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  Dancing on Bones - History and...

  Katie Stallard

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  History didn't end. Democracy didn't triumph. America’s leading role in the world is no longer assured. Instead, authoritarian rule is on the rise, and the global order established after 1945 is under attack. This is the phenomenon Katie Stallard tackles in Dancing on  
  Bones as she examines how the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea manipulate the past to serve the present and secure the future of authoritarian rule. 
   
  Russia has annexed Crimea, started a war in eastern Ukraine, and repeatedly massed troops on its borders. China has stepped up war games near Taiwan and militarized the South China Sea, while North Korea has resumed missile testing and blood-curdling threats  
  against the United States. These three states consistently top lists of threats to US and European security, and yet the leaders of all three insist that it is their country that is threatened, rewriting history and exploiting the memory of the wars of the last century to  
  justify their actions and shore up popular support. Since coming to power, Xi Jinping has almost doubled the length of China’s World War II, Vladimir Putin has elevated the memory of the Great Patriotic War to the status of a national religion, and Kim Jong Un has invested  
  vast sums in rebuilding war museums in his impoverished state, while those who try to challenge the official version of history are silenced and jailed. But this didn’t start with Putin, Xi, and Kim, and it won’t end with them. 
   
  Drawing on first-hand, on-the-ground reporting, Dancing on Bones argues that if we want to understand where these three nuclear powers are heading, we must understand the stories they are telling their citizens about the past.

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  Parachute to Berlin

  Lowell Bennett, Alan Bennett

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  The vivid account of a war correspondent shot down over Germany and taken prisoner. 
   
   
   
  Bennett was one of several journalists to fly a night raid over Berlin in November 1943. This is the vivid testimony of an American journalist shot down over Berlin. After he was captured in Berlin, he was taken on a tour of Germany and shown what the civilian population was being subjected to. Bennett spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I, where he started the newspaper POW WOW, secretly read by 9,000 prisoners. Bennett's experiences led him to condemn the Allied policy of systematically bombing civilian population centers.

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  Weapons of Mass Confusion:...

  Lysander Greewood

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  Weapons of Mass Confusion: Unraveling Schooling's Hidden Truths 
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  A Rare Recording of Kurt Vonnegut

  Kurt Vonnegut

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  Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels, including his most famous, Slaughterhouse-Five, published in 1969. His works include fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction pieces. In the following May 1994 recording, Vonnegut addresses the graduating class of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

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  Earth Shapers - How We Mapped...

  Maxim Samson

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  The globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves onto our surroundings.Mountains, meridians, rivers, and borders—these are some of the features that divide the world on our maps and in our minds. But geography is far less set in stone than we might believe, and, as Maxim Samson’s Earth Shapers contends, in our relatively short time on this planet, humans have become experts at fundamentally reshaping our surroundings.From the Qhapaq Ñan, the Inca’s “great road,” and Mozambique’s colonial railways to a Saudi Arabian smart city, and from Korea’s sacred Baekdu-daegan mountain range and the Great Green Wall in Africa to the streets of Chicago, Samson explores how we mold the world around us. And how, as we etch our needs onto the natural landscape, we alter the course of history. These fascinating stories of connectivity show that in our desire to make geographical connections, humans have broken through boundaries of all kinds, conquered treacherous terrain, and carved up landscapes. We crave linkages, and though we do not always pay attention to the in-between, these pathways—these ways of “earth shaping,” in Samson’s words—are key to understanding our relationship with the planet we call home.An immense work of cultural geography touching on ecology, sociology, history, and politics, Earth Shapers argues that, far from being constrained by geography, we are instead its creators.

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  Central American Shifts -...

  Anya Solace

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  Central American Shifts explores the dynamic and often volatile economic and political history of the region through the lens of Puerto Rico, El Salvador, and Mexico. This 3-in-1 volume examines the deep impact of colonization, independence, globalization, and internal strife, revealing how each country has faced unique challenges and opportunities in shaping their modern identities. 
  The story of Puerto Rico is one of colonialism, statehood debates, and economic reliance on the U.S., as it struggles to balance autonomy with its political relationship with its larger neighbor. El Salvador's economic and social history highlights the legacies of civil war, neoliberal reforms, and the push for development amid violence and inequality. Mexico's economic history offers a rich narrative of revolution, industrialization, trade agreements, and modern challenges, illustrating how the country has navigated the complex balance of tradition and progress. 
  This book provides a deep dive into the intertwined relationships between politics, markets, and the people of Central America, offering essential context for understanding the region's development, its struggles, and its growth.

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