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History and Current Events April 2018
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The Earth Gazers : On Seeing Ourselves
by Christopher Potter
What it's about: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, a full-color book examines the beautiful images of the whole earth taken by the mission’s astronauts and the long road that led to that point by showcasing the visionaries that came before.
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Together we rise : behind the scenes at the protest heard round the world
by Women's March Organizers and Conde Nast
What it's about: In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women’s March, a full-color book offers a front-row seat to one of the most galvanizing movements in American history, with exclusive interviews with Women’s March organizers, never-before-seen photographs and essays by feminist activists. 100,000 first printing.
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Broad band : the untold story of the women who made the Internet
by Claire Lisa Evans
What it's about: The YACHT lead singer and VICE reporter celebrates the lesser-known contributions of women to the history of technology, sharing brief profiles of such boundary-breaking innovators as Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler and Stacy Horn.
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Focus on: The Holocaust and Resistance |
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| Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage by Tilar J. MazzeoWhat it is: a gripping and succinct profile of the "female Schindler," Polish social worker Irena Sendler, who smuggled thousands of children out of the Warsaw ghetto and falsified paperwork to give them new lives.
Don't miss: Tilar J. Mazzeo reveals Sendler's smuggling strategies, which included hiding children in coffins and toolboxes.
Is it for you? Readers drawn to hopeful stories of courage and survival will find Irena's Children compelling. |
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Resistance : Jews and Christians who defied the Nazi Terror
by Nechama Tec
What it's about: Tec draws on first-hand accounts, interviews, and other sources to reveal the full range of tactics employed to resist the Nazi regime in Poland. She compares Jewish and non-Jewish groups, showing that they faced vastly different conditions. The Jewish resistance had its own particular aims, especially the recovery of dignity and the salvation of lives.
Don't miss: Tec explores the conditions necessary for resistance, including favorable topography, a supply of arms, and effective leadership, and dedicates the majority of the book to the stories of those who stood up and fought back in any way that they could. Resistance is a rich book that forever shatters the myth of Jewish passivity in the face of annihilation.
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A promise at Sobibór : a Jewish boy's story of revolt and survival in Nazi-occupied Poland
by Philip Bialowitz
What it's about: This is the story of Fiszel Bialowitz, a teenaged Polish Jew who escaped the Nazi gas chambers. On October 14, 1943, approximately half of the 650 or so prisoners still alive at Sobibór undertook a daring and precisely planned revolt, killing SS officers and fleeing through minefields and machine-gun fire into the surrounding forests, farms, and towns. Only about forty-two of them, including Fiszel, are known to have survived to the end of the war.
About the author: In 1943 the heroic leaders of the revolt at Sobibór, Sasha Perchersky and Leon Feldhendler, implored fellow prisoners to promise that anyone who survived would tell the story of Sobibór: not just of the horrific atrocities committed there, but of the courage and humanity of those who fought back. Bialowitz has kept that promise.
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Kasztner's Train : The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
by Anna Porter
What it's about: Documents the controversial efforts by Hungarian Rezso Kasztner and a small group of Zionist activists to rescue Jewish deportees during World War II, tracing his efforts to aid Schindler, his freedom-seeking negotiations with Eichmann, and his wrongful conviction and assassination in Israel. Reprint.
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Saving the Jews : amazing stories of men and women who defied the "final solution"
by Mordecai Paldiel
What it's about: The author has collected the most amazing stories of people who secretly saved Jewish lives from 1933 to 1945 and arranged them chronologically and geographically to show us that there will always be a few righteous souls who have made a greater difference in favour of human goodness.
About the author: Mordecai Paldiel holds a doctorate from Temple University and has served for eighteen years as Director of the Department of the Righteous among the Nations at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust martyrs and heroes memorial in Jerusalem. This is his third book on the subject. The author and his family were rescued during the Holocaust by a French Catholic priest, who helped them escape from Southern France into Switzerland.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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