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History and Current Events August 2025 |
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Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story
by Max Marshall
What it is: The New York Times best-selling author of Friday Night Lights recounts his investigation of a small-time fraternity Xanax trafficking ring that uncovered a murder, student deaths and millions of dollars circulating around an elite, hidden world.
Reviewers say: "...a fast-paced and frightening campus crime saga." (Publishers Weekly)
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Coming Into View: How AI and Other Megatrends Will Shape Your Investments
by Joseph H. Davis
What it's about: Joe Davis makes a simple and profound argument: that the “status quo” view of the United States economy – one of predictable and relatively constant measures of growth, inflation, and financial returns – is actually deeply unlikely to hold true in the future.
About the author: Joe Davis is Vanguard's Global Chief Economist and the head of it's Investment Strategy Group.
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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
by Gardiner Harris
What it's about: In this blistering exposé, an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers reams of evidence showing decades of Johnson & Johnson's deceitful and dangerous corporate practices that have threatened the lives of millions.
Reviewers say: "It is very nearly impossible to believe that this company could be capable of so many layers of deceit and dishonesty . . . An absolutely unforgettable must-read.” (Booklist)
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| Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan GreenwellWhat it's about: In her incisive debut, journalist Megan Greenwell draws upon her own experience as a former writer for Deadspin to investigate the damaging impact private equity firms have on American workers and communities.
Further reading: These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs — and Wrecks — America by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. |
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| Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings by Honorée Fanonne JeffersWhat it is: National Book Award-nominated poet and novelist Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois) makes her genre-defying nonfiction debut with this unflinching and insightful essay collection exploring various crossroads Black women have faced throughout history.
For fans of: In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker; Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry. |
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| Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights... by Sam KeanWhat it is: Bestselling science writer Sam Kean (The Icepick Surgeon) offers a lively chronicle of how experimental archeologists utilize evidence found at dig sites to replicate ancient rituals and customs, including hunting with period-appropriate weaponry, playing an Aztec ballgame, brewing ancient Egyptian beer, and even mummifying corpses.
Further reading: Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive by Eliot Stein. |
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| Their Accomplices Wore Robes: How the Supreme Court Chained Black America to the... by Brando Simeo StarkeyWhat it's about: Legal scholar Brando Simeo Starkey's (In Defense of Uncle Tom) richly detailed history explores the role the United States Supreme Court has played in the systemic oppression of Black people.
Try this next: The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution by Keith Richotte, Jr. |
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