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Hardback. Etat : Good. There were nine of the Smith children, and the grandmothers and cousins, and there was a big house that never quite ended, and there were the smokehouse and hog-killing and the shaking of the pecan trees, and all the delicious doings that went on in a nineteenth-century kitchen, which lingered into the early decades of the twentieth century. But above all, there was a father who, as impresario and ritual maker, polished family events so that, as the author says, Even today, a half century later, they blind the eyes with their shine. She goes on to day, But perhaps what holds it so fresh in my memory is the fact that along with all our physical play and work we lived a wild life of imagination: it was hard to keep it from spilling over into reality and painful when reality would step up and prune our flowering. That is why in this memory of Christmas in a small southern town there are sudden excursions to Versailles and the Hall of Mirrors and to the small-town Opera House and the jail in search of a Christmas gift for the parents; and it is why an elegant coffin could figure so prominently in the festivities. And why, one year, forty-eight 'real' convicts ate Christmas dinner with us.…

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Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Dr. Virginia Hamilton has long been admired for the prose styling of her academic publications and the vigor of her research. In Teddy's Child: Growing Up in the Anxious Southern Gentry Between the Great Wars, the respected historian chronicles her own lineage and discovers the commonalities that transcend the generations. Supplemented by images of family memorabilia, this scrapbook cum thesis explores the foibles, virtues, singularities, and collective tendencies that constitute a heritage and help explain one generation to another.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. It opens with comprehensive coverage of the sea turtle's evolution, juvenile and adult life cycles, nesting, diet and feeding, predators, and more.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. In November 1963, the US government engineered the overthrow of the South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem, resulting in the escalation of the Vietnam War. This study asks why President Kennedy decided to depose his ally, despite warnings from his cabinet that such a coup would cause chaos.…

Hardback. Etat : Good. This abundant collection of memoirs, anecdotes and expressive watercolour illustrations offers a firsthand account of early-20th-century life on Florida's last frontier. The author tells of his travels through the great swamp and its estuaries, and also of the spirit of family and community.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. It opens with comprehensive coverage of the sea turtle's evolution, juvenile and adult life cycles, nesting, diet and feeding, predators, and more.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. In this stirring collection of linked stories, Linda LeGarde Grover portrays an Ojibwe community struggling to follow traditional ways of life in the face of a relentlessly changing world. With its attention to the Ojibwe language, customs, and history, this unique collection of riveting stories illuminates the very nature of storytelling.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. A waterfall is a perfect destination for a day hike. In this guide, Thomas King lists 125 of them in the mountains of upstate South Carolina. Ranging from roadside to 6 miles in length, these hikes feature some of the most famous--and some of the most remote--waterfalls in the region. Each entry includes complete driving and hiking directions, trail length and estimated hiking time, difficulty rating, and a detailed description of the waterfall itself, including a photograph. There's also information on how to classify and rate waterfalls.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. In November 1963, the US government engineered the overthrow of the South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem, resulting in the escalation of the Vietnam War. This study asks why President Kennedy decided to depose his ally, despite warnings from his cabinet that such a coup would cause chaos.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Looking across more than three centuries of want and prosperity, war and peace, this work introduces a cast of practitioners and proponents of the simple life, among them Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Jane Addams, Scott and Helen Nearing, and Jimmy Carter.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Sampling virtually all of the old-time styles within the musical traditions still extant in north Georgia, Folk Visions and Voices is a collection of eighty-two songs and instrumentals, enhanced by photographs, illustrations, biographical sketches of performers and examples of their narratives, sermons, tales and reminiscences.…

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Etat : Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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Hardback. Etat : Good. It began where it always begins with Southern storytellers, with an invitation to Come in, sit down, and stay a while." The stories exchanged ranged widely over the topics of Alabama history, Alabama folklore, family genealogy, and American literature, of course.

Hardback. Etat : Good. For over a decade, syndicated columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson has been spending several months a year in Southwest Louisiana, deep in the heart of Cajun Country. Unlike many other writers who have parachuted into the swampy paradise for a few days or weeks, Rheta fell in love with the place, bought a second home and set in planting doomed azaleas and deep roots. She has found an assortment of beautiful people in a homely little town called Henderson, right on the edge of the Atchafalaya Swamp. These days, much is labeled Cajun that is not, and the popularity of the unique culture's food, songs and dance has been a mixed blessing. The revival of French Louisiana's traditional music and cuisine often has been cheapened by counterfeits. Confused pilgrims sometimes look to New Orleans for a sampler platter of all things Cajun. Close, but no cigar. Poor Man's Provence helps define what's what through lively characters and stories. The book is both personal odyssey and good reporting, travelogue and memoir, funny and frank. This beguiling place is as exotic as it gets without a passport. The author shares what keeps her coming home to French Louisiana. And as NPR commentator Bailey White observes in her foreword, Both Rheta's readers and the people she writes about will be comfortable, well fed, highly entertained, and happy they came to Poor Man's Provence.…

