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Title: Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Author: Caroline  Fraser
Title: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Pulitzer Prize for Biography), Author: Tom Reiss
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Title: The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe, Author: David I. Kertzer
Title: The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Author: Jeffrey C. Stewart
Title: George F. Kennan: An American Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Author: John Lewis Gaddis
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