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200 Conspicuous, Unusual, or Economically Important Tropical Plants of the Caribbean
John Kingsbury
FIELD GUIDE
A general purpose plant identification guide to Caribbean shores, also useful for subtropical Florida. Features color photographs and short plant descriptions.
(CRB01, $20.00) |
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Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
LITERATURE
This is Faulkner's brilliant masterpiece on human nature and the Old South, a challenging but rewarding read.
(USS69, $13.95) |
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Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877
Carl A. Brasseaux
HISTORY
A history of Louisiana's Acadians in the key period from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to 1877 and the end of Reconstruction.
(USS163, $22.00) |
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AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta
Isabelle Gournay
Paul Beswick
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide.
(USS336, $24.95) |
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All for the Regiment, The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862
Gerald J. Prokopowicz
HISTORY
A history of the army from its origins in the early months of the war through defeat in 1862 with a focus on recruitment, organization and tactics.
(USS290, $37.50) |
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Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway
Mary Ann Sternberg
GUIDEBOOK
A guide to the historic River Road, the 100-mile route beside the Mississippi River stretching from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
(USS178, $18.95) |
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American City, Southern Place: A Cultural History of Antebellum Richmond
Gregg D. Kimball
HISTORY
A history of Richmond before the Civil War, highlighting the social structure and cultural divisions between the city's various residents.
(USS330, $35.00) |
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Another Country, Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains
Christopher Camuto
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Christopher Camuto makes a journey into the southern Appalachians, the land from which the Cherokee Indians were expelled. Camping at the heights of the Smoky Mountains during the winter, Camuto uses his days of solitude to try to reflect on the land as the Cherokees might have.
(USE32, $18.95) |
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The Appalachian Forest, A Search for Roots and Renewal
Chris Bolgiano
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A personal, informative account of Appalachia and its historical and cultural history, with a focus on nature and preservation.
(USE13, $27.95) |
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The Army of Tennessee
Stanley F. Horn
HISTORY
A readable history of the Army of Tennessee.
(WAR58, $24.95) |
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Army of the Heartland, The Army of Tennessee 1861-1862
Thomas Lawrence Connelly
HISTORY
The first volume in Connelly's definitive history of the Army of Tennessee
(WAR56, $20.95) |
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Around the Bend, A Mississippi River Adventure
C.C. Lockwood
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A photographic tour of the Mississippi River as seen through the lens of naturalist and wildlife photographer C.C. Lockwood.
(USS45, $39.95) |
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As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
LITERATURE
Faulkner's deadpan yet tragic tale of the Bundren family's journey across Mississippi with Addie, their deceased wife and mother, in tow.
(USS68, $12.95) |
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Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War
Ernest B. Ferguson
HISTORY
The story has been told many times before: Jefferson Davis versus Robert E. Lee. However, this detailed account of the Confederacy Capital provides details portray the little pictures within the big picture.
(USS102, $16.00) |
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Asheville & Buncombe County, North Carolina Map
Superior Mapping
A nicely detailed street map of Asheville and surrounding Buncombe county at a scale of 1:31,000.
(USS376, $4.95) |
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Asheville Map
Universal Map Enterprises
A road map of Asheville, North Carolina.
(USS206, $4.95) |
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Atlanta 1864, Last Chance for the Confederacy
Richard M. McMurry
HISTORY
A short, but thorough analysis of the Union victory in Atlanta.
(WAR14, $17.95) |
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Atomic Spaces, Living on the Manhattan Project
Peter Bacon Hales
HISTORY
How American culture grew out of the atomic age.
(USW425, $29.00) |
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Autumn of Glory, The Army of Tennessee 1862-1865
Thomas Lawrence Connelly
HISTORY
The second volume in Connelly's definitive history of the Army of Tennessee.
(WAR57, $24.95) |
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The Awakening
Kate Chopin
Marilynne Robinson
LITERATURE
The 1899 novel that forever vanquished "feminine propriety." Chopin's exhilarating, tragic feminist novella sings with the Cajun and Creole cadences of her native New Orleans.
