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A Deeply Researched Study that is Not Afraid to Assign Blame for Needless Fatalities
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Mark Johnson Talks About 'One in a Billion,' which Began as a Pulitzer-Winning Newspaper Series
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Britain's Focus on New York City and the Hudson Valley Led to Its Defeat
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An Underappreciated Scandinavian Work of Genius Finds a New Audience
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A Novel with a Tough, Female Lawyer Protagonist -- and Plenty of Plot Twists
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A Drive that Spans from Shakers in Kentucky to Thoreau's Pond in Massachusetts
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And Why She Finds Male Characters Easier to Write than Female Ones
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And a Novel About the Frayed American Dream in Suburban Los Angeles
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Actors' Memoirs, Academic Studies, and Some Heartfelt Looks at the American Underclass
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And Some Stories of Athleticism, Courage, and Sportsmanship Mixed In
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And David Cay Johnston Takes on the Life of Donald Trump
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A Point That's Really Driven Home in the Famous Basement Bins
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And There's Still Room for Him on Mt. Rushmore
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And a Novel Set in the Shadowy Corners of the Mexican Art World
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A Heady Story that Moves Between 8th Century France and the 1970s
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In Life, It Turns Out, There Are Many Ways to Be Trapped
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And a Novel About a Hurricane Katrina Refugee in Search of Redemption
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And a beautifully written memoir from the son of two famous 1960s radicals