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January 2021

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Recent Releases
Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism
by Sharyl Attkisson

What it is: a sobering and provocative investigation into the ways in which modern news media is manipulated.

About the author: Sharyl Attkisson is a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award. 

Is it for you? Readers may see Attkisson's discussion of Donald Trump's presidential misdeeds as apologia. 
The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker

What it's about: serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin's three-year crime spree, which began with a shooting at a St. Louis synagogue in 1977.

Read it for: FBI profiler John Douglas' breakneck pursuit of Franklin; the pair's confrontation once the latter was imprisoned. 

Reviewers say: "This is a must read for those looking for insight into the minds of those instigating racial violence today" (Publishers Weekly). 
Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History
by Paul Farmer

What it is: medical anthropologist and Partners in Health cofounder Paul Farmer's chronicle of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

What's inside: a disturbing (and often gruesome) firsthand account of a public health crisis spurred by government neglect, bureaucracy, resource exploitation, and colonialism.

Featuring: heartrending testimonies from Ebola survivors and first responders; an epilogue detailing Farmer's work combatting COVID-19.  
Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen...
by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz

Starring: disgraced vice president Spiro Agnew, who resigned in 1973 after he was caught committing tax fraud and running a bribery and extortion ring in his office. 

Why you might like it: This well-researched examination of a lesser-known political scandal, which happened concurrently (but unrelatedly) with Watergate, offers striking parallels to current events.

Media buzz: Bag Man is an engaging expansion of the authors' podcast of the same name, which was nominated for a Peabody Award in 2018. 
The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
by Declan Walsh

What it is: an incisive debut exploring the tumult of modern Pakistan, written by Guardian and New York Times journalist Declan Walsh, who spent nearly a decade living and reporting in the country.

What sets it apart: Walsh's profiles of nine individuals (the titular "nine lives") whose experiences offer illuminating perspectives on Pakistan's ongoing ails.

Reviewers say: "This masterfully reported account deserves a wide readership" (Publishers Weekly). 
Graphic Histories
The Harlem Hellfighters
by Max Brooks; illustrated by Caanan White

What it is: a well-researched, lightly fictionalized account of the Harlem Hellfighters, the highly decorated all-Black Army regiment who fought in World War I.   

Art alert: Caanan White's dark and detailed artwork doesn't shy away from gory imagery, starkly conveying the chaos and violence of war.

Book buzz: This New York Times bestseller from World War Z author Max Brooks was named a Library Journal Best Graphic Novel in 2014.
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