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History and Current Events January 2026 |
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The 51st State Votes: Canada Versus Donald Trump
by Justin Ling
In April, 2025, twenty-million Canadians cast ballots in an election defined by economic turmoil, a cost-of-living crisis, and threats of outright annexation by the United States. It was an election that, more than any vote in recent memory, split Canadians down the middle....The 51st State Votes is a gripping account of a campaign that promises to define Canada for the next century.
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| Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That... by Adam CohenIn 1884, the starving crew of the shipwrecked yacht Mignonette killed and cannibalized the vessel's cabin boy in accordance with the "custom of the sea." The resulting murder trial set a precedent that changed the course of legal history. Journalist Adam Cohen's engaging true crime account offers a richly detailed chronicle of the rapidly shifting mores of the Victorian era. |
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Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change
by Jeremy Kuzmarov
Syria: Anatomy of a Regime Change offers the first comprehensive account of the U.S. regime change operation in Syria. The operation was underway ever since Bashar's father, Hafez-Al Assad, was targeted by the U.S. government because of his support for Arab unity, his nationalist economic program, his support for the Palestinians, and his steadfast opposition to U.S. and Israeli hegemonic designs in the Middle East.
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Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone
by Mark Lee Gardner
In this illuminating dual biography, the first about Earp and Holliday, the lives of these two men, one a sometime lawman and the other a sometime dentist, are chronicled in a swirling tableau of saloons, brothels, gambling dens, stage holdups, arrests, manhunts, and revenge killings. And while there’s plenty of gunsmoke in this saga, hero-worshipping won’t be found. Wyatt and Doc, just like anyone else then and now, had their flaws and failings, and the unsavory parts of their lives are here, too.
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The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese Connection
by Jake Adelstein
Cryptocurrency was supposed to do for money what the internet did for information, but it didn't work out that way. Its virtual existence unleashed real-world chaos--especially in the homeland of its mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Tokyo was the center of the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, until that company collapsed with nearly half a billion dollars' worth of Bitcoin gone missing. It might be the greatest heist in history. If it was a heist. So what really happened?
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The Lucky Seven
by Gary Collins
In July 2024, the Elite Navigator fishing boat and its crew seemed to vanish one night after fishing for turbot for several days at sea....This is the true story of a dramatic rescue at sea that took place after all hope had been lost. Award-winning author Gary Collins recounts the heroic efforts of the men and women on land, at sea, and in the air which led to a miracle, one which grabbed national headlines in the summer of 2024.
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The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
by Joel J. Miller
Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones-- they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world.
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Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida
by Gilbert King
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King comes a chilling exploration of one of America's most haunting wrongful conviction cases. Based on the hit podcast, Bone Valley dives into the dark heart of rural Florida, where a young man's life was upended by a tragic miscarriage of justice. Captivating, enraging, and all too true.
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