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This week Alice and Kim talk books that explore unsolved historical mysteries and share new nonfiction about Black rebellion, nostalgic essays about travel, and more. Follow For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nonfiction in the News Barack & Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Adapting Heather McGhee’s ‘The Sum of Us’ As Spotify Podcast Series [Deadline] Greta Lee To Star In, Write & EP Series Adaptation Of Cathy Park Hong’s Book ‘Minor Feelings’ With A24 [Yahoo] Film of Michael Lewis’ ‘The Premonition’ in Works [Kirkus] New Nonfiction The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion by Aminatta Forna Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison’s American Utopia by Thomas Hager Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America by Gigi Georges America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s by Elizabeth Hinton Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice by Yusef Salaam Tastes Like War by Grace Cho History’s Mysteries Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters” by Kim Todd Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew by Brian Hicks The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner Reading Now Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton by Gail Crowther See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.