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History and Current Events April 2024
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| Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority by Marie AranaIn her incisive and accessible latest, National Book Award finalist and inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress Marie Arana (Silver, Sword, and Stone) explores the history and politics of Latine identity in the United States. Further reading: Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos; Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism by Laura E. Gomez. |
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| 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed by Eric KlinenbergSociologist and bestselling author Eric Klinenberg's (Palaces for the People) sobering study offers a compelling look at the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic through the experiences of seven New Yorkers. Try this next: The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID by Lawrence Wright. |
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| A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey ShermanJournalist and screenwriter Casey Sherman revisits the 1958 murder of mobster Johnny Stompanato by Cheryl Crane, the 14-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, actress Lana Turner, in this dramatic true crime account. For fans of: Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann. |
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The Book of James: The Power and Passion of LeBron
by Valerie Babb
Emory University African American Studies professor Valerie Babb offers a thought-provoking examination of how the intersection of race, athletics, and activism has impacted public perceptions of NBA star LeBron James. For fans of: The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World by Dave Zirin.
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
by Rebecca Renner
National Geographic contributor Rebecca Renner follows U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer Jeff Babauta as he becomes Florida gator farmer "Curtis Blackledge" during an undercover operation to infiltrate the world of alligator egg poaching. Read-alikes: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean; Tree Thieves by Lyndsie Bourgon.
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