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And welcome to...
Nonfiction NOW!
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This time I cover the events and the
controversial topics of the last 20 years...
modern post-college life,
a horrible law of the 20th century,
and the longest book neeeeever written.
Let's go!!! (in funny accent)
Serenity Now!
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Democracy Now!
I'm a little terrified to do this book.
It's often one-sided and a little controversial,
but it doesn't really glorify and any party or politician
and it covers the major events of the last 20 years.
This book doesn't really pander to the masses,
but it actually kind of covers the victims.
Democracy Now! is actually an independent news
radio show that started in 1996.
This book celebrates the 20th anniversary.
You can check them out at DemocracyNow.org.
Now like many history students, I wasn't taught past the Vietnam War era.
So I'm glad there's a book that actually talks about this.
Most people would rather avoid these issues.
The topics are:
So join the conversation and get a little more informed with...
Democracy NOOOOOOOWWWWW!
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This book is more about transitioning from high school to college
and then to the job market.
So why is it in adult nonfiction?
Because I didn't know that.
I mean....cause...uh....parents pay for college?
Or go back themselves....?
For another career....
There is Life After College is full os statistics and sound reasoning
for what skills people need to succeed in today's job market.
Get the answers to tough questions, like
Do I always need tech experience?
Are apprenticeships still a thing?
What if I took a year off after high school or after college?
Would it be worthless to take a class on elf spotting
or wasting time on the Internet?
Yes.
Yes, it would.
Colleges have a huge range of classes out there.
You want to know what might help your future?
Try taking a quick lesson from Jeffrey Selingo.
Find that job you love and don't be in debt forever doing it.
This has to be one of the saddest books I've ever read.
And I'm including the Diary of Anne Frank,
Night by Elie Wiesel,
And Bridge to Teribithia.
Real tears. #acting
Why did I choose those books except Bridge to Terabithia?
Because Nazi Germany based some their laws on what happened in this book.
Imbeciles is about the Supreme Court decision to allow states to perform
eugenics - that's the systemic sterilization of people considered "feebleminded".
The decision was split like it was today - it was 8 to 1 in favor.
And back then it was widely accepted by most of the country
even by universities.
And as of today, that law is still not overturned.
The government can still forcibly sterilize people.
Between 60,000 and 70,000 people were sterilized.
The exact figure is unknown because feeblemindedness also included
poverty and homelessness.
Carrie Buck wasn't the first, but certainly didn't deserve to be one at all.
Find out all about it in Adam Cohen's Imbeciles.
A book is coming out in September called Jerusalem.
Written by comic legend Alan Moore, it is said to be 1 million words long.
Examples:
This is about a man who wrote a book 9 million words long.
"The Oral History of Our Time"
Joe Gould, a possible autistic man with...
wrote down everything that anyone had ever said to him.
So why have you never heard of Joe Gould?
Well, once he passed away, no one could find the book anywhere.
But that isn't to say no one looked,
including our author and guide, Jill Lapore.
So follow along as she pours through letters, journals,
and articles from friends of Gould.
No matter what we know today, Joe Gould was important.
He went to parties with Langston Hughes,
was written about by E.E. Cummings,
and was long term friends with reporter Joseph Mitchell
who after Gould died, could not write another word for almost three decades.
So check out the book of the man who almost everything about may have been fake
including his teeth.
Adult coloring books!
We have adult coloring books now.
So come on in, set a spell, take your shoes off...
No! Don't do that.
That's....that's really gross.
No one - no one wants that.
Ask for them at the 2nd floor reference desk.
