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Best books of 2009: nonfiction

The nonfiction books we liked best in 2009.
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Presidents and the irresistible urge to record themselves

Bill Clinton is the latest in a long line of presidents to be haunted by tapes of their presidential conversations.
The Clinton Tapes

Bill Clinton reveals much in 79 taped conversations with historian Taylor Branch.
Classic book review: At Canaan's Edge

Martin Luther King Jr. was no saint, but this nuanced biography confirms his many virtues.
A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France

As the French education ministry revisits Holocaust curricula this month, advocates say Chambon-sur-Lignon's story would be 'revolutionary' for schoolchildren.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.