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History and Current Events January 2019
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Bitten by the blues : the Alligator Records story
by Bruce Iglauer
It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence’s Lounge, in the heart of Chicago’s South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago blues of Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers. A year later, Iglauer produced Hound Dog’s debut album in eight hours and pressed a thousand copies, the most he could afford. From that one album grew Alligator Records, the largest independent blues record label in the world. Bitten by the Blues is Iglauer’s memoir of a life immersed in the blues—and the business of the blues.
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Trump's enemies : how the deep state is undermining President Trump
by Corey R. Lewandowski
Two political operatives who served on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign defend their assertion that a long-standing hostile bureaucratic network operating in the shadows of Washington is trying to work against the current administration.
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Where We Go from Here
by Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign was a beginning, not an end. In his new book, America's most popular political figure speaks about what he's been doing to oppose the Trump agenda and strengthen the progressive movement and how we go forward as a nation.
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The deadly deep : the definitive history of submarine warfare
by Iain Ballantyne
Traces the evolution of the submarine from its ancient beginnings through its culmination as a military vessel, discussing such topics as the buoyancy discoveries of Archimedes, the designs of David Bushnell and the role of subs in nuclear warfare.
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The future of capitalism : facing the new anxieties
by Paul Collier
The renowned economist and prizewinning author of The Bottom Billion presents a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism while outlining pragmatic, ethical recommendations for how to heal essential divides.
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Beastie Boys book
by Mike D
Featuring contributions by the group's surviving members and complemented by rare visuals, a panoramic chronicle of the Beastie Boys traces their early collaborations, genre-breaking achievements and evolution as musicians and social activists.
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The Parenting Project : Build Extraordinary Relationships With Your Kids Through Daily Conversation
by Amy Alamar
Are you losing the influence game with your children? If you want to direct your child's growth, then they need to get to know you. In The Parenting Project, parenting experts Dr. Amy Alamar and Dr. Kristine Schlichting show you how to talk with your children on a regular basis to gain their trust. In a time when kids have many things vying for their attention, you want to become the go-to person, the one they turn to the most for advice and comfort.
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A call for revolution : a vision for the future
by Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama presents an urgent call for a "revolution of compassion" that focuses on reshaping institutions, natural-world attitudes and how we treat each other to facilitate a healthier world and build a better future.
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The breakthrough : immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer
by Charles Graeber
The best-selling author of The Good Nurse details the latest breakthroughs in oncological science and the discovery of the code to unleashing the human immune system, sharing insights into the paradigm-shifting potential of immunotherapy in curing cancer.
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Einstein's monsters : the life and times of black holes
by Chris Impey
An astronomer and critically-acclaimed author answers questions on the cutting edge of astrophysics to explores the fascinating science of black holes and their role in theoretical physics from Einstein's equations of general relativity to testing string theory.
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Art Matters : Because Your Imagination Can Change the World
by Neil Gaiman
Drawn from Gaiman’s trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist’s vision—an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.
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Why we dream : the transformative power of our nightly reset
by Alice Robb
A science journalist and lucid dreamer explores fresh, revelatory research to uncover why we dream and how we can improve our dream life. Robb draws on fresh and forgotten research, as well as her experience and that of other dream experts, to show why dreams are vital to our emotional and physical health. She explains how we can remember our dreams better—and why we should. She traces the intricate links between dreaming and creativity, and even offers advice on how we can relish the intense adventure of lucid dreaming for ourselves.
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A new theory of teenagers : seven transformational strategies to empower you and your teen
by Christa Santangelo
A clinical psychologist provides advice, tips, support and empowerment to parents of teenagers to help them through the emotional turmoil of the adolescent years to build and maintain trust and embrace positivity. In A New Theory of Teenagers, she gives parents the advice, tips, support, and big-picture overview needed to see the teen years as an opportunities for growth and positive relationship changes.
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Babel : around the world in twenty languages
by Gaston Dorren
The celebrated author of Lingo presents a whistle-stop tour of the world's 20 most-spoken languages, exploring the history, geography, linguistics and cultures that have been shaped by languages and their customs.
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Theater of the world : the maps that made history
by Thomas Reinertsen Berg
A highly visual chronicle of mapmaking, from the symbols of the Stone Age to Google Earth, traces the role of visionary geographers in shaping and recording history's major exploration periods.
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