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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA

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Atlanta 1864, Last Chance for the Confederacy


by Richard M. McMurry

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

A short, but thorough analysis of the Union victory in Atlanta. (WAR14, $17.95)

Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era

Battle Cry of Freedom, The Civil War Era


by James McPherson

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 904 PAGES

A comprehensive, vivid history of the Civil War, its genesis, battles, politics and personalities from the war with Mexico to Appomattox. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the book may be 900 pages long but it reads like a good novel. (USS37, $19.95)

The Beloved Invader


by Eugenia Price

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

The third novel in Price's popular St. Simon's Trilogy. (USS91, $16.95)

Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas


by Judith Ann Carney

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

An academic study of the origins and practice of rice cultivation in the antebellum South. (USS228, $45.00)

The Carolina Rice Kitchen, The African Connection


by Karen Hess | Robert M. Weir

  • FOOD
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

A social history of rice and rice cooking in South Carolina (USS226, $21.00)

Charleston, South Carolina (Black America Series)


by John W. Meffert | Sherman Pyatt | Avery Research Center

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 127 PAGES

A photographic collection of African American life in Charleston, South Carolina. (USS144, $21.99)

The Complete Stories


by Flannery O'Connor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1971
  • PAPER
  • 555 PAGES

Named the best work of fiction in the 60-year history of the National Book Award, these 31 remarkable stories reveal O'Connor's lively, penetrating talent, showing the "shock," and the "hell" of O'Connor's "Christ-haunted" South. (USS255, $18.00)

Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community


by Charles Joyner

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 345 PAGES

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


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

A fold-out, pocket-size guide illustrating almost 150 species of seashore critters. (USE231, $5.95)

From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans


by John Hope Franklin

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 742 PAGES

A classic history of the African American experience. (USA39, $75.00)

Georgia Map


by Rand McNally Maps

  • MAP

A detailed road map of the state of Georgia, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (USS62, $4.95)

Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913


by Gaines M. Foster

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER

A social history of Southern attitudes in the wake of the Civil War. (USS220, $40.00)

Golf Course Wildlife, Southeast Coast (North Carolina to Northern Florida)


by Raymond Leung | James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2000
  • PLASTIC CARD

A quick-reference fold-out guide, featuring illustrations of almost 150 species. (USS216, $5.95)

Great Smoky Mountains, A Visitor's Companion

Great Smoky Mountains, A Visitor's Companion


by George Wuerthner | Douglas W. Moore

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A compact guide to the history, wildlife, geology and tourism of the Great Smoky Mountains. (USE330, $19.95)

Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking


by John Martin Taylor

  • FOOD
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 348 PAGES

A cookbook and celebration of South Carolina cuisine. (USS225, $20.95)

Images of America: Charleston, an Album From the Collection of the Charleston Museum


by Mary Moore Jacoby | John W. Meffert

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A photographic collection reflecting the daily life in turn-of-the-century Charleston, South Carolina. (USS143, $18.99)

Insider's Guide to Atlanta


by Bonnie McKay | John E. McKay

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the city and its attractions with detailed descriptions of museums, hotels, restaurants and shops. With a section on day trips outside the city. (USS236, $18.95)

Insight Guide Old South

Insight Guide Old South


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

An illustrated overview of the Old South with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (USS04, $22.95)

The Intracoastal Waterway, Norfolk to Miami

The Intracoastal Waterway, Norfolk to Miami


by Jan and Bill Moeller

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A spiral-bound, mile-by-mile guide to the Intracoastal Waterway intended for sailors. (USS30, $19.95)

James Edward Oglethorpe


by Joyce Blackburn

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

A short biography of the founder of the first colony in Georgia. (USS292, $9.95)

The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony


by June Hall McCash

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

An illustrated examination of the cottages built by the members of the Jekyll Island Club. (USS76, $45.00)

Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839

Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1838-1839


by Frances Anne Kemble

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 415 PAGES

The journal of abolitionist Frances Anne Kemble. (USS88, $24.95)

Journal of a Visit to the Georgia Islands of St. Catherines, Green, Ossabaw, Sapelo, St. Simons, Jekyll, and Cumberland


by Jonathan Bryan | Virginia Steele Wood | Mary R. Bullard | Louis DeVries

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 112 PAGES

An account of an 18th-century boat journey down the Georgia coast. (USS83, $24.95)

