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Why do we read our kids fairy tales about homicidal stepparents? How did helicopter parenting develop if it used to be socially acceptable to abandon your children?

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Award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States.

The atom, the big bang, DNA--all are ideas that have revolutionized science; and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared.

In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking listeners on a ride through culture of the last few years.

Born and raised on Bakerton's Polish Hill, the five Novak children come of age during wartime, a thrilling era when the world seems on the verge of changing forever.

The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.

In the real world, exploitation exists. In the real world, there is a huge and unjust gap between rich and poor.

In the four years since Pandora has seen her brother, he has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? After he has overstayed his welcome, Pandora's husband delivers an ultimatum: It's him or me.

Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with dorky new kid Breckenridge Puffington III and show him around the school, but that's no easy task when Breckenridge is a total fun-sponge.

The poems in this book brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt, and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, these verses give voice to our deepest intuitions.

Raj Ahten, ruler of Indhopal, has used enough forcibles to transform himself into the ultimate warrior: the Sum of All Men.

Borenson is on a quest to save his devastated world from certain destruction. But the land--and Borenson--have been altered forever.

Jack Webb (1920-1982) was a popular American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter.

Psychotherapist Frieda Klein is assigned to assess Hannah Docherty, convicted of her family's murder. Horrified by the scope of the tragedy, Klein begins to question Hannah's culpability.