I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

E.P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class: ( there was one )
Marcel Danesi, The Art of the Lie: How the Manipulation of Language Affects Our Minds: ( liars )
Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us: ( things that work )
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came To Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman: ( hero )
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge: ( freedom? not yet )
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, Sounds Like Titanic: ( music and deception )

Marcia Chatelain, Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America: ( how did this happen? )
Russell Shorto, Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom: ( six stories )
Robert A. Caro, Working: ( chronicling power )