Sales track: A proven performer with staying power, Hard Times has sold nearly 100,000 copies across editions since since the first New Press edition in 2005, and millions since it was first published by André Schiffren at Pantheon in 1970. Timing: Income disparity dominates the headlines, and for millions of Americans, economic anxiety isn't abstract, it's the daily calculus of which bills get paid and which necessities go without. Terkel's firsthand voices, workers who lost everything, families who rebuilt from nothing, mirror the anxieties of today's readers with striking clarity. New package: Every volume in the Studs Terkel series has been completely reset with a more open, readable page layout. New covers bring bold, modern illustrated designs to the front table. Credentials: Terkel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and received a National Humanities Medal in 1997 from Bill Clinton among other national accolades.