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Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction by Chuck Klosterman
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 34 ways to beat the system in 'Raised in Captivity' A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach...
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Dapper Dan, telling stories in leather, fur and logos With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in...
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Very Nice: A novel by Marcy Dermansky
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: In 'Very Nice,' even the dog is unfaithful Rachel Klein never meant to kiss her creative writing professor, but with his long eyelashes, his...
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Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement by Rich Karlgaard
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: The power of patience in a world infatuated with early success We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with early...
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Copperhead: A Novel by Alexi Zentner
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Smart and propulsive 'Copperhead' asks: Can you outrun your family's sins? Jessup's stepfather gave him almost everything good in his life--a sober mother, a...
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For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball by Bud Selig
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: In 'For the Good of the Game,' Bud Selig tells of the MLB steroid era More than a century old, the game of baseball...
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The Book of Collateral Damage by Sinan Antoon
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: In 'The Book of Collateral Damage,' an accounting of what Baghdad lost Widely-celebrated author Sinan Antoon’s fourth and most sophisticated novel follows Nameer, a...
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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip by Jeff Guinn
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'The Vagabonds' details the publicity-encouraged road trips of Edison and Ford In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida...
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram by Isha Sesay
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Girls captured by Boko Haram brought into focus in 'Beneath the Tamarind Tree' In the early morning of April 14, 2014, the militant Islamic...
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