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21 HAPPY 250th, AMERICA! ISBN 978-0-7643-7157-8 ISBN: 978-0-7643-7157-8 $24 99, £22 99, 35 99 CAD hardcover • 272 pp • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (232 x 207 mm) 450 color & B/W images AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2026 Meet the Presidents: USA 250th-Birthday Special Edition The Fun, Educational Guide to the United States Presidents' Lives By Walter Eckman Learn about all the individuals who have held the highest executive office in the United States throughout the country’s history, spanning from George Washington’s inauguration in 1789 to Donald J. Trump’s second term. Key Features: • Shines a spotlight on important presidential sites (including birthplaces, presidential libraries, and gravesites), with the content organized by geographic region (Northeast; Virginia and Ohio; and South, Midwest, and West). From modest to lofty, the locations reflect the private personalities, lifestyles, and economic status of our country’s leaders, past and present. • Features biographical information about each president, plus highlights of each administration, fascinating facts, and historical tidbits. • Engaging text is supplemented by more than 400 historical images depicting the presidents, their families, important moments in history, and more. This information-packed book is a great keepsake for lovers of history and a resource guide for touring the country in search of our presidents. ISBN: 978-0-7643-7109-7 $29 99, £2799, 42 99 CAD hardcover • 176 pp • 7" x 10" (178 x 254 mm) 81 color photographs AVAILABLE JUNE 2026 We Are All Americans Stories from Three Road Trips Across Our Nation in the Long Wake of 9/11 By Peter Laufer ISBN 978-0-7643-7109-7 In the days after September 11, 2001, photojournalist Peter Laufer set out on a cross-country journey to capture America at its most vulnerable and united. Traveling from New York to California, he documented the voices, faces, and emotions of a diverse cross section of citizens grappling with tragedy, resilience, and what it meant to be American in that moment. Ten years later, and again on the 20th anniversary, he retraced his trip across the country, reconnecting with Americans to learn how their perspectives had shifted as the nation healed, adapted, and faced new challenges. The result is a remarkable chronicle spanning two decades (2001, 2011, and 2021), one that reveals both the enduring spirit and the evolving identity of America. Key Features: • Firsthand interviews with Americans reflecting on 9/11 and its aftermath​ • Three cross-country journeys capturing diverse perspectives across states and regions • Intimate portrait photography paired with interviews • Documents 20 years of national transformation through lived experience • This deeply moving portrait offers a rare and authentic look at how a nation—and its citizens—continue to define what it means to be American Walter Eckman has spent years researching the personal lives of the presidents of the United States. A native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, he has traveled thousands of miles visiting presidential libraries, birthplaces, homesteads, and gravesites. Peter Laufer is a journalist who reports on borders, identities, and migration along with the relationships of humans to other animals. A former award-winning correspondent for NBC News, he’s written numerous books and covered wars, earthquakes, coups, and elections. Laufer holds the inaugural University of Oregon James Wallace Chair in Journalism. He lives in Eugene, Oregon, and Marin County, California.