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MAY 8 IS TIME OF REMEMBRANCE AND RECONCILIATION FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WWII; RECOMMENDED DUE TO WWII NONFICTION
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The Nazis asked him to swear allegiance to Hitler, betraying his country, his friends, and everything he believed in.
He refused.
Poland, 1939. Professional photographer Wilhelm Brasse is deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and finds himself in a deadly race to survive, assigned to work as the camp's intake photographer and take "identity pictures" of prisoners as they arrive by the trainload. Brasse soon
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MAY 26, 2025 IS MEMORIAL DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO AMERICAN SOLDIER NONFICTION
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"... tells the stories of six courageous Japanese American soldiers from the Pacific Northwest who volunteered to fight in the combined 442nd Regimental Combat Team with the 100th Infantry Battalion during World War II."--Provided by publisher.
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4.8 stars
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MAY 20 IS WOMEN IN AEROSPACE DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO WOMEN IN AEROSPACE NONFICTION
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"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
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3.5 stars
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MAY 15 IS NATIONAL BIOGRAPHER'S DAY
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Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives,...
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MAY 26 IS WORLD DRACULA DAY; RECOMMENDED DUE TO DRACULA NONFICTION
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"Lugosi, the tragic life story of one of horror's most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S., first on stage and then in movies, he landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would become a series of classic feature films. From that point forward, Lugosi's stardom would be assured...but with international fame came...
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MAY 19 IS MALCOLM X DAY
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In this "dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, ... Peniel E. Joseph reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a ... revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define"--