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Whiting Award–winning historian Grace Elizabeth Hale investigates the violent Brookside coal strike in Harlan County, Kentucky, revealing the dramatic, uplifting story behind one of the most significant labor struggles of the twentieth century and how more than fifty years later it continues...

When 1990s engineer Charlie Wickett accidentally wakes up forty light-years from home, she finds herself aboard an alien starship devoted to rescuing creatures across the galaxy. With six months until the Emberkind can return her to Earth, Charlie throws herself into impossible engineering...

In this powerful book, an award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a Black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff—a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America...

In 1979, the self-titled debut album by the B-52s burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music critics worldwide. The fact that the group had formed in the sleepy southern college town of Athens, Georgia, only increased the fascination. Soon, more Athens bands followed the B-52s into the vanguard of the new American music that would come to be known as "alternative", including R.E.M., who catapulted over the course of the 1980s to the top of the musical mainstream.

A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every listener, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.