American Lightning
: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
by Howard Blum
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: Oct 2009
Simultaneously offering the absorbing reading experience of a cant-put-it-down thriller and the perception-altering resonance of a story whose reverberations continue even today, American Lightning is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.
American Lion
: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
Hardcover: Nov 2008
Paperback: Apr 2009
Jon Meacham in American Lion has delivered the definitive human portrait of a pivotal president who forever changed the American presidencyand America itself.
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
Hardcover: Jun 1997
Paperback: Feb 1998
A magnificent meditation on a pivotal decade in our nation's history, is in every way different from the profane and sclerotic antihero of Sabbath's Theater.
American Princess
: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt
by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Paperback: Mar 2019
"Presidential darling, America's sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt's swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman."' - Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
American Prison
: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
by Shane Bauer
Hardcover: Sep 2018
Paperback: Jun 2019
A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.
American Rhapsody
by Joe Eszterhas
Hardcover: Jul 2000
Paperback: May 2001
A brilliant, unnerving, hugely entertaining look at our political culture, our heroes and villains - will delight some and outrage others, but it will not be ignored.
American Wasteland
: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
by Jonathan Bloom
Hardcover: Oct 2010
Paperback: Aug 2011
As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements.
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hardcover: May 2013
Paperback: Mar 2014
Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
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