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1375 books starting with "A"

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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
by Richard Bell
Nov 04 2025
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American Rifle: A Biography
by Alexander Rose
Oct 21 2008
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American Romantic
by Ward Just
Apr 01 2014
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American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
by Karen Abbott
Dec 28 2010
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American Rust
by Philipp Meyer
Feb 24 2009
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American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives
by Robert W. Fieseler
Jun 17 2025
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American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
by Kate Winkler Dawson
Feb 11 2020
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American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics
by Kevin Hazzard
Sep 20 2022
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American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs
by Shawn Gude
Oct 13 2026
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American Spirit: Profiles in Resilience, Courage, and Faith
by Taya Kyle and Jim DeFelice
Apr 02 2019
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American Spirits: The Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad that Haunted a Nation
by Barb Rosenstock
Apr 15 2025
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American Spirits
by Russell Banks
Mar 05 2024
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American Spy
by Lauren Wilkinson
Feb 12 2019
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An American Spy: A Milo Weaver Novel
by Olen Steinhauer
Mar 13 2012
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American Street
by Ibi Zoboi
Feb 14 2017
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An American Sunrise
by Joy Harjo
Aug 18 2018
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American Taliban: A Novel
by Pearl Abraham
Apr 13 2010
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
by Kevin Phillips
Mar 21 2006
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American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets
by Jill Conner Browne
Dec 30 2008
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An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
Sep 01 1953
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American Transcendentalism: A History
by Philip F Gura
Nov 13 2007
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American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda
by Ru Marshall
May 05 2026
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American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville
by Bernard-Henri Levy
Jan 24 2006
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American War
by Omar El Akkad
Apr 04 2017
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American Warlord: A True Story
by Johnny Dwyer
Apr 07 2015
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The American Way of Death Revisited
by Jessica Mitford
Jan 04 2000
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The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
by Malcolm Gladwell
Sep 29 2026
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The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives
by Sasha Abramsky
Sep 10 2013
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American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
by Wesley Lowery
Jun 27 2023
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American Wife: A Novel
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sep 02 2008
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