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Underground Airlines
by Ben H. Winters
What would slavery have looked like? (8/20/2016)
In this dystopian version of contemporary America, the Civil War never happened and slavery continues in full force in four states in the Deep South, fueling its powerful economic engine. The Underground Airlines is the modern-day version of the underground railroad,more
Darling Days: A Memoir
by iO Tillett Wright
North Carolina, read this! (4/28/2016)
Growing up is difficult enough. Battling teen angst is not for the faint of heart. Imagine navigating gender identity and a sense of self as an added bonus. Now picture working through all that with a manic single mother. This is precisely what the immensely talented iOmore
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
by Paul Fischer
Pulse-Pounding Account (11/23/2014)
What do you do when you want the story of your entire country scripted down to the last detail and made available for ready consumption by the masses? If you are Kim Jong-Il, the now deceased Supreme Leader of North Korea, you turn to cinema.

An avid movie fanatic, themore
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
by Doug Most
Compelling Slice of Americana (11/24/2013)
The path from horse-drawn carriages in the late nineteenth century to electric subways was not always a linear solution, nor was it easy. Yet in Boston and New York, two of the country's early-growth cities, the need to relieve congestion was an absolutely imperative one. Imore
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