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Topic: Nonfiction (page 13)

The Great Divorce by Ilyon Woo

The dark side of the Shaker religious sect

Anne Trubek

Modern-day adventures in utopian living

Thomas Rogers
"Packing for Mars" by Mary Roach

Paul Di Filippo
Angelina Jolie

"Angelina": The worst book of the decade

Allen Barra

The growing appeal of going off the grid

Ryan Brown

Adam Kirsch

The irresistible allure of bad spelling

Thomas Rogers
The gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss.

Can you take the pain out of executions?

Justin Sullivan

Prepare for the fluorescent future

Thomas Rogers
(Damir Spanic)

The decline of the American muscle man

Alex Jung
"Fur, Fortune, and Empire" by Eric Jay Dolin

How the fur trade shaped America

Chuck Leddy
"The Disappearing Spoon" by Sam Kean

The fascinating history of the periodic table

Leonard Cassuto

Who needs astronauts?

Ryan Brown
"The Wagon," by Martin Preib

Chicago's gritty reality: A cop's view

Alex Kotlowitz

Laura Miller

Mapping our genes: How DNA will change our future

Thomas Rogers

Andrew Keen
"In Rough Country", by Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates tackles the great writers

Karen Holt
A detail from the cover of "The Flooded Earth"

Rising sea levels: Which cities can be saved?

Thomas Rogers

The high price of staying cool

Ryan Brown
"Pliny the Younger: Complete Letters," by P.G. Walsh (Cains)

Dispatches from the end of Pompeii

Michael Dirda
"Lives Like Loaded Guns," by Lyndall Gordon

Melanie Rehak

Why monogamy goes against our nature

Thomas Rogers

The joy of no sex

Tracy Clark-Flory
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