January 2017 list by Angie Wager
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Dan and Phil Go Outside
by Dan Howell
Since uploading their first-ever videos as teenagers, Dan and Phil have become two of the world's biggest YouTube stars, and now the humorous avoiders of human contact and direct sunlight have actually gone outside! While traveling around the world on tour, they have collected hundreds of exclusive, intimate and funny photos, as well as revealing and candid side-notes, to show the behind-the-scenes story of their adventure.
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Florence Nightingale: The Courageous Life of the Legendary Nurse
by Catherine Reef
Traces the exceptional life of the legendary Victorian-era nurse and her achievements during the Crimean War, describing how she challenged the stifling conventions of her time to considerably improve gruesome and dangerous conditions for patients.
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Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
by Albert Marrin
Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened?
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