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History and Current Events January 2025 |
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Meet Me at the Library
by Shamichael Hallman
America is facing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation, with troubling effects on our mental and physical health. We live in one of the most divisive times in our history, one in which we tend to work, play, and associate only with people who think as we do. How do we create spaces for people to come together-to open our minds, understand our differences, and exchange ideas? Shamichael Hallman argues that the public library may be our best hope for bridging these divides and creating strong, inclusive communities.
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| Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future by Vince BeiserIn this disturbing and incisive study, award-winning journalist Vince Beiser (The World in a Grain) examines the human and environmental toll of mining metals used for digital technology. Further reading: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara; The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives by Ernest Scheyder. |
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The Garden Against Time
by Olivia Laing
Inspired by the restoration of her own 18th-century walled garden in Suffolk, the widely acclaimed writer and critic, moving between real and imagined gardens, interrogates the sometimes-shocking cost of making paradise on earth, resulting in an intricately woven tapestry of the many possibilities gardens can hold.
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Survive the Savage Sea
by Dougal Robertson
In June 1972, the 43-foot schooner Lucette was attacked by killer whales and sank in 60 seconds. What happened next is almost incredible. For 37 days using every technique of survival they battled against 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion, adrift in the vast reaches of the Pacific before their ordeal was ended by a Japanese fishing boat. The Robertsons' strong determination shines through the pages of this extraordinary book which describes movingly their daily hopes and fears, crises and triumphs, tensions and heartbreaks.
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Mendeleyev's Dream
by Paul Strathern
From ancient philosophy through medieval alchemy to the splitting of the atom, this extraordinary true story of the birth of chemistry reveals how a 19th-century Russian scientist had a dream that led to the creation of the Periodic Table.
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| How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern... by Donald J. RobertsonPsychotherapist Donald J. Robertson's accessible and incisive follow-up to How to Think Like a Roman Emperor explores the parallels between Socrates' philosophical principles and modern ways of thinking. Further reading: Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times by Brigid Delaney; Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life by Edith Hall. |
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My Altered States
by Rick Strassman
This investigation explores dozens of the author's altered states of consciousness from birth to young adulthood, examining both drug-induced and spontaneous experiences through the frameworks of psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology, Zen Buddhism, and Jewish metaphysics, while emphasizing the importance of documenting and integrating these states into one's psychological and spiritual life.
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