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18“The Good Soldiers”

David Finkel’s “The Good Soldiers” captures the heartbreaking and tragic events that surround a platoon of soldiers serving in Iraq.

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39“Game Change”

Politicians are exposed in “Game Change,” Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s juicy amalgam of White House gossip and scandalous stories.

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42“Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World”

With “Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World” (W.W. Norton & Company, 2011), Michael Lewis shows off his journalistic talents with a serious and searing book about the financial crises.

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