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Editorial Review BEK: Black Eyed Kids presents a chilling collection of documented encounters that blur the line between reported fact and unbearable horror. With clean, restrained prose, Ted Lazaris builds dread through eyewitness accounts, unanswered questions, and the quiet terror of children who should not exist. The result is an unsettling read that offers no comfort—only the lingering fear that some doors should never be opened. The city didn’t change overnight. It simply became easier. Doors opened faster. Noise faded sooner. Choices narrowed until they felt like relief. Rena ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchise comes the untold story of the pioneering Black women who were seen, but barely heard, at the 1963 March on Washington There is no shortage of footage immortalizing the men who spoke at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, when 250...

From acclaimed journalist Anand Giridharadas, a groundbreaking feat of reporting on a tragic encounter in a New York subway car that held up a mirror to a troubled and divided nation In 2023, New York was already a city under strain, racked by panic about crime, mistrust of police, and a broken...

Only Native Americans have held the political identity of being citizens of nations within a nation. After the American Revolution, they had to decide whether gaining United States citizenship would help to preserve their rights and property or be used to take them away—and they found out that either decision could end in loss.

The Civil War Did Not End the Way You Think What if the most important surrender in American history was not the final word? What if the war that tore a nation in half did not truly conclude at Appomattox, but instead fractured into a shadowy, chaotic aftermath that history quietly buried? In The Last Stand, acclaimed historian James Miller Francis pulls readers into the violent and emotionally charged final chapter of the American Civil War, where armies were still fighting, commanders were still defying orders, and thousands of soldiers refused to believe the war was over. Long after the ...

Over the last few decades, our understanding of slavery has been transformed by the work of many talented scholars. We have learned a great deal about the actions of enslavers, the struggles and victories of the enslaved, and how the aftertimes of American slavery persist into the present. Yet Dan Rood’s In the Shadow of the Great House is one of the first contemporary audiobooks to focus on the primary engine of slavery, race, and capitalism in this country: the plantation.

Olimpo: The Rebel Pijao A powerful novel about resilience, dignity, and the unbreakable spirit of a people. In the mountains of Colombia, a man named Olimpo rises against injustice and inequality, carrying within him the ancestral strength of the Pijao, the only Indigenous nation that never surrendered to the Spanish conquest. His life—marked by poverty, hard work, love, persecution, and exile—becomes the living reflection of a country that has always fought for truth and freedom. From his youth in the coffee fields to his forced departure into a foreign land, Olimpo embodies the soul ...

Nature doesn't just happen; it attacks. Experience the raw power of the atmosphere’s most violent whiteouts in this gripping narrative that spans centuries of human struggle. From the deceptive, mild morning of the 1888 Gilded Age to the hyper-connected, digital-age chaos of the 2022 Buffalo tragedy, these are the moments when civilization stood still and the elements took over. Discover the harrowing true accounts of teachers shielding students on the frozen plains, cities paralyzed by "bomb cyclones," and the catastrophic technical failures that left millions in the dark. This ...

In Old Warhorse vs. Redemption Seeker, the clash between James Longstreet and Ambrose Burnside unfolds in the Western Theater, shaping the fate of East Tennessee and Chattanooga during the Civil War. For James Longstreet, the transfer to the Western Theater in 1863 offered opportunity. For his opponent Ambrose Burnside, the hope of redemption. Longstreet, who Robert E. Lee called his "Old Warhorse," had long labored in the shadow of both his army commander and the late Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

From ancient river civilizations to the birth of rock ’n’ roll, A Brief History of Memphis traces the soul of a city that shaped the world. Author Derek Monaghan takes listeners on a cinematic journey through ten pivotal chapters of Memphis’s evolution—beginning with its Indigenous roots along the Mississippi, through its rise as a cotton empire, its devastation during the yellow fever epidemic, and its rebirth through music, civil rights, and cultural resilience.

