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New 700 - 900s/Travel Non-Fiction Books 700 Art, Design, Sports, and Recreation 800 Literature and Poetry 900 Geography, Travel, and History |
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The Twilight of Bohemia : Westbeth
and the Last Artists in New York
by Peter Trachtenberg
Chronicles New York's Westbeth Artists Housing, exploring its
evolution as a haven for bohemians amidst gentrification, the
lives and struggles of its residents, and the broader challenges
of sustaining art and community in a rapidly changing cultural
and economic landscape.
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How to be avant-garde : modern artists
and the quest to end art
by Morgan Falconer
A journey through 20th-century avant-garde movements, tracing
how artists and writers sought to dissolve art's boundaries by
merging it with everyday life, political activism and design, while challenging traditional definitions of art across Europe, Russia
and the United States.
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Thirty Below : The Harrowing and
Heroic Story of the First All-women's
Ascent of Denali
by Cassidy Randall
Everyone told the “Denali Damsels,” as the team called themselves,
that it couldn’t be done: Women were incapable of climbing
mountains on their own. Men had walked on the moon; women
still had not stood on the highest points on Earth. But these six
women were unwilling to be limited by sexists and misogynists.
They pushed past barriers in society at large, the climbing world,
and their own bodies.
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New York: Memories of times past
by Francis Morrone
Come on a journey back in time to New York's golden years,
when the 20-story Flatiron Building was one of the tallest buildings
in the city. The flair of this incomparable city is captured by
postcards, photographs and atmospheric paintings by American impressionists who captured life in the up-and-coming metropolis
on the canvas a century ago.
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Before Elvis : The African American
Musicians Who Made the King
by Preston Lauterbach
This exploration of the Black musicians who shaped Elvis Presley's
music focuses on four overlooked artists while examining their
influence, legacies and the systemic injustices that kept them in
poverty as others profited from their work.
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The lies of the artists
by Ingrid D. Rowland
A collection of often iconoclastic essays on a number of key
Renaissance artists.
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All the beauty in the world
by Patrick Bringley
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a
decade as a museum guard.
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The Silver Snarling Trumpet
by Robert Hunter
The lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary
lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s is a remembrance
of “the scene” in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership
of Hunter and Jerry Garcia, and then to the Grateful Dead itself.
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Taylor Swift by the book
by Rachel Feder
An entertaining and informative exploration of the literary
influences and references in Taylor Swift's song lyrics.
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We tell ourselves stories : Joan Didion
and the American dream machine
by Alissa Wilkinson
Chronicles the iconic writer's journey from journalist to
Hollywood screenwriter, examining how her fascination with
American mythmaking and cinematic motifs shaped her work
and her critique of Hollywood's role in sensationalizing the
nation's fears and dreams.
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Love and need : the life of Robert
Frost's poetry
by Adam Plunkett
The author reveals a new Frost through a careful look at the
poems and people he knew best, showing how the stories of
his most important relationships, heretofore partly told, mirror
dominant themes of Frost's enduring poetry: withholding and
disclosure, privacy and intimacy.
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Y2K : how the 2000s became everything: (essays on the future that never was)
by Colette Shade
A nostalgic yet critical exploration of the early 2000s, reflecting
on its pop culture and socio-political landscape through artifacts
like flip phones and early internet phenomena, revealing how this
era shaped contemporary issues while examining the mixed legacy
of a decade marked by both optimism and disillusionment.
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A genocide foretold : reporting on survival and resistance in occupied Palestine
by Chris Hedges
A Genocide Foretold confronts the stark realities of life under
siege in Gaza and the heroic effort ordinary Palestinians are
waging to resist and survive. Weaving together personal stories, historical context, and unflinching journalism, Chris Hedges
provides an intimate portrait of systemic oppression, occupation,
and violence.
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Adventures in the Louvre : how to fall
in love with the world's greatest museum
by Elaine Sciolino
Blending investigative journalism, travelogue, history, and memoir, Sciolino walks her readers through the museum's front gates and immerses them in its irresistible, engrossing world of beauty and
culture. Adventures in the Louvre reveals the secrets of this grand monument of Paris and basks in its timeless, seductive power.
