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History and Current Events July 2023 |
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| Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism by Brooke KroegerWhat it is: a well-researched history celebrating trailblazing women journalists who broke gender and racial barriers in an industry dominated by men.
What's inside: chronological profiles of women journalists from the mid-19th century to the present.
Reviewers say: "A tour de force that should be in every library and school in the country" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II by Craig NelsonThe thesis: "if any one human being is responsible for winning World War II, it is FDR."
What it's about: how President Roosevelt enlisted the help of America's biggest industrialists to contribute to the war effort.
Read it for: historian Craig Nelson's well-researched exploration of how Roosevelt's Depression-era New Deal programs bolstered American industry and helped secure an Allied victory. |
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| The World: A Family History of Humanity by Simon Sebag MontefioreWhat it is: a millennia-spanning history of how family dynasties throughout the globe have shaped humankind.
What's inside: a fast-paced and dramatic narrative rife with court intrigue, alliances and betrayals, sex scandals, blood-soaked battles, murder, and more.
Book buzz: "Succession meets Game of Thrones" (The Spectator) in this New York Times bestseller from the author of The Romanovs. |
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| Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. SevignyWhat it's about: In the summer of 1938, pioneering botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter conducted a survey of the Colorado River during a treacherous 43-day, 600-mile rowboat journey.
Read it for: an evocative and richly detailed tribute to Clover and Jotter, who braved both the elements and the rampant misogyny of the scientific community to become the first to catalog flora in the Grand Canyon.
Featuring: the pair's journals and letters from the trip. |
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| Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. ShapiroWhat it's about: the psychology, evolution, and impact of computer hacking, told via five notable hacks.
Is it for you? This thought-provoking and accessible blend of science writing, history, and true crime has much to offer fans of all three.
Author alert: Yale Law School professor Scott J. Shapiro is the director of the university's Center for Law and Philosophy and the Yale CyberSecurity Lab. |
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| The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West by Chris WimmerWhat it is: the fast-paced debut from Legends of the Old West podcast host Chris Wimmer that chronicles three fateful events in the summer of 1876.
The events: the Battle of Little Bighorn, the murder of "Wild Bill" Hickock, and the Northfield Raid staged by Jesse James and his gang.
Read it for: an evocative distillation of frontier mythology that connects these seemingly unrelated moments. |
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| Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han WongWhat it is: a revealing account of the ascent of Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China.
Featuring: insights from scholars, diplomats, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) insiders; incisive reportage from author Chun Han Wong, who has covered China for the Wall Street Journal for nearly a decade.
Reviewers say: "A penetrating and timely unraveling of the personality and impact of a strongman president" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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