This book examines how authority in the United States is organized, how it shifted over time, and why the system now feels unstable and adversarial regardless of which party holds power. It is not about elections or candidates. It is an examination of how the system itself works and how it drifted away from the balance it was designed to maintain. At its core, the book focuses on federalism.

Welcome to Florida, the only state that could turn a swamp into a spectacle and a scandal into a tourist attraction. From conquistadors chasing myths to retirees chasing golf balls, Sunburns, Scandals, and Swamp Things tells the story of America’s strangest state with humor, heart, and just enough truth to sting. Historian and essayist Jordan Blake Carter takes listeners on a wild ride through five centuries of chaos and charisma, uncovering the patterns that make Florida both paradise and punchline.

Deep in Louisiana's marshlands, where mist rises from ancient waters and Spanish moss whispers secrets in the wind, mysterious lights have danced for millennia. The Cajuns call them fifolet. Scientists call them marsh gas combustion. But for the people who've lived alongside these phenomena for generations, they're something far more profound—messengers from the spirit world, guides through treacherous waters, and the eternal call of home. LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS explores the fascinating intersection where folklore meets physics, where ancestral wisdom encounters modern science.

Days of the Old Wild West charts the lives and times of the American expansion into the west during the 19TH century. It was a hard life for many but it paved the way for a new life and new opportunities to find the American Dream. Many of the names you will recognise and some could be new to you. But these frontier men, these gunslingers and card sharps made The West wild. They became the legends that many books and films have immortalised, and made the life of the Wild West so fascinating even now.

Many famous battles throughout Native American and American history have been fought with both sides gaining victories or incurring losses. But those battles were fought by many famous warriors of the time. And not all of them were male warriors. “Where Everyone Knows Her Name” delves into the lives and the bravery of some of the female warriors fighting alongside their male compatriots and winning through in those battles. Some names you will recognise and some will be new to you. But put them altogether and read about the courage, determination and valour these female warriors showed ...

Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Pythians. In the summer of 1869, a team of young Black men took the field against white opponents in Philadelphia—the first recorded interracial baseball game in American history. They called themselves the Pythians, and their captain was Octavius Valentine Catto: scholar, athlete, Civil War veteran, and the most dangerous Black man in Philadelphia. Catto and his teammates weren't just playing baseball. They were waging a campaign for equality, using athletic excellence to challenge the assumptions of a nation struggling to define itself after the ...

The Comanche were the fiercest and most feared of tribes. A warring tribe. And a tribe, a people, fighting to preserve their traditions, values and the land they loved. Find out how such a tribe lived their everyday lives, how the Comanche almost fell into obscurity with the help of the ‘white man’ and how they rose again to be the Comanche Nation that they are today.

What if “discovery” didn’t mean what you think it means? Most people imagine discovery as curiosity, bravery, or exploration. A journey into the unknown. A story of first encounters and heroic endurance. This book suggests something quieter—and far more consequential. Uncovered does not argue that history was malicious. It shows how authority often arrives without announcing itself—through records, names, measurements, and rituals that feel harmless in the moment and decisive later. You will not find conspiracy claims here. You will not be told what to think. And you will not be ...

A Sweeping History of the Great State Of Minnesota From the sophisticated societies of the Dakota and Ojibwe to the multicultural democracy of the twenty-first century, Minnesota's story is one of constant adaptation and renewal. This engaging history traces the transformation of the "land of sky-tinted waters" through waves of exploration, settlement, and reinvention that shaped the American Midwest. Meet the French voyageurs who opened the wilderness, the lumber barons who built industrial fortunes, and the immigrant farmers who turned prairie into productive farmland. Discover how ...

The newest addition to Globe Pequot’s Shipwrecks series covers the sensational wrecks and maritime disasters from each of the five Great Lakes. It is estimated that over 30,000 sailors have lost their lives in Great Lakes wrecks. For many, these icy, inland seas have become their final resting place, but their last moments live on as a part of maritime history.