(USS229, $4.95) |
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The Barber of Natchez
Edwin Adams Davis
William Ransom Hogan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A vivid portrait of the life and times of the remarkable William Johnson, a free slave and successful businessman in Natchez, who writes of his family life, business successes and friendships with people of both races. Drawing on Johnson's diaries, letters and contemporary accounts. Johnson was murdered in 1851.
(USS401, $18.95) |
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Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
Edward T. Cotham
HISTORY
A thorough recreation of the Battle of Galveston that incorporates historical elements and detailed characters of the battle.
(TEX02, $18.95) |
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Battling for Manassas
Joan M. Zenzen
Edwin C. Bearss
HISTORY
The difficulites and politics involved in establishing a battlefield park at Manassas.
(USS291, $44.95) |
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Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs & the Chesapeake Bay
William Warner
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A lovingly-written history of the blue crab, enriched with local color and a vivid overview of the Chesapeake Bay, its ecosystem, history and future.
(USS14, $14.99) |
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The Beleaguered City, The Vicksburg Campaign
Shelby Foote
HISTORY
Shelby Foote, a noted Civil War scholar, tells the engrossing narrative of the taking of Vicksburg in 1863 by Ulysses S. Grant and his Union troops. It was one of the pivotal battles of the Civil War, and distinguished Grant as a military genius.
(USS51, $17.95) |
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The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, The Classic Anthology from 1899 to 1967
Langston Hughes
LITERATURE
A collection of groundbreaking works by luminaries including James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ralph Ellison and Alice Walker.
(GEN400, $16.99) |
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
Mark Obmascik
NATURAL HISTORY
Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00) |
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Biltmore Estate: The Most Distinguished Private Place
John M Bryan
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A detailed architectural description of the Biltmore estate.
(USS205, $50.00) |
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
Christopher W. Leahy
Gordon Morrison
NATURAL HISTORY
A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95) |
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Birth of a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains
Carlos C. Campbell
HISTORY
The Great Smoky Mountains national park is among the nation's favorites. This is the story of how the beloved park came to be.
(USE24, $15.95) |
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Black Boy
Richard A. Wright
Jerry W. Ward
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The autobiography of Richard Wright, chronicling his days as a young black man in rural Mississippi and Memphis. It's a hard-hitting look at race relations in the United States before the civil rights era.
(USS50, $14.95) |
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Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
Judith Ann Carney
HISTORY
An academic study of the origins and practice of rice cultivation in the antebellum South.
(USS228, $45.00) |
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Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Grandfather Mountain to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Vol. 2
William G. Lord
GUIDEBOOK
A mile-by-mile guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
(USS246, $8.95) |
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Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Rockfish Gap to Grandfather Mountain, Vol. 1
William G. Lord
GUIDEBOOK
A mile-by-mile guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway.
(USS245, $8.95) |
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Blues from the Delta
William R. Ferris
MUSIC
A cultural history of the Blues.
(MUS34, $16.50) |
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Boat People
Mary Gardner
LITERATURE
A novel about Vietnamese refugees in Galveston.
(TEX26, $15.95) |
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Braxton Bragg and the Confederate Defeat, Vol. II
Judith Lee Hallock
HISTORY
A scholarly biography of Braxton Bragg.
(WAR64, $32.95) |
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
Alvar Nuņez Cabeza de Vaca
Cyclone Covey
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The epic story of a conquistador lost in the American wilderness for eight years.
(SWU40, $17.95) |
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Cabins in the Laurel
Muriel Earley Sheppard
Bayard Wootten
John Ehle
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The true story of a woman and her mining engineer husband, who moved from New York to the mountains of North Carolina in 1928. This account of early 20th-century Appalachian life is complemented by 128 photographs of the region.
(USE31, $24.95) |
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Cajun and Creole Folktales, The French Oral Tradition of South Louisiana
Barry Jean Ancelet
LITERATURE
An excellent, wide-ranging compilation of Cajun and Creole folktales, presented side-by-side in French and English. It includes magic tales, jokes, animal tales, tall tales and legends.
