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Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

By Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi, Yutaka Houlette

Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours (History (US))

By Ann Bausum, National Geographic Kids

The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

By Judith St. George

After Gandhi

By ANNE SIBLEY O'BRIEN

The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World

By Herman, Arthur

Beyond A Boundary

By James, Cyril Lionel Robert

World War II: The People's Story

By Reader's Digest

William Burges

By Matthew Williams

The Bedford Boys: One Small Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

By Alex Kershaw

In the Belly of the Beast

By Jack Henry Abbott

Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle with Coronavirus

By Jonathan Calvert, George Arbuthnott

Eat the Buddha: Life, Death, and Resistance in a Tibetan Town

By Barbara Demick (Y)

Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist

By Lois Holzman, Fred Newman

Yes She Can: Why Women Own The Future

By Ruth Davidson

The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

By Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland

Small Wars Permitting: Dispatches from Foreign Lands

By Lamb, Christina

Working in Women's Archives: Researching Women's Private Literature and Archival Documents

By Marlene Kadar, Helen M. Buss

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

By Wes Moore

Strength in What Remains

By Tracy Kidder

Searching for Hassan: Journey to the Heavy

By Terence Ward

Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Spiritual Beliefs and Universal Wisdom

By Yen Mah, Adeline

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume X – Companion: 10

By Pepys, Samuel

Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward

By Oliver Soden

Sorrow of the Earth: Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the Tragedy of Show Business

By Eric Vuillard, Ann Jefferson

Uproot

By Jace Clayton

Lost For Words

By Deric Longden

My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' family story

By Helen Edwards, Jenny Lee Smith

The Common Years

By Jilly Cooper

Private Life Of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician

By Zhisui Li

The Life Of Samuel Johnson: James Boswell (Everyman Classic Library)

By Boswell, James