Lighthouse


by Eugenia Price

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 343 PAGES

The first novel in the popular St. Simon's Trilogy. (USS89, $16.95)

Major Butler's Legacy, Five Generations of a Slaveholding Family


by Malcolm Bell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 702 PAGES

The history of a slave owning family from the Revolutionary War to the 20th century. (USS87, $35.00)

Masters of Small Worlds


by Stephanie McCurry

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

This study of the South Carolina Low Country focuses on the complex domestic relations within the yeoman household in plantation society. An all-encompassing look at race, class, gender, and religion. (USS105, $29.95)

Middle Passage

Middle Passage


by Charles Johnson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Winner of the National Book Award, this historical novel, set in 1830, is the richly imagined tale of a recently freed slave in New Orleans who signs aboard a square-rigger bound for Africa. (ATL02, $15.00)

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America


by Jon Dunn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

From Alaska to Baja California, Nova Scotia and Florida, this guide is the veteran's choice for birding anywhere in the United States. Tabbed for easy access, the color range maps in this sixth edition are outstanding. (FG09, $27.95)

New Moon Rising


by Eugenia Price

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

The second novel in Price's popular St. Simon's Trilogy. (USS90, $16.95)

Personal Memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant


by Ulysses S. Grant

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 674 PAGES

A remarkable (and big) account of a rich life, from a poor boy on the frontier to a great general and president, written by Grant on his deathbed -- and originally edited by none other than Mark Twain. (USS33, $17.00)

Portrait of an Island


by Mildred Teal | John Teal

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

A natural history of Sapelo Island, written in the 1950s. (USS79, $17.95)

Praying for Sheetrock


by Melissa Fay Greene

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 335 PAGES

The story of Georgia's McIntosh County in the 1970s, and the struggle for civil rights, led by a passionate African American man. An engaging, eye-opening account of race relations in the South. (USS86, $14.00)

Robert E. Lee


by Roy Blount, Jr.

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A lively short biographical essay in the excellent Penguin Lives series, matching writers and subjects. (USS377, $19.95)

Sapelo's People: A Long Walk into Freedom


by William S. McFeely

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A history of the people of Georgia's Sapelo Island. (USS78, $17.95)

Shades of Blue and Gray

Shades of Blue and Gray


by Herman Hattaway

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 281 PAGES

A concise military history of the Civil War, including warfare technology, battle strategy and the significance of individual battles. (USS148, $22.95)

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America


by David Sibley

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks. (USE262, $19.95)

Slave Counterpoint, Black Culture in the Eighteenth Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry


by David Morgan

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 736 PAGES

A scholarly, readable comparison of the slave cultures of Virginia and South Carolina. Intended for a general audience, Morgan covers the lives of the slaves in rich detail, and paints a compelling portrait of African Americans in the South on the eve of the American Revolution. (USS10, $34.95)

Slaves in the Family

Slaves in the Family


by Edward Ball

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 505 PAGES

Ball, a young privileged white man, embarks on a journey to uncover his family's slave-owning past in this probing, emotional memoir, the result of extensive research and travels in search of the descendents of the Ball family slaves. (USS25, $17.95)

The Southeast Map

The Southeast Map


by National Geographic

  • MAP

A fold-up map of the Southest, including the coast from Jacksonville to the Chesapeake at a scale of 1:1,860,000. (USS40, $7.95)

Southern Georgia Map


by Universal Map Enterprises

  • MAP

A full color road map of southern Georgia. (USS81, $4.95)

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf


by John Muir

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

This slim book is the diary of 28-year-old Muir. It is the record of a botanical expedition along the eastern seaboard south to Florida -- and a good introduction to this popular writer. It includes a long chapter on the swamps and forests of Florida. (FLA09, $13.95)

To Have and to Hold: Slave Work and Family Life in Antebellum South Carolina


by Larry Hudson

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER

An in-depth look at the slaves' life of disruption, work, family and death. (USS104, $44.95)

A Turn in the South


by V.S. Naipaul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 307 PAGES

Naipaul's wandering travel narrative is a poetic but profoundly disturbing portrait of the American South. (USS65, $14.95)

 

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