Combining family stories of the everyday and the extraordinary as seen through the eyes of her twelve-year-old self, Willie Mae Brown gives readers an unforgettable portrayal of her coming of age in a town at the crossroads of history. As the civil rights movement and the fight for voter rights unfold in Selma, Alabama, many things happen inside and outside the Brown family's home that do not have anything to do with the landmark 1965 march across...

These three insightful works-including Pulitzer Prize winner Bearing the Cross-span the remarkable life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This collection from professor and historian David J. Garrow provides a multidimensional and fascinating portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his lifelong mission to upend prejudices deeply entrenched in society and enact legal change that would achieve equality for African Americans one hundred years...

Whether you're a curious tourist or a local history buff, this guidebook contains all the tools you'll need to explore the Heart of Dixie's history. From ruins to battlefields, each of the 40 featured hikes comes with helpful maps and directions, as well as a carefully researched impression of the trail, and a comprehensive guide to the area's natural and human history.

Victor Davis Hanson locates the cause of our immigration quagmire in the opportunistic coalition that stymies immigration reform and, even worse, stifles any honest discussion of the present crisis. Conservative corporations, contractors and agribusiness demand cheap wage labor from Mexico, whatever the social consequences. Meanwhile, "progressive" academics, journalists, government bureaucrats and La Raza advocates see illegal aliens as a vast new...

Selma Blair has played many archetypal roles: gullible ingenue in Cruel Intentions, preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde, fire-starter in Hellboy, muse to Karl Lagerfeld, face of Chanel, cover model and advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best for being one thing: a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Selma Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and...

Discover what led to the civil rights protests in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. What were the events of Bloody Sunday? What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do in its aftermath? How did the official march from Selma to Montgomery on March 21, 1965 unfold? What were the effects of this march? The answers are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams, and historic video. On-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important...

Selfish little Nils learns kindness and wisdom when, bewitched into an elf-sized boy, he is carried off by a barnyard goose to join the migration of wild geese across Sweden to Lapland. Illustrated with photographs.