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History and Current Events December 2025 |
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| Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy by Julia IoffeIn this "pensive account of a revolution betrayed" (Kirkus Reviews), Moscow-born journalist Julia Ioffe's National Book Award finalist (as of publication time) explores a century of feminist history in Russia, revealing how women's freedoms after the Russian Revolution have devolved under the regime of Vladimir Putin. Try this next: Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women by Kristen Ghodsee. |
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| Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie SmithZadie Smith's wide-ranging and witty latest collects 30 essays and talks penned during the last ten years, offering the author's reflections on pop culture, politics, loss, aging, and more. For fans of: Like Love: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson. |
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| On My Honor: The Secret History of the Boy Scouts of America by Kim ChristensenPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kim Christensen's posthumous exposé unflinchingly examines decades of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America, whose known victims number 82,000 and counting. Further reading: Scout Camp: Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America by James Renner. |
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| Ancestors: Identity and DNA in the Levant by Pierre ZallouaPopulation geneticist Pierre Zalloua's "powerful argument against present-day sectarianism and nationalism" (Publishers Weekly) incisively examines the complex genetic and cultural history of the ancient Levant, eschewing oversimplified or interchangeable understandings of heritage and ethnicity gleaned from genetic testing results. Further reading: The Trouble with Ancient DNA: Telling Stories of the Past with Genomic Science by Anna Källén. |
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