irrational : The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely; 2009 October |
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Bicycle Diaries bicycling, nonfiction, travel by David Byrne; 2009 October |
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Crack in the Edge of the World : America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester; 2009 October |
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Sunnyside novel by Glen David Gold; 2009 August |
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Surely you must be joking, Mr. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman; 2009 August |
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The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World’s Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio ; 2009 July |
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The Boilerplate Rhino by David Quammen; 2009 March |
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The World Without Us by Alan Wiesman; 2009 March |
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Mr. Wilson\’s Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler; 2009 February |
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The Invention of Air : A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America by Steven Johnson ; 2009 February |
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Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell; 2009 January |
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Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin ; 2008 December |
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond; 2008 November |
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Voyage Long and Strange : On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventur book by Tony Horwitz; 2008 October |
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Recount Film by Jay Roach; 2008 October |
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time geography, nonfiction by Greg Mortenson; 2008 August |
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The Dark Knight (film) Film by Christopher Nolan; 2008 July |
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing P fishing, newengland, nonfiction by Mark Kurlansky; 2008 July |
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln book, presidents by Doris Kearns Goodwin; 2008 July |
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Grayson book by Lynne Cox; 2008 July |
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Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World book by Joan Druett; 2008 May |
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The Pillars of the Earth book by Ken Follett; 2008 April |
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The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History book by John M. Barry; 2008 April |
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Days of Heaven (film) Film, malick by Terrence Malick; 2008 March |
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Batman Begins (film) Film by Chris Nolan; 2008 February |
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Death Proof (film) Film by Quentin Tarrantino; 2008 February |
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Gladiator (film) Film by Ridley Scott; 2008 February |
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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World book by Amir D. Aczel; 2008 January |
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal book by Ben Macintyre; 2008 January |
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Im Not There (film) Film by Todd Haynes; 2008 January |
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Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure book, fiction, history by Michael Chabon; 2008 January |
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Juno (film) Film by Jason Reitman; 2008 January |
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No Country for Old Men (film) Film by Joel and Ethan Coen; 2008 January |
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Blade Runner (film) Film by Ridley Scott; 2008 January |
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die book by Chip Heath; 2007 December |
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for Americas Soul book by Karen Abbott; 2007 December |
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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America book, history by Eric Jay Dolin; 2007 December |
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Great Plains book, travel by Ian Frazier; 2007 December |
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Follow the River book, fiction, history by James Alexander Thom; 2007 November |
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The Places In Between geography, nonfiction by Rory Stewart; 2007 November |
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OK Computer music by Radiohead; 2007 October |
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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgans Great Pirate Army … book, history by Stephan Talty; 2007 September |
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Deadwood (Television) television by David Milch; 2007 August |
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Chronicles book by Bob Dylan; 2007 August |
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Incident at Loch Ness Film by Zak Penn; 2007 July |
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals food, health, nonfiction by Michael Pollan; 2007 July |
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Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America book by Joe Kurmaskie; 2007 June |
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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring book by Richard Preston; 2007 June |
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes book by Bill Watterson; 2007 April |
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Photoshop Masking & Compositing book by Katrin Eismann; 2007 April |
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Lighthouses of Southern New England book, lighthouses by Courtney Thompson; 2007 March |
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Tying Down the Wind: Adventures in the Worst Weather on Earth adventure, book by Eric Pinder; 2007 March |
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Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers book, photography by Christopher Grey; 2007 March |
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Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind book, natural history by David Quammen; 2007 January |
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George DeWolfe’s Digital Photography Fine Print Workshop book by George DeWolfe; 2007 January |
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The Ghost Map history, history of science, nonfiction by Steven Johnson; 2007 January |
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Songs for Christmas music by Sufjan Stevens; 2006 December |
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Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs book by Ken Jennings; 2006 December |
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War book by Nathaniel Philbrick; 2006 December |
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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understand book by David Shenk; 2006 December |
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Confessions of an Advertising Man book by David Ogilvy; 2006 December |
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Push Barman to Open Old Wounds music by Belle and Sebastian; 2006 November |
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Modern Times music by Bob Dylan; 2006 November |
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Heroes season 1 television by NBC; 2006 November |
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The Areas of My Expertise book by John Hodgman; 2006 November |
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Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy! book by Bob Harris; 2006 November |
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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century book by Thomas L. Friedman; 2006 November |
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Illinois music by Sufjan Stevens; 2006 November |
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Maximum-Minimum music by Kraftwerk; 2006 November |
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Dear Catastrophe Waitress music by Belle and Sebastian; 2006 November |
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America book, history by Erik Larson; 2006 November |
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The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958 book by Charles M. Schulz; 2006 November |
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (Paperback) adventure, book, history by Alfred Lansing; 2006 October |
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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions music by Bruce Springsteen; 2006 June |
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The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth’s Antiquity book, history by Jack Repcheck; 2006 June |
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Revolution in the Valley by Andy Hertzfeld; 2006 March |
