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History and Current Events December 2021
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The 1619 Project : a new origin story
by Nikole Hannah-Jones
This ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began on the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery reimagines if our national narrative actually started in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of 20-30 enslaved people from Africa.
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The changing world order : why nations succeed and fail
by Ray Dalio
The founder of Bridgewater Associates and best-selling author of Principles draws on the examples of history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to outline practical recommendations for smart business practices in a radically different near future.
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China Unbound : A New World Disorder
by Joanna Chiu
Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China's propulsive rise, from the complicity of democratic nations, to a new colonialism coming from its multibillion-dollar "New Silk Road" initiative, to its growing sway on foreign countries and multilateral institutions. Chiu transports readers to protests in Hong Kong, underground churches in Beijing, and exile Uighur communities in Turkey, exposing Beijing's use of high-tech police surveillance and aggressive human rights violations against those who challenge its power. With increasingly close ties between authoritarian states, the new world order documented in China Unbound lays out the disturbing implications for prosperity and freedom everywhere.
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I Hope This Finds You Well : Poems
by Kate Baer
A collection of erasure poems created from notes the author received from followers, supporters and detractors--an artform that reclaims the vitriol from online trolls and inspires readers to transform what is ugly or painful in their own lives into something beautiful.
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In the Midst of Civilized Europe
by Jeffrey Veidlinger
Drawing upon long-neglected archival materials, including thousands of newly discovered witness testimonies, trial records and official orders, acclaimed historian Jeffrey Veidlinger shows for the first time how this wave of genocidal violence created the conditions for the Holocaust. Through stories of survivors, perpetrators, aid workers and governmental officials, he explains how so many different groups of people came to the same conclusion: that killing Jews was an acceptable response to their various problems. In riveting prose, In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century.
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Murder, Madness and Mayhem : Twenty-Five Tales of True Crime and Dark History
by Mike Browne
Mike Browne, host of the popular Canadian podcast Dark Poutine, chronicles some of his all-time favourite stories of true crime and dark history from Canada and around the world. Divided into four sections --Murders with a Twist, Perpetual Puzzles, The Madness of Crowds and Notable Disasters -- all the stories in this collection (except two) are brand new and haven't been covered by the podcast.
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