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Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
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Summer Reading: The Hottest New Books of the Season
Here’s some trivia for your next vacation get-together: The concept of the summer “beach read” book goes all the way back to the Victorian... Read more
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  • The History of America in My Lifetime by Brooks Sterritt
    The History of America in My Lifetime
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    Release date: May 03, 2021
    One shredding facility employee. One mysterious film director. One signed first edition copy.
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    Format: Print book

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    Availability: 1 copy available, 1007 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jun 10 - Jun 17, 2021

    Countries available: U.S. and Canada

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    New Releases in Memoir & Autobiography

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    New Releases This Month

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    Recent Award Winners

    Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Díaz
    Postcolonial Love Poem
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    Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2021)


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    The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
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    Pulitzer Prize for Biography (2021)


    Franchise by Marcia Chatelain
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    Pulitzer Prize for History (2021)


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    The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
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