“Crossing the Rubicon: Caesar’s Decision and the Fate of Rome,” by Luca Fezzi, Yale University Press, 2020, 384 pages, $35
“The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter’s Journey to Reconciliation” by Peggy Wallace Kennedy with Justice H. Mark Kennedy, 2019, Bloomsbury, 292 pages, $28
“White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue… And Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation” by Lauren Michele Jackson, 2019, Beacon Press, 187 pages, $25.95
”The Family Upstairs” by Lisa Jewel, Atria Books, 2019
“Ghost Galleon: The Discovery and Archaeology of the San Juanillo on the Shores of Baja California” by Edward P. Von der Porten, Texas A&M University Press, 2019, 248 pages, $60
“Marley: A Novel” by Jon Clinch, 2019, Atria, 288 pages, $27
“Heavy Date over Germany: The Life and Times of B-17 Tail Gunner Ray Perry” edited by Jewellee Jordan Kuenstler, State House Press, 2019, 230 pages, $29.95
“Freehold: Resistance” created by Michael Z. Williamson, Baen Books, 2019, 593 pages, $16
“Hot Spot of Invention: Charles Stark Draper, MIT, and the Development of Inertial Guidance and Navigation” by Thomas Wildenberg, Naval Institute Press, 2019, 320 pages, $48
“Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and parenting in America” by Nefertiti Austin, 2019, Sourcebooks, 304 pages, $25.99
”The Guardian” by John Grisham, Hale Publishers, 2019, 284 pages
“How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir” by Saeed Jones, 2019, Simon & Schuster, 193 pages, $26
”Galveston Wharf Stories: Characters, Captains and Cruises” by Alvin Sallee, 2019, Amazon
“Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics” by Gregory J. Gbur, Yale University Press, 2019, 352 pages, $26
“Bartolomé de las Casas: Chronicle of a Dream, A Novel” by José Luis Olaizola, Ignatius Press, 2019, 288 pages, $16.95
“A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston” by Robyn Crawford, 2019, Dutton, 319 pages, $28
"The Giver of Stars" by Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, 2019, 399 pages
“The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me” by Keah Brown, 2019, Atria, 243 pages, $17
“The Best of Jerry Pournelle,” edited by John F. Carr, Baen Books, 2019, 576 pages, $16
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