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• The Girls of Atomic City

  the Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

  Kiernan, Denise,

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  In 1943, the government of the United States created the city of Oak Ridge from scratch in Tennessee and then brought in women from across the South to live and work there. Their families weren't allowed to know what they did in Oak Ridge, and in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Death in the City of Light

  the Serial Killer of Nazi-occupied Paris

  King, David, 1970-

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  Parisian officials and politicians have enough problems on their hands, considering the city is occupied by the Nazis. But when severed heads and limbs start showing up in the Seine, it appears there's a serial killer on the loose as well. Police…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Professor and the Madman

  a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

  Winchester, Simon

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  Creating the world's most conclusive English dictionary was never going to be a small feat, but the oversight committee is astonished when over 10,000 words and definitions are submitted by a single man. Setting out to honor his contributions,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The River of Doubt

  Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

  Millard, Candice

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  Following his defeat for a third term in office in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt, his son and Brazil's most famous explorer set out on a treacherous expedition down an unmapped tributary of the Amazon river. The subsequent voyage will test the mettle of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Destiny of the Republic

  a Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of a President

  Millard, Candice

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  The assassination attempt on President James Garfield reads like something out of fantasy. A madman who once belonged to a Utopian cult shoots Garfield, but the President doesn't die right away. As weeks pass with Garfield growing weaker and weaker,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Hustle

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  A group of swindlers and con-artists are roped into the FBI's bribery sting of American politicians, resulting in the infamous ABSCAM controversy in the late 1970s.

• The Big Short

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  A fascinating adaptation of Michael Lewis' account of several financial investors and brokers who analyze the housing market in the days before the 2008 financial crisis and make a huge profit betting on its impending collapse.