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Rot : an imperial history of the Irish
famine
by Padraic X. Scanlan
This historical analysis reveals how British imperial policies and
laissez-faire capitalism intensified the devastation of the potato
blight in mid-19th-century Ireland, where economic exploitation, dependency on potatoes, and insufficient relief measures caused widespread starvation and mass emigration.
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How to win at travel
by Brian Kelly
A travel expert offers a comprehensive guide full of practical
advice on everything from leveraging points to managing travel
anxiety, helping travelers of all kinds plan stress-free trips and
turn their travel dreams into reality.
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Lincoln's peace : the struggle to end the American Civil War
by Michael Vorenberg
An historian explores the complexities of defining the Civil War's end, challenging traditional narratives and revealing how the transition from war to peace unfolded over a prolonged and multifaceted period, impacting not only the nation but also individual lives. Illustrations.
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Looking at women looking at war :
a war and justice diary
by Viktoriëiìa Amelina
A novelist and mother when Russia invaded Ukraine on February
24, 2022, the author became a war crimes researcher, chronicling
the women of the resistance, documenting the war until dying at
37 in the Donetsk region from a Russian cruise missile.
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Our Nazi : an American suburb's
encounter with evil
by Michael Soffer
After World War II, a surprising number of Nazis made their way
to the United States, where they sought to slip into obscurity.
Many did not succeed. In 1982, the government sought to
deport Reinhold Kulle, a custodian at a high school in Chicago's
most ostentatiously liberal suburb, for having been a
concentration-camp guard.
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The stained glass window : a family
history as the American story,
1790-1958
by David Levering Lewis
The historian embarks on a personal journey to uncover his
ancestry, revealing the intertwined narratives of his family's
history, which includes both slaveholding white families and an
up-from-slavery Black lineage, illuminating the complexities of
race, equity and legacy in America.
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Gettysburg : The Tide Turns,
An Oral History
by Bruce Chadwick
An in-depth oral history of the Gettysburg battle, combining
firsthand accounts and historical narrative to depict the pivotal
clash that halted Lee's Northern advance, questioned his tactics,
elevated Meade's leadership and inspired Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
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The first and last king of Haiti : the
rise and fall of Henry Christophe
by Marlene Daut
The complex life of Henry Christophe is explored by an award-
winning Yale scholar, detailing his journey from enslaved
individual to revolutionary leader, king, and suicide, while
examining the political dynamics and personal betrayals that
shaped Haiti's tumultuous history during its fight for freedom.
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The Eurasian Century : Hot Wars, Cold
Wars, and the Making of the Modern
World
by Hal Brands
Offshore sea powers, namely the United Kingdom and America,
have sought to make the world safe for democracy by keeping
Eurasia in balance. America’s rivalries with China, Russia, and
Iran are the next round in this geopolitical game. If this new authoritarian axis succeeds in enacting a radically revised
international order, America and other democracies will be
vulnerable and insecure.
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The JFK conspiracy
by Brad Meltzer
Uncovers the little-known story of Richard Pavlick, a disgruntled
postal worker who plotted to assassinate John F. Kennedy in
December 1960, just before his inauguration, detailing the
near-miss that could have altered American history and the
gripping events surrounding the failed attempt.
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An African history of Africa
by Zeinab Badawi
This sweeping historical survey traces Africa's rich legacy from
prehistory to the present, exploring ancient civilizations, medieval empires and colonialism's impact, while highlighting African voices
and perspectives to offer a long-overdue account of the continent's global significance.
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The Killing Fields of East New York
by Stacy Horn
A compulsively readable hybrid of true crime and investigative journalism, The Killing Fields of East New York reveals how
white-collar crime reduced a prospering neighborhood to
abandoned buildings and empty lots. The Killing Fields of
East New York deftly demonstrates how different types of
crime are profoundly entangled, and how the crimes committed
in nice suits and corner offices are just as destructive as those
committed on the street.
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Embers of the hands
by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
A history of the Viking Age, from mighty leaders to rebellious
teenagers, told through their runes and ruins, games and combs,
trash and treasure.
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