21st century

"[A story about] two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum in Vineland, New Jersey, navigating what seems to be the end of the world as they know it"--Provided by publisher.

"In 2013, Dr. Ayaz Virji left a comfortable job at an East Coast hospital and moved to a town of 1,400 in Minnesota, feeling called to address the shortage of doctors in rural America. But in 2016, this decision was tested when the reliably blue, working-class county swung for Donald Trump. Virji watched in horror as his children faced anti-Muslim remarks at school and some of his most loyal patients began questioning whether he belonged in the community"--Jacket flap.

". . . argues that what parents say about race and racial inequality is less meaningful than what parents actually do in their everyday lives. . . examines how affluent white parents intentionally and unintentionally, knowingly and unknowningly, use their extensive resources to construct particular racial contexts of childhood for their kids."--Dust jacket.

Tells the story of the rise of the Kim Dynasty and its atrocities, motivations, and diplomatic goals. He also discusses the possible outcomes of its aggressive standoff with the world superpowers.

The war against ISIS and the so-called caliphate it declared across Syria and Iraq was a battle to define not just the Middle East but the wider world. Growing from the aftermath of the U.S. war in Iraq and a brutal civil war in Syria, ISIS sought to usher in a new era of conflict as it launched terrorist attacks across Europe, while inflicting a savage extremism on the population in controlled.

"In February of 2013, Richard Stengel, the former editor-in-chief of Time, joined the Obama administration as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Within days, two shocking events made world-wide headlines: ISIS executed American journalist James Foley on a graphic video seen by tens of millions, and Vladimir Putin's "little green men"-Russian special forces-invaded Crimea, amid a blizzard of Russian denials and false flags"--Jacket flap.

"An African-American writer's concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America.

An exploration of diplomacy and the militarization of American foreign policy.

". . . [looks] into two decades of movies and television--from superhero franchises including the "Dark Knight," "X-Men," and "The Avengers" and series like "The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones" to thrillers like "Homeland" and "24"--and emerges to argue that these shows are saturated with the values that have incited and enhnaced our extreme politics"--Adapted from dust jacket.

"In the early morning of April 14, 2014, the militant Islamic group Boko Haram violently burst into the small town of Chibok, Nigeria, and abducted 276 girls from their school dorm rooms . . . [Isha Sesay] follows the journeys of [three of the girls and] . . . delves into the Nigerian government's inadequate response to the kidnapping, exposes the hierarchy of how the news gets covered, and synthesizes crucial lessons about global national security. She also reminds us of the personal sacrifice required of journalists to bring us the truth at a time of growing mistrust of the media"--Provided by publisher.