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The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
Adult Crime Historical History Literature Mystery Nonfiction Suspense
A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying
serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885In the...
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer
Adult Cultural History Nonfiction War Writing
To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of
librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist...
The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper
Adult Autobiography Biography Biography Memoir Book Club Family Glbt History Nonfiction
A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his
mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless...
Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders by Brady Carlson
Adult Biography Historical History Nonfiction
An entertaining exploration into the death
stories of our nation’s greatest leaders—and the wild ways we choose to
remember...
And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East by Richard Engel
Biography Biography Memoir History Nonfiction Politics War
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Gripping
reading...an astute, fast-paced overview...[Engel] gives us sharp,
unnerving snapshots.”...
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