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Jake Schell
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The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy Thirteen Senses by Victor Villaseñor Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Black Echo by Michael Connelly A Decent Cup of Tea by Malachi McCormick George Washington by James Thomas Flexner Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Great Bridge by David McCullough The Crown and the Fire by N.T. Wright
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Grant by Ron Chernow
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Amid this Grant mania, many newspaper readers noted that in reports of the final day’s fighting at Fort Donelson, Grant was holding a cigar—the one he received from Foote. Until that point, Grant had been primarily a pipe smoker. Now ...more
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