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History and Current Events February 2026 |
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The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood
by Nina Willner
Nina Willner's (Forty Autumns) moving tale of survival and resilience chronicles her German Jewish father’s daring escape from Auschwitz in 1944, when he and Mike, his best friend and fellow escapee, encountered American soldiers who adopted them into their company. For fans of: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland.
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Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders
Oligarchy is a system in which a small number of extremely wealthy individuals control the economic, political, and media life of a nation. It is a system in which ordinary people have very little power to determine the future of their country. If you're an American, it is the system in which you're living. That must change. In the wealthiest nation on earth we must build a political movement that creates a government that represents all Americans, not just a handful of billionaires.
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The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It's Too Late
by Andreas Malm
What do we do when the climate warming boundaries set by the Paris Agreement have been passed? In the overshoot era, schemes proliferate for muscular adaptation or for new technologies to turn the heat down at a later date by removing carbon from the air or by blocking sunlight. Such technologies are by no means safe; they come with immense risks and provide an excuse for those who would rather avoid limiting emissions in the present. But do they also hold out some potential? Can the catastrophe be reversed, masked or simply adapted to once it is a fact? Or will any such roundabout measures simply make things worse?--Provided by publisher.
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How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
by John Kennedy
One of the most distinctive and funny politicians, Senator John Kennedy (the one from Louisiana)--hailed by Politico as America's most quotable Senator--offers his perceptive (and hilarious) takes on the ridiculousness of political life in this scathingly witty takedown of Washington and its elite denizens. How to Test Negative for Stupid offers the Senator's tongue-in-cheek guidebook through Washington, punctuated by his thoughts on various issues and humorous stories about life from Louisiana politics and inside the Senate.
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Hunting History: A Writer's Odyssey
by Erna Paris
Hunting History: A Writer's Odyssey is an unforgettable journey through time, memory, and the enduring power of storytelling.
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Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
by Karine Jean-Pierre
A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America's broken two-party system. Rachel Maddow calls it a brave firecracker of a book. In a country obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system, Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House press secretary to the Biden-Harris administration, shares why Americans must step beyond party lines to embrace life as Independents.
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What's Left: Three Paths Through the Planetary Crisis
by Malcolm Harris
Climate change is the unifying crisis of our time. But the scale of the problem can be paralyzing, especially when corporations are actively staving off changes that could save the planet but which might threaten their bottom lines. To quote Greta Thunberg, despite very clear science and very real devastation, the adults at the table are still saying 'blah blah blah.' Something has to change--but what, and how? ... Harris cuts through the noise and gets real about our remaining options for saving the world. Just as humans have caused climate change, we hold the power to avert a climate apocalypse, but that will only happen through collective political action. Harris outlines the three strategies--progressive, socialist, and revolutionary--that have any chance of succeeding, while also revealing that none of them can succeed on [its] own.
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Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department
by Carol Leonnig
Throughout his first administration, Trump did more than any other president to politicize the nation's top law enforcement agency, pressuring appointees to shield him, to target his enemies, and even to help him cling to power after his 2020 election defeat. The department, pressed into a defensive crouch, has never fully recovered. Injustice exposes not only the Trump administration's efforts to undermine the department at every turn but also how delays in investigating Trump's effort to overturn the will of voters under Attorney General Merrick Garland helped prevent the country from holding Trump accountable and enabled his return to power.
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