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Mummies exposed!: Creepy and True #1 (Creepy and True)
By Kerrie Logan Hollihan. 2019
Uncovers the mysteries behind unearthed human mummies from around the globe, from mutilated bodies preserved in Irish bogs to sacrificed…
children entombed in an Incan burial site on a mountaintop. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2019El Norte: the epic and forgotten story of Hispanic North America
By Carrie Gibson. 2019
The author of Empire's Crossroads (DB 80362) explores the Hispanic past of North America, beginning with the arrival of Spanish…
explorers in the early sixteenth century and continuing through the early twenty-first century. Discusses key events and historical figures along with cultural issues of language, community, race, and nationality. 2019History vs women: the defiant lives that they don't want you to know
By Anita Sarkeesian, Ebony Adams, T. S. Abe. 2018
Introduction to a range of diverse and remarkable women in history from across the globe. Notable figures are grouped into…
five categories: reckless rebels, revelatory scholars, ruthless villains, restless artists, and relentless amazons. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018A historian tells the story of the song that became known as the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and…
Sing." Examines the lives of the composer and lyricist, and describes how the song became a reflection of black social and cultural history. 2018Fatal invention: how science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century
By Dorothy E. Roberts. 2012
Legal scholar/activist argues that "race" is a political, not a biological, construct. Asserts that a growing interest in race-based genetic…
variation--especially in biotech and pharmaceutical research and marketing--is a throwback to the days of racial stereotypes based on physical differences and obscures the social impacts of racism. 2011Household gods: the religious lives of the Adams family
By Sara Georgini. 2019
Examination of the religious lives of the Adams family and the impact of religion on their civic service, from John…
and Abigail Adams in the 1700s to Brooks Adams in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Discusses the generational changes in understanding what it means to be Christian. 2019Richard Potter: America's first Black celebrity
By John A. Hodgson. 2018
Biography of a man who was born the son of a slave in 1783, and went on to become the…
most popular entertainer in America. Examines both his public life as a magician and ventriloquist and his experiences as a black man in pre-Civil War America. 2018Unspeakable acts: women, art, and sexual violence in the 1970s
By Nancy Princenthal. 2019
Examination of women artists in the 1970s and the art--visual and performance--they created around experiences of sexual violence. Discusses artists…
including Yoko Ono, Ana Mendieta, Suzanne Lacy, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Leslie Labowitz. Analyzes the ways the art and criticism of it influenced broader cultural conversations. Some violence. 2019Almost French: love and a new life in Paris
By Sarah Turnbull. 2003
Journalist describes traveling to Europe from Australia at the age of twenty-seven to experience a year abroad as a freelance…
journalist. Discusses meeting her future husband in Bucharest, moving in with him in Paris, and learning about French culture. Reflects on feelings of isolation and adventure. 2002The Little Ice Age: how climate made history, 1300-1850
By Brian Fagan. 2019
History of climatic shifts and adaptations by Europeans to them. Covers the last ten centuries, describing the Medieval Warm Period…
to the era of global warming that began in the 1850s. Examines human vulnerability in the face of sudden climate change. Includes author's afterword from 2019. 2000We wear the mask: 15 true stories of passing in America
By Brando Skyhorse, Lisa Page. 2017
Fifteen essays examining the concept of passing, which the author defines as attempting to gain something tangible by occupying a…
space meant for someone else. Explores different types of passing, including race, disability, religion, sexuality, and more. Some strong language. 2017A brief history of everyone who ever lived: the human story retold through our genes
By Adam Rutherford. 2017
Author of Creation (DB 80022) examines the genetic history of humankind. Includes some humorous examples to explain the ways genes,…
alleles, and their variations work when it comes to genotypes--the genetic base information--and phenotypes--the ways that information is presented. Discusses what to consider when interpreting results. Some strong language. 2016The blood of Emmett Till
By Timothy B. Tyson. 2017
Southern history scholar revisits the 1955 lynching of fourteen-year-old African American Emmett Till, from Chicago. While visiting relatives in Mississippi,…
Emmett's interaction with a white female shopkeeper led to his kidnapping and violent murder. Also describes the trial, funeral, and the case's impact on the civil rights movement. Violence and some strong language. 2017Women will vote: winning suffrage in New York State
By Karen Pastorello, Susan Goodier. 2017
An account of the efforts of activists from a wide variety of backgrounds across the state of New York, leading…
ultimately to the 1917 referendum granting women the right to vote. Discusses how the various factions both did and did not collaborate. 2017Finding magic: a spiritual memoir
By Sally Quinn. 2017
Journalist and widow of legendary newspaper editor Ben Bradlee reflects on her life as a spiritual quest. Describes her early…
years in Georgia, moving around the world with her Army officer father's career, exploring different spiritual practices, personal relationships, and more. Some strong language. 2017Riding the white horse home: a western family album (Vintage Departures)
By Teresa Jordan. 1994
A family chronicle from a descendant of Wyoming ranchers. Introduces the various members of her family, recounts incidents from her…
childhood, and examines the lives of female family members as well as the decline of her community, Iron Mountain, the population of which has dropped drastically over the past century. 1993Women & power: a manifesto
By Mary Beard. 2017
Classicist and author of SPQR (DB 84098) presents a manifesto, based on two lectures, examining the relationship between women and…
power and ways misogyny has been expressed from ancient times to the modern world. Bestseller. 2017Cattle kingdom: the hidden history of the cowboy West
By Christopher Knowlton. 2017
A historical account of the few decades following the Civil War known as the open-range cattle era. Discusses how the…
West rose and fell, its ongoing legacy of cowboy culture, key figures of the period, the killing of millions of bison, cattle drives, and more. 2017A historian chronicles the life of Daniel Murray (1851-1925), a descendant of slaves. Daniel rose to become Assistant Librarian at…
the Library of Congress. Discusses the course of Murray's life as it reflected the fortunes and declines of African Americans in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. 2017A path to peace: a brief history of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and a way forward in the Middle East
By George J. Mitchell, Alon Sachar. 2016
An architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland discusses his findings serving as US Special…
Envoy for Middle East Peace from 2009 to 2011. Examines how Israeli and Palestinian negotiations have progressed and regressed across time and proposes concessions each side would have to make to achieve lasting peace. 2016