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Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World by Michael Meyerson
Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World
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Michael Meyerson

Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World

Michael Meyerson

309 pages • hardcover • 2008

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nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
The End of a Primitive by Chester Himes

The End of a Primitive

Chester Himes

208 pages • paperback • 1956

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fiction challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants

Sara Gruen

350 pages • paperback • 2006

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fiction historical literary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Snow Falling on Cedars

David Guterson

463 pages • paperback • 1994

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fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb

The Hour I First Believed

Wally Lamb

740 pages • hardcover • 2007

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fiction contemporary historical emotional medium-paced
Lying up a Nation: Race and Black Music by Ronald Radano
Lying up a Nation: Race and Black Music
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Ronald Radano

Lying up a Nation: Race and Black Music

Ronald Radano

440 pages • paperback • 2003

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Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life by Wynton Marsalis

Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life

Wynton Marsalis

208 pages • hardcover • 2008

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nonfiction biography music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony by Ross W. Duffin

How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony

Ross W. Duffin

196 pages • hardcover • 2006

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nonfiction history music science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s by Charles Willeford, Robert Polito, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Chester Himes

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s

Library of America Noir Collection #2

Charles Willeford, Robert Polito, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith, Chester Himes

892 pages • hardcover • 1997

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fiction crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Straight Man by Richard Russo

Straight Man

Richard Russo

416 pages • paperback • 1997

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fiction contemporary literary funny reflective medium-paced