Becoming by Michelle Obama
“This book takes us through modest Iowa
kitchens and ballrooms at Buckingham Palace, through moments of heart-stopping
grief and profound resilience, bringing us deep into the soul of a singular,
groundbreaking figure in history as she strives to live authentically,
marshaling her personal strength and voice in service of a set of higher
ideals. In telling her story with honesty and boldness, she issues a challenge
to the rest of us: Who are we and who do we want to become?" –WorldCat
Educated
by Tara Westover
“Traces the author's experiences as a
child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her
participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve
to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university
and the unfamiliar world beyond.” –WorldCat
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
“With authoritative reporting honed
through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in
unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White
House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic
policies.” –WorldCat
Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents by Mark Sakamoto
“Mark Sakamoto's grandparents endured much
hardship during the Second World War. His maternal grandfather Ralph MacLean
was a Canadian soldier, who spent years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese
camp. His paternal grandmother Mitsue Sakamoto was one of thousands of
Japanese‐Canadians interned by the Canadian government during the war. But
instead of being bitter about their experiences, they taught Sakamoto about forgiveness,
a lesson he documented in his book Forgiveness:
A Gift from My Grandparents.” –WorldCat
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya
Talaga
"Over the span of ten years, seven
high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The seven were hundreds of
miles away from their families, forced to leave their reserve because there was
no high school there for them to attend. Award-winning journalist Tanya Talaga
delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest, and
struggle with, human rights violations past and present against aboriginal
communities." –WorldCat
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic by David Frum
“Former White House speechwriter, Atlantic
columnist and media commentator David Frum explains why President Trump has
undermined our most important institutions in ways even the most critical media
has missed, in this thoughtful book that is a warning for democracy and
America's future.” –Amazon