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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II’s Greatest Rescue Mission book, war by Hampton Sides; 2006 January |
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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny book by Robert Wright; 2005 November |
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Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times book, history, presidents by H.W. Brands; 2005 November |
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Real World) book by Bruce Fraser; 2005 September |
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A Man in Full book, fiction by Tom Wolfe; 2005 July |
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking book by Malcolm Gladwell; 2005 June |
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Postcards from the Brain Museum: The Improbable Search for Meaning in the Matter of Famous Minds book, science by Brian Burrell; 2005 May |
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Sharing Good Times book, presidents by Jimmy Carter; 2005 May |
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Sneakers (film) Film by Phil Alden Robinson; 2005 February |
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Sea Music music by Dan Zanes; 2005 January |
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last My adventure, book by Robert Kurson; 2004 September |
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival adventure, book, history by Dean King; 2004 September |
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend book, history by Laura Hillenbrand; 2004 June |
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Somethings Gotta Give Film by Nancy Meyers; 2004 May |
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I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away book by Bill Bryson; 2004 April |
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In a Sunburned Country book by Bill Bryson; 2004 April |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything book, history, science by Bill Bryson; 2004 April |
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology book, history by Simon Winchester; 2004 April |
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Touching the Void (film) Film by Kevin Macdonald; 2004 March |
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The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition adventure, book, history by Caroline Alexander; 2004 March |
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 book by Simon Winchester; 2004 March |
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Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 adventure, book, history by Nathaniel Philbrick; 2004 March |
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex adventure, book, history by Nathaniel Philbrick; 2004 February |
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty book by Caroline Alexander; 2004 February |
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Cidade de Deus (City of God) Film by Fernando Meirelles; 2004 February |
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Mystic River (film) Film by Clint Eastwood; 2004 February |
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Big Fish (film) Film by Tim Burton; 2004 February |
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A Field Guide to American Houses book by Virginia Mcalester; 2004 February |
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary book by Simon Winchester; 2004 February |
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Professor and the Madman : A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictiona by Simon Winchester; 2004 January |
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An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America book by Henry Wiencek; 2003 December |
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The Great Movies book by Roger Ebert; 2003 November |
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The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest book by Wendy Northcutt; 2003 November |
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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions book by Ben Mezrich; 2003 November |
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Best Ever Paper Airplanes book, craft by Norman Schmidt; 2003 September |
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Lost in Translation Film by Sofia Coppola; 2003 September |
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AI: Artificial Intelligence Film by Steven Speilberg; 2003 March |
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President Kennedy: Profile of Power book, presidents by Richard Reeves; 2003 February |
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Baghdad without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia book by Tony Horwitz; 2003 January |
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One for the Road: Revised Edition book by Tony Horwitz; 2003 January |
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before book by Tony Horwitz; 2002 December |
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The Nanny Diaries: A Novel book by Emma Mclaughlin; 2002 December |
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Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America book by William C. Davis; 2002 November |
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson book, presidents by Robert A. Caro; 2002 August |
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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 2) book, presidents by Robert A. Caro; 2002 July |
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The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1) book, presidents by Robert A. Caro; 2002 July |
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World book, natural history by Mark Kurlansky; 2002 May |
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Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne book, history by David Starkey; 2002 May |
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Theodore Rex book, presidents by Edmund Morris; 2002 May |
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King of the Hill Film by Steven Soderbergh; 2001 December |
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Startup.com Film by Chris Hegedus; 2001 December |
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Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada–A Pictorial Guide book, lighthouses by Courtney Thompson; 2001 October |
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A Year in the Notch: Exploring the Natural History of the White Mountains book, natural history by William Sargent; 2001 October |
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Maine Lighthouses: A Pictorial Guide book, field guide by Courtney Thompson; 2001 October |
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Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women book by Ricky Jay; 2001 October |
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The Cat Who Covered The World: The Adventures Of Henrietta And Her Foreign Correspondent book by Christopher S. Wren; 2001 September |
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A Walk in the Woods – Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail book, natural history by Bill Bryson; 2001 September |
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High Huts of the White Mountains, 2nd: Nature Walks, Natural History, and Day Hikes around the AMC’ book by William Reifsnyder; 2001 September |
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The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action book by Wendy Northcutt; 2001 September |
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time book by Dava Sobel; 2001 September |
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Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love book by Dava Sobel; 2001 September |
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Reliable Sources (Alex Bernier Mysteries) book, fiction by Beth Saulnier; 2001 September |
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An Hour Before Daylight book, presidents by Jimmy Carter; 2001 July |
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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin book by H.W. Brands; 2001 May |
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Cold Mountain: A Novel book, fiction by Charles Frazier; 2001 May |
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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl book by John Colapinto; 2001 May |
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York book by Robert A. Caro; 2001 April |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? Film by Coen Brothers; 2001 April |
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The Mangrove Coast (Prime Crime Mysteries) book, fiction by Randy Wayne White; 2000 October |
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It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life book by Lance Armstrong; 2000 June |
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Kink: An Autobiography book by Dave Davies; 2000 March |
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Walkin’ the Dog book, fiction by Walter Mosley; 2000 February |
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Timeline book, fiction by Michael Crichton; 2000 February |
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The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA book by Antonio J. Mendez; 1999 November |