HISTORY / Social History
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HISTORY / Social History
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HISTORY / Social History
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Incoming Resources
- Showdown at Shepherd's Bush, the 1908 Olympic marathon and the three runners who launched a sporting craze, David Davis
- A torch kept lit, great lives of the twentieth century, William F. Buckley, Jr. ; edited by James Rosen
- Dancing with the devil in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro on the brink, Juliana Barbassa
- Milk of paradise, a history of opium, Lucy Inglis
- The problem of slavery in the age of emancipation, David Brion Davis
- The 60s, the story of a decade, The New Yorker ; edited by Henry Finder ; introduction by David Remnick
- The overlooked Americans, the resilience of our rural towns and what it means for our country, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
- The astronaut wives club, a true story, Lily Koppel
- The new Negro, the life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart
- Frankenstein, how a monster became an icon, the science and enduring allure of Mary Shelley's creation, edited by Sidney Perkowitz and Eddy Von Mueller
- When we rise, my life in the movement, Cleve Jones
- My life on the road, Gloria Steinem
- American fun, four centuries of joyous revolt, John Beckman
- The five, the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper, Hallie Rubenhold
- The making of Asian America, a history, Erika Lee
- The wood for the trees, one man's long view of nature, Richard Fortey
- Mobituaries, great lives worth reliving, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg ; illustrations by Mitch Butler
- The diary of a young girl, the definitive edition, Anne Frank ; edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler ; translated by Susan Massotty
- Innovation, the history of England from the Boer War to the Millenium Dome, Peter Ackroyd
- The library book, Susan Orlean
- The little book of lost words, collywobbles, snollygosters, and 86 other surprisingly useful terms worth resurrecting, creator of History Hustle, Joe Gillard
- Lessons from the heartland, a turbulent half-century of public education in an iconic American city, Barbara J. Miner
- Three women, Lisa Taddeo
- The years, Annie Ernaux ; translated by Alison L. Strayer
- The British in India, a social history of the Raj, David Gilmour
- The years that matter most, how college makes or breaks us, Paul Tough
- Germany, memories of a nation, Neil MacGregor
- How elites ate the social justice movement, Fredrik deBoer
- Improv nation, how we made a great American art, Sam Wasson
- Empire of cotton, a global history, Sven Beckert
- Out of ashes, a new history of Europe in the twentieth century, Konrad H. Jarausch
- Together we march, 25 protest movements that marched into history, Leah Henderson ; illustrated by Tyler Feder
- In these times, living in Britain through Napoleon's wars, 1793-1815, Jenny Uglow
- The woman who smashed codes, a true story of love, spies, and the unlikely heroine who outwitted America's enemies, Jason Fagone
- The Trip to Echo Spring, on Writers and Drinking, Olivia Laing
- Heiresses, the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
- The Japanese myths, a guide to gods, heroes and spirits, Joshua Frydman
- Into the bright sunshine, young Hubert Humphrey and the fight for civil rights, Samuel G. Freedman
- We the people, the modern-day figures who have reshaped and affirmed the Founding Fathers' vision of America, Juan Williams
- Tales of yesterday's Florida Keys, John Viele
- Indelible city, dispossession and defiance in Hong Kong, Louisa Lim
- The boundaries of desire, a century of bad laws, good sex, and changing identities, Eric Berkowitz
- Revolution, the history of England : from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo, Peter Ackroyd
- In pursuit of memory, the fight against Alzheimer's, Joseph Jebelli
- The most dangerous man in America, Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the hunt for the fugitive king of LSD, Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis
- The Whiskey Rebellion, a distilled history of an American crisis, Brady J. Crytzer
- Courtiers, intrigue, ambition, and the power players behind the house of Windsor, Valentine Low
- Wasteland, the Great War and the origins of modern horror, W. Scott Poole
- The forgotten, how the people of one Pennsylvania county elected Donald Trump and changed America, Ben Bradlee Jr
Outgoing Resources
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