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    WE CAN ALL DO BETTER

    MAY 8, 2012

CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

WE CAN ALL DO BETTER

by Bill Bradley

An important contribution to the national discussion with appeal to independents as well as the more traditionally... Full review >

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    SERVICE

    MAY 8, 2012

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

SERVICE

by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer

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    APRIL 17, 2012

CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

THE OCCUPY HANDBOOK

edited by Janet Byrne

An educational, highly useful primer on what’s broken and how to fix it. Full review >

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    APRIL 1, 2012

HISTORY

NIGHTCAP AT DAWN

by J.B. Walker

A bracing cooperative effort taking readers as close to war as humanly possible. Full review >

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    SOLDIER DOGS

    MARCH 15, 2012

HISTORY

SOLDIER DOGS

by Maria Goodavage

A well-deserved salute to the military’s “paws-on-the-ground heroes.” Full review >

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    WHILE AMERICA SLEEPS

    FEB. 21, 2012

CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

WHILE AMERICA SLEEPS

by Russ Feingold

Sage, sensible words by a leader who can now point to how he right he was. Full review >

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    MAY 22, 2012

NONFICTION

AMERICA THE PHILOSOPHICAL

by Carlin Romano

A tour de force—encyclopedic, entertaining and enlightening. Full review >

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    FREEDOM'S FORGE

    MAY 8, 2012

HISTORY

FREEDOM'S FORGE

by Arthur Herman

A magnificent, controversial re-examination of the role of American business in winning WWII. Full review >

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    THE HUNT FOR KSM

    MARCH 26, 2012

CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

THE HUNT FOR KSM

by Terry McDermott & Josh Meyer

A surprising, sobering look at one of the deadliest terror networks in history and the American spy agencies charged with... Full review >

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  • NONFICTION

    MR. PRESIDENT

    MARCH 6, 2012

HISTORY

MR. PRESIDENT

by Ray Raphael

Raphael’s exceptional history of the beginning years of the United States should be required reading, especially in an... Full review >

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    THE PARTNERSHIP

    JAN. 3, 2012

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE PARTNERSHIP

by Philip Taubman

Will the partnership prevail? Stay tuned, but hope for the best—for, they warn, “[i]f urgent steps are not taken to rein in... Full review >

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