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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture by William R. Leach

Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture

William R. Leach

560 pages • 1993 • 3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Places of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century by Andrew Wiese

Places of Their Own: African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century

Andrew Wiese

422 pages • 2004 • 2 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
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City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

448 pages • 1992 • 2 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

460 pages • 2006 • 2 editions

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging informative slow-paced
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Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

442 pages • 2006 • 2 editions

nonfiction informative slow-paced
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Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920 by Maureen Fitzgerald

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

Habits of Compassion: Irish Catholic Nuns and the Origins of New York's Welfare System, 1830-1920

Maureen Fitzgerald

298 pages • 2006 • 2 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324 by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Barbara Bray

Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Barbara Bray

400 pages • 1975 • 3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • 2015 • 179 editions

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

Robert M. Edsel

473 pages • 2009 • 41 editions

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
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The Sewing Book: An Encyclopedic Resource of Step-By-Step Techniques by Alison Smith

The Sewing Book: An Encyclopedic Resource of Step-By-Step Techniques

Alison Smith

400 pages • 12 editions

nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
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