Janssen Place: A Unique Kansas City Neighborhood

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Bruce Mathews and Stephen Mitchell
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Turning Point in the Pacific: Guadalcanal

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John Kuehn
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Turning Point in the Pacific: America at War in the Philippines

Turning Point: America at War in the Philippines
Geoff Babb
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Sacrifice and Search: Stories of the Willows Maternity Home

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KelLee Parr, Stephen Rowley
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Women Aren’t Funny: A Discussion With Funny Women Who Disagree

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Julie Vick, Mia Mercado, Emily Farris, Kristen Mulrooney
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Poetry as Reciprocity: Indigenous Nations Poets Celebrate Language Back

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Elise Paschen, Heid E. Erdrich, Jake Skeets, Kimberly Blaeser
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The History of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra

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Libby Hanssen
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Designing Camelot: The Kennedy Restoration of The White House

Designing Camelot: The Kennedy Restoration of The White House
James Archer Abbott
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Saving Culture in Crisis Today

Saving Culture in Crisis Today
Richard Kurin
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A Special Evening With Jill Lepore

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Jill Lepore
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Starlight’s 1776 Traveling Broadway Show Collaborative

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Lindsey Rood-Clifford
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A Rabid Sense of Hope: From the Artists’ Perspective

Amy Cousins, Ruben Castillo
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This Is Why We Quilt: Stitching Along the Rivers West

Barbara Brackman
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Adventures in Journalism: Reports from a Field

Jay Nordlinger
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Nelly Don: Labor, Unionization, and Community on the Factory Floor

Jane Greer
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How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of a Suicidal Mind

Clancy Martin
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From the Heart of the Hood to the Pinnacle of Paris

Leon Alexander Brady, Steve Penn
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Learning From Gordon Parks

Ann Dean
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Celebrating Emerging Artists

Lindsey Doolittle, Kristen Devlin, Ryan Sikes, Brad Friedman
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Stories of the 1900 Convention Hall Fire

LaDene Morton
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Unique Eats and Eateries of Kansas City

Matt Stewart
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Merchants of the Santa Fe Trail

Joy Poole
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Picture Perfect: Illustrating the Caldecott Medal Selection

Bradley Debrick, Naphtali Faris, April Roy, Crystal Faris
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Driving While Black

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Gretchen Sorin
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