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History and Current Events March 2023 |
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
by Jonathan Freedland
What it's about: In 1944, Slovak Jewish teenager Rudolf Vrba made a harrowing escape from Auschwitz and co-wrote a report about the camp that was distributed to the Allies and helped save over 200,000 lives.
Read it for: a compelling, pulse-pounding account that reads like fiction; a nuanced portrait of an overlooked historical figure who often courted controversy in his postwar life.
Try this next: The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Escape of the Great War by Neal Bascomb.
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| Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon WooWhat it's about: In 1848 Georgia, young enslaved couple Ellen and William Craft made a daring 1,000-mile escape to freedom, with Ellen passing as a white man and William playing the role of her servant.
What happened next: Though their plan was initially successful, the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 put the pair in danger again, and they fled to Canada.
Reviewers say: "This novelistic history soars" (Publishers Weekly). |
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China after Mao : the rise of a superpower
by Frank Dikötter
An internationally renowned historian presents a history of China from the death of Chairman Mao in 1976 to the present, including recovery from the disaster of the Cultural Revolution and unprecedented four-decade economic transformation
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Invasion : the inside story of Russia's bloody war and Ukraine's fight for survival
by Luke Harding
"In a damning, inspiring, and breathtaking narrative of what is likely to be a turning point for Europe--and the world--Guardian correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Luke Harding reports firsthand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When, just before dawn on February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a series of brutal attacks, Harding was there, on the ground in Kyiv. But this senseless violence was met with astounding resilience--from, among others, the country's embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy--and the courage of a people prepared to risk everything to preserve their nation's freedom. Here are piercing portraits of the leaders on both sides of this monumental struggle, a haunting depiction of the atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere, and an intimate glimpse into the ordinary lives being impacted by the biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War"
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Rough sleepers : Dr. Jim O'Connell and his quest to create a community of care
by Tracy Kidder
This masterful work of reporting and nonfiction storytelling takes us deep into the world of Dr. Jim O'Connell, a Harvard Medical School graduate, who, following his life's calling, serves Boston's homeless community, facing one of American society's most shameful problems, instead of looking away.
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