"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...

A comprehensive look at the guilty verdicts given to three young men in Arkansas, known as the West Memphis Three, for the murder of three eight-year-old boys in 1993 and discusses whether the case was handled correctly.

Based on a true story about the famous plane of World War II, the Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle is about the crew of one of the B-17s flying their last mission before they can go home to a hero's welcome.

This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.

From Music City to the Home of the Blues, Frommer's Nashville and Memphis has everything you need for a tuneful, tasty, and enriching trip to these Tennessee titans of American music.

Can a good girl find love in a thug? For Lei Fifer, that's the hundred-thousand-dollar question. When Lei, an introverted homebody, invites her girls over for a spa day, she isn't expecting their conversation to shift to men in prison. As an advocate for rehabilitated people receiving the love, companionship, and support those who haven't committed crimes receive, Lei doesn't hesitate to put her money where her mouth is and bet that she can find a...