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Great Black War Fighters, by Ben L. Walton. In 1948, Truman signed an executive order abolishing segregation in the military. In this deeply researched book, retired U.S. Army Colonel Ben L. Walton, now living in Colorado, details the extraordinary contributions made by African-American admirals and generals. Learn more about the book (including a preview video) at sbpra.com/benlwalton.

Fiction

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, by Jonathan Evison. Our hero Benjamin Benjamin turns his life upside-down to become a full-time caregiver. What ensues? Hilarity and heartbreak.

The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng. Life, loss and redemption in the years following the Japanese occupation of Malaysia.

The Facility, by Simon Lelic. In the not-too-far future, British citizens are rounded up and imprisoned by the government. Why? For the so-called “greater good.”

The Mirrored World, by Debra Dean. The author uses the life story of Russian holy figure St. Xenia as a basis for a novel.

Biography and memoir

Every Love Story is a Ghost Story, by D.T. Max. David Foster Wallace was perhaps the country’s best writer when he killed himself in 2008. Max digs deep to try and understand.

Hostage, by Paul and Rachel Chandler. After their pleasure craft was hijacked in the Seychelles, the Chandlers were held hostage by Somali pirates for a year.

Social Studies

Subversives, by Seth Rosenfeld. It took journalist Rosenfeld 30 years to research and investigate the student radical movement of the 1960s. Result: A groundbreaking history of domestic protest.

Smoke Signals, by Martin A. Lee. People use marijuana in different ways: As medicine, as recreation, as fodder for creativity. Lee looks into our complicated relationship with the plant.

Nonfiction

The Great American Railroad War, by Dennis Drabelle. How does a railroad get built? By bribery, intimidation, a bold indifference to public safety and good old American pluck.

The Rocks Don’t Lie, by David R. Montgomery. Can a geologist unlock the secrets — true and false — behind the story of Noah’s flood? Montgomery tried.

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