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History and Current Events May 2021
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| The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy BatalionWhat it's about: the courageous Jewish women resistance fighters operating in Poland during World War II.
Read it for: a propulsive and richly detailed account that's "sure to become part of the WWII canon" (Booklist).
Movie buzz: Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg has optioned The Light of Days for a film adaptation. |
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| In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the... by Laurence BergreenWhat it's about: how pirate Sir Francis Drake's exploits on behalf of Elizabeth I helped establish the British Empire.
Why you might like it: Rife with descriptive accounts of swashbuckling derring-do and plenty of court intrigue, acclaimed historian Laurence Bergreen's dramatic latest offers fresh insights into the relationship between Drake and the queen. |
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| Eleanor in the Village: Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York... by Jan Jarboe RussellWhat it's about: In 1920, during a rough patch in her marriage to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt moved to Greenwich Village, becoming active in the neighborhood's progressive causes.
Read it for: an evocative portrait of New York City's bustling bohemian scene and its impact on the future First Lady's political ambitions.
Did you know? Roosevelt's involvement in the city's lesbian circles caught the attention of J. Edgar Hoover, who racked up a nearly 4,000-page file on her. |
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A short history of humanity : a new history of old Europe
by Johannes Krause
A founding director of the Max Planck Institute and the editor-in-chief of Berlin’s Tagesspiegel introduce the revolutionary science of archaeogenetics while explaining how new DNA sequencing technologies are revealing essential details about human evolution. Illustrations.
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