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Among them: deeply researched accounts of what teachers face in America; who benefits from poverty; the wreck in 1741 of the British warship Wager, and the crew's mutiny; the appeal of right-wing, militant thinking for millions of Americans; and how a mar

Monday, April 3, 2023 - Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author Timothy Egan and his book “A Fever in the Heartland.” It’s the true story that chronicles the gripping story of the Ku Klux Klan’s rise to power not in the old Confederacy, but the West and the Heartland of America and a the tragic story of one woman who confronted the Ku Klux Klan to counter the group’s effort to take over America. ~~~ Audrey Bader recruits for the Peace Corps in North Dakota and enlightens prospe...

In a new book, Timothy Egan traces the Klan’s expansion in the 1920s across American political and civic life. Then its leader, David C. Stephenson, committed murder.

NONFICTION: How a depraved lout turned the KKK into a force in Jazz Age Indiana.

A thrilling shipwreck tale by David Grann, newly translated fiction by Han Kang and plenty more.

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From Ireland's Great Hunger to the brave Irish heroes of the US Civil War, Niall O'Dowd examines how Irish emigrants changed the landscape of American history.

Experts will share insights on how information technology is shaping public health issues and emergency response in the post-COVID landscape.

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When the email came in Danika Chen was first excited, then skeptical.