July 2019 list by K. Pearson
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Bad Boys of Fashion: Style Rebels and Renegades Through the Ages
by Jennifer Croll
A companion to the award-winning Bad Girls of Fashion celebrates the daring and unconventional men throughout history who have used fashion to follow their hearts, profiling such creative individuals as Oscar Wilde, Andy Warhol and Kanye West.
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Captured: An American Prisoner of War in North Vietnam
by Alvin Townley
The story of Vietnam War POW Jeremiah Denton, an American aviator who was captured by enemy forces in 1965 before he and his fellow prisoners developed a secret communication system to survive a long, brutal incarceration.
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Crossing On Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World
by David Macaulay
The internationally best-selling creator of The Way Things Work brings his signature meticulous research and artistic detailing to the history and craft of the steamship, in a personal tribute that touches on such subjects as the invention of steam power and the life of engineer William Francis Gibbs.
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Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
by Henry Louis Gates
The National Humanities Medal recipient shares real-life accounts from the periods spanning the end of the Civil War, Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow segregation, in a scholarly tribute to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal.
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The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: The Story of the Monuments Men
by Robert M Edsel
The best-selling author of The Monuments Men presents a middle-reader's adaptation that chronicles how a small, heroic team of museum curators, scholars and other dedicated volunteers risked their lives to keep Europe's most treasured works of art hidden from the Nazis.
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Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency
by Dan Abrams
At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison was accused of murder in Springfield, Illinois. The man hired to save his life was none other than self-taught lawyer Abraham Lincoln. But what would be Lincoln's last case before his presidency posed many personal challenges.
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O Captain, My Captain: Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War
by Robert Burleigh
A dramatic, lyrical and beautifully illustrated book tells the story of how Walt Whitman, one of America’s greatest poets, was inspired by Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s greatest presidents. Includes the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” and an excerpt from “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” brief biographies of Lincoln and Whitman, a timeline of Civil War events, endnotes and a bibliography.
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Spirit Animal Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path
by Chris Luttichau
All animals, from the wolf to the ant, and the mongoose to the fox, carry a message of guidance and hope. Spirit Animal Guides presents a unique insight into power animals through first-hand encounters in the wild in America, Mexico, and Europe. As a healer and educator, Chris communicates his encounters in a manner that is soulful and immediate. The gifts he reveals will inspire you to move forward through life and manifest your full potential.
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Stephen Curry
by Dan Wetzel
A debut entry in a graphic-novel biography series by the Yahoo Sports national columnist traces the life and career of the NBA All-Star while revealing how he was told as a kid he would never be talented enough to be a professional athlete.
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