"A searing memoir about one woman's road through heartbreak to hope following the death of her troubled brother, told through the series of cars that accompanied her. Growing up in a blue-collar family in the Midwest, Melissa Stephenson-- a dreamer and budding writer born with an innate wanderlust-- longed for escape, and she found in automobiles the promise of a future beyond Indiana state lines. From a lineage of secondhand family cars of the late...

As featured on the popular Facebook page of the same name with over 500k devoted followers, an inspiring memoir chronicling the remarkable cross-country journey of the effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness chooses to hit the road in an RV with her son, daughter-in-law, and 73-pound poodle Ringo, and say "yes" to all that life offers--and teaches us how to really live.When Miss Norma was diagnosed with uterine cancer...

A memoir from journalist Robert Timberg, who recounts his life after having been severely burned as a Marine lieutenant in Vietnam, eventually reinventing himself as a reporter, including a stint as a White House correspondent.

"The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide for teens seeking a way forward in acknowledging, identifying, and dismantling racism and injustice"-- We can let racism stand, or we can stand against it. Readers will follow a young Kendi as he learns...

Anne Gisleson had lost her twin sisters, been forced to flee her home during Hurricane Katrina, and witnessed cancer take her beloved father. Before she met her husband, Brad, he had suffered his own trauma, losing his partner -- the mother of his son -- to cancer in her early thirties. 'How do we keep moving forward,' Anne asks, 'amid all this loss and threat?' The answer: 'We do it together.' Anne and Brad, in the midst of forging their happiness,...

A collection of photographs cataloging the contents of Hangar 17 at JFK International Airport, where artifacts from the World Trade Center were stored and preserved after the September 11, 2001, attacks, accompanied by essays reflecting on the events and the items.

"The story of Army Major General Mark Graham and his wife Carol, whose two sons are both military men. Their sons pass (one from suicide, one in combat), and the Grahams' grief sheds light on military culture, and society's struggle to come to terms with the death of our soldiers"-- "The unforgettable and sensitively reported story of a military family that lost two sons--one to suicide and one in combat--and channeled their grief into fighting the...

As World War II raged on in Europe, and Britain was being pummeled by a continual German aerial onslaught, America's Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marchall, was preparing to fight the war against U.S. troop apathy. His secret weapon turned out to by a young filmmaker named Frank Capra, and what they accomplished together changed the face of documentary moviemaking forever. This Oscar-winning series provides us with a look at media as a powerful motivational...

"A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, alongside a narrative investigation of the origins of PTSD and the literary response to World War I. From the moment war broke out across Europe in 1914, the world entered a new, unparalleled era of modern warfare. Soldiers faced relentless machine gun shelling, incredible artillery power, flame throwers, and gas attacks. Within the...