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cbabe

(4,845 posts) Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:24 PM Mar 14

Book and Dagger: How scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of world war II [View all]

By Elyse Graham

HarperCollins, 2024

Parallels from then to now are striking: mass firings, whispers/fake news, book bans and burnings, takeover of media and universities, etc.

True story. Inspiring, gripping, rigorous research, very readable ‘thriller’.

There’s a reason Tesla is crashing in Germany. They know what’s happening.

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Book and Dagger: How scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of world war II [View all] cbabe Mar 14 OP

Just picked it up at library today. displacedvermoter Mar 14 #1

Thanks for rec. I'm now #31-ish on hold for an ebook at my library. txwhitedove Mar 14 #2

You're welcome. Hard to wait for a book. My library has it as a book of the month with lots of copies. Lucky me. cbabe Mar 14 #3

There were books available, but I chose to wait for an ebook since I'm still currently reading txwhitedove Mar 15 #4

Sounds good. I'll check it out, so to speak. Cheers. cbabe Mar 15 #5

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