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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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A body made of glass : a cultural history of hypochondria
by Caroline Crampton
Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria. Caroline Crampton's life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a relatively rare blood cancer. After years of invasive treatment, she was finally given the all clear. But being cured of the cancer didn't mean she now felt well. Instead, the fear lingered, and she found herself always on the alert, braced for signs that the illnesshad reemerged.
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The rest Is history : history's most curious questions answered
by Tom Holland
From modern to ancient and every time in between, this entertaining companion to the popular podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, offering readers a fun new wide-ranging tour of humanity's essential—and essentially weird—moments.
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| Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuadeMSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade's accessible debut explores how disinformation campaigns perpetuated by the Trump administration continue to play a detrimental role in undermining American democracy. Further reading: Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely. |
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Normal women : 900 years of making history
by Philippa Gregory
Drawing on an enormous archive of primary and secondary sources to rewrite history, focusing on the agency, persistence and effectiveness of everyday women throughout periods of social and cultural transition, the #1 New York Times best-selling historical novelist redefines "normal" female behavior to include heroism, rebellion, crime, treason, money-making and sainthood.
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| The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in... by James L. SwansonHistorian James L. Swanson's fast-paced latest chronicles "one of the most dramatic episodes in colonial American history" -- the 1704 attack on the Deerfield settlement in Massachusetts conducted by a party of 204 Native and French raiders. Try this next: Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace. |
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