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History and Current Events April 2025 |
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| Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander ClappJournalist Alexander Clapp's disturbing and well-researched debut explores the history of the global trash trade. Further reading: Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future by Oliver Franklin-Wallis. |
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| Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass by Sarah JonesNew York magazine senior writer Sarah Jones' moving and impassioned debut examines how inequities during COVID-19 exacerbated the "social murder" of poor, disabled, and elderly Americans. Further reading: The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide by Steven W. Thrasher. |
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| Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America by Russell ShortoDrawing on never-before-seen archival materials, bestselling author Russell Shorto's (The Island at the Center of the World) lively social history explores the early days of New York City, from its 1626 purchase by the Dutch to its capture by the English four decades later. For fans of: The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues, a History of Greenwich Village by John Strausbaugh. |
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| Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine StewartJournalist Katherine Stewart's (The Power Worshippers) thought-provoking latest is an eye-opening exploration of the often disparate factions that comprise the American far right and "offers urgently needed background on the 2024 election results" (Publishers Weekly). Try this next: The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta. |
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| American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice by Daniel StoneIn this lively and unputdownable account, science writer Daniel Stone (Sinkable) spotlights physician and researcher Alice Hamilton's courageous but ultimately doomed efforts to ban leaded gasoline in the 1920s, a battle that pitted her against the booming automotive industry. Try this next: The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers by Jim Morris. |
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