West Point at Gettysburg by Paul Semendinger brings together the West Point graduates who fought at Gettysburg, placing their academy connection beside the battle that divided former classmates between Union and Confederate service. The book opens with the armies’ corps-level movement, then gives each graduate...

When the World Dies by D.E. Davis captures various evil deeds that have occurred in the 20th and 21st centuries as a result of the rise in totalitarianism and total war. The First World War was the first major world war, which cost millions of...

We Learned to Live in the Castle: Stories by Theresa Griffin Kennedy is an incredibly raw, unflinching look at a side of Portland that most people never see. Kennedy doesn’t hold back as she traces her life from a childhood spent in the foster care...

Walking Each Other Home Again by Laurie Oman relates how the author and her husband arrive in a remote village in Saharan Niger for a two-year Peace Corps assignment focused on health education. Laurie learns the Hausa language and settles in with community members, from...

Featuring a collection of enthralling poems, William T. Elliot: Vietnam Era Veteran follows William T. Elliot's story from serving in the US Air Force from 1972 to 1975 to his later life in America. The poem "War" presents a sobering portrait of war, penned from...

We the Men by Jill Elaine Hasday examines the historical exclusion of women from public commemorations, national narratives, and legal recognition. Hasday talks about how women's contributions have been marginalized in monuments, celebrations, and education, while men's roles have been championed. Hasday speaks on how...

Wings of Freedom by Bibi LeBlanc is a dream come true for historians. In 1948, Germany was being rebuilt after the massive destruction of World War II. The once proud country was divided into four political zones—three governed by free countries and one controlled by...

On June 21, 1969, a Saturn V rocket powering the Apollo 11 spacecraft landed two men on the moon. Over fifty years later, many people have not known this, or if they have, refused to believe it. It is for this reason that author Erwin...

Larry Odell Johnson, author of What Is We To You?!, was born in Harlem. Growing up in Amsterdam Avenue, he is surrounded by various relatives, and different events shape his growing up during the Jim Crow era. Discrimination against black people is rampant, but he...

In What’s In Ted’s Wallet, J.B. Manheim and Lawrence Knorr give us a glimpse into Theodore Miller Edison’s life as a young baseball fan in the early 1900s. Theodore, or Ted as he was known, was the youngest son of the famous inventor, Thomas Edison....