Newsweek - USA (2019-10-11)

Culture

46 NEWSWEEK.COM OCTOBER 18, 2019

Journalist Graff puts

together an ambitious

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the perspective of nearly

everyone involved—from

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the young gate agent who

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weaving together the

story of previously-

unimaginable and tragic

events that changed

the course of history.

The Only Plane in

the Sky: An Oral

History of 9/11

By Garrett M. Graff

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With All Due Respect:

Defending America

with Grit and Grace

By Nikki R. Haley

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to the United Nations and

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curtain on her own

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administration and in

the international arena

at large. With All Due

Respect is a powerful

and personal account

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The Body: A Guide

For Occupants

By Bill Bryson

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tour of the human body

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Bryson answers everything

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about what happens

inside us—and some

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The Ghosts of Eden

Park: The Bootleg

King, the Women Who

Pursued Him, and the

Murder That Shocked

Jazz-Age America

By Karen Abbott

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a German immigrant and

the so-called “King of

the Bootleggers.” This

compelling tale runs the

gamut from clandestine

love and illicit bootlegging

to absorbing history—and

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Carrie Fisher:

A Life on the Edge

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Bestselling author Weller shares a

heartfelt tribute to the late Carrie

Fisher—a complex portrait of the actress,

her struggles and her extraordinary

singularity. A Life on Edge LVDɿWWLQJ

and beautiful homage to Fisher.

NFL 100:

A Century of Pro Football

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100 years of NFL football with astonishing

images, time-capsule sports

writing and a forward by Peyton Manning

extolling his love of the game.

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