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History and Current Events September 2026 |
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| The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything by Kathryn Jezer-MortonThe Cut columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton (Wake Up: Essays on Redefining Our Relationship with Time and Technology) utilizes intimate interviews with everyday social media users to explore how social media complicates identity and impacts how people represent (or mis-represent) themselves to others. Try this next: All the Feels: How to Stay Human in the Digital World by Pamela Pavliscak. |
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| The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915 by Joseph KellyHistorian Joseph Kelly's well-researched revisionist account explores the origins of American fascism in the Antebellum South, detailing how the 1818 Missouri Compromise helped advance the ideology. Further reading: The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy by Steven J. Ross. |
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| But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition: 40 Love Stories That Inspired Our... by Kristen LopezIn her lively and richly detailed follow-up to But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films, pop culture essayist Kristen Lopez spotlights 40 literary romances and their film adaptations. For fans of: Falling in Love at the Movies: Rom-Coms from the Screwball Era to Today by Esther Zuckerman. |
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Battle of the Arctic: The Maritime Epic of World War II
by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
No campaign during World War II contained more spinetingling drama, outstanding courage, and heartbreaking tragedy than the Arctic convoys. Yet they--and the multifaceted battle of the Arctic that had to be fought to get them through to Russia--remain one of the war's most under-celebrated feats. For much of the conflict was complicated by terrific storms, snow, ice, fog, whales and Arctic mirages, so that what is chronicled at times sounds like a cross between the nightmarish torment experienced by both Shackleton in his ship Endurance and Scott of the Antarctic, and an Arctic version of Robinson Crusoe. Hugh Sebag-Montefiore can at last shine a revealing light on this extraordinary tale that oscillates between the sailors' eye view on the front line, and the controversies that infuriated world leaders.
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| Tin Can Coast: A History of Industry, Greed, and Fishing in the Golden State by Joseph OgilvyIn his sweeping and eye-opening debut, chef and author Joseph Ogilvy explores the complexities of the California coast, detailing how the area's industries and ecosystems have been shaped by the exploitation of immigrant laborers. For fans of: The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California by Mark Arax. |
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50 truths they tried to erase : Black power, culture & resistance uncovered
by Taylor, Freddie
"They tried to erase your story. It's time to reclaim it." "For generations, systems of power have buried the real history of Black brilliance, resilience, and innovation. From COINTELPRO's secret campaigns to the demonzation of African spirituality and the stolen contributions of Black scientists, 50 Truths They Tried to Erase uncovers the receipts--and brings them roaring back into the light."
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1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
by Liaquat Ahamed
during the first era of globalization, the world experienced an unprecedented economic boom. Fueling this expansion was an explosion in the global bond market, at the hub of which stood one family--the Rothschilds, arguably the wealthiest banking family in history. While the giant sums of capital provided through the bond market built the railroads, the century's most transformative investments, the money raised also unleashed a frenzy of speculation, massive overinvestment, and wasteful borrowing by governments.
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