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The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy Thirteen Senses by Victor Villaseñor Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Black Echo by Michael Connelly A Decent Cup of Tea by Malachi McCormick George Washington by James Thomas Flexner Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Great Bridge by David McCullough The Crown and the Fire by N.T. Wright
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The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams by David S. Brown
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he failed to reckon that many Americans were willing to accept a certain surplus of commonplace corruption as long as their own concerns were among the protected.
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Perhaps a truth about people around the world
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