Ever wonder what it’s like to be wealthy? Laura Thompson knows. Her new book, Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies, uncovers the lives of such heiresses as Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American “Dollar Heiress,” Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress and Patty Hearst, the notorious heiress to a newspaper fortune turned terrorist. Check out our other historical works in our Popular Reading collection. Titles range from commentary, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, suspense, non-fiction, to current affairs, social issues, and politics.
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| Title |
Author |
Status |
| Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies |
Thompson, Laura |
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| Fake |
Katz, Erica |
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| Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits |
Acho, Emmanuel |
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| Life Without Children: Stories |
Doyle, Roddy |
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| Margaret Truman’s Murder at the CDC |
Truman, Margaret & Land, Jon |
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| Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior |
Prado, Ric |
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| I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir |
Fierstein, Harvey |
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| The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure |
Werb, Daniel |
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| Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now |
Yang, Jeff; Yu, Phil; & Wang, Philip |
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| Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education |
Rosiak, Luke |
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| The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953 |
Frank, Jeffrey |
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| French Braid |
Tyler, Anne |
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| Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power |
Bluestein, Greg |
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| Drop Acid: The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid—the Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar, and Achieving Extraordinary Health |
Perlmutter, David |
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| The End of Getting Lost |
Kirman, Robin |
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| Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age |
Duncan, Dennis |
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| The Naked Don’t Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees |
Aikins, Matthieu |
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| Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything |
Weill, Kelly |
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| Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It |
Abramson, John |
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| The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird |
Davis, Jack E. |
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| Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire |
Elkins, Caroline |
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| Scorpica |
Macallister, G. R. |
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| Shadowman: An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling |
Franscell, Ron |
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| The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty |
Thompson, Neal |
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| The Midnight Ride: A Thriller |
Mezrich, Ben |
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| Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free |
Weinman, Sarah |
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