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• You'll Do

  a History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

  Zug, Marcia A.

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  A thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage, from the Colonial era through the #MeToo age.

• The Rejects

  An Alternative History of Popular Music

  Collinson, Jamie, 1980-

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  Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best friends don't want you anymore, and you're on the outside. Perhaps they're tired of your bad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rumbles

  a Curious History of the Gut

  Richardson, Elsa

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  The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles and grumbles while other organs remain silent, inconspicuous and content. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy, often overzealous organ, deliberating on the extent of its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Brief History of Stuff

  the Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Objects

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  Explore the past, present and future of the everyday stuff in your home, from tinned food to tampons. Learn how 30,000 bath toys and the work of amateur beachcombers have helped scientists study ocean currents.

• You Bet Your Life

  From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovations

  Offit, Paul A.

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  From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovations. From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovations

• Nuclear War

  a Scenario

  Jacobsen, Annie

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  We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts, Nuclear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Enemies Will Vanish

  the Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence

  Trofimov, Yaroslav

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  Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, offers a compelling eyewitness account of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

• Fixing France

  How to Repair a Broken Republic

  Ramdani, Nabila

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  France - the romanticised, revolutionary land of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity for all - is failing. Reform is urgently needed. This book is a powerful indictment of the status quo, and a highly original perspective on the challenges to which the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Demon of Unrest

  a Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

  Larson, Erik, 1954-

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  Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers and plantation ledgers, the author offers a gripping account of the months between Lincoln's election and the start of the Civil War, which tore a deeply divided nation in two.

• Bluestockings

  the First Women's Movement

  Gibson, Susannah

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  In Britain in the 1750s, women had no power and no rights, all money and property belonged to their fathers or husbands. A brave group risked everything to think and live as they wished, despite the sneers of contemporaries who argued that books…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pressing on

  the Story of New Zealand's Newspapers, 1921-2000

  Grant, Ian F. (Ian Fraser), 1940-

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  In 1920, when Lasting Impressions, the first volume in this history of New Zealand newspapers ended, the large number of newspapers in the country were the profitable, well-respected vehicles of nearly all the news from around the world and around…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unruly

  a History of England's Kings and Queens

  Mitchell, David, 1974-

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  This hilarious book introduces England's earliest kings and queens, who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits, revealing a story of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, uncivil…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

  Gibbins, David J. L., 1962-

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  From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.

• Private Revolutions

  Coming of Age in a New China

  Yang, Yuan, 1990-

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  A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women striving for a better future in a highly unequal society.

• Charles III

  the Inside Story : New King, New Court

  Hardman, Robert, 1965-

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  After seventy years of waiting and preparation, King Charles III is now not just the head of the most famous family in the world. He is the custodian of a thousand-year-old institution which must redefine its place in the digital age while others…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Struggle for India's Soul

  Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy

  Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-

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  There are over a billion Indians alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this question, one that is central to the identity of all who belong to modern India, Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested ideas of nationalism,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghosted

  An American Story

  French, Nancy, 1974-

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  A thought-provoking memoir about Nancy French's journey from her family's mountain roots to success as a ghostwriter, only to be rejected by her party, church, and community. Ghosted is for all who were alienated by those closest to them and left…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vulture Capitalism

  Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom

  Blakeley, Grace, 1993-

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  An acclaimed journalist illustrates how corporate and political elites have used planned capitalism to advance their own interests at the expense of the rest of us--and how we can take back our economy for all.

• A Field Guide to the Apocalypse

  a Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times

  Aktipis, Athena, 1981-

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  A common sense field guide to understanding, surviving, and thriving in our time of complex chaos and crises.

• Women and the Piano

  a History in 50 Lives

  Tomes, Susan

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  Women are an essential part of the history of the piano--but how many women pianists can you name? Throughout most of the piano's history, women pianists lacked access to formal training and were excluded from male-dominated performance spaces.