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Dark towers : Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an epic trail of destruction
by David Enrich
What it is: The New York Times finance editor and award-winning author of The Spider Network presents a journalistic exposé of the scandalous activities of Deutsche Bank and its shadowy ties to Donald Trump’s business empire.
About the author: David Enrich is the Finance Editor at the New York Times. He previously was the Financial Enterprise Editor of the Wall Street Journal. Before that, he was the Journal’s European Banking Editor, and a Journal reporter in New York.
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How we fight for our lives : a memoir
by Saeed Jones
What it's about: The co-host of BuzzFeed’s AM to DM, award-winning poet and author of Prelude to Bruise documents his coming-of-age as a young, gay, black man in an American South at a crossroads of sex, race and power.
Critical reception: “This memoir is a rhapsody in the truest sense of the word, fragments of epic poetry woven together so skillfully, so tenderly, so brutally, that you will find yourself aching in the way only masterful writing can make a person ache. How We Fight for Our Lives is that rare book that will show you what it means to be needful, to be strong, to be gloriously human and fighting for your life.” —Roxane Gay, author of Hunger
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The splendid and the vile : A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson
What it's about: The best-selling author draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England. Larson transports readers from today’s political dysfunction to a time of true leadership when eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.
Also by Erik Larson: Isaac's Storm, The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck, In the Garden of Beasts, Dead Wake.
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She said : breaking the sexual harassment story that helped ignite a movement
by Jodi Kantor
What it's about: The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters who broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuses discuss the suspenseful untold story of their investigation, the way it changed their careers and whether or not the #MeToo movement changed things for the better.
About the authors: Jodie Kantor has focused on the workplace in her reporting, particularly the treatment of women, covered two presidential campaigns, and is the author of The Obamas. Megan Twohey focuses on the treatment of women and children, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting as a reporter with Reuters News.
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Why we're polarized
by Ezra Klein
What it's about: A journalist, political commentator and cofounder of Vox explains how today’s rigidly partisan politics came to be, why we all participate in it and what it means for America’s future.
Reviewers say: "Superbly researched and written . . . Why We’re Polarized provides a highly useful guide to this most central of political puzzles, digesting mountains of social science research and presenting it in an engaging form. . . . An overall outstanding volume." — Francis Fukuyama, The Washington Post
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| Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers by Donald BogleWhat it is: an engaging and beautifully illustrated decade-by-decade chronicle of black representation in Hollywood, beginning with the silent era and ending with the release of 2018's Black Panther.
Why you might like it: This brisk and accessible primer gives equal coverage to the films of Hollywood's classical era, richly contextualizing the ways in which 1950s breakouts like Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier helped pave the way for future generations. |
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| Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark HarrisStarring: directors Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, George Stevens, and William Wyler, who put their talents to use during World War II by creating military training films, propaganda, and documentaries.
Read it for: a perceptive look at how the war impacted their lives and careers -- particularly Stevens, whose experiences filming the horrors of Dachau informed his directing of 1959's The Diary of Anne Frank.
Media buzz: Five Came Back is the basis for the Emmy Award-winning Netflix docuseries of the same name narrated by Meryl Streep. |
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| We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most... by Noah IsenbergWhat it is: a page-turning chronicle of the production of 1942 classic Casablanca, chock-full of fascinating behind-the-scenes tidbits; a nostalgic celebration of the film's enduring legacy.
Did you know? Dooley Wilson, the actor who portrayed pianist Sam, didn't know how to play the piano; many of the film's supporting cast were real-life European refugees who can be seen during the emotional "La Marseillaise" scene. |
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| Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina LongworthWhat it's about: how eccentric businessman and aviator Howard Hughes became a successful film producer, often at the expense of the actresses he sought to employ -- and control.
Why you should read it: Rife with sobering parallels to the #MeToo movement, Seduction illuminates the long and troubling history of Hollywood power players' exploitation of women.
Author alert: Film historian Karina Longworth is the creator and host of the popular classic Hollywood podcast You Must Remember This. |
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| Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American... by Anne Helen PetersenWhat it is: a thoughtful re-appraisal of some of Hollywood's earliest scandals that reveals how public perception of stars' off-screen misdeeds reflected the tensions surrounding evolving social norms.
Topics include: Fatty Arbuckle's rape case; the smear campaign that derailed "It Girl" Clara Bow's career; Mae West's arrest for indecency; Rudolph Valentino's "slave bracelet."
Reviewers say: "brisk and lively" (Library Journal). |
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