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History and Current Events October 2019
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The United States of Trump : How the President Really Sees America
by Bill O'Reilly
The television journalist and author of the best-selling Killing series draws on exclusive interview materials and deep research, in an insider’s portrait of the 45th President that includes previously undisclosed details about Trump’s childhood, family life and career. |
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| Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation by Douglas WallerVeteran journalist Douglas Waller, who has written ground-breaking intelligence histories, turns his sights on the shadow war of four secret agents for the North—three men and one woman. From the tense days before Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 to the surrender at Appomattox four years later, Waller delivers a fast-paced narrative of the heroes—and scoundrels—who informed Lincoln’s generals on the enemy positions for crucial battles and busted up clandestine Rebel networks.
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| City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York by Tyler AnbinderWhat it is: a vivid and sweeping four-century survey of immigrant life in New York City.
Did you know? The city's 19th-century ethnic communities were so siloed that venturing into other neighborhoods was referred to as "going to America."
Book buzz: A New York Times Notable Book in 2016, City of Dreams is also a Mark Lynton History Prize winner. |
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| Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary KristWelcome to... notorious Storyville, New Orleans, an early-20th-century red-light district and site of consternation for the city's reform-minded upper echelons.
Why you might like it: Populated by a large cast of characters (including a young Louis Armstrong), this lively history reveals a bygone era of a city bustling with wicked entrepreneurial spirit.
Don't miss: True-crime fans will enjoy reading about the unsolved case of the "Axman," a serial killer with possible ties to the Black Hand mafia. |
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| Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World by Thomas F. MaddenWhat it is: a briskly paced, millennia-spanning history of Europe's largest city, from its origins as a Greek settlement in 667 B.C. to the election of President Erdogan in 2014.
Why you might like it: Award-winning historian Thomas F. Madden's immersive chronicle charts the experiences of not just the city's rulers, but its ordinary citizens too. |
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| Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story by David MaranissWhat it's about: how Detroit's "golden moment" -- from fall 1962 to spring 1964 -- signaled the city's promise (and its eventual decline).
How it happened: As Detroit celebrated the emergence of Motown and the release of the first Ford Mustang, social unrest, white flight, and organized crime were on the rise, leaving an irrevocable mark on a city that was "dying and thriving at the same time."
Did you know? Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered an early version of his "I Have A Dream" speech at the Detroit Walk to Freedom in June 1963. |
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| City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris by Holly TuckerStarring: Nicolas de la Reynie, appointed by Louis XIV to serve as Paris' first police chief and investigate a spate of high-profile murders known as the "Affair of the Poisons."
What it's about: de la Reynie's attempts to reform the crime-ridden city, including the installation of street lanterns (which is how Paris came to be known as the City of Light).
Reviewers say: "for readers who enjoy their history mixed with scandal, blood, and deception" (Library Journal). |
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