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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE…

Nineteen women from Appalachia’s hill country share their stories of hardship, resistance, and survival in this classic work. “As powerful and direct as a bulldozer” (Kirkus Reviews).

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in…

With over 3,400 five-star Goodreads ratings: In this “searing exposé” (Publishers Weekly), an investigative journalist chronicles the gripping true stories of girls raised as boys in Afghanistan. “Unique, important, and compelling… Book clubs will be riveted” (Booklist starred review).

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2016: In the 1980s, an archivist smuggled 350,000 ancient manuscripts out of Timbuktu — and the hands of Al Qaeda. “Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey… Hammer writes with verve and expertise” (The New York Times Book Review).

A New York Times bestseller: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals illuminates the life of Lyndon Johnson in this “absorbing” biography (The Washington Post). A longtime confidante of the former president shares the candid thoughts of a complicated, conflicted man.

A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Pillars of the Earth: After two US citizens were taken hostage in Iran, World War II vet Colonel “Bull” Simons assembled an unlikely team and plotted a daring rescue. “A superb, edge-of-the-seat true story” (USA Today).

The true story of one man’s journey to Islamic fundamentalism and back Raised in a devout but quiet Muslim community…

Moving accounts and survivor interviews reveal the little-known story of Ravensbrück, the Nazi concentration camp that Heinrich Himmler designed exclusively for women. “A beautifully written history… that offers additional insight into Nazism and those caught in its path” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

A #1 New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2015 hailed as “required reading” (Toni Morrison): Written as a powerful letter from father to son, this Pulitzer Prize finalist offers “a riveting meditation on the state of race in America” (The Washington Post).