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History and Current Events June 2024
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Say more : lessons from work, the White House, and the world
by Jen Psaki
Sharing her journey to the Briefing Room and beyond, a former White House Press Secretary, current MSNBC host and one of the most prominent voices in American politics today explains her straightforward approach to communication and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation. Illustrations.
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The age of grievance
by Frank Bruni
A best-selling author and longtime New York Times columnist, examining what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together, discusses the potential for the devastating erosion of the civility, common ground and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive.
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An unfinished love story : a personal history of the 1960s
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
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| The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of... by Hampton SidesHistorian Hampton Sides' compelling, you-are-there latest offers an atmospheric account of controversial British cartographer James Cook's final Pacific voyage, which began in 1776 and ended three years later when he was killed by a group of Native Hawaiians whom he had exploited. Try this next: The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart. |
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Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 N. Virginia Ave, Falls Church, Virginia 22046 703-248-5030 (TTY 711) www.mrspl.org
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