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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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta  •  Isabelle Gournay  •  Paul Beswick   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide. (USS336, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Army of Tennessee  •  Stanley F. Horn   • HISTORY  •  A readable history of the Army of Tennessee. (WAR58, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Asheville Map  •   Universal Map Enterprises    •  A road map of Asheville, North Carolina. (USS206, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Atomic Spaces, Living on the Manhattan Project  •  Peter Bacon Hales   • HISTORY  •  How American culture grew out of the atomic age. (USW425, $29.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Biltmore Estate: The Most Distinguished Private Place  •  John M Bryan   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A detailed architectural description of the Biltmore estate. (USS205, $50.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Blues from the Delta  •  William R. Ferris   • MUSIC  •  A cultural history of the Blues. (MUS34, $16.50)
 
 
Boat People  •  Mary Gardner   • LITERATURE  •  A novel about Vietnamese refugees in Galveston. (TEX26, $15.95)
 
 
Braxton Bragg and the Confederate Defeat, Vol. II  •  Judith Lee Hallock   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly biography of Braxton Bragg. (WAR64, $32.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Chancellorsville  •  Stephen W. Sears   • HISTORY  •  A revisionist history of the battle of Chancellorsville. (WAR71, $18.00)
 
 
Chancellorsville Battlefield Map  •   McElfresh Map Company    •  A watercolor map of the battlefield at Challcellorsville. (WAR72, $9.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Chessboard of War, Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864  •  Anne J. Bailey   • HISTORY  •  (USS281, $40.00)
 
 
Citrus County Map  •   Universal Map Enterprises    •  A helpful road map of Citrus County in Florida. (FLA27, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Classic Atlanta, Landmarks of the Atlanta Spirit  •  Van J. Martin  •  William Robert Mitchell   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A quick tour of Atlanta. (USS328, $60.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Compass Guide Florida  •  Chelle Koster Walton  •  Tony Arruza   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A colorful, informative guide to Florida. (FLA30, $21.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Confederate War  •  Gary W. Gallagher   • HISTORY  •  A revisionist history of the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War. (USS118, $17.50)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina  •  Jay Fields   • REFERENCE  •  A guidebook to western North Carolina's crafts. (USS204, $19.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Crossroads of Freedom, Antietam  •  James McPherson   • HISTORY  •  A vivid history of the Battle of Antietam. (WAR109, $15.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Deep South, Mississippi Valley, Gulf of Mexico  •   Hallwag    •  A map of the southern Mississippi Valley region. (USS47, $12.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Diving Guide to Underwater Florida  •  Ned Deloach   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guide to dive sites around Florida. (FLA28, $19.95)
 
 
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom  •  Cory Doctorow   • LITERATURE  •  A quirky, science fiction novel set in a futuristic Disney World. (FLA50, $13.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem  •  Thomas E. Lodge   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A comprehensive introduction to the ecosystem of the Everglades. (EGL02, $54.95)
 
 
Everglades National Park Map  •   Trails Illustrated    •  A full-color topographic map of the park printed on tear-proof paper. (FLA17, $9.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Florida  •  Deni Brown   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A superb, illustrated guide to Florida. (FLA23, $25.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
A Field Guide to Eastern Trees  •  George Petrides  •  Roger Tory Peterson   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The classic guide. (NAM09, $20.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Florida Everglades  •  Connie Toops   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handsome picture book featuring the animals and habitats of the Everglades. (EGL08, $19.95)
 
 
Florida Map  •   Rand McNally Maps    •  (USS07, $4.95)
 
 
Florida Map  •   ITMB    •  A colorful, travel map to Florida. (FLA31, $4.95)
 
 
Florida's Birds, A Handbook and Reference  •  Herbert Kale  •  David Maehr   • FIELD GUIDE  •  The definitive guide to Florida's many birds. (FLA13, $21.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans  •  John Hope Franklin   • HISTORY  •  A classic history of the African American experience. (USA39, $75.00)
 
 
Galveston  •  Sean Stewart   • LITERATURE  •  A story of magic and morality set in a Galveston of the near future. (TEX34, $14.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Galveston Map  •   Rand McNally Maps    •  (TEX27, $4.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Galveston: A History of the Island  •  Gary Cartwright   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An entertaining historical look at the history of Galveston (TEX05, $17.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Gods and Generals  •  Jeff M. Shaara   • LITERATURE  •  The lives and battles of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain. (WAR68, $7.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
Golf Course Wildlife, Southern Florida   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A fold-out, pocket-size guide illustrating almost 150 species. (FLA34, $5.95)
 
 
Gone Wild  •  James W. Hall   • LITERATURE  •  (EGL07, $7.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Handicraft Revival in Appalachia, 1930-1990  •  Gary Barker   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A straight forward account of Appalachian crafts. (USS201, $32.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Historic Asheville  •  Bob Terrell   • HISTORY  •  (USS194, $14.95)
 
 
Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking  •  John Martin Taylor   • FOOD  •  A cookbook and celebration of South Carolina cuisine. (USS225, $18.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
Huey Long  •  T. Harry Williams   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The definitive biography of the larger-than-life southern politician. (USS348, $25.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Inside War, The Guerilla Conflict in Missouri during the American Civil War  •  Michael Fellman   • HISTORY  •  (USM36, $18.95)
 
 
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