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US Political Biographies

Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot by Jeffrey MatthewsBook Cover of The Moralist Woodrow Wilson and the World He MadeA Higher Loyalty by James Comey book coverThe restless wave : good times, just causes, great fights and other appreciations by John McCain and Mark Salter.The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy by David Margolick.Understanding Trump by Newt Gingrich.

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Interpersonal Relationships

Some of My Friends Are... The daunting challenges and untapped benefits of cross-racial friendshipsTalking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell The art of gathering: how we meet and why it matters by Priya Parker. Biased: uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see think and doI feel you: the surprising power of extreme empathy by Cris Beam.Strange contagion : inside the surprising science of infectious behaviors and viral emotions and what they tell us about ourselves by Lee Daniel Kravetz.​

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2019 Award Winners & Finalists

Thick and Other Essays by Tressa McMillan CottomSolitary by Albert WoodfoxThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the present by David TheuerThe Yellow House by Sarah M. BroomRising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth RushAmity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold cover

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