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By Kari J. Winter

The American Dreams of John B. Prentis, Slave Trader

This absorbing work looks at one man’s betrayal of his innate sense of justice in pursuit of wealth.

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By Scott Miller

The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century

How the Industrial Revolution and political climate of the time caused William McKinley to cross paths with his killer.

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Cameron M. Smith

The Fact of Evolution

A scientist offers practical examples from the natural world to improve public understanding of evolution.

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Roméo Dallaire

They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers

From experience in Rwanda, a plea for a humanitarian response to a despicable practice.

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By Charles T. Clotfelter

Big-Time Sports in American Universities

A public policy expert argues for giving athletics the same respect as any university department.

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Roger Penrose

Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe

Respected physicist Roger Penrose theorizes on the beginning and end of our universe.

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Edited by John Donohue

Man with a Pan

Cooking exploits of some famous and not-so-famous men.

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Barbara A. Gannon

The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic

Interracial attitudes in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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