(USS152, $25.00) |
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Cajun and Creole Music Makers
Barry Jean Ancelet
Elemore Morgan
MUSIC
This book presents interviews with and photos of Cajun and Creole musicians in their surroundings.
(USS172, $40.00) |
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Cajun Country
Barry Jean Ancelet
Jay D. Edwards
Glen Pitre
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An overview of the history and culture of the Cajuns of South Louisiana which investigates the social institutions and cultural activities of this ethnic group.
(USS153, $22.00) |
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Cajun Country Guide
Mason Fry
Julie Posner
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide to South Louisiana's Cajun country, covering the region's culture, music, food.
(USS177, $17.95) |
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The Carolina Rice Kitchen, The African Connection
Karen Hess
Robert M. Weir
FOOD
A social history of rice and rice cooking in South Carolin
(USS226, $19.95) |
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Chained to the Rock of Adversity: To Be Free, Black, and Female in the Old South
Virginia Meacham Gould
HISTORY
Stories of the lives of Southern Black Women, told through personal letters and diaries.
(USS134, $22.95) |
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Chancellorsville
Stephen W. Sears
HISTORY
A revisionist history of the battle of Chancellorsville.
(WAR71, $18.00) |
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Chancellorsville Battlefield Map
McElfresh Map Company
A watercolor map of the battlefield at Challcellorsville.
(WAR72, $9.95) |
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Charleston, South Carolina (Black America Series)
John W. Meffert
Sherman Pyatt
Avery Research Center
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A photographic collection of African American life in Charleston, South Carolina.
(USS144, $19.99) |
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Chattanooga, A Death Grip on the Confederacy
James Lee McDonough
HISTORY
A well written and informative account of the battles for Chattanooga.
(WAR63, $17.95) |
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Cherokee Americans, The Eastern Band of Cherokees in the Twentieth Century
John R. Finger
HISTORY
A history of the remnant of Cherokees that stayed behind in North Carolina when their brethren made the arduous trip to the West along the "Trail of Tears."
(USE20, $19.95) |
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The Chessboard of War, Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864
Anne J. Bailey
HISTORY
(USS281, $40.00) |
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Citrus County Map
Universal Map Enterprises
A helpful road map of Citrus County in Florida.
(FLA27, $4.95) |
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City on the Edge, The Transformation of Miami
Alejandro Portes
Alex Stepick
HISTORY
A look at how immigrant communities shaped the urban landscape of Miami.
(FLA38, $21.95) |
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The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861- 1865
E.B. Long
Babara Long
HISTORY
Detailed and indexed, this volume serves as an excellent reference to the daily activities of the Civil War.
(USS149, $35.00) |
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The Civil War in North Carolina
John Gilchrist Barrett
HISTORY
The complete story of Civil War military engagements across North Carolina. Mr. Barrett, professor emeritus at the Virginia military institute, brings a lively writing style to his scholarly, comprehensive text.
(USS112, $22.50) |
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The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic History of the Civil War, Vicksburg to Appomattox
William Davis
Bell. I. Wiley
HISTORY
A big, beautiful history of the Civil War featuring 4,000 archival photographs, drawings and maps.
(USS156, $39.98) |
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The Civil War, A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox
Shelby Foote
HISTORY
This classic, three-volume collection documents the military and political battles of the Civil War.
(USS116, $78.00) |
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Civil Wars, Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism
George C. Rable
HISTORY
An academic study of southern women and their reactions to secession and the Civil War.
(WAR67, $21.00) |
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Classic Atlanta, Landmarks of the Atlanta Spirit
Van J. Martin
William Robert Mitchell
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A quick tour of Atlanta.
(USS328, $60.00) |
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Classic Natchez: An Illustrated Tour through a Remarkable Antebellum Town
Van J. Martin
Randolph Delehanty
ART & ARCHITECTURE
Antebellum South presented through photographs and essays on 43 Natchez homes, including maps, floor plans, and a timeline.
