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History and Current Events April 2024
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The lede : dispatches from a life in the press
by Calvin Trillin
Drawing on his six-decade career, the best-selling author and beloved New Yorker writer, in this fascinating, opinionated portrait of journalism, uses his unique combination of reportage and humor to take on his own professional environment: the American press.
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The heart and the chip : our bright future with robots
by Daniela Rus
"The book is aimed at bringing critical discussion in scholarship on the consequences of adopting Artificial Intelligence in the different levels and facets of societal structures; a point which remains undiscussed in the academic circles."
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| 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed by Eric KlinenbergSociologist and bestselling author Eric Klinenberg's (Palaces for the People) sobering study offers a compelling look at the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic through the experiences of seven New Yorkers. Try this next: The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID by Lawrence Wright. |
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Our ancient faith : Lincoln, democracy, and the American experiment
by Allen C. Guelzo
One of America's foremost experts on Lincoln captures the president's firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history, providing us with a deeper understanding of this endlessly fascinating man and shows how his ideas are still sharp and relevant more than 150 years later.
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