A journalist offers a collection of his columns detailing his own experiences living through Hurricane Katrina, the stories of other city inhabitants, and the struggle to rebuild in the wake of destruction, tragedy, and death.

Product Description: This book is comprised entirely of facts. No opinion has been rendered. This book is 100 facts on the Confederate flag there are many more facts that you can research. I suggest that you do this to gain an even greater understanding of its origins and meaning...read more

Product Description: This book is comprised entirely of facts. No opinion has been rendered. This book is 100 facts on the Confederate flag there are many more facts that you can research. I suggest that you do this to gain an even greater understanding of its origins and meaning...read more

Product Description: One hundred years ago, on March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln and the GPO were inaugurated. For Abraham Lincoln, the day was close to the beginning of 4 war years; for the GPO it marked the beginning of a century of printing years. The political climate of the day was one of sharp national division and marked by extremely bitter debates in Congress by Northern and Secessionist members...read more

Product Description: The great state of Alabama celebrates its bicentennial in 2019. In anticipation, writer and history editor Horace Randall Williams takes a look back at the events, places, and people that have shaped the Heart of Dixie from the times of the first Native Americans to the arrivals of today s most recent immigrants...read more

A textbook introducing a variety of engines and how they work.

Product Description: Almost every year, areas of the Midwest are subjected to massive flooding. Sandbags are filled and stacked, FEMA arrives, and there is a discussion of whether this is a 500-year flood, a 1,000-year flood, or just another typical summer season...read more

Tells the history and origin of many unusual and imaginative Texas place names

Product Description: This list of 101 important Texas books, all still in print, provides a balanced representation of Texas history, culture, and literature, covering a wide range of genres and classifications: fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary, cookbooks, children's books, books on sports, crime, personalities, and nature...read more

Product Description: Did you know that it was in New York City that the first elevator was installed? That it's where the rules for the game of baseball were laid out? That it's where the world's first credit card purchase transpired or that it's where the atom was split, paving the way for the creation of the atomic bomb? Everyday something remarkable happens in the city of New York...read more

The Lowdown on America's Bloodiest War!Do you know:The name of the first state to secede from the Union?The individual who could be considered the Mata Hari of the Civil War?The Bible passage Southerners used most often to justify slavery?You'll find answers to these intriguing questions and more in 101 Things You Didn't Know about the Civil War. Packed with fascinating details about the people, places, and events that defined our nations most contentious conflict, this tell-all guide reveals the inside scoop on the:Issue of slavery and its impact on the warGreat—and not-so-great—leaders and generalsBattles fought and lost—and fought againParticular horrors of this warWomen, children, and African Americans in the warComplete with a helpful timeline, 101 Things You Didn't Know about the Civil War is your go-to guide for facts of the war that dramatically altered the course of American history.