Maggie's Book Bites

Books Featuring Unique Histories


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Join Maggie and Sarah in conversation about books with a theme of unique histories. These aren't just your typical text books and our hope is that we'll encourage listeners to give non-fiction a try thanks to the topics in these books.

 Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story Of The Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke
 Fight like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly
 Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
 Meet Me By The Fountain: An Inside History of The Mall by Alexandra Lange
 Over My Dead Body: Unearthing The Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries by Greg Melville
 Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
 The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow
 The Secret History Of Food: Strange But True Stories About The Origins Of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel
 There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America by Amy Argetsinger
 Troop 6000: The Girl Scout Troop That Began In A Shelter And Inspired The World by Nikita Stewart
 Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle by Jody Rosen

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