Amanda and Alice talk nonfiction about the Civil Rights movement, memoirs of interesting people, and more in this week’s (all nonfiction!) episode of Get Booked.

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Books Discussed

Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips

Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First Black Congressmen by Philip Dray

History of the Philippines by Luis Francia

Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History by Simon Winder

An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie, James Kirkup (translator)

The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes by Steve Hely and Vali Chandrasekaran

Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova

Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington

Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Make Trouble by Cecile Richards

Happy Accidents: A Memoir by Jane Lynch

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

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