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History and Current Events June 2025 |
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A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine by Chris HedgesWith intimate and harrowing portraits of the human consequences of oppression, occupation, and violence experienced in Palestine today, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges wrote the first section of the book when he was in Ramallah in July 2024, and he draws from his experience doing extensive reporting from the Middle East, including Gaza, for the New York Times.
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| America, América: A New History of the New World by Greg GrandinPulitzer and Bancroft Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin's sweeping history of North and South America examines five centuries of the continents' relationship to each other. "It's a monumental new view of the New World," raves Publishers Weekly. Try this next: El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America by Carrie Gibson. |
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When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan ThomasIn When It All Burns, Jordan Thomas recounts a single, brutal six-month fire season with the Los Padres Hotshots - the special forces of America's firefighters. As Thomas viscerally renders his crew's attempts to battle flames that are often too destructive to contain, he uncovers the hidden cultural history of megafires. He investigates how a social system that prioritizes profit over people and nature has turned humanity's symbiotic relationship with wildfire into a war, and what can be done to change it back.
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Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear Into Pride, Power and Real Changeby Cristina JimenezThe award-winning community organizer chronicles her life as an undocumented immigrant in New York City facing systemic racism and community challenges while discovering her purpose in social justice and reimagining the concept of home amid societal upheaval.
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The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens by Nicola ClarkThe Waiting Game delves into the lives of Tudor ladies-in-waiting, revealing their roles as confidantes and political agents for queens like Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, showcasing how their personal choices and alliances influenced the monarchy during a tumultuous era marked by shifting loyalties and dramatic power struggles.
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| Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael LuoNew Yorker executive editor Michael Luo's intimate and richly detailed history chronicles Chinese immigration and exclusion in America from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Further reading: Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad by Gordon H. Chang; America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee. |
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| Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future by Alan WeismanEnvironmental journalist Alan Weisman's moving and upbeat account profiles inspiring individuals around the world (including scientists, engineers, politicians, and activists) who are fighting to combat climate change. Further reading: Climate Resilience: How We Keep Each Other Safe, Care for Our Communities, and Fight Back Against Climate Change by Kylie Flanagan. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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