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The Legendary Detective: The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction
By John Walton
A scholarly look at fictional gumshoes and their real-life counterparts.
Gilliamesque: A Pre-Posthumous Memoir
By Terry Gilliam
The Python-turned-director ponders his mortality but still tilts at windmills.
A fascinating, sometimes complex look at how DNA, natural selection, and the environment combine to impact humans’ well-being.
Brief Candle in the Dark
By Richard Dawkins
The provocative biologist's latest work may please his current fans but is unlikely to win him any new ones.
Once In a Great City: A Detroit Story
By David Maraniss
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes an elegiac look at the Motown of the 1960s.
Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan
By Douglas Waller
A well-researched, accessible account of America's foremost spymasters.
Lions in the Balance: Man-Eaters, Manes, and Men with Guns
By Craig Packer
Both timely and thrilling, this memoir details the complexity (and moral ambiguity) of trophy-hunting.
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
By Sarah Vowell
A cartoonish romp through Revolutionary War-era America with an avenging aristocrat.
