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  • Code Girls
    Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
    Liza Mundy
    Paperback: 10/02/2018
     
    "Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial role in ending World ...
  • The Irregulars
    The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
    Jennet Conant
    Paperback: 09/15/2009
     
    An extraordinary tale of deceit, double-dealing, and moral ambiguity - an insider's view of the ...
  • Master of the Senate
    Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
    Robert A. Caro
    Paperback: 05/01/2003
     
    Book Three of Robert A. Caro's monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson---the most admired and riveting ...
  • Theodore Rex
    Theodore Rex
    Edmund Morris
    Paperback: 10/01/2002
     
    Full of cinematic detail, Theodore Rex moves with the exhilarating pace of a novel, yet rides on a granite ...
  • Uncovering Clinton
    Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story
    Michael Isikoff
    Paperback: 05/01/2000
     
    An explosive and surprisingly suspenseful behind-the-scenes account of Isikoff's investigative role in the ...

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