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East of Eden (1952)
Multiple generations of a family keep falling into the story of Cain and Abel in this examination of the nature of good and evil.
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The Lost City of Z (2009)
A British explorer entered the Amazon rainforest in 1925 to locate a potentially real lost city and never returned.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010)
Doctors took some cells from a black woman’s cancerous body. Great scientific advances were made as a result. The woman died, and her family wasn’t told anything for years.
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The Once and Future King (1958)
The story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, retold.
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The Plot to Seize the White House (1973/2007)
A retired Marine general doesn’t take kindly to being asked to lead a fascist coup against FDR.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994)
A man goes looking for his wife’s cat. And then she disappears as well…
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Bring the War Home (2019)
A historian connects disgruntled Vietnam vets to the white power movement.
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Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know (1987)
An education theorist explains why we need to teach certain cultural concepts.