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History and Current Events August 2025 |
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Recent Releases - History |
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The last great dream : how bohemians became hippies and created the sixties
by Dennis McNally
A history of everything that led to the 1960s counterculture, when long-simmering resistance to American mainstream values birthed the hippie. It begins with the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, peaks with the Human Be-in in Golden Gate Park, and ends with the Monterey Pop Festival that introduced Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to the world. It tells of several micro-histories, including beat poetry, visual arts, underground publishing, electronic/contemporary compositional music, experimental theater, psychedelics, and more.
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Medicine River : a story of survival and the legacy of Indian boarding schools
by Mary Annette Pember
Through searing interviews and assiduous historical reporting on Native American boarding schools from the mid-19th century to the 1930s, the author traces the evolution and continued rebirth of a culture whose country has been seemingly intent upon destroying it. "A gripping, often harrowing account of the personal and communal toll of cultural genocide." (Kirkus Reviews)
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| Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights... by Sam KeanBestselling science writer Sam Kean (The Icepick Surgeon) offers a lively chronicle of how experimental archeologists utilize evidence found at dig sites to replicate ancient rituals and customs, including hunting with period-appropriate weaponry, playing an Aztec ballgame, brewing ancient Egyptian beer, and even mummifying corpses. "t’s all wildly entertaining, and Kean makes a powerful case for how vital the experimental archaeologists’ work is in giving us a better understanding of the past." (Booklist) |
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The aviator and the showman : Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the marriage that made an American icon
by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
The riveting and cinematic story of a partnership that would change the world forever. In 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. A partnership--professional and soon otherwise--was born. It is a gripping and passionate tale of adventure, colorful characters, hubris, and a complex and a vivid portrait of a marriage that shaped the trajectory of an iconic life.
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Destroyer of worlds : the deep history of the Nuclear age
by F. E. Close
The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story of the physics that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb. Scientists confronting the discovery of radioactivity had three questions: What was this phenomenon? Could it be a source of unlimited power? And (alas), could it be a weapon? Booklist calls it, "A deeply researched and finely told history of the revolution with which we have yet to make peace."
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Recent Releases - Current Events
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| Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan GreenwellMegan Greenwell pulls back the curtain on shadowy multibillion dollar private equity firms, telling a larger story about how private equity is reshaping the economy, disrupting communities, and hollowing out the very idea of the American dream itself. Timely and masterfully told, Bad Company is a forceful rebuke of America’s most consequential, yet least understood economic forces. |
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Submersed : wonder, obsession, and murder in the world of amateur submarines
by Matthew Gavin Frank
A lyrical foray into the world of deep-sea divers, the obsession and madness that oceans inspire in us, and the story of submarine inventor Peter Madsen's murder of journalist Kim Wall - a captivating blend of literary prose, science writing, and true crime. Frank attempts to get to the bottom of this niche compulsion to chase the extreme. What he comes to discover are the odd and unexpected overlaps between the unquenchable human desire to descend into deep water, and a penchant for unspeakable violence.
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The wisdom of plagues : lessons from 25 years of covering pandemics
by Donald G. McNeil
An award-winning New York Times science correspondent, reflecting on 25 years of covering infectious diseases and epidemics, shares what he's learned reporting in over 60 countries to offer tough, prescriptive advice on what we can do to improve global health and be better prepared for the inevitable next pandemic.
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The mission : the CIA in the 21st century
by Tim Weiner
Pulitzer Prize winner Weiner presents a history of the CIA in the 21st century spans from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today's battles with Russia and China - and with the President of the United States. "The Mission is a masterwork of storytelling, giving a human face to a secretive institution and chronicling American foreign policy in a lively, detailed package." (Booklist)
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