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History and Current Events January 2024 |
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| The Book of James: The Power and Passion of LeBron by Valerie BabbEmory University African American Studies professor Valerie Babb offers a thought-provoking examination of how the intersection of race, athletics, and activism has impacted public perceptions of NBA star LeBron James. For fans of: The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World by Dave Zirin. |
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| November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II by Peter EnglundIn his well-researched latest, historian Peter Englund (The Beauty and the Sorrow) argues that November 1942 was the pivotal moment of World War II, utilizing diaries, letters, and memoirs with a sense of you-are-there urgency that captures everyday life during wartime. Try this next: Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich by Walter Kempowski. |
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| Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the... by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr.NCIS actor Mark Harmon and retired NCIS agent Leon Carroll, Jr. debut with a fast-paced and dramatic true crime account chronicling the wartime exploits of Japanese American counterintelligence agent Douglas Wada and Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa, whose fates became intertwined following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Further reading: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey. |
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| Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America by Harry N. MacLeanIn this bleak and atmospheric true crime tale, Edgar Award-winning author and Nebraska native Harry N. MacLean chronicles the 1958 murders committed by Nebraska teenager Charles Starkweather, whose girlfriend (and possible accomplice) Caril Ann Fugate accompanied him during the spree. The pair's story later served as the inspiration for the 1994 film Natural Born Killers. For fans of: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. |
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| Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca RennerNational Geographic contributor Rebecca Renner follows U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer Jeff Babauta as he becomes Florida gator farmer "Curtis Blackledge" during an undercover operation to infiltrate the world of alligator egg poaching. Read-alikes: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean; Tree Thieves by Lyndsie Bourgon. |
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| The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and... by Daniel SchulmanMother Jones deputy Washington, D.C. bureau chief Daniel Schulman's engaging and richly detailed history explores how German Jewish immigrants (among them the Lehman, Goldman, and Sachs families) created the modern American banking system. Try this next: The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman. |
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| To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. SmithPulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith blends history and memoir in this moving and incisive look at anti-Black racism that was named one of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023. For fans of: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. |
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| Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny... by Richard SnowHistorian Richard Snow's richly detailed latest chronicles the alleged mutiny aboard the USS Somers in 1842, which led to the hanging of three young crew members and the highly publicized court martial of the ship's tyrannical captain, commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Try this next: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. |
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