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BEST FOOD WRITING 2011

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FOOD RULES

by Michael Pollan

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THE TASTE OF TOMORROW

by Josh Schonwald

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THE AMERICAN WAY OF EATING

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TASTE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING

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WHY NATIONS FAIL

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POWER, INC.

by David Rothkopf

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ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD

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THE PREDICTABLE SURPRISE

by Sylvester J. Schieber

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LOCAL DOLLARS, LOCAL SENSE

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THE LAST FULL MEASURE

by Michael Stephenson

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INTO DUST AND FIRE

by Rachel S. Cox

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DRIFT

by Rachel Maddow

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THE TASTE OF WAR

by Lizzie Collingham

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THE HUNT FOR KSM

by Terry McDermott

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THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES

by Jim Robbins

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BEFORE THEY'RE GONE

by Michael Lanza

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THE FOREST UNSEEN

by David George Haskell

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THE HOCKEY STICK AND THE CLIMATE WARS

by Michael E. Mann

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PLASTIC OCEAN

by Charles Moore

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WHO IS THAT MAN?

by David Dalton

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BOB DYLAN

by David Yaffe

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THE BALLAD OF BOB DYLAN

by Daniel Mark Epstein

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BOB DYLAN IN AMERICA

by Sean Wilentz

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BOB DYLAN BY GREIL MARCUS

by Greil Marcus

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THE FIRST 20 MINUTES

by Gretchen Reynolds

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FEED YOURSELF, FEED YOUR FAMILY

by La Leche League International

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THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION

by Mark Hyman

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THE SCIENCE OF YOGA

by William J. Broad

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THIS WILL MAKE YOU SMARTER

by John Brockman

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SEASON OF THE WITCH

by David Talbot

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PARIS, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN

by Rosecrans Baldwin

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THE LAST FULL MEASURE

by Michael Stephenson

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ON THE EVE

by Bernard Wasserstein

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DNA USA

by Bryan Sykes

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THE INDISPENSABLE ZINN

by Howard Zinn

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A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF AMERICAN EMPIRE

by Howard Zinn

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HISTORY MATTERS

by Howard Zinn

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THREE STRIKES

by Howard Zinn

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THE ZINN READER

by Howard Zinn

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SEX, MOM, AND GOD

by Frank Schaeffer

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THE MOMMY BRAIN

by Katherine Ellison

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THE 10 HABITS OF HAPPY MOTHERS

by Meg Meeker

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MY TWO MOMS

by Zach Wahls

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BLOOM

by Kelle Hampton

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NINETY DAYS

by Bill Clegg

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WE HEARD THE HEAVENS THEN

by Aria Minu-Sepehr

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MEMOIR OF A DEBULKED WOMAN

by Susan Gubar

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BLOOM

by Kelle Hampton

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MRS. KENNEDY AND ME

by Clint Hill

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TO THE LAST BREATH

by Francis Slakey

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VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYL

by Andrew Blackwell

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PARIS, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN

by Rosecrans Baldwin

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STRAPHANGER

by Taras Grescoe

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BEFORE THEY'RE GONE

by Michael Lanza

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BASIC

by Jack Jacobs

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THOSE WHO HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE

by James Wright

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NIGHTCAP AT DAWN

by J.B. Walker

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THE LAST FULL MEASURE

by Michael Stephenson

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AS TEXAS GOES...

by Gail Collins

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CITY

by P.D. Smith

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THE COST OF HOPE

by Amanda Bennett

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DARWIN'S GHOSTS

by Rebecca Stott

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DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT

by Chris Hedges

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BAD

by Paul Fussell

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THE ANTI-EGOTIST

by Paul Fussell

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DOING BATTLE

by Paul Fussell

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UNIFORMS

by Paul Fussell

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THE BOYS’ CRUSADE

by Paul Fussell

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DON'T SHOOT THE GENTILE

by James C. Work

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ROCKING THE PINK

by Laura Roppé

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ON THE RUN IN SIBERIA

by Rane Willerslev

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BLOOD KNOTS

by Luke Jennings

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RIDING FURY HOME

by Chana Wilson

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JAMES JOYCE

by Gordon Bowker

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JAMES JOYCE

by Richard Ellmann

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THE YEARS OF BLOOM

by John McCourt

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THE SCANDAL OF ULYSSES

by Bruce Arnold

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JAMES JOYCE

by Peter Costello

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ARE YOU MY MOTHER?

by Alison Bechdel

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THIS IS HOW

by Augusten Burroughs

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A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER

by Kate Bornstein

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STEVEN PETROW'S COMPLETE GAY & LESBIAN MANNERS

by Steven Petrow

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ADAM'S GIFT

by Jimmy Creech

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SHOOTING VICTORIA

by Paul Thomas Murphy

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ELIZABETH THE QUEEN

by Sally Bedell Smith

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THE REAL ELIZABETH

by Andrew Marr

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PRINCE PHILIP

by Philip Eade

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THAT WOMAN

by Anne Sebba

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

by Peter Watson

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HOW TO BE A WOMAN

by Caitlin Moran

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MONKEY MIND

by Daniel Smith

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SAVAGE CONTINENT

by Keith Lowe

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A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL

by Gary Marmorstein

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BETTER, STRONGER, FASTER

by Daniel Gross

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WE CAN ALL DO BETTER

by Bill Bradley

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THE OCCUPY HANDBOOK

by Janet Byrne

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NIGHTCAP AT DAWN

by J.B. Walker

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