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History and Current Events May 2021
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Come Fly the World : The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
by Julia Cooke
Documents the high standards once required of Pan Am stewardesses, from second-language fluency and a college education to youth and a trim figure, sharing the stories of remarkable, high-achieving women who served during the jet age. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations. Maps.
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Plunder : A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure
by Menachem Kaiser
A young writer documents the story of his effort to reclaim his Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s family apartment building in Poland, detailing his grandfather’s firsthand experiences as a slave laborer and his own confrontations with Nazi treasure hunters. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations. Maps.
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This is the Fire : What I say to My Friends About Racism (ebook)
by Don Lemon
"The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America's only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his daily monologues on racism and antiracism, on the failures of the Trump administration and of so many of our leaders, and on America's systemic flaws speak for his millions of fans. Now, in an urgent, deeply personal, riveting plea, he shows us all how deep our problems lie, and what we can do to begin to fix them"
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Just As I Am : A Memoir
by Cicely Tyson
The Academy, Tony, and three-time Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her six-decade career and life. 150,000 first printing.
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Theme: Stranger Than Fiction
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The Borden Murders : Lizzie Borden & the Trial of the Century (ebook)
by Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Draws on sensationalized, period newspaper articles to recreate the events of the infamous Borden murders and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden, sorting out fact from fiction to explore Lizzie's story and consider what probably happened. Simultaneous eBook.
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Educated : A Memoir (also on ebook and Audiobook)
by Tara Westover
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn an acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Coming Clean
by Kimberly Rae Miller
A memoir about growing up in a cluttered and rat-infested home that resulted from her father's struggle with compulsive hoarding, describing how the burden led to the author's suicide attempt and her against-all-odds bond with her parents
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The Lost City of Z : A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (also on Audiobook)
by David Grann
Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, with the author's own adventure-filled quest into the uncharted wilderness to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what really lies deep in the Amazon jungle. 125,000 first printing.
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