Newbery Medal winner Katherine Paterson tells the story of Jimmy Jo, and 11-year-old country music singer.

A tragedy shocks a Tennessee town, and a woman known to have premonitions believes more death will follow.

Written for both scholarly and general audiences, the book contains sections on the death watch, body preparation, selection or construction of a coffin or casket, digging the grave by hand, the wake, the funeral, and other topics.

Prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins and her estranged teenage daughter, Carla, try to protect their town and each other in the aftermath of a shocking triple murder committed by an unknown shooter whose identity is gradually realized by Carla.

The book has come to define Appalachia for much of the nation. This collection of essays is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow cast over the region and its imagining.

A Handbook to Appalachia provides a clear, concise first step toward understanding the expanding field of Appalachian studies, from the history of the area to its sometimes conflicted image, from its music and folklore to its outstanding ...

The searing true story of the rise, fall, and resurrection of Massey Energy, and the negligence that led to the death of 29 miners, exposing the coal-black motivations that fuel the ongoing war for the world's energy future.

The Electronic Front Porch examines the arrival of radio and television in Appalachia, and the Internet's role in the Melungeon community.

All that's left in the aftermath are the memories of a new, wiser man. This Rock is Robert Morgan's most ambitious and accomplished novel yet.