(USS136, $39.95) |
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Cold Sassy Tree
Olive Ann Burns
LITERATURE
YOUNG ADULTS
Set in a fictional town in Georgia, Burns' popular bestseller is a portrait of small-town life in the South.
(USS386, $13.95) |
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The Coming of Age in Mississippi
Anne Moody
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A powerful and provocative autobiography of the author's fight against racism in the 1950s South.
(USS140, $6.99) |
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Company Aytch: Or, a Side Show of the Big Show and Other Sketches
Sam Watkins
M. Thomas Inge
HISTORY
The Civil War recollections of Samuel Watkins.
(WAR43, $16.00) |
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Compass Guide Florida
Chelle Koster Walton
Tony Arruza
GUIDEBOOK
A colorful, informative guide to Florida.
(FLA30, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Georgia
John T. Edge
Robb Helfrick
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guidebook to Georgia, featuring detailed maps, literary excerpts, and travel information.
(USS58, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide Kentucky
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This compact book is an excellent overview of the state with particular emphasis on history and visitor attractions. Handsomely illustrated with color and archival photographs, it features literary excerpts, good maps and some practical travel information.
(USS277, $21.95) |
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Compass Guide North Carolina
Jim Hargan
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guidebook to North Carolina, featuring detailed maps, literary excerpts, and travel information.
(USS111, $21.95) |
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Complete Charleston, A Guide to the Architecture, History & Gardens of Charleston and the Low Country
Margaret H. Moore
Truman Moore
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to Charleston and surrounding areas, focusing on the city's history, culture and attractions.
(USS308, $19.95) |
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The Complete Stories
Flannery O'Connor
LITERATURE
O'Connor lived most of her short life in Milledgeville, Georgia, and she wrote what she knew.
(USS255, $17.00) |
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A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
LITERATURE
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, drenched in New Orleans color and culture. Its sharp humor, combined with vivid local detail, makes it great reading for any visitor to New Orleans.
(USS02, $14.00) |
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Confederate Charleston, An Illustrated History of the City and the People During the Civil War
Robert Rosen
HISTORY
A lavishly illustrated history of Charleston during the civil war, this is an illuminating portrait of the times, the war, and, of course, the great city.
(USS11, $39.95) |
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The Confederate War
Gary W. Gallagher
HISTORY
A revisionist history of the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War.
(USS118, $17.50) |
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The Confidence-Man, His Masquerade
Herman Melville
LITERATURE
Melville's final work of prose, a bewildering story of the Devil and his attempt to con a group of travelers aboard a riverboat on the Mississippi.
(USS44, $13.00) |
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Containment, Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror
Ian Shapiro
HISTORY
In this bold book Shapiro offers both a critique of U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 and an practical, well-argued alternative policy.
(GEN399, $24.95) |
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The Control of Nature
John McPhee
NATURAL HISTORY
A bestseller in the classic McPhee tradition, this book explores our generally feeble attempts to combat all-powerful nature, including efforts by Icelanders to control the flow of a volcano.
(NAT01, $16.00) |
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The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina
Jay Fields
REFERENCE
A guidebook to western North Carolina's crafts.
(USS204, $19.95) |
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The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787
Gordon S. Wood
HISTORY
This sweeping political history examines America's transformation from colony to republic during the Revolutionary War.
(USE79, $21.95) |
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Creole New Orleans, Race and Americanization
Joseph Logsdon
Arnold R. Hirsch
HISTORY
A scholarly history of New Orleans, focusing on Creole and Black contributions.
(USS171, $24.95) |
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Creoles of Color of the Gulf South
James H. Dormon
HISTORY
The eight contributors explore Creole origins, language, music and culture in this scholarly history.
(USS166, $34.00) |
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Crossroads of Freedom, Antietam
James McPherson
HISTORY
A vivid history of the Battle of Antietam.
(WAR109, $15.95) |
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A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
Eudora Welty
LITERATURE
Welty's first collection of stories, which includes the classic "A Worn Path," established her reputation as a leading southern writer.
