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History and Current Events July 2024
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The truth about immigration : why successful societies welcome newcomers
by Zeke Hernandez
Drawing from nearly 20 years of research to answer all the big questions about immigration, a Wharton professor, combining moving personal stories with exhaustive research, offers an accessible, apolitical and evidence-based look at how newcomers affect our local communities and our nation.
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Origin story : the trials of Charles Darwin
by Howard Markel
A renowned medical historian recounts the two-year period (1858-1860) of Darwin's On the Origin of Species through its spectacular success and controversy, while delving into the mysterious health symptoms Darwin developed, combing the literature to emerge with a cogent diagnosis of a case that has long fascinated medical historians. Illustrations.
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| Hip-Hop Is History by QuestloveGrammy Award-winning Roots drummer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Questlove's lively history explores the first 50 years of hip-hop music by spotlighting one song from each year since the genre's 1973 origins. |
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Fallen : George Mallory and the tragic 1924 Everest expedition by Mick Conefrey" Fallen, Mick Conefrey’s grippingly forensic examination of the 1924 British Everest expedition — a tragic failure that was so nearly a triumph—helps to explain why the achievements of Mallory and his companions remain as fascinating as the first successful ascent by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 29 years later." -- The Financial Times
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When the sea came alive : an oral history of D-day
by Garrett M. Graff
The New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate turns his attention to D-Day, one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs, exploring the full impact of this world-changing event and offering a fitting tribute to the people of the Greatest Generation. Illustrations.
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The singularity is nearer : when we merge with Al
by Ray Kurzweil
Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and its vision of the future have been influential in spawning a worldwide movement with millions of followers, hundreds of books, and major films Her, Lucy, Ex Machina. During the succeeding decade many of his predictions about tech advancements have been borne out. In this entirely new book Kurzweil takes a fresh perspective on advances in the singularity - assessing many of his predictions and examining the novel advancements to a revolution in knowledge and an expansion of human potential.
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