February 2019 list by K. Pearson
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Boots On the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
by Elizabeth Partridge
America's war in Vietnam. In over a decade of bitter fighting, it claimed the lives of more than 58,000 American soldiers and beleaguered four US presidents. More than forty years after America left Vietnam in defeat in 1975, the war remains controversial and divisive both in the United States and abroad.
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
by John Hendrix
Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities.
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For Every One
by Jason Reynolds
An inspirational letter written to the dreamers of the world. Dreams take time. They involve countless struggles. But no matter how many times a dreamer gets beat down, the drive and the passion and the hope never fully extinguish—because just having the dream is the start you need, or you won’t get anywhere anyway, and that is when you have to take a leap of faith.
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Google It: a History of Google
by Anna Crowley Redding
An Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter chronicles the history of Google, from its origin as a thesis project made out of knock-off LEGOs to becoming one of the world's most influential companies, sharing insights into its innovation and likely next steps.
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A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: a True Story About Schizophrenia
by Sandra Allen
A first book by a Brown-educated former BuzzFeed editor stands as cautionary tribute to life with schizophrenia and describes her relationship with her afflicted uncle and how he was marginalized and labeled throughout his formative years before embarking on an adulthood shaped by the limitations, prejudices and ignorances of mental healthcare in America.
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No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America
by Darnell L. Moore
The editor-at-large of CASSIUS and original Black Lives Matter organizer describes his own direct experiences with prejudice, violence and repression; his search for intimacy in the gay neighborhoods of his youth and his participation in key civil movements where he found his calling as an advocate on behalf of society's marginalized people.
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