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History and Current Events February 2019
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Recent and Upcoming Releases |
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Parkland: Birth of a Movement
by David Cullen
Cullen unfolds the story of Parkland through the voices of key participants whose diverse personalities and outlooks comprise every facet of the movement. Instead of taking us into the minds of the killer, he takes us into the hearts of the Douglas students as they cope with the common concerns of high school students everywhere-awaiting college acceptance letters, studying for mid-term exams, competing against their athletic rivals, putting together the yearbook, staging the musical Spring Awakening, enjoying prom and graduation-while moving forward from a horrific event that has altered them forever.
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The Source of Self-Regard
by Toni Morrison
An anthology of the Nobel Prize-winning writer's essays, speeches and commentary on society, culture and art includes her powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King, Jr. and her poignant eulogy for James Baldwin.
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The Mastermind: Drugs, Empire, Murder, Betrayal
by Evan Ratliff
The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux—the creator of a frighteningly powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.
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Fraternity
by Alexandra Robbins
The New York Times bestselling author of Pledged is back with an unprecedented fly-on-the-wall look inside fraternity houses from current brothers' perspectives-and a fresh, riveting must-read about what it's like to be a college guy today.
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Merchants of Truth
by Jill Abramson
A definitive report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade draws on expert insights to trace two legacy and two upstart companies as they transitioned through a revolution of technology and economics.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Hillside Public Library 155 Lakeville Rd New Hyde Park, New York 11040 (516) 355-7850 hillsidelibrary.info |
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