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History & Current Events June 2024
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Chamber Divers: The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever
by Rachel Lance
This is the previously classified story of the people who provided invaluable submarine and underwater breathing reconnaissance that led to the Allies' dramatic and history-making success during D-Day. In August 1942, Allied troops rushed the beaches of Normandy, France, in a forgotten landing. The science leading up to D-Day has been classified, but Chamber Divers finally brings these scientists’ stories to light.
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Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace by Elizabeth Shown MillsEvidence Explained is the go-to guide for all who explore the past, guiding users through the maze of materials not covered by other citation manuals. Examples for every type of record cover the conundrums created by the diverse media now used to access historical records. This new and significantly revised fourth edition will teach you how to build clear citations for every kind of source and media, regardless of the quirks involved.
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My Life in Recipes: Food, Family, and Memories
by Joan Nathan
The beloved authority on global Jewish cuisine uses recipes that look back at her own family's history, sharing her story of a life well-lived and centered around meals and punctuated with all the foods she's come to love. In her most personal book yet, the beloved authority on global Jewish cuisine uses recipes to look back at her own family’s history. Nathan shares her story of a life well-lived and centered around meals, and she punctuates it with all the foods she has come to love.
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The Pirate King: The Strange Adventures of Henry Avery and the Birth of the Golden Age of Piracy
by Sean Kingsley
Taking readers on a thrilling high-seas adventure through the Golden Age of Piracy, this untold story of Henry Avery of Devon, crowned “The Pirate King” for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history, brilliantly reveals his exploits, his survival and his secret double life. The Pirate King pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and vanished into thin air and legend. As a result, more ballads, plays, biographies, and books were written about Avery's adventures than any other pirate in history.
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Tinseltown Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Hollywood
by Jeffrey Sussman
Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses. Control the unions, and you control the whole industry. Painting colorful portraits of numerous people, Tinseltown Gangsters tells the gripping, fast-paced, true story of corruption and greed in Hollywood throughout much of the twentieth century.
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States
by Ana Raquel Minian
Weaving together the stories of four migrants seeking to escape the turmoil of their homelands for the promise of America, a noted historian exposes immigrant detention in the United States, showing how the changing political climate surrounding immigration has played out in individual lives. As we travel alongside these indelible characters, In the Shadow of Liberty explores how sites of rightlessness have evolved, and what their existence has meant for our body politic.
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Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution
by Amin Ghaziani
It is closing time for an alarming number of gay bars in cities around the globe - but it is definitely not the last dance. In this exhilarating journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility, acclaimed author Amin Ghaziani unveils the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife. Drawing on immersive encounters and more than one hundred riveting interviews, Long Live Queer Nightlife showcases a spectacular, if seldom-seen, vision of a queer world shimmering with self-empowerment, inventiveness, and joy.
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A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
by Max Podemski
From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America’s neighborhoods that reveals the rich history - and future - of urban housing. In A Paradise of Small Houses, Podemski charts how these dwellings have evolved over the centuries according to the geography, climate, population, and culture of each city, while interrogating the American values that have equated home ownership with success.
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Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls and How We Can Take It Back by Kara AlaimoIn Over the Influence, Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls. This is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought, whether you are constantly connected or have deleted your accounts forever. More specifically, she explains how social media has made the offline world an uglier place for women, while showing how it can be remedied.
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Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
by Jane Marie
Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast "The Dream" to expose the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of the American working class. Few know the nefarious ways that countless multilevel marketing (MLM) companies prey on desperate Americans struggling to make ends meet. Featuring in-depth reporting and intimate research, Selling the Dream reveals how these companies - often owned by political and corporate elites - have made a windfall in profit off of the desperation of the American working class.
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