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History and Current Events July 2019
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Trump/Russia : a definitive history
by Seth Hettena
A celebrated Associated Press reporter presents a comprehensive account of the 45th President's controversial relationship with Russia, drawing on new reporting to discuss allegations of corruption and collusion that may have influenced 2016's election outcome.
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Dear Oliver : Uncovering a Pakeha History by Peter Wells"A fresh way to look at New Zealand’s history. When writer and historian Peter Wells found a cache of family letters amongst his elderly mother’s effects, he realised that he had the means of retracing the history of a not-untypical family swept out to New Zealand during the great nineteenth-century human diaspora from Britain. His family experienced the war against Te Kooti, the Boer War, the Napier earthquake of 1931 and the Depression. They rose from servant status to the comforts of the middle class. There was army desertion, suicide, adultery, AIDS, secrets and lies. There was also success, prosperity and social status. In digging deep into their stories, examining letters from the past and writing a letter to the future, Peter Wells constructs a novel and striking way to view the history of Pākehā New Zealanders." Publishers website
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Underground : a human history of the worlds beneath our feet
by Will Hunt
The first book by an urban adventurer, spelunker and photographer explores the history, science, architecture and mythology of the subterranean landscape to evaluate humanity's relationship with the underground, from sacred caves and hidden catacombs to abandoned mines and subway systems.
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Operation Columba : The Secret Pigeon Service; the Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe by Gordon Corera Between 1941 and 1944, sixteen thousand pigeons were dropped in an arc from Bordeaux to Copenhagen as part of 'Columba' - a secret British operation to bring back intelligence from those living under Nazi occupation. The messages flooded back written on tiny pieces of rice paper tucked into a canister and tied to the legs of the birds - authentic voices from rural France, Holland, Belgium - sometimes comic, often tragic and occasionally invaluable with details of German troop movements and fortifications, new Nazi weapons, radar systems or the deployment of the V-1 and V-2 rockets that terrorized London. Who were the people who provided this rich seam of intelligence? Many were not trained agents nor people with experience of spying. At the centre of this book is the 'Leopold Vindictive' network - a small group of Belgian villagers prepared to take huge risks. They were led by an extraordinary priest, Josef Raskin - a man connected to royalty and whose intelligence was so valuable it was shown to Churchill, leading MI6 to parachute agents to assist him. A powerful and tragic tale of espionage, the book brings together the British and Belgian sides of Leopold Vindictive's story and reveals for the first time the wider history of a quirky, quarrelsome band of spy masters and their special wartime operations as well as how bitter rivalries in London placed the lives of secret agents at risk. It is a book not so much about pigeons as the remarkable people living trapped in occupied Europe who were faced with the choice of how to respond to a call for help, and took the decision to resist.
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Cults and Secret Societies
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Cults in our midst
by Margaret Thaler Singer
Demonstrating that cults are becoming more dangerous and infiltrating the workplace in the guise of training programs and workshops, an expert on mind control tells how to recognize cults and their leaders, rescue members, and begin the long recovery process.
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The templars : the secret history revealed
by Barbara Frale
A history of the powerful medieval military order, based on the author's discovery of the long-lost Inquisition transcript of their trial, traces their rise and fall against centuries of war, religious fervor, and power struggles
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Daughter of Gloriavale : My Life in a Religious Cult by Lilia Tarawa Lilia grew up in a religious cult. Since birth she'd known nothing but life on the inside of the Gloriavale Christian Community. The cult was led by her grandfather, Hopeful Christian. On one hand she was accustomed to religious abuse and discrimination. On the other hand, she experienced a loving church community. Her family was one of high status in the church. Her mother was the highest ranking woman and her father sat on the elite council. Family members began to disappear from the property and people who defied the leaders were kept in huts. Lilia started to question what she'd been taught as a child. When Lilia's parents dared oppose the church system she was torn between two families she loved dearly - Gloriavale and her own blood. Her religious vows bound her to the church but her heart wrenched her away. More lies and deceit were uncovered and Lilia realised that total obedience to the church wasn't going to work anymore. But she couldn't leave. She was so afraid of a world she knew nothing about. Love prevailed and she fled with her entire family. Their leaving sent shockwaves through the community. But it wasn't over. Lilia struggled to adapt to life on the outside. Would she be damned to hell for leaving? Simple things like dressing style and social cues were a nightmare. She'd lost everything she'd ever known. Who was she and what did she believe in? It was time to confront the demons. She wanted to know the truth about her grandfather's sexual indecencies and she wanted peace from the grief that racked her soul.
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Restless souls : the Sharon Tate family's account of stardom, the Manson murders, and a crusade for justice
by Alisa Statman
The gruesome murders of the actress Sharon Tate, her unborn child, and four others at the hands of the notorious "Manson family" on August 9, 1969 rocked the nation. The atrocities, the trial and the subsequent conviction of Charles Manson and his followers spawned a media frenzy--a defining moment in an era otherwise associated with peace, love and understanding. Yet while this crime left an indelible mark on society's consciousness, it was an even more shattering personal tragedy for Sharon's loving family. Now, after nearly forty years, their story is finally revealed. Compiled by close family friend Alisa Statman and Sharon's niece Brie Tate, Restless Souls draws on unpublished material including interviews with the Tates, personal letters, tape recordings, home movies, public interviews, private journals, and official documents to provide a four-decade, three-generation memoir of crime and punishment, anguish and hope, rage and love.--From publisher description
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