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Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation-as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love-that arise from its loss. From local bars to train yards to prison, it is the story of two young men, bound to the town by family, responsibility, inertia, and the beauty around them, who dream of a future beyond the factories and abandoned homes.

To ArcelorMittal Steel, Eliese is known as #6691: Utility Worker, but this was never her dream. Fresh out of college, eager to leave behind her conservative hometown and come to terms with her Christian roots, Eliese found herself applying for a job at the local steel mill. The mill is everything she was trying to escape, but it's also her only shot at financial security in an economically devastated and forgotten part of America. In Rust, Eliese brings the listener inside the belly of the mill and the middle American upbringing that brought her there in the first place.

Waiting to enter a movie theater to see "Dr. No," the first James Bond movie, Simon sees a cute Black girl standing in a separate line that leads to the balcony, the "colored" section. A friend tells him, "You're in the South. Stick with your own kind.” Simon doesn't. It's the steamy summer of 1963. Simon Klein has moved with his family, Jews from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Pickettville, Alabama, where his father has taken a job at a nearby Army base. He is as mystified of the South as Southerners are of a Jew While gathering information for a story he is writing for his school paper, Simon ...

From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes an eye-opening journey through American history that unearths and debunks the myths we've always told ourselves. Recent years have brought a reckoning in America. As rampant political corruption, stark inequality, and violent bigotry...

A Sweeping History of the Great State of Ohio From ancient earthworks to modern battleground elections, Ohio's story is America's story. This sweeping narrative traces the arc of a state that has always stood at the center of the nation's most crucial transformations—from frontier wilderness to industrial powerhouse, from Underground Railroad routes to civil rights struggles, from canal-era boom to Rust Belt decline and uncertain renaissance. Ohio produced eight presidents, invented the airplane and the light bulb, built the steel and rubber that powered American industry, and became the ...

Soon to be a TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer. The critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling epic, a saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the...

"Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious.”—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we...

A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot western" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. It’s been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder...

These stories are specific to one legendary riverfront plateau and one boy's journey, but are emblematic of immigrant life and blue-collar aspirations during the heyday of American industry and its crash, foreshadowing one of the largest internal migrations in US history. Approximately six million baby boomers, like the narrator, fled the Rust Belt. Another six million remained and stories of their youth, struggles, and aspirations echo throughout this book.

The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbinding historical fantasy set at the crossroads of race and power in America. It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided—between those who work the mystical arts and those who do...

A Sweeping History of the Great State of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's story is America's story. From William Penn's radical experiment in religious tolerance to the furnaces that forged a nation's steel, from the battlefield at Gettysburg to the factories that armed democracy, this commonwealth has stood at the center of every chapter in the American narrative. In this sweeping history, Daniel Hardy traces Pennsylvania's journey from indigenous homeland through colonial diversity, revolutionary crucible, and industrial dominance to post-industrial reinvention. Here are the dreamers and the ...

In Rust journalist Jonathan Waldman travels from Key West, Florida, to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to meet the colorful and often reclusive people concerned with corrosion. He sneaks into an abandoned steelworks with a brave artist and nearly gets kicked out of Can School. Across the Arctic he follows a massive high-tech robot, hunting for rust in the Alaska pipeline.

In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure—from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust—noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel’s Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. Read by Audiofile Golden...

A Sweeping Histoy of the Great State of Wisconsin Wisconsin has always been a crossroads—a place where northern forests meet prairie grasslands, where European immigrant cultures collided with indigenous peoples, where radical reform movements battled corporate power. This sweeping history traces how a fur trade frontier became America's Dairyland, a Progressive laboratory, and ultimately the nation's most critical political battleground. From the effigy mounds of ancient cultures to the 2020 presidential election decided by fewer than 21,000 votes, Wisconsin's story mirrors America's own...

Uncover the untold story of the Taíno, the first people of the Caribbean, in this riveting exploration of history, culture, and resilience. From their ancient migrations through South America to their thriving societies across the islands, this book brings to life the rich legacy of the Taíno people. Delve into the vibrant daily lives of the Taíno, their spiritual beliefs rooted in the natural world, and their mastery of sustainable living.

An incisive narrative about a teen rape case that divided a Rust Belt town, exposing the hostile and systemic undercurrents that enable sexual violence, and spotlighting ways to make change. In football-obsessed Steubenville, Ohio, on a summer night in 2012, an incapacitated sixteen-year-old...

In The Great American Gold Hoax, author Sean Rust peels back the layers of myth, secrecy, and propaganda surrounding the most fortified—and most mysterious—vault in the United States: Fort Knox. For decades, Americans have been told that behind those thick granite walls lies over 147 million ounces of gold. But no independent audit has ever been conducted. No full inventory released. And the last official glimpse inside was over 50 years ago.

Amish Kitchen Tales: Volume Two is not just a collection of recipes—it is a continuation of a way of life. Within these pages, you’ll find breads rising with patience, cakes baked for reasons spoken and unspoken, and food made not for display, but for use, travel, sharing, and endurance. Each recipe is rooted in tradition and written for real kitchens, while each accompanying story captures a different moment in Amish life—joy, strain, generosity, quiet loss, preparation, and belonging. This volume expands beyond the hearth and table, following food as it moves through seasons, storms...

The year is 1992. The Third World War rages. With Central Europe locked in a bloody stalemate, the chaos boils over into Greece and Turkey, with NATO holding on by a thread against the Soviet onslaught. But the greatest twists of fate unfold behind the scenes. The United States Presidential election may upend the balance altogether, as America's citizens choose who will lead them into the maelstrom. But in Moscow, hidden forces within the Soviet Union finally make their bid for power.

Denis Cooverman wanted to say something really important in his high school graduation speech. So, in front of his 512 classmates and their 3,000 relatives, he announced: ""I love you, Beth Cooper."" It would have been such a sweet, romantic moment. Except that Beth, the head cheerleader, has...