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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068432-i-ll-be-gone-in-the-dark
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Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
a true story using a composite of examples drawn from many real communities where the use of DDT had caused damage to wildlife, birds, bees, agricultural animals, domestic pets, and even humans.
http://www.rachelcarson.org/SilentSpring.aspx
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SparkNotes: The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Plot Overview
A short summary of Malcolm X & Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/malcolmx/summary/
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey: 9780345514400: Amazon.com: Books
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself.
https://www.amazon.com/Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/0345514408
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30833.The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities
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In Cold Blood: Truman Capote: 9780679745587: Amazon.com: Books
On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces
https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Blood-Truman-Capote/dp/0679745580
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10534.The_Art_of_War
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Communist Manifesto is one of the most important political theories ever formulated.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30474.The_Communist_Manifesto
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Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank, History, & Facts | Britannica.com
The Diary of a Young Girl: Diary of a Young Girl, journal by Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who chronicled her family’s hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Diary-of-a-Young-Girl
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A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3869.A_Brief_History_of_Time
