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History and Current Events July 2025 |
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The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate...
by Shaun Walker
Shaun Walker, an international correspondent for The Guardian, offers a fast-paced and richly detailed survey of Russia's century-old spy program, which requires agents (called "Illegals") to be sent abroad on deep-cover missions in the United States, Europe, South America, and Africa. For fans of: TV's The Americans; Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton.
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Money, lies, and God : inside the movement to destroy American democracy
by Katherine Stewart
An acclaimed author takes us to conferences of conspiracy-mongers, backroom strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, providing a compelling analysis of the authoritarian reaction in the United States, the“engine of unreason” roiling American culture and politics.
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The project : how Project 2025 is reshaping America
by David A. Graham
"A clear guide to Project 2025--the playbook for the second Trump administration. ... In The Project, award-winning journalist David A. Graham offers much-needed context and distills the essential elements of this sprawling document. Breaking down the Project's strategy for transforming--and radically empowering--the executive branch, Graham explains what the architects behind Project 2025 are doing with that power: enforcing traditional gender norms, decimating the civil service, performing mass deportations, reducing corporate regulation and worker protections, and more. Authoritative yet highly accessible, The Project demystifies Project 2025 for those whose lives it will affect most"
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Islam : a new history from Muhammad to the present
by John Tolan
"Today's Muslim world is in upheaval: legalists and mystics engage in intense debates, radical groups invoke Sharia, Muslim immigrants in the West face prejudice and discrimination, and Muslim feminists advocate new interpretations of the Koran. At the same time, Islam is mischaracterized as unitary and unchanging by people ranging from right-wing Western politicians claiming that Islam is incompatible with democracy to conservative Muslims dreaming of returning to the golden age of the prophet. Against this contentious backdrop, this book provides an essential and timely new history of the religion in all its astonishing richness and diversity as it has been practiced by Muslims around the world, from seventh-century Mecca to today"
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| When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan ThomasIn his unputdownable debut, anthropologist and former Los Padres Hotshot wildland firefighter Jordan Thomas recounts his experiences during the 2021 fire season in California, detailing how climate change, colonization, and political malfeasance have exacerbated the rise of megafires in the American West. Try these next: The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History by Manjula Martin; Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West by Kelly Ramsey. |
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The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
by Rick Atkinson
This 2nd well-researched volume of Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson's Revolution Trilogy utilizes dozens of maps and full-color illustrations to chronicle key events from the middle years of the American Revolution, covering the years 1777-1780. Further reading: Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 by John Ferling.
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