September 9, 2010 Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans of Japanese descent were rounded up by the thousands and placed in primitive “relocation camps” in the interest of national security. With Inside America’s Concentration Camps, investigative journalist James L. Dickerson places that shameful episode inside a larger narrative. Adhering to the psychological theory that abuse begets abusers, Inside America’s Concentration Camps traces America’s ambivalent history of detention and torture, from its beginnings in old-world Europe through the Trail of Tears and World War II to the current internment camp at Guantánamo Bay. James Dickerson signs Inside America’s Concentration Camps at Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Memphis on September 11 at 1 p.m. and at Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville on September 25 at 2 p.m.

September 8, 2010 If Thomas R. Flagel’s The History Buff’s Guide to the Civil War is any indication, the use of top-ten lists can be an effective way to teach history. Flagel, an instructor in the history department at Columbia State Community College, has developed a successful franchise in best-of lists, and the newly revised edition of the founding book of his series is a sound and entertaining guide to a world not as distant as the years might suggest. Thomas R. Flagel appears at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Brentwood on September 10 at 7 p.m.