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Here are the great stories of the Blackfeet, recorded by the famous conservationist and ethnologist, George Bird Grinnell, who became a tribal member in 1885. The Nizitapi, or Real People, as they call each other, were people of the buffalo. They originated on the plains of today’s southern...

Everyone knows stories about the American Mafia and its varied forms of crime, from racketeering to stock manipulation to murder. American Mafia: Chicago explores the Windy City, strolling through its neighborhoods and imagining scenes from the past—telling the stories of the men, women, and...

Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Prairie State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Troy Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Illinois and scares those spirits out of hiding in this...

Did a doomed party of prospectors discover gold in South Dakota's Black Hills decades before Custer's Black Hills Expedition scouted out the area? Why would anyone want to murder one of Deadwood, South Dakota's most upstanding citizens? Where did Lame Johnny hide his stolen cache of over $7.5...

The brave pioneers who made a life on the frontier were not only male—and they were not only white. The story of African-American women in the Old West is one that has largely gone untold--until now. The story of ten African-American women is reconstructed from historic documents found in...

Being a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him responding to his times and exploring his role as an...

Late at night around the campfires, Seminole children safely tucked into mosquito nets used to listen to the elders retelling the old stories and legends. The priceless tales of mischievous Rabbit, the Corn Lady, the Deer Girl, and the creatures of the Everglades are all written down and...

In Experience Houston Space City, Culture, and Urban Discovery, listeners will explore a city shaped by NASA innovation, world-class museums, diverse international neighborhoods, legendary Texas food, historic districts, and a constantly evolving urban culture. From the excitement of Space Center Houston and downtown skylines to hidden local neighborhoods and Gulf Coast escapes, this guide goes beyond the stereotypes to uncover the true personality of Houston.

What if American democracy isn’t undergoing a political crisis but a racial reckoning? In The Price of Union, political scientist and civic leader Kelly Burton argues that our democratic crisis runs deeper than political divisions. It is—and has always been—ultimately a matter of race. From the beginning, American democracy and racial caste have existed in a codependent relationship, each shaping and sustaining the other.

An illuminating journey through Cherokee history and an ancient tradition that can change how we understand our world. The history of the Cherokee people is an epic story of survival and creativity. A tale usually told through the lens of Cherokee resistance to land-hungry colonists and the...

Una llamada a la esperanza: pensar colectivamente un futuro más libre, justo y verdaderamente humano. David Graeber nos recuerda que el mundo actual no es una fatalidad, sino una construcción humana. Su esperanza no es ingenua, sino una forma de acción: la certeza de que podemos imaginar y...

The United States was founded based on the monumental idea that everyone deserves the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet throughout our two hundred and fifty years as an independent country, we have faced many obstacles to these self-evident truths: slavery, wars, economic...

Nenhum alarme soou no 78o andar da Torre Norte do World Trade Center e ninguém sabia o que tinha acontecido às 8h46 do dia 11 de setembro de 2001 – uma manhã que teria sido de um dia normal de trabalho para milhares de pessoas. Cego desde o nascimento, Michael també...

No one is more qualified to give a fully rounded, objective portrait of our forty-first president than Tom Wicker. A political correspondent for The New York Times for more than thirty years, Wicker was a first-hand witness to and reporter of George H. W. Bush’s political rise and presidential...

Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the...

A forgotten campaign. A fabricated legend. A land that refuses to forget. The Torture Tree uncovers the true story of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Expedition—America’s largest military assault against Indigenous people—and the century of mythmaking that followed. In the summer of 1779, General George Washington ordered the “total destruction” of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) towns across New York. More than forty communities were burned. Thousands of acres of crops were destroyed. Families fled into a brutal winter that claimed countless lives.

THE 'FOREMOST EGYPTOLOGIST OF HIS TIME', TOBY WILKINSON, UNVEILS THE HIDDEN LEGACY OF THE NUBIANS The Nubians created the largest African state ever to exist, stretching for more than 1500 miles, north to south. Nubian civilisation began before the pharaohs ruled in Egypt, and it was still there...

Theodore Roosevelt’s Citizenship in a Republic—often remembered for its famous “Man in the Arena” passage—is a stirring call to courage, responsibility, and active participation in public life. Delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1910, Roosevelt challenges listeners to reject...

A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today. The border between the US and Mexico is the world’s longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of...

Through speeches, debates, and wartime leadership, Lincoln invoked the Declaration of Independence to end slavery, heal a fractured Union, and redefine the nation’s purpose. As we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration's immortal words, Joshua Claybourn reflects on their enduring power...