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History and Current Events June 2025 |
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Civic Minded: What Everyone Should Know About the US Government
by Jeff Fleischer
What it is: Featuring compelling, well-researched text and accompanying sidebars, this handy guidebook offers an accessible overview of big US civics topics, including federal programs, international relations, and more.
Reviewers say: "Clear and stripped of partisan hyperbole; every American can benefit from this book." (Kirkus Reviews)
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The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought From Plato to Marx
by David Lay Williams
What it is: "Economic inequality is one of the most daunting challenges of our time, with public debate often turning to questions of whether it is an inevitable outcome of economic systems and what, if anything, can be done about it.
What it's about: But why, exactly, should inequality worry us? The Greatest of All Plagues demonstrates that this underlying question has been a central preoccupation of some of the most eminent political thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition.
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| Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools by Mary Annette PemberWhat it is: Ojibwe journalist Mary Annette Pember's well-researched debut examines the origins and evolution of Native American boarding schools in the United States, revealing how the impacts of her own mother's experiences at a Catholic-run school contributed to her family's generational trauma.
Further reading: The Knowing by Tanya Talaga. |
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| The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate... by Shaun WalkerWhat it's about: Shaun Walker, an international correspondent for The Guardian, offers a fast-paced and richly detailed survey of Russia's century-old spy program, which requires agents (called "Illegals") to be sent abroad on deep-cover missions in the United States, Europe, South America, and Africa.
For fans of: TV's The Americans; Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton. |
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| Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future by Alan WeismanWhat it is: Environmental journalist Alan Weisman's moving and upbeat account profiles inspiring individuals around the world (including scientists, engineers, politicians, and activists) who are fighting to combat climate change.
Further reading: Climate Resilience: How We Keep Each Other Safe, Care for Our Communities, and Fight Back Against Climate Change by Kylie Flanagan. |
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