(USS402, $14.00) |
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Decision in the West, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
Albert Castel
HISTORY
A detailed history told in present tense of the bloody invasion of Atlanta in 1864.
(USS282, $19.95) |
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Deep South, Mississippi Valley, Gulf of Mexico
Hallwag
A map of the southern Mississippi Valley region.
(USS47, $12.95) |
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The Deep South: Smithsonian Guides to Historic America
William Bryant Logan
Donald Young
Vance Muse
GUIDEBOOK
A profusely illustrated guide to places of historical interest in the Deep South.
(USS85, $19.95) |
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The Devil's Backbone: Story of the Natchez Trace
Jonathan Daniels
HISTORY
A brief, pocket history of the development, exploration and settling of the Natchez Trace, which stretches from Natchez, Mississippi, across northwestern Alabama to Nashville.
(USS142, $5.95) |
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Discovering North Carolina, A Tar Heel Reader
Jack Claiborne
William Price
ANTHOLOGY
A collection of pieces about North Carolina from some of it's most famous residents.
(USS130, $20.95) |
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The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney
Richard Schickel
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A classic biography of Disney -- a critical look at the man behind the empire and his effect on pop culture.
(FLA47, $16.95) |
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Diving Guide to Underwater Florida
Ned Deloach
GUIDEBOOK
A guide to dive sites around Florida.
(FLA28, $19.95) |
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Cory Doctorow
LITERATURE
A quirky, science fiction novel set in a futuristic Disney World.
(FLA50, $13.95) |
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Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community
Charles Joyner
HISTORY
A scholarly cultural history of life on the plantations of the South Carolina low country.
(USS227, $25.00) |
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Eastern Seashore Life, Rhode Island to Georgia
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
A fold-out, pocket-size guide illustrating almost 150 species of seashore critters.
(USE231, $5.95) |
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Eastern USA Map
Rand McNally Maps
A fold-up map of the Eastern United States, shown at a scale of 1:2,300,000.
(USE127, $4.95) |
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Ebb Tide Flood Tide, Beaufort County. . . Jewel of the Low Country
Lynn McLaren
NATURAL HISTORY
A photographic survey of South Carolina's Low Country.
(USS355, $29.95) |
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The Edge of Glory, A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A.
William M. Lamers
Larry J. Daniel
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A thoughtful biography of the life and military campaigns of William S. Rosecrans.
(WAR61, $24.95) |
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Evangeline
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
LITERATURE
Longfellow's epic poem of Evangeline and Gabriel, two lovers separated as a result of the 1755 Acadian deportation from Nova Scotia.
(CND46, $6.95) |
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Evensong
Gail Godwin
LITERATURE
A moving novel set in the fictional Appalachian hamlet of High Balsam in the Smokies of western North Carolina.
(USE27, $14.95) |
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The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem
Thomas E. Lodge
NATURAL HISTORY
A comprehensive introduction to the ecosystem of the Everglades.
(EGL02, $54.95) |
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Everglades National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A full-color topographic map of the park printed on tear-proof paper.
(FLA17, $9.95) |
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The Everglades: An Environmental History
David McCally
Raymond Arsenault
Gary Mormino
NATURAL HISTORY
A readable environmental history of Florida's national park.
(EGL09, $65.00) |
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The Exile, Cuba in the Heart of Miami
David Rieff
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A portrait of modern Cuban Miami and the challenges it embodies. Rieff traces the history of Cuban immigration to Miami and how these exiles' dreams of returning home are becoming increasingly distant.
(FLA46, $15.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide Florida
Deni Brown
GUIDEBOOK
A superb, illustrated guide to Florida.
(FLA23, $25.00) |
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Far Appalachia, Following the New River North
Noah Adams
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The host of NPR's All Things Considered travels the New River by car, bicycle, and canoe, investigating Appalachian history, ecology and local flavor along the way.
(USM104, $15.00) |
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A Field Guide to Eastern Trees
George Petrides
Roger Tory Peterson
FIELD GUIDE
The classic guide.
