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The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world2022
Summary: In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz -- one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the... more »- place hold (0)
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A fever in the heartland : the Ku Klux Klan's plot to take over America, and the woman who stopped them2023
Summary: The Roaring Twenties -- the Jazz Age -- has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not... more »- place hold (1)
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His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice2022
Summary: The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store... more »- place hold (0)
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How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures2022
Summary: A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to... more »- place hold (0)
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An immense world : how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around us2022
Summary: The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a... more »- place hold (0)
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Lady justice : women, the law, and the battle to save America2022
Summary: After the sudden shock of Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain. It was clear he and his administration were going to pursue a series of... more »- place hold (0)
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A living remedy : a memoir2023
Summary: When Nicole Chung graduated from high school, she couldn't hightail it out of her overwhelmingly white Oregon hometown fast enough. As a scholarship student at a private university on the East Coast,... more »- place hold (0)
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The odyssey of Phillis Wheatley : a poet's journeys through American slavery and independence2023
Summary: Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and... more »- place hold (0)
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Saving time : discovering a life beyond the clock2023
Summary: In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from the "attention economy" to spend time in quiet contemplation. But what if you don't have time to... more »- place hold (0)
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South to America : a journey below the Mason-Dixon to understand the soul of a nation2022
Summary: An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South -- and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America.... more »- place hold (0)
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The teachers : a year inside America's most vulnerable, important profession2023
Summary: Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She follows Penny, a southern... more »- place hold (0)
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The undertow : scenes from a slow civil war2023
Summary: Across the country, men "of God" glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while citing Scripture and preparing for civil war -- a firestorm they long for as an absolution and exaltation. Lies,... more »- place hold (0)
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We were once a family : a story of love, death, and child removal in America2023
Summary: On March 26, 2018, rescue workers discovered a crumpled SUV and the bodies of two women and several children at the bottom of a cliff beside the Pacific Coast Highway. Investigators soon concluded... more »- place hold (0)
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When the heavens went on sale : the misfits and geniuses racing to put space within reach2023
Summary: With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications:... more »- place hold (0)
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You could make this place beautiful : a memoir2023
Summary: "Life, like a poem, is a series of choices." In her memoir, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard... more »- place hold (0)
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