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On the Vietnam War | History & Literature
By Barbara Hoffert
Important anniversaries aside, the Vietnam War remains in the news. Witness Ken Burns’s ten-part, 18-hour documentary airing on PBS in September, with Burns and Geoffrey Ward’s The Vietnam War: An Intimate History publishing the same month, and the Vietnam newsletter now being pushed out by the New York Times. |
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Library of Congress Hosts Bibliodiscotheque
By Lisa Peet
On May 6, the Library of Congress (LC) was transformed into a disco for one night. Librarians dressed up in their finest ’70s vintage duds and danced the night away under a mirror ball in the Great Hall of LC’s Thomas Jefferson Building. |
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SPONSORED BY GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY PRESS Powerful New Perspectives on the Civil War
Based on meticulous archival research, Fighting in the Shadows illuminates the stories of ordinary and extraordinary deaf men and women who lived during the Civil War. This visually rich volume deepens our understanding of the diversity of voices and experiences that helped shape American history.
Read an Excerpt››› |
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Beyond the Battle: Stories from U.S. Navy Men
By LJ Reviews
Two outstanding autobiographies filled with bravery, courage, and first-person accounts of military heroics; readers interested in battlefield narratives will truly enjoy either book. |
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SPONSORED BY MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION Enhance Student Engagement with Data Visualization
Visualizations are highly effective teaching tools. They can help to improve comprehension, decrease learning time, enhance retrieval, and increase retention. When used effectively data visualization tools can help to grab students’ attention, stimulate their curiosity, and tap into their passions, according to data visualization expert Dr. Anselm Spoerri.
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BESTSELLERS: U.S. History
By LJ Reviews
1. “They Can’t Kill Us All”: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement
Lowery, Wesley
Little, Brown
2016. ISBN 9780316312479. $27
2. The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
Cozzens, Peter
Alfred A. Knopf
2016. ISBN 9780307958044. $35
3. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
Phillips, Patrick
W.W. Norton
2016. ISBN 9780393293012. $26.95 |
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