(NAM09, $20.00) |
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A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs
George Petrides
FIELD GUIDE
The classic Peterson guide to trees, shrubs and vines in Eastern, Central and Southeastern United States.
(NAM08, $19.00) |
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Elizabeth Kolbert
NATURAL HISTORY
An insightful and thought-provoking examination of global warming, how it happens and what can be done to stop it. Much of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker, where Kolbert is a regular contributor.
(SCI168, $13.95) |
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Fields of Glory, A History and Tour Guide of the War in the West, the Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Jim Miles
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide with maps and key to the battlefields of the Atlanta Campaign.
(USS288, $16.95) |
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Fields of Honor, Pivotal Battles of the Civil War
Edwin C. Bearss
James McPherson
HISTORY
The former chief historian of the National Parks Service details fourteen of the war's major battles.
(WAR124, $15.95) |
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Fierce Attachments
Vivian Gornick
LITERATURE
Gornick weaves together memories of her volatile relationship with her mother and her childhood in the Bronx in this acclaimed memoir, first published in 1987.
(USE421, $14.00) |
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Finding the Target, The Transformation of American Military Policy
Frederick W. Kagan
HISTORY
Kagan, an expert in defense issues and the American military, delivers a probing study of post-Vietnam developments in America's armed forces, and the complexities and challenges of this transformation.
(USA169, $29.95) |
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The Florida Everglades
Connie Toops
NATURAL HISTORY
A handsome picture book featuring the animals and habitats of the Everglades.
(EGL08, $19.95) |
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Florida Map
Rand McNally Maps
(USS07, $4.95) |
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Florida Map
ITMB
A colorful, travel map to Florida.
(FLA31, $4.95) |
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Florida's Birds, A Handbook and Reference
Herbert Kale
David Maehr
FIELD GUIDE
The definitive guide to Florida's many birds.
(FLA13, $21.95) |
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Florida, Travellers' Wildlife Guide
Fiona Sunquist
Mel Sunquist
Les Beletsky
FIELD GUIDE
A compact, comprehensive guide featuring color illustrations of common birds, mammals, fish, insects, reptiles and amphibians.
(FLA32, $29.95) |
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Fodor's Miami and Miami Beach
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK
This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(FLA42, $16.95) |
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Fodor's Pocket Savannah & Charleston
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
The sixth edition of the popular compact guide, slim in size but chock-full of useful information, attractions and sightseeing details.
(USS24, $10.95) |
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Folklife in Louisiana, Images of Tradition
Frank de Caro
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An exhibit catalog featuring 166 black-and-white photographs of work by local artists.
(USS165, $31.95) |
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For Cause and Comrades, Why Men Fought in the Civil War
James McPherson
HISTORY
McPherson gathered the letters and diaries of Civil War soldiers to answer the question: What kept the soldiers fighting?
(USS119, $18.95) |
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Forged in Battle, The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers
Joseph T. Glatthaar
HISTORY
A revealing portrait of the 180,000 black soldiers who served the Union during the Civil War.
(USS117, $22.95) |
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The Forgotten People, Cane River's Creoles of Color
Gary B. Mills
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A scholarly account of a Louisiana Creole community.
(USS210, $20.95) |
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The Founding of New Acadia
Carl A. Brasseaux
HISTORY
Early Acadian settlement and culture in Louisiana by respected Cajun historian Carl Brasseaux.
(USS162, $20.95) |
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The Fourth Battle of Winchester, Toward a New Civil War Paradigm
Richard M. McMurry
HISTORY
A reassessment of the Civil War using counterfactual events.
(WAR65, $12.00) |
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The Free People of Color of New Orleans, An Introduction
Mary Gehman
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An interesting portrait of the creole "free people of color."
(USS211, $8.95) |
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From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans
John Hope Franklin
HISTORY
A classic history of the African American experience.
(USA39, $75.00) |
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Galveston
Sean Stewart
LITERATURE
A story of magic and morality set in a Galveston of the near future.
