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History and Current Events December 2017
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| Christmas: A Biography by Judith FlandersIn most Western countries, Christmas is celebrated even by people for whom it's not a religious observance, and this isn't a recent development. In this accessible, richly detailed study, social historian Judith Flanders chronicles a "biography" of the holiday from the fourth century to the present day. She highlights secular Christmas celebrations as well as the evolution of religious observances. For another recent look at secularism and Christmas, pick up Canadian historian G.Q. Bowler's Christmas in the Crosshairs. |
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| Blood Brothers: The Story of the Strange Friendship Between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill by Deanne StillmanLakota chief Sitting Bull's and William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's names have become emblematic of the "Wild West." In Blood Brothers, award-winning author Deanne Stillman focuses on the friendship between the two while illuminating the broader history of the 1870s, '80s, and '90s in the U.S. West. This complex and engaging narrative vividly depicts Cody's and Sitting Bull's lives amid the tragic consequences of social and political change that accompanied U.S. westward expansion. |
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The 20th Century Through the Years
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| The End of the Cold War 1985-1991 by Robert ServiceeBook. In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev realized that if the Soviet Union didn't negotiate with the U.S. leadership to end the arms race, the Soviet economy was doomed. As the new General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, he sent feelers about detente to President Reagan and Secretary of State George Schultz. Though the U.S. at first rebuffed these overtures, Reagan's fear of a potential nuclear holocaust induced him to negotiate. In this deeply researched, insightful narrative, historian Robert Service documents some key plays in ending the Cold War. |
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1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder by Arthur HermanThe Pulitzer-finalist author of Gandhi and Churchill chronicles the intertwined stories of consequential world leaders Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin, revealing unexpected commonalities between the two men and their enduring influence on today's world. 75,000 first printing.
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Arc of Justice : A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
by Kevin Boyle
Follows the sensational 1925 murder trial of African-American doctor Ossian Sweet, who was accused of murdering a white person during a mob attack on his home, in a tale that includes a history of the Sweet family and a portrait of his attorney, Clarence Darrow. 25,000 first printing.
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Abandoned in Hell: the Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate by William AlbrachtA first-hand account of the efforts of a young Vietnam War Green Beret captain and his team to hold the Fire Base Kate outpost reveals how they were brutally outnumbered by and made a daring escape from the North Vietnamese Army.
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