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• Sunny Days

  the Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

  Kamp, David,

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  An exploration of how children’s television changed in the 1960s, this book looks at Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street, then moves onto shows that followed them like The Electric Company, Free to Be…You and Me, and ZOOM.

• Below the Edge of Darkness

  a Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea

  Widder, Edith,

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  Oceanographer and marine biologist Edith Widder spent her life studying bioluminescence in deep sea creatures, and she shares her adventures in this engrossing book about the ocean depths. From science to near misses with a leaky submersible to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall,

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  With the finesse of a storyteller and the scientific eye of a biologist, Kimmerer’s poetic prose walks readers through memoir and natural beauty. Whether you’re a nature nerd or you can’t tell an oak from a birch, you’ll easily lose yourself in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Madame Fourcade's Secret War

  the Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

  Olson, Lynne,

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  For a thrilling WWII spy history, grab this book about Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine Fourcade and the Resistance espionage network she built that shaped Allied efforts against the Nazis. Following her story from 1936 to 1945, this reads like a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indelible City

  Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

  Lim, Louisa,

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  Hong Kong journalist Lim dives into questions of identity from political to personal in this eye-opening blend of memoir and reporting. From colonialist history to present tumult, the people of Hong Kong are the beating heart of this intensely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Full Body Burden

  Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

  Iversen, Kristen,

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  A revealing read for any Coloradoan, Iversen tells a story of growing up near the Rocky Flats plutonium plant and simultaneously walks readers through the plant’s history, including the fires in 1957 and 1969. Chilling and enthralling.

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