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History and Current Events November 2025 |
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| We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill LeporeHarvard University historian Jill Lepore's sweeping and accessible history surveys the creation and evolution of the United States Constitution, spotlighting key amendments that continue to shape the country. It's "urgent" (Kirkus Reviews) and "essential" (Library Journal) reading. |
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| History Matters by David McCullough; foreword by Jon Meacham, edited by Dorie McCullough Lawson and Michael HillIn this posthumous collection of 20 essays and speeches (some previously unpublished), Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough offers freewheeling and impassioned reflections on the importance of learning about history to better understand the present. |
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107 Days
by Kamala Harris
Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer. You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States. On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will not be seeking reelection. The presidential election will occur on November 5, 2024. You have 107 days. Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, 107 Days takes you inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before--
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Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
by Scott Eyman
The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception--
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38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia
by Philippe Sands
In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century's most merciless criminals--accused of genocide and crimes against humanity--testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg. Though nearly a decade in the making, this book could not arrive at a better time, because its subject is one of the most pressing themes of our era: impunity. . . . Sands has created an indelible and enthralling work of moral witness.--Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing On the evening of October 16, 1998, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested at a medical clinic in London. After a brutal, seventeen-year reign marked by assassinations, disappearances, and torture--frequently tied to the infamous detention center at the heart of Santiago, Londres 38--Pinochet was being indicted for international crimes and extradition to Spain, opening the door to criminal charges that would follow him to the grave, in 2006. Three decades earlier, on the evening of December 3, 1962, SS-Commander Walter Rauff was arrested in his home in Punta Arenas, at the southern tip of Chile. As the overseer of the development and use of gas vans in World War II, he was indicted for the mass murder of tens of thousands of Jews and faced extradition to West Germany. Would these uncommon criminals be held accountable? Were their stories connected? The Nuremberg Trials--where Rauff's crimes had first been read into the record, in 1945--opened the door to universal jurisdiction, and Pinochet's case would be the first effort to ensnare a former head of state.
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The Royal Palaces: Secrets and Scandals
by Kate Williams
Royal expert and TV historian Kate Williams opens the doors to 30 palaces, castles and houses that have been connected with the British royals over the centuries. Well known for her expert insights in the media and on countless royal documentaries, Kate takes you on a tour of the UK's most fascinating palaces, past and present, to unveil the scandalous and little-known stories hidden between their walls. Included in the book are such famous royal residences as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, but also lesser-known locations such as Falkland Palace and Beaumaris Castle. Covering the breadth of British history, there are tales from the medieval era to the present.
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When You Come at the King: Inside Doj's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump
by Elie Honig
Imagine you've been put in charge of investigating your own boss--who also happens to be the most powerful person on the planet.You might unearth information that will be politically, professionally, and personally devastating to your subject, and you alone hold the power to indict and potentially imprison him. At the same time, the boss can fire you and end the case--and might even turn the tables and launch an inquiry aimed at you. As the lone-wolf assassin Omar put it in The Wire: You come at the king, you best not miss.That's the crucible for any Special Counsel. For decades, the Department of Justice has appointed outside prosecutors to handle our highest-stakes cases. But do these independent investigations lead to just results?
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Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)
by Ben Shapiro
In a world split between noble Lions and destructive Scavengers, only the brave can lead the way. ... Ben Shapiro knows that at the heart of today's conflicts--political, economic, and cultural--there's a dangerous [idea]: that all people are equal in ability, and that all inequality stems from oppression and exploitation. ... Shapiro refutes that [idea], emphasizing that in a free country, inequality is rooted in differences of talent and work ethic--not oppression--and that the best solution to lack of success lies in duty and virtue. Lions, like America's founding fathers, strive for the highest good, building systems that promote freedom, prosperity, and equality of opportunity. Meanwhile, Scavengers degrade these ideals, spreading resentment and entitlement that threaten to dismantle the foundations of Western civilization.
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Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst
by Bill O'Reilly
A dramatic confrontation with good, evil, and the worst people who ever lived. The concept of evil is universal, ancient, and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clearly defines it when Cain kills his brother Abel out of jealousy. Evil is a choice to make another suffer. As long as human beings have walked, evil has been close by. Confronting Evil by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer recounts the deeds of the worst people in history. By telling what they did and why they did it, Confronting Evil explains the struggle between good and evil -- a choice every person in the Judeo-Christian tradition is compelled to make. But many defer. We avoid the life decision. We look away. It's easier. Prepare yourself to read the consequences of that inaction. As John Stuart Mill said in his inaugural address to the University of St. Andrews in 1867 : 'Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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Don't Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything Wrong All at Once
by Tristin Hopper
An exploration of how Canada, a country once admired for its stability and moderation, became a global cautionary tale. Tristin Hopper uncovers the bizarre missteps and policy experiments that have helped Canada set new global standards for dysfunction. The examples are legion: the real estate bubble that never bursts, Orwellian internet regulations, harm reduction policies that escalate harm, official health guidelines that recommended the use of glory holes in a pandemic, and a runaway euthanasia system that inspired the Wall Street Journal to declare, Welcome to Canada, the Doctor Will Kill You Now.
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