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History and Current Events July 2024
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| Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World by Caroline AlexanderJournalist and New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander (The Bounty) surveys the lesser-known aerial exploits of the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II in this fast-paced and dramatic account featuring diary entries and previously unseen records.
Further reading: Burma '44: The Battle That Turned World War II in the East by James Holland. |
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The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
by Corey Lang Brettschneider
This meticulously researched account of assaults on democracy by five presidents who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy and committed crimes with impunity shows how citizens like Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells and Daniel Ellsberg fought back against presidential abuses of power.
Further reading: American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation by David J. Rothkopf
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Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI
by Madhumita Murgia
An award-winning journalist and commentator shows how artificial intelligence systems are shaping people's lives around the globe and explores the perils and inequities of the growing reliance on automated decision-making.
Try this next: Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier by Alex Tapscott.
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| Hip-Hop Is History by QuestloveGrammy Award-winning Roots drummer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Questlove's lively history explores the first 50 years of hip-hop music by spotlighting one song from each year since the genre's 1973 origins.
Try this next: Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap by Ben Westhoff. |
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Mr. Churchill in the White House: The Untold Story of a Prime Minister and Two Presidents
by Robert Schmuhl
Drawing on years of research, this eye-opening account of America and Britain's “Special Relationship” during WWII and the 1950s recounts Winston Churchill's extended visits to the White House during his two terms as prime minister, demonstrating just how influential a foreign leader can become in shaping American foreign policy.
Further reading: Hot Dogs and Cocktails: When FDR Met King George VI at Hyde Park on Hudson by Peter Conradi.
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| The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George StephanopoulosPolitical commentator and former presidential advisor George Stephanopoulos offers a peek behind the curtain at America's most famous residence in this compelling history of the Situation Room, the White House communications hub where consequential decisions are made.
Try this next: How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11 by Janet Napolitano |
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| American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873 by Alan TaylorTwo-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor (American Republics) explores the overlapping yet intertwined conflicts of the American Civil War, the Second Franco-Mexican War, and the establishment of the Canadian Confederation in this "compulsively readable history of perhaps the most dramatic period in the history of North America" (Kirkus Reviews).
Try this next: 1848: Year of Revolution by Mike Rapport. |
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| Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of Obsessive Quest for El Dorado... by Keith ThomsonBestselling author Keith Thomson's (Born to Be Hanged) richly detailed latest chronicles English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh's failed attempts to locate the mythical city of El Dorado in the jungles of South America.
For fans of: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. |
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At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning With China
by Edward Wong
A veteran diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times tells the story of Modern China through the lens of his father's life as a soldier in Mao's Peoples Liberation Army as well as his own experiences in the country.
Further reading: Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
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