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History and Current Events January 2024 |
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The Collars of RBG: A Portrait of Justice
by Elinor Carucci and Sara Bader
Showcasing 25 neckpieces of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which offer insight into her legacy, this stunning portrait of the Supreme Court Justice uses each collar to highlight a defining career moment, from her earliest argument for gender equality to her support of immigration and marriage equality during her 25th year on the bench. For fans of: Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friendman and Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir by Rachel Louise Snyder.
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The Rise and Fall of the East: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to its Decline
by Yasheng Huang
Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST--exams, autocracy, stability, and technology--from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty's introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE--and continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)--Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside: stifled creativity. Considering China's remarkable success over the past half-century, Huang sees signs of danger in the political and economic reversals under Xi Jinping. Try this next: Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu
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| Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the... by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, Jr.NCIS actor Mark Harmon and retired NCIS agent Leon Carroll, Jr. debut with a fast-paced and dramatic true crime account chronicling the wartime exploits of Japanese American counterintelligence agent Douglas Wada and Japanese spy Takeo Yoshikawa, whose fates became intertwined following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Further reading: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey. |
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| Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree That Changed America by Harry N. MacLeanIn this bleak and atmospheric true crime tale, Edgar Award-winning author and Nebraska native Harry N. MacLean chronicles the 1958 murders committed by Nebraska teenager Charles Starkweather, whose girlfriend (and possible accomplice) Caril Ann Fugate accompanied him during the spree. The pair's story later served as the inspiration for the 1994 film Natural Born Killers. For fans of: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. |
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| Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca RennerNational Geographic contributor Rebecca Renner follows U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer Jeff Babauta as he becomes Florida gator farmer "Curtis Blackledge" during an undercover operation to infiltrate the world of alligator egg poaching. Read-alikes: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean; Tree Thieves by Lyndsie Bourgon. |
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| To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. SmithPulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith blends history and memoir in this moving and incisive look at anti-Black racism that was named one of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023. For fans of: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. |
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| Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny... by Richard SnowHistorian Richard Snow's richly detailed latest chronicles the alleged mutiny aboard the USS Somers in 1842, which led to the hanging of three young crew members and the highly publicized court martial of the ship's tyrannical captain, commander Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Try this next: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. |
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