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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
By Bill Buford
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An editor-turned-gourmand reflects on making a new life amid Europe’s culinary culture.
Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Home Run Revolution
By Jared Diamond
Chronicling the rise of the Moneyball Generation.
Galileo and the Science Deniers
By Mario Livio
A fresh reminder of the wrongheaded outcomes that result when science is thwarted by politics.
Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning of Our Longest War
By Erik Edstrom
This reflection on Afghanistan leaves readers feeling bereft and thoughtful about the meaning and nature of battle.
Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth
By Benjamin Taylor
A loving, intimate portrait of a relationship with a literary lion.
The Story I Am: Mad About the Writing Life
By Roger Rosenblatt
The acclaimed author and essayist mines his personal oeuvre in this winning compilation.
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt
By Jill Watts
An ambitious but ultimately unsatisfying exploration into little-known governmental figures from the New Deal era.
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America’s Urban Heartland
By Walter Thompson-Hernández
A heartwarming but unpolished true story of the unlikely bond between inner-city men and second-chance horses.
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