(TEX34, $14.95) |
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Galveston and the 1900 Storm
Elizabeth Hayes Turner
Patricial Bellis Bixel
NATURAL HISTORY
A well-illustrated book of the devastating storm in 1900.
(TEX01, $29.95) |
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Galveston Map
Rand McNally Maps
(TEX27, $4.95) |
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The Galveston That Was
Peter H. Brink
Ezra Stoller
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Howard Barnstone
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A book that inspired successful restoration of Galveston's architectural treasures.
(TEX06, $49.95) |
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Galveston, A History
David G. McComb
HISTORY
A history of Galveston, focusing on the growth of the cotton port and the great storm of 1900.
(TEX13, $19.95) |
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Galveston: A History of the Island
Gary Cartwright
NATURAL HISTORY
An entertaining historical look at the history of Galveston
(TEX05, $17.95) |
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Gardens of New Orleans, Exquisite Excess
Jeanette Hardy
Lake Douglas
Richard Sexton
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A sumptuously photographed tour of the grander gardens of New Orleans.
(USS231, $40.00) |
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General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West
Albert Castel
HISTORY
A scholarly account of the life and career of a key figure in the Civil War west of the Mississippi.
(USM37, $24.95) |
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Georgia Map
Rand McNally Maps
A detailed road map of the state of Georgia, at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(USS62, $4.95) |
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Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles
Burnette Vanstory
Eugenia Price
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
First published in 1956, this is a rich portrait of the sea islands off of Georgia's coast. Each island gets its own chapter, detailing its history, with information on the native peoples, early settlements and slave plantations.
(USS63, $18.95) |
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Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913
Gaines M. Foster
HISTORY
A social history of Southern attitudes in the wake of the Civil War.
(USS220, $35.00) |
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God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks about Life on Sapelo Island
Cornelia Walker Bailey
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
An evocative memoir from a native of Sapelo Island, which gives a glimpse into the Geechee (or Gullah) heritage of the region. Cornelia Walker Bailey does more than tell her story, she tells the story of a nearly forgotten people.
(USS77, $14.95) |
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Gods and Generals
Jeff M. Shaara
LITERATURE
The lives and battles of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain.
(WAR68, $7.99) |
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Golf Course Wildlife, Southeast Coast (North Carolina to Northern Florida)
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
A quick-reference fold-out guide, featuring illustrations of almost 150 species.
(USS216, $5.95) |
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Golf Course Wildlife, Southern Florida
FIELD GUIDE
A fold-out, pocket-size guide illustrating almost 150 species.
(FLA34, $5.95) |
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Gone Wild
James W. Hall
LITERATURE
(EGL07, $7.99) |
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Graceland, Going Home with Elvis
Karen Ann Marling
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A serious, engaging analysis of Graceland and the phenomenon of Elvis Presley.
(USS191, $14.95) |
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Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear, Running the Civil War Blockade
Dawson Carr
HISTORY
An account of the Civil War blockade along the Cape Fear River.
(USS123, $14.95) |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Map
Trails Illustrated
A colorful, detailed map of the national park at a scale of 1:62,000.
(USE29, $11.95) |
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Great Smoky Mountains, A Visitor's Companion
George Wuerthner
Douglas W. Moore
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide to the history, wildlife, geology and tourism of the Great Smoky Mountains.
(USE330, $19.95) |
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Great Wine Made Simple, Straight Talk From A Master Sommelier
Andra Immer Robinson
FOOD
A practical, personable introduction to the world of wine, including a helpful definitions of terms, label-reading tips and advice on pairing wines with food.
(GEN411, $27.95) |
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Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico
Kate Wynne
Malia Schwartz
Garth Mix
FIELD GUIDE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A sturdy, wire-bound field guide to the whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, manatee and sea turtles of the Atlantic Ocean.
(FG42, $25.00) |
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Guide to the Battle of Shiloh
Jay Luvaas
Steven Bowman
Leonard Fullenkamp
GUIDEBOOK
A history and guide to the battlefield of Shiloh.
