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by Kevin Cook

Whether a colorful trickster or amoral predator, Thompson becomes an irresistible folk legend in Cook’s capable hands. Full review >

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by Jonathan Eig

An impressive, accessible history of a troubled time. Full review >

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by Dan Epstein

Baseball fans and non-fans alike will revel in this loving look at a long-gone era. Full review >

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by Sebastian Junger

An often harrowing, though mostly conventional, account of the physical and psychological toll of modern warfare on the... Full review >

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by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick

Fast-moving and intriguing, in the vein of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Full review >

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by James Lord

A timely, artfully written memoir of one man's war. Full review >

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by Paul David Pope

Readable and revealing, and the vividly re-created scenes cry out for film treatment. Full review >

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by Monte Reel

Unlike the story of Ishi, however, this one has a happy ending—a payoff that isn’t entirely anticipated, given all the other... Full review >

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by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell

Sure to appeal to armchair rogues and, like Blood Diamond, cinema-ready. Full review >

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by Hampton Sides

An expertly written study in true crime, vividly recapturing the mood of 1968. Full review >

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by Nathan Ward

A lucid, illuminating history of the epicenter of organized crime in America. Full review >

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