The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century by Thomas L. Friedman
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
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Cosmos by Carl Sagan
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- Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
- Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
- Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
- Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Leland Melvin
- Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- Dire Predictions (2nd Edition): Understanding Climate Change by Michael E. Mann
- Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker (Third Edition) by Doyle Brunson
- Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem by Bill Nye
- Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
- Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
- Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes, 1939-1943 by David Kahn
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
- The Elements of Style: With Revisions, an Introduction, and a Chapter on Writing (Fourth Edition) by William Strunk
- The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
- The Moral Arc: How Science Makes Us Better People by Michael Shermer
- The Physics of Baseball by Robert K. Adair
- The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters by Sean B. Carroll
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