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Brooklyn Public Library
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The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher
By Debby Applegate
A look at the life and times of the celebrated nineteenth century Brooklyn Heights preacher and abolitionist.
The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
By John D. Barrow
An examination of the infinite, drawing on history and science, as well as literature, philosophy and religion.
Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters - and One Man's Search to Find Them
Edited By Andrew Carroll
A compilation of letters written by people from both sides of every major conflict in world history.
Sweet and Low: A Family Story
By Rich Cohen
The bittersweet tale of the rise and fall of a sweetener empire-and a family-started by one Jewish immigrant in Brooklyn.
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
By Christopher Hedges
A veteran war correspondent who reported on fighting in Central America, the Balkans and the Middle East muses on the ways that war seduces societies.
The House on Childress Street: A Memoir
By Kenji Jasper
The Great Migration of African-Americans from the South and urban black life in the North, as seen through one family's history.
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics and the Battle for the Soul of a City
By Jonathan Mahler
Entwined stories highlight one pivotal year in New York City history: the mayoral race, Reggie Jackson and the World Series, the blackout and the Son of Sam murders.
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