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History and Current Events July 2024
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| Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World by Caroline AlexanderJournalist and New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander (The Bounty) surveys the lesser-known aerial exploits of the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II in this fast-paced and dramatic account featuring diary entries and previously unseen records. Further reading: Burma '44: The Battle That Turned World War II in the East by James Holland. |
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| Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam HigginbothamJournalist Adam Higginbotham's evocative follow-up to his Carnegie Medal-winning Midnight in Chernobyl is a compelling and well-researched chronicle of how NASA's negligence and hubris led to the 1986 Challenger explosion. Try this next: Bringing Columbia Home: The Final Mission of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew by Michael D. Leinbach and Jonathan H. Ward. |
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Free the land: How We Can Fight Poverty and Climate Chaos
by Audrea Lim
This revealing analysis demonstrates the profound effects of viewing land primarily as a means of generating profit, particularly how it exacerbates racial disparities in housing, gentrification and environmental crises.
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| Hip-Hop Is History by QuestloveGrammy Award-winning Roots drummer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Questlove's lively history explores the first 50 years of hip-hop music by spotlighting one song from each year since the genre's 1973 origins. Try this next: Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History by Chuck D; The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams. |
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| The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George StephanopoulosPolitical commentator and former presidential advisor George Stephanopoulos offers a peek behind the curtain at America's most famous residence in this compelling history of the Situation Room, the White House communications hub where consequential decisions are made. Try this next: The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments by Corey Mead. |
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George V: Never a Dull Moment
by Jane Ridley
From a historian of the British monarchy comes a detailed biography of a long-overlooked king who reimagined the Crown in the aftermath of World War I and whose marriage was an epic romance.
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| Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of Obsessive Quest for El Dorado... by Keith ThomsonBestselling author Keith Thomson's (Born to Be Hanged) richly detailed latest chronicles English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh's failed attempts to locate the mythical city of El Dorado in the jungles of South America. For fans of: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. |
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| Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig WhitlockWashington Post reporter Craig Whitlock's (The Afghanistan Papers) lively cat-and-mouse tale profiles Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, who conned the United States Navy out of millions of dollars from the 1990s until his 2013 arrest. Try this next: Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo. |
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