(USS93, $12.95) |
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Guide to the Vicksburg Campaign
Jay Luvaas
Steven Bowman
Leonard Fullenkamp
HISTORY
A history and guide to the battlefield of Vicksburg designed for the traveler. With archival and modern maps, as well as photographic portraits of many of the major officers, it's a terrific handbook for the Civil War enthusiast.
(USS155, $17.95) |
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Gulf Coast Seashore Life, Alabama to Texas
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
This fold-out, laminated reference features illustrations of almost 150 species commonly found on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.
(USS217, $5.95) |
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Gumbo Ya-Ya, A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales
Robert Tallant
Edward Dreyer
Lyle Saxon
LITERATURE
A wonderful collection of charming, outrageous, time-honored, common, obscure, exotic and famous folk tales of Louisiana -- and especially of New Orleans.
(USS208, $19.95) |
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Handcrafted in the Blue Ridge: Discovering the Crafts, Artisans, and Studios of Western North Carolina
Irv Green
Andrea Gross
GUIDEBOOK
An illustrated guide to 150 crafts studios in western North Carolina.
(USS202, $14.95) |
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The Handicraft Revival in Appalachia, 1930-1990
Gary Barker
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A straight forward account of Appalachian crafts.
(USS201, $32.95) |
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Hardluck Ironclad, The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo
Edwin C. Bearss
HISTORY
The story of the sinking of the "Cairo," a Union gunboat lost in the Yazoo River, paired with the story of its recovery, 100 years later. Civil War historian Edwin C. Bearss, who provided this firsthand account, was an integral part of the recovery. The "Cairo" can now be seen on display in Vicksburg.
(WAR17, $23.95) |
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Historic Asheville
Bob Terrell
HISTORY
(USS194, $14.95) |
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Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking
John Martin Taylor
FOOD
A cookbook and celebration of South Carolina cuisine.
(USS225, $18.00) |
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How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher
Simon Barnes
NATURAL HISTORY
According to Simon Barnes, the only good birdwatcher is a "bad" birdwatcher. A funny and refreshingly straight-talking guide to birdwatching from a London Times sportswriter.
(BRD25, $17.95) |
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Huey Long
T. Harry Williams
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The definitive biography of the larger-than-life southern politician.
(USS348, $25.00) |
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Ice Tea and Elvis, A Saunter through the Southern States
John Middleton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A dryly witty, astute narrative of the British author's travels throughout the American South. Middleton's "saunter" begins in Graceland, then follows an ambling, rambling route south to Miami.
(USS244, $14.99) |
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An Illustrated Glossary of Early Southern Architecture and Landscape
Vanessa Elizabeth Patrick
Carl R. Lounsbury
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A handsome reference book of early Southern architecture, illustrated with 300 photographs and drawings.
(USS108, $39.50) |
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Images of America: Charleston, an Album From the Collection of the Charleston Museum
Mary Moore Jacoby
John W. Meffert
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A photographic collection reflecting the daily life in turn-of-the-century Charleston, South Carolina.
(USS143, $18.99) |
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In the Country of Country, A Journey to the Roots of American Music
Nicholas Dawidoff
MUSIC
A heartfelt account of a journey through the South in search of traditional country music. The author interviews luminaries from the genre's heyday, including George Jones, Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe.
(MUS33, $15.95) |
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The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times
William Wilmon Newcomb
HISTORY
An excellent reference of history and cultures of Native Americans in Texas.
(TEX10, $22.95) |
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Inherit the Wind
Jerome Lawrence
Robert E. Lee
LITERATURE
The case of a biology teacher accused of teaching evolution to his students.
(USS180, $5.99) |
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Inside War, The Guerilla Conflict in Missouri during the American Civil War
Michael Fellman
HISTORY
(USM36, $18.95) |
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Insider's Guide to Atlanta
Bonnie McKay
John E. McKay
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, practical guide to the city and its attractions with detailed descriptions of mus |