Hardback. Etat : Good. Storytellers, a rich collection of more than 250 authentic folktales, confirms the oral tradition of the South. Rising out of a shared rural past, the legends and myths, the jests and trickster tales presented here are as diverse and inventive as the tellers themselves. Edited and introduced by John A. Burrison and selected from more than twenty years of recorded interviews conducted in the lower Southeast by folklore students, Storytellers brings together for the first time in one book a broad variety of tales told in voices of African American, Anglo-Saxon, and Native American heritage. Describing the storytelling communities, the book re-creates the social settings--from a circle of tellers in a small town to three generations of a single family--where folktales circulate like living currency, changed and increased as they pass from person to person. The book visits individuals who give new voice to the oral tradition of their childhoods, telling again how the cricket trimmed the possum's tail, recasting an old tale of Master and John as John Meets Lester Maddox, and spinning outrageous tall tales from out of the still mysterious frontier of the Okefenokee Swamp. Ranging from vulga tales swapped by men and overheard by women to the adventures of Jack the Rogue, from the unbelievable stupidity of fool Irishmen to the horror of witches bounding through the darkened countryside, from instructive tales to illogical jests and puns, the oral record brought together in Storytellers speaks of the South--not one South but many, a region whose diversity is revealed and preserved in the telling of tales.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Reading the Roots is an anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature - a rich, influential, yet critically under-appreciated body of work. The selections describe a variety of landscapes, wildlife and natural phenomena.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Young Adult FictionA Georgia Center for the Book "Books All Young Georgians Should Read" SelectionIn the best Southern literary tradition, A Yellow Watermelon explores poverty and racial segregation through the eyes of an innocent boy. In rural south Alabama in 1948, whites picked on one side of the cotton field and blacks on the other. Where the fields meet, twelve-year-old Ted meets Poudlum, a black boy his own age, who teaches him how to endure the hard work while they bond and go on to integrate the field. Through Poudlum and Jake, an escaped black convict, Ted learns of evil forces gathering to deprive Poudlum?s family of their property and livelihood. The white boy and the black boy encounter danger and suspense while executing a plan to save Poudlum?s family, set Jake onto a river of freedom, and discover a great, yet simple secret of enlightenment.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Young Adult FictionA Georgia Center for the Book "Books All Young Georgians Should Read" SelectionIn the best Southern literary tradition, A Yellow Watermelon explores poverty and racial segregation through the eyes of an innocent boy. In rural south Alabama in 1948, whites picked on one side of the cotton field and blacks on the other. Where the fields meet, twelve-year-old Ted meets Poudlum, a black boy his own age, who teaches him how to endure the hard work while they bond and go on to integrate the field. Through Poudlum and Jake, an escaped black convict, Ted learns of evil forces gathering to deprive Poudlum?s family of their property and livelihood. The white boy and the black boy encounter danger and suspense while executing a plan to save Poudlum?s family, set Jake onto a river of freedom, and discover a great, yet simple secret of enlightenment.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Madan Sarup has now revised his accessible and popular introduction to post-structuralist and postmodern theory. A new introductory section discusses the meaning of such concepts as modernity, postmodernity, modernization, modernism, and postmodernism. A section on feminist criticism of Lacan and Foucault has been added, together with a new chapter on French feminist theory focusing on the work of Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray, and Julia Kristeva.The chapter on postmodernism has been significantly expanded to include a discussion of Lyotard's language games and his use of the category "sublime." This chapter ends with a discussion of the relationship between feminism and postmodernism. A further chapter has been added on the work of Jean Baudrillard, a cult figure on the current postmodernist scene, whose ideas have attained a wide currency. The chapter includes a new section on postmodern cultural practices as revealed in architecture, TV, video, and film. Suggestions for further reading are now listed at the end of each chapter and are upgraded and annotated.In tracing the impact of post-structuralist thought not only on literary criticism but on such disciplines as philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis, the social sciences, and art, this book will be essential reading for those who want a clear and incisive introduction to the theories that continue to have widespread influence.…

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Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Richly illustrated this guide details over 1100 wildflowers found east of the Mississippi River. Includes common and scientific names, succinct descriptions and colour photos aid identification, covers range, blooming season and typical habitat for each species.

Paperback. Etat : Good. In haunting prose that will follow you for days to come, Made Holy tells the story of the American family. Love, loss, and addiction entwine in this moving debut collection.

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Nominee for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters AwardJunior Ray Loveblood, one of the most outrageous and original personalities to appear in American literature in many years, returns in The Yazoo Blues, the sequel to John Pritchard?s Junior Ray. Now semi-retired, Loveblood works as a security guard in one of the floating casinos that have replaced cotton as the cash crop in the Mississippi Delta.In his spare time, Junior Ray has become obsessed with the ill-fated Yazoo Pass expedition by a Union armada up the Mississippi River in 1863. He relates dual stories, both that of a soldier slowly driven mad by the haunting countryside, and of Loveblood?s friend Mad Owens, whose search for existential love meets its greatest challenge in the arms of the stripper Money Scatters. Loveblood?s conclusions are hilarious, absurd, and at times intensely revealing.Equally profane and profound, the fictional narrator of Pritchard?s novel illuminates the complex stew of evolving race relations, failed economies, and corrupt politics that define much of the post-civil rights rural Deep South.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The past becomes the present in this poem that ranges from love and war to sickness and health, fudge and friendship. Its many allusions to the life and works of Carson McCullers make it a kind of poetic biography.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. In haunting prose that will follow you for days to come, Made Holy tells the story of the American family. Love, loss, and addiction entwine in this moving debut collection.

Hardback. Etat : Good. A collection of poetry, personal essays and short fiction, in which the dominant subject - the lives of Puerto Ricans in a New Jersey barrio - is drawn from the author's own childhood.