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A Time to Speak: Speeches by Jack Reed
For more than fifty years, Jack Reed, Sr. (b. 1924) has been a voice of reason in Mississippi--speaking from his platform as a prominent businessman and taking leadership roles in education, race relations, economic and community development, and even ...more |
Danny McKenzie |
2010-01-23 |
$30.00 |
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April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers
A gripping, emotional account of the worst school shooting in United States history, told by those who lived through it: Monday, April 16, 2007 started like any other Monday at Virginia Tech, with professors and students preparing for another busy week ...more |
Roland Lazenby |
2008-09-20 |
$14.00 |
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Came the Sea
The wind bellowed its rage at the frail humans in its midst. With it came the sea, which since the dawn of time, has insulted and murdered men. The earth yielded to the waters and the works of men intended to reinforce the earth quickly failed. Homes vanished, ...more |
Tony Ragas |
2010-02-08 |
$6.00 |
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Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina
"Civic engagement has been underrated and overlooked. Koritz and Sanchez illuminate the power of what community engagement through art and culture revitalization can do to give voice to the voiceless and a sense of being to those displaced." ---Sonia BasSheva ...more |
Amy Koritz &
George J. Sanchez |
2010-01-20 |
$29.95 |
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Kentucky Clay: Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty
Eleven generations of a founding American family are examined in this sweeping history that traces the Clays of Kentucky, a true Southern dynasty. The Clays of Virginia and the Cecils of Maryland were second sons of the English aristocracy who gambled ...more |
Katherine R. Bateman |
2009-05-10 |
$19.95 |
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Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont South
Contrary to popular belief, the roots of American country music do not lie solely on southern farms or in mountain hollows. Rather, much of this music recorded before World War II emerged from the bustling cities and towns of the Piedmont South. No group ...more |
Patrick Huber |
2009-08-09 |
$20.00 |
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Lost Plantations of the South
The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other ...more |
Marc R. Matrana |
2010-01-23 |
$40.00 |
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Madame Vieux Carré : The French Quarter in the Twentieth Century
Celebrated in media and myth, New Orleans's French Quarter (Vieux Carré) was the original settlement of what became the city of New Orleans. In Madame Vieux Carré, Scott S. Ellis presents the social and political history of this famous district as it ...more |
Scott S. Ellis |
2010-01-23 |
$28.00 |
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Mississippi Secrets
Delve into the fascinating history of one of the South's greatest states with Mississippi Secrets: Facts, Legends, and Folklore. Authors Dr. Gary D. and Ruth A. McDowell offer an intriguing collection of little-known events in Mississippi's history. Written |
Dr. Gary D. and Ruth A. McDowell |
2010-03-02 |
$6.00 |
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Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State
Mississippi: The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State, was part of a nationwide series of guides in the 1930s that created work during the Depression for artists, writers, teachers, librarians, and other professionals. This classic book is a lively collaborative ...more |
Robert S. McElvaine |
2010-01-23 |
$30.00 |
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Native American Place Names in Mississippi
Biloxi. Tunica. Pascagoula. Yazoo. Tishomingo. Yalobusha. Tallahatchie. Itta Bena. Yockanookany. Bogue Chitto. These and hundreds of other place names of Native American origin are scattered across the map of Mississippi. Described by writer Willie Morris ...more |
Keith A. Baca |
2010-03-01 |
$22.00 |
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Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
The hidden history of a haunted and beloved city told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters After Hurricane Katrina, Dan Baum moved to New Orleans to write about the city's response to the disaster for The New Yorker. He quickly |
Dan Baum |
2009-03-27 |
$26.00 |
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Postcards from Paradise: Romancing Key West
Detailing life in tiny, artsy, anything-goes Key West-where Broadway composers and bestselling authors live on the same funky blocks as housekeepers, bartenders, and tour guides-this updated collection of essays and columns about island life features ...more |
June Keith |
2009-11-30 |
$11.95 |
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Profiles of Chapel Hill Since 1900: People, Places, Events
When Doug Eyre volunteered to continue the tradition of the Chapel Hill Historical Society by publishing its "Historical Notes" in the local press, he did not anticipate writing 100 columns! Now his entire collection of carefully documented information ...more |
Doug Eyre |
2009-03-28 |
$12.50 |
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Salvation on Sand Mountain: Salvation on Sand Mountain
For New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment-covering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes-would evolve into a headlong plunge into a bizarre, mysterious, ...more |
Dennis Covington |
2010-03-02 |
$14.95 |
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Southern Cultures
Intentionally plural, Southern Cultures, the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South, from sorority sisters to Pocahontas, ...more |
Harry L. Watson |
2010-02-22 |
$24.95 |
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The Birth of Virginia's Aristocracy
The Birth Of Virginia's Aristocracy explains how the first civil society formed in Virginia, what purposes it served, who its members were, and what happened to it as it aged. The transformation of Virginia's leading families into an "aristocracy" was ...more |
2nd James C. Thompson |
2010-01-17 |
$9.95 |
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The Louisiana Irish
Long before the American colonies won their independence, the Irish were making their own history in Louisiana. The Louisiana Irish tells the story of how the Irish influence touched every aspect of society and can still be felt throughout New Orleans ...more |
Margaret Varnell Clark |
2010-03-06 |
$6.00 |
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