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Raised deep in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, Emilee Hackney knew little beyond the ridgelines and coalfields of southwest Virginia. At fourteen, Emilee meets Sam, who offers her a glimpse at a promising future together. As they begin attending services at Deliverance Christian Church, Emilee is thrust into the radical realm of Pentecosta...

From America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.

In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the ...

You can search for books across this discipline through our course lists, which cover Film History, Introduction to Film Studies, Analysis and Criticism, Production, and S...

The Booker Prize, one of the leading literary awards in the English-speaking world, has brought recognition to outstanding fiction for over five decades.

The prize has rewarded and celebrated world-class talent for over 55 years, shaping the canon of 20th and 21st ce...

Should the Waters Take Us is an epic debut novel that follows one family across four centuries, from France to Acadia to the bayous of Southern Louisiana—a poignant examination of belonging, place, and how individual acts of moral compromise contribute to cycles of injustice and destruction.

PELERIN PARISH, LOUISIANA