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History and Current Events June 2024
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| Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay DolinBestselling maritime historian Eric Jay Dolin's suspenseful latest chronicles a fateful skirmish between an American sealing expedition and a British convict ship during the War of 1812 that left five castaways stranded on the Falkland Islands for 534 days. For fans of: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. |
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| The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America by Tracie McMillanIn her reflective blend of memoir and reportage, award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan explores the economic benefits of white privilege. Booklist calls it "a fresh, urgent new look at the mechanisms of racism in America." Further reading: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee. |
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| The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of... by Hampton SidesHistorian Hampton Sides' compelling, you-are-there latest offers an atmospheric account of controversial British cartographer James Cook's final Pacific voyage, which began in 1776 and ended three years later when he was killed by a group of Native Hawaiians whom he had exploited. Try this next: The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart. |
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