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History and Current Events September 2024 |
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The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-fi Summer of 1982
by Chris Nashawaty
Examining the eight science fiction films released in 1982, including E.T., Blade Runner, The Thing and Mad Max, a legendary entertainment journalist shows how these cult classics changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now-biggest names as well as the art of moviemaking to this day.
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| A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession... by Kim Mager with Lisa PulitzerAshland, Ohio detective Kim Mager's disturbing account of her encounters with serial killer Shawn Grate, whom she interrogated following his 2016 arrest, "hums with the intensity of a real-life Silence of the Lambs" (Publishers Weekly). Try this next: When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling and Justice in a Small Town by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. |
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Focus on: Hispanic Heritage Month
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| The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo VillavicencioJournalist and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's National Book Award finalist offers impassioned reportage on undocumented people living in the United States, featuring compelling and empathetic profiles of immigrants trying to get by in a country that often dehumanizes them. Further reading: Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva. |
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