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History and Current Events April 2021
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Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am
by Julia Cooke
Documents the high standards once required of Pan Am stewardesses, from second-language fluency and a college education to youth and a trim figure, sharing the stories of remarkable, high-achieving women who served during the jet age.
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Dress codes : how the laws of fashion made history
by Richard T. Ford
A law professor and cultural critic offers an eye-opening exploration of the laws of fashion throughout history, from the middle ages to the present day, examining the canons, mores and customs of clothing rules that we often take for granted.
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The Crown in Crisis : Countdown to the Abdication
by Alexander Larman
An in-depth account of the Abdication Crisis of 1936 shares revisionist insights into Edward VIII’s renouncement of the throne to illuminate the roles played by key supporter and detractors, from Winston Churchill to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Icebound : shipwrecked at the edge of the world
by Andrea Pitzer
Documents the remarkable survival tale of 16th-century Dutch explorer and talented navigator Williams Barents, whose obsessive quest to chart the remote regions of the Arctic prompted three harrowing expeditions.
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In the Stacks - Focus on: Language |
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Babel : around the world in twenty languages
by Gaston Dorren
"The celebrated author of ""Lingo"" presents a whistle-stop tour of the world's 20 most-spoken languages, exploring the history, geography, linguistics and cultures that have been shaped by languages and their customs."
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Globish : how the English language became the world's language
by Robert McCrum
The coauthor of the bestselling book and television series The Story of English discusses how Anglo-American has become the language of the world, and describes the changes that English has brought to far-away cultures in distant places.
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The prodigal tongue : the love-hate relationship between British and American English
by M. Lynne Murphy
"An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English. "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American." "English accents are the sexiest." "Americans have ruined the English language." "Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English." Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality of the special relationship between British and American English.
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