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History and Current Events July 2017
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Madness rules the hour : Charleston, 1860 and the mania for war
by Paul Starobin
A dramatic narrative history tells the story of how Charleston, South Carolina, during the Civil War, succumbed to war fever as its leaders demanded secession and its white masses joined in the uprising with wild excitement, vividly bringing to life the city’s propagandists, politicians and populists.
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Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights
by Steven Levingston
A revelatory account of the contentious relationship between the 35th President and Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout the tumultuous early years of the Civil Rights movement shares insights into their profound influence on one another and the important decisions that were inspired by their rivalry.
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Agent M : the lives and spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight
by Henry Hemming
Drawing on declassified documents, family archives and original interviews, a biography follows the great MI5 spymaster and inspiration for the James Bond character M, who did more than any other to break up British fascism during World War II, and also reveals, for the first time in print, the names and stories of the men and women recruited by him.
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Glass house : the 1% economy and the shattering of the all-American town
by Brian Alexander
Traces the downfall of once-idyllic Lancaster, Ohio, exploring how the financial problems of primary employer Anchor Hocking Glass Company and the challenges of local corruption, the drug trade and evolving technologies have illuminated the vulnerabilities of inequality in rural America.
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Geek girl rising : inside the sisterhood shaking up tech
by Heather Cabot
A former ABC News correspondent and the editor of the New York Times-acclaimed anthology Torn counsel today's women on how to use technology to start their own businesses, invest in women's ventures and challenge male hacker stereotypes, sharing the examples of such innovators as Debbie Sterling and Michelle Phan.
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