History and Current Events
April 2025
Recent Releases
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
by Lisa Rogak

Bestselling biographer Lisa Rogak's evocative blend of history and collective biography chronicles the courageous exploits of four women who worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II: American reporter Betty MacDonald, Czech polyglot Zuzka Lauwers, American navy wife Jane Smith-Hutton, and German American film star Marlene Dietrich. 
Everything is Tuberculosis : the History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection
by John Green

An award-winning bestselling author explores of tuberculosis's historical and social impact, highlighting global healthcare inequities, personal stories like a young patient in Sierra Leone and the urgent need for action against this preventable yet deadly disease.
Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
by Katherine Stewart

Journalist 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.
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
by Alexander Clapp

Journalist 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.
Forty Days in the Jungle : Behind the Extraordinary Survival and Rescue of Four Children Lost in the Amazon
by Mat Youkee

n June 2023, four Indigenous children were found alive in the Colombian Amazon, forty days after the light aircraft they had been travelling in crashed into deep jungle, killing the three adults on board.
Why We're Getting Poorer : A Realist's Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix It
by Cahal Moran

Why We're Getting Poorer delves into the key topics in economics - money, globalisation, inequality, climate change and growth - showing that what we think we know about these things is wrong, and teaching us what we really need to know. Deciphering the jargon and complexity of economic thinking, with examples ranging from the Simpsons to the German football league to The Inbetweeners, Cahal Moran shows us why our economy set us up to fail, and offers suggestions for how we can make positive changes.
What's Up With Women and Money? : How to Do All the Financial Stuff You've Been Avoiding
by Alison Kosik

Alison Kosik gives a step-by-step action plan on a variety of money topics to help women to feel empowered and confident about their finances.
The Prosecutor : One Man's Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice
by Jack Fairweather

Recounts the story of Fritz Bauer, a gay, Jewish judge from Stuttgart who returned to postwar Germany and confronted former Nazis still entrenched in power to bring Holocaust criminals like Adolf Eichmann to justice and help to force the nation to confront its dark history.
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