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History and Current Events August 2017
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Putin : his downfall and Russia's coming crash
by Richard Lourie
This biography makes sobering predictions about a collapse of Vladimir Putin's Russia, investigating potential vulnerabilities in the Trump administration that may be providing Russia with dangerous opportunities.
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The Kelloggs : the battling brothers of Battle Creek
by Howard Markel
The author traces the story of brothers Harvey and Will Kellogg, one of whom became a revered doctor and founder of the famous Battle Creek Sanitarium, the other of whom founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which eventually became General Mills.
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Simply electrifying : the technology that transformed the world, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk
by Craig Roach
This book brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world: Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Samuel F. B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Elon Musk and more. In the process, it reveals for the first time the complete, thrilling and often-dangerous story of electricity’s historic discovery, development and worldwide application.
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Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the...
by Roger Wiens
Among other achievements, geochemist Roger Wiens was instrumental in building the ChemCam, a device mounted on NASA's Rover Curiosity transmitting from Mars since 2012. In this memoir, Wiens recounts his career in science, discussing personal triumphs and setbacks, as well as reviewing the political, financial, and bureaucratic hurdles that routinely hobble space research.
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