History and Current Events
October 2023
eResources @ Your Library
Issues & Controversies
Offers in-depth articles to objectively understand the crucial issues of the day in politics, business, government and society, family and community, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, Issues & Controversies provides the latest related news coverage from Reuters as well as a variety of helpful background information such as the key pro/con arguments, primary documents and chronologies of related events.
Recent Releases
Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty
by Nikhil Goyal

Sociologist Nikhil Goyal affectingly explores the impact of poverty on three Puerto Rican boys living in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Read-alikes: Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond; Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott.
 
Digital Downloads: Also available as a Libby eBook and eAudiobook. 
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
by Loren Grush

Bloomberg News reporter Loren Grush's inspiring history spotlights the first six American women astronauts: Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judy Resnik, Sally Ride, Rhea Seddon, and Kathy Sullivan. Grush's accessible reportage blends biographical sketches with engrossing accounts of the women's triumphs and trials. Read-alike: The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel by Meredith Bagby.  
 
Digital Download: Also available as a Libby eAudiobook. 
Star Crossed: A True Romeo and Juliet Story in Hitler's Paris
by Heather Dune Macadam and Simon Worrall

Heather Dune Macadam and Simon Worrall's history focuses on the doomed romance between Jewish art student Annette Zelman and Catholic poet Jean Jausion in Nazi-occupied Paris. This novelistic account of love during wartime features letters, artwork, and other archival materials. Read-alike: Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. Jackson.
 
Digital Downloads: Also available as a Libby eBook and eAudiobook. Always available as a Hoopla eBook and eAudiobook. 
Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
by Laura Meckler

Washington Post reporter and Shaker Heights native Laura Meckler’s thought-provoking debut chronicles the ongoing efforts to desegregate the Ohio city, which was initially established as an affluent, predominantly white Cleveland suburb in the early 20th century. Read-alike: A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation by Rachel Louise Martin.
Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a...
by Peter Stark

Historian Peter Stark’s compelling latest offers fresh insights on the conflict between Shawnee chief Tecumseh and future president William Henry Harrison as the former established an Indigenous confederacy to fight westward expansion during the War of 1812. Read-alike: Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation by Peter Cozzens. 
 
Digital Downloads: Also available as a Libby eBook and eAudiobook. 
The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America
by Katherine Turk

Historian Katherine Turk’s engaging study spotlights three lesser-known figures who were instrumental in the foundation and evolution of the National Organization for Women (NOW): union organizer Aileen Hernandez, NOW Chicago chapter president Mary Jean Collins, and artist and activist Patricia Hill Burnett. Read-alike: 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution edited by Katherine Spillar.
 
Digital Downloads: Also available as a Libby eBook and eAudiobook. 
Events at Your Library!
COSTUME PHOTO BOOTH
Tuesday, October 31, 9:00 AM- 9:00 PM
Bethany Library
Drop in on Halloween and get a mini photo shoot of you in your costume! All ages are welcome.