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The Montgomerys of Mississippi: How a Once Enslaved Family Bought Jefferson Davis’ Plantation House After the Civil War

The words "National Book Festival" above a large number 25 are spelled out across the orange spines of several books.

The National Book Festival’s 25th Edition!

Half portrait of Bill Moyers, smiling, turned slightly to the camera, smiling. He's wearing a dark suit, a blue shirt and a red tie.

Bill Moyers: A Lifetime Preserved at the Library of Congress

Two men and one woman pose for photographers. They are in evening attire, each holding an Oscar award, posed in from a large Oscar statue.

That Haunting Song from the “Severance” Finale? It’s an Oscar Winner…From the 1960s.

Sepia toned, three-quarters formal photo portrait of a young man in a three piece suit with a white shirt. He has a full head of black hair, faces the camera with his left hand holding the top of a chair and his right hand tucked into the top of his suit pants.

True Crime: William Kennoch, The Ace Counterfeit Detective

Half-length snapshot of a smiling Angela Napili, wearing classes, a blue dress shir and a black sport coat. Her long black hair is parted in the middle and falls over her shoulders. She's wearing stylish glasses.

Angela Napili’s “Charmed Life” at the Congressional Research Service

Three people moving along a waterway on an airboat with clear blue sky in the background. A woman sits on the front row, a pilot and videographer sit behind and above her on the second row.

Indigenous History Kept Alive at the Library

Drake is depicted standing, his right hand on a helmet, his left holding a baton. Through a window above to the left a landscape is visible; before the window hangs a terrestrial globe or two-hemisphere disc map hanging by an ornamented finial.

Sir Francis Drake & The Elizabethan World

Half length portrait of woman with straight, long black hair, looking seriously at the camera. Her elbows are on an art studio table and her chin rests on folded hands. On the table in front of her is colorful artwork in geometric patterns.

Wendy Red Star, Searching for Chief Plenty Coups