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History and Current Events June 2021
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Extra life : a short history of living longer
by Steven Johnson
The best-selling author of How We Got to Now describes how humans doubled their life expectancy in 100 years and highlights medical breakthroughs, higher standards of living and even seatbelt laws that aided in giving us each twenty-thousand extra days.
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| Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James BrownThe 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese American infantry regiment in World War II became the most decorated unit for its size in United States military history. Drawing on interviews and oral histories from the Seattle-based Densho organization, this richly detailed account illuminates the sacrifices the 442nd soldiers made for their country even while their own families were being interned back home. |
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The ground breaking : an American city and its search for justice
by Scott Ellsworth
Part true-crime murder mystery, part narrative history, a New York Times bestselling author, 100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, — the worst single incident of racial violence in all of American history — returns to his hometown in search of answers. Illustrations.
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Killing the mob : the fight against organized crime in America
by Bill O'Reilly
The authors, in this tenth book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, take on the Mob, tracing the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the U.S., turning the most legendary criminal and their true-life escapades into a riveting crime novel.
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