Backstage Pass

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Ben Ahlvers
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All Because of a Mormon Cow

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Eli Paul
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Onward Haskell: The Making of an Indian Nations University

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Eric Anderson
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The Battle of Tarawa: 'One Square Mile of Hell'

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Bud Meador
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Final Act: 2018 Art in the Loop Project

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A Fierce Glory: Antietam - The Desperate Battle that Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery

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Justin Martin
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Thinking Green: A Guide to Better Gardening

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Matt Evans, Mark Gawron, Anne Wildeboor
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An Evening With Laura Kasischke

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The Library Book

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Susan Orlean
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Hiking with Nietzsche

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John Kaag
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The Epic Two-Year Siege of Acre: 'The Whole Globe Assembled to Fight for Her'

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John D. Hosler
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Benevolence, Moral Reform, Equality: Women's Activism in Kansas City

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David Hanzlick
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These Truths: A History of the United States

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Jill Lepore
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Kansas City Houses, 1885-1938

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Michael C. Kathrens
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Benjamin Rush: The Overlooked Founding Father

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Stephen Fried
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Antisemitism: Then and Now

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F. K. Clementi
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From Kennedy to Kavanaugh: The Future of the Supreme Court

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Frank Colucci
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Black Flags, Blue Waters

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Eric Jay Dolin
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Dinosaurs Revealed: Getting to Know Tyrannosaurus rex

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David Burnham
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Mexican American Baseball in Kansas City

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Dr. Gene T. Chavez
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Dance Speaks: The Wizard of Oz

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Septime Webre, Devon Carney
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Babies Made Us Modern

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Janet Golden
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Operation Husky: 'Bitter Victory' in Sicily

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Gregory S. Hospodor
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If It Looks Like a Man: Gender Identity, Female Soldiers, and 'Lady Bushwhackers' in the Civil War

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Aaron Barnhart, Diane Eickhoff
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