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Life and Death in A Tibetan Town

by Demick, Barbara

Book - 2020

"A portrait of one town reveals Tibet's tragic past. [...] Memorable voices inform a penetrating, absorbing history." "A portrait of one town reveals Tibet's tragic past. [...] Memorable voices inform a penetrating, absorbing history." Show less

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Say Nothing

A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

by Keefe, Patrick Radden

Book - 2019

"Half a century after the fact, a cold case in Northern Ireland provides a frame for a deeply observed history of the Troubles.[...] A harrowing story of politically motivated crime that could not have been better told." "Half a century after the fact, a cold case in Northern Ireland provides a frame for a deeply observed history of the Troubles.[...] A harrowing story of politically motivated crime that could not have been better told." Show less

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Stranger in the Shogun's City

A Japanese Woman and Her World

by Stanley, Amy

Book - 2020

"One woman's life reveals society and culture in 19th-century Japan. Historian Stanley brings a deep knowledge of Japanese culture to a vibrant portrait of the Asian nation centered on the struggles of one defiant woman. " "One woman's life reveals society and culture in 19th-century Japan. Historian Stanley brings a deep knowledge of Japanese culture to a vibrant portrait of the Asian nation centered on the struggles of one defiant woman. " Show less

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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

Native America From 1890 to the Present

by Treuer, David

Book - 2019

"An Ojibwe novelist and historian delivers a politically charged, highly readable history of America’s Indigenous peoples after the end of the wars a...Show more "An Ojibwe novelist and historian delivers a politically charged, highly readable history of America’s Indigenous peoples after the end of the wars against them. [...] A welcome modern rejoinder to classics such as God Is Red and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Show less

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How We Fight for Our Lives

A Memoir

by Jones, Saeed

Book - 2019

"The 'fight' in the title is partly about the fight with society at large, but it is mainly about the fight within the author himself. “I made myself...Show more "The 'fight' in the title is partly about the fight with society at large, but it is mainly about the fight within the author himself. “I made myself a promise,” he writes. 'Even if it meant becoming a stranger to my loved ones, even if it meant keeping secrets, I would have a life of my own.' [...] A memoir of coming to terms that’s written with masterful control of both style and material." Show less

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The King of Confidence

A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of An American Monarch

by Harvey, Miles

Book - 2020

"A nicely spun yarn of religious chicanery on the frontier in a nearly forgotten historical episode. [...] Harvey’s narrative is a page-turning exercise in popular history perfect for fans of Devil in the White City." "A nicely spun yarn of religious chicanery on the frontier in a nearly forgotten historical episode. [...] Harvey’s narrative is a page-turning exercise in popular history perfect for fans of Devil in the White City." Show less

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The Yellow House

by Broom, Sarah M.

Book - 2019

" Broom’s lyrical style celebrates her family bonds, but a righteous fury runs throughout the narrative at New Orleans’ injustices, from the foundati...Show more " Broom’s lyrical style celebrates her family bonds, but a righteous fury runs throughout the narrative at New Orleans’ injustices, from the foundation on up. A tribute to the multitude of stories one small home can contain, even one bursting with loss." Show less

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The Sirens of Mars

Searching for Life on Another World

by Johnson, Sarah Stewart

Book - 2020

"A planetary scientist details the remarkable history of humankind’s efforts to find signs of life on Mars. [...] A vivid, poetic account that leaves readers eager to see what's next in the quest to find extraterrestrial life." "A planetary scientist details the remarkable history of humankind’s efforts to find signs of life on Mars. [...] A vivid, poetic account that leaves readers eager to see what's next in the quest to find extraterrestrial life." Show less

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Lakota America

A New History of Indigenous Power

by Hämäläinen, Pekka

Book - 2019

"It is purportedly the first complete history of the Lakotas, the tribe of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, the regime that long dominated the American ...Show more "It is purportedly the first complete history of the Lakotas, the tribe of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, the regime that long dominated the American interior, thwarting Western expansion with charm, shrewd diplomacy and sheer might. Look again, however, and you’ll catch something roiling beneath that professional composure: a lively truculence that gives this book its pulse, and its purpose. Pekka Hamalainen’s impressive history is also a quarrel with the field, with how history — especially the history of indigenous Americans — has been told and sold." - NYT Show less

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The End of Everything

(astrophysically Speaking)

by Mack, Katherine J.

Book - 2020

"A theoretical astrophysicist surveys five possible scenarios for the end of the universe, backed by the latest research in physics and cosmology. [....Show more "A theoretical astrophysicist surveys five possible scenarios for the end of the universe, backed by the latest research in physics and cosmology. [...]Mack's pleasing writing style makes speculating about the death of the universe unexpectedly entertaining." Show less

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Vesper Flights

New and Collected Essays

by Macdonald, Helen

Book - 2020

"Falconer and writer Macdonald follows on elegant memoir H Is for Hawk (2015) with a set of essays on nature. [...] Exemplary writing about the intersection of the animal and human worlds." "Falconer and writer Macdonald follows on elegant memoir H Is for Hawk (2015) with a set of essays on nature. [...] Exemplary writing about the intersection of the animal and human worlds." Show less

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Caste

The Origins of Our Discontents

by Wilkerson, Isabel

Book - 2020

"Caste is principally associated with India, which figures in the book—an impressive follow-up to her magisterial The Warmth of Other Suns—but Wilker...Show more "Caste is principally associated with India, which figures in the book—an impressive follow-up to her magisterial The Warmth of Other Suns—but Wilkerson focuses on the U.S. We tend to think of divisions as being racial rather than caste-based. However, as the author writes, 'caste is the infrastructure of our divisions. It is the architecture of human hierarchy, the subconscious code of instructions for maintaining, in our case, a four-hundred-year-old social order.'" Show less

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