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Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2012

Here is a list of Kurkus Review's best nonfiction of the year 2012. How many of these have you read?
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38 Nooses (Scott W. Berg)
38 Nooses (Scott W. Berg)
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Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation (Rachel Cusk)
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation (Rachel Cusk)
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Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
Are You My Mother? (Alison Bechdel)
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As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda (Gail Collins)
As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda (Gail Collins)
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Bailout (Neil Barofsky)
Bailout (Neil Barofsky)
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Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
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The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies (David Thomson)
The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies (David Thomson)
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City (P.D. Smith)
City (P.D. Smith)
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City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (Deborah Dash Moore)
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York (Deborah Dash Moore)
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Consider the Fork (Bee Wilson)
Consider the Fork (Bee Wilson)
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Cronkite (Douglas G. Brinkley)
Cronkite (Douglas G. Brinkley)
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Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop (Yuval Taylor)
Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop (Yuval Taylor)
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Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution (Rebecca Stott)
Darwin's Ghosts: The Secret History of Evolution (Rebecca Stott)
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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco)
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco)
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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child (Bob Spitz)
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child (Bob Spitz)
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Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West (Rubén Martínez)
Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West (Rubén Martínez)
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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (Rachel Maddow)
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (Rachel Maddow)
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Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans (Ben Sandmel)
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans (Ben Sandmel)
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
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Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
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Fire in the Ashes
Fire in the Ashes
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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (David George Haskell)
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature (David George Haskell)
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A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi (Aman Sethi)
A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi (Aman Sethi)
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Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War (Guy Gugliotta)
Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War (Guy Gugliotta)
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Full Body Burden (Iversen)
Full Body Burden (Iversen)
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God's Hotel (Victoria Sweet)
God's Hotel (Victoria Sweet)
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Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (Laurent Dubois)
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (Laurent Dubois)
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Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings (Craig Brown)
Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings (Craig Brown)
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Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (William J. Mann)
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (William J. Mann)
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The Holy or the Broken (Alan Light)
The Holy or the Broken (Alan Light)
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House of Stone (Shadid)
House of Stone (Shadid)
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How Music Works (David Byrne)
How Music Works (David Byrne)
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How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
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The Hunt for KSM (Terry Mcdermott)
The Hunt for KSM (Terry Mcdermott)
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I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen (Sylvie Simmons)
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen (Sylvie Simmons)
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Iron Curtain (Anne Applebaum)
Iron Curtain (Anne Applebaum)
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Joseph Anton (Salman Rushdie)
Joseph Anton (Salman Rushdie)
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Kurt Vonnegut Letters (Dan Wakefield)
Kurt Vonnegut Letters (Dan Wakefield)
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill
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