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History and Current Events August 2017
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Democracy : stories from the long road to freedom
by Condoleezza Rice
Traces key events, witnessed by the author, throughout the past fifty years, assesses the evolution of global democracy, and discusses how it is under attack throughout the world
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My European family : the first 54,000 years
by Karin Bojs
The author documents her research into the history of her family, using the science of DNA sequencing to uncover the secrets of her lineage, dating back tens of thousands of years to Europe's earliest peoples
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| Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans by David BarrieIn Sextant, British scholar David Barrie recounts his experience as a young man who learned to use a sextant (a navigational aid invented in the 18th century) as he sailed across the Atlantic. Relating the history of the sextant along with his personal reminiscences, he also provides an engaging chronicle of the exploration and early mapping of the world. Relating the exploits of James Cook, George Vancouver, William Bligh, Ernest Shackleton, and others, Barrie fills his book with the challenges -- and romance -- of the sea. |
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| Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean“What does it mean that we have been going to space for 50 years and have decided to stop?” In Leaving Orbit, Margaret Lazarus Dean, an English professor and lifelong fan of space flight, details the final three missions of NASA's space shuttle in 2011. Emphasizing the human elements of the program, she recounts her trips to Cape Kennedy to witness these launches, drawing on the poetic as well as the technical to characterize NASA's culture and politics. Dean's compelling elegy to American space exploration is a must-read for those fascinated by the final frontier. |
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The white rock : an exploration of the Inca heartland
by Hugh Thomson
The documentary traveler traces his rediscovery of the Llactapata ruin and what he learned about Incan civilization from his explorations there and through his research with local archaeologists.
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