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An ambitious mash-up of pop culture, science, and history, this breakout debut from Radiolab reporter Radke tracks the evolution of attitudes toward womens butts from the Hottentot Venus to Miley Cyrus. Wyoming Mountain Murder by Juno Rushdan (Harlequin Intrigue), 1. 2021 | 16 Books We Read This Week Henry Ford and Thomas Edison go camping, the British Empire's bottom line, the hidden math in works of literature and more. This week, Colleen Hoover continues her reign. Taltys knockout collection looks at a family on the Penobscot reservation in the 1990s, and at a young man dealing with an opioid addiction in the present day. Yehuda Hoodie Rosen, who lives in a mostly non-Jewish town, wrestles with forbidden first love while navigating the aftermath of a hate crime against his Orthodox Jewish community in this immersive debut. This homage to golden age crime fiction rivals the best of John Dickson Carr. 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Magnusons nuanced telling sets astonishing achievements, including the building of the transcontinental railroad and the development of the first affordable automobile, alongside infuriating stories of exploitation and corruption. In 1996, journalist Ky Tran investigates the murder of her 17-year-old brother, Denny, who was beaten to death at a restaurant on the night of his high school graduation in the Vietnamese community of Cabramatta, Australia. Its heartrending, brilliantly written, and can be emotionally difficult to read, but those who do will undoubtedly be moved. Drawing on newly released files, this sweeping biography of the long-serving FBI director recounts with equal perceptiveness matters personal (his fathers struggles with depression, his intimate relationships with men) and political (the 1919 Palmer raids, the JFK assassination, COINTELPRO). 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