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Notable Non-Fiction July 2024
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Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
by Caroline Alexander
Journalist 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 Higginbotham
Journalist 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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Hip-hop is History
by Questlove
Grammy 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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Birds Through Indigenous Eyes: Native Perspectives on Birds of the Eastern Woodlands
by Dennis Gaffin
In this unique, interdisciplinary collaboration, anthropologist Dennis Gaffin, Algonquin healer Michael Bastine, and Ojibwe animal rehabilitator John Volpe explore the ecological and cultural significance of the wild birds of the Northeastern United States. You might also like: Thomas C. Gannon's Birding While Indian; Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass.
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Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World
by Edward Humes
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes reveals the wasteful habits of modern life and offers numerous examples of communities pursuing more sustainable futures in this thought-provoking and ultimately hopeful book. Try these next: Tatiana Schlossberg's Inconspicuous Consumption; Oliver Franklin-Wallis' Wasteland.
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Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
by Jason Roberts
Science writer Jason Roberts chronicles the efforts of rival 18th-century scientists Carl Linnaeus and George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon to classify living organisms in this "enthralling look at a pivotal period" (Publishers Weekly) in the history of science. You might also like: Gunnar Broberg's The Man Who Organized Nature; Andrea Wulf's The Invention of Nature.
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