Early on the morning of Christmas Eve, 1940, Artemus Kane leaves his sweetheart’s New Orleans flat to catch the northbound Silver Star, a first-class passenger train on the Southern Railway. Artemus,
Elizabeth Spencer is "a master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle), her work called "dazzling" by Walker Percy. Whether she's writing short stories or novels, Spencer is acclaimed for holding her w
This is a new edition of the autobiography of Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (1883-1961). She started life innocently and happily on her father's Mississippi Delta plantation but went on to know depriv
The magnetic appeal of land, sea, and sky along the southern coast has drawn Elizabeth Spencer many times to this lush and semitropical setting. This collection brings together six of her stories set
In Forty Acres and a Goat, Will D. Campbell picks up where the award-winning Brother to a Dragonfly leaves off, accounting his adventures during the tumultuous civil rights era. As he navigates throug
This dirt-under-the-fingernails portrait of a small-time farmer follows Zack Killebrew over a single year as he struggles to defend his cotton against such timeless adversaries as weeds, insects, and
Admirers of Elizabeth Spencer's writing will welcome back into print her first novel, and her new readers will discover the sources of her notable talent in this book. Published in 1948 to extraordina
So spontaneous is the writing in A Lifetime Burning, one might believe these are indeed words of a woman desperately trying to understand what has happened to her life, beginning with the fact that he
This story of the modern South, of love denied and love fulfilled, is a powerful account of the potential for violence that underlies this country's passionate history. Ellen Douglas, a native of Miss
The problem of "the color line," W. E. B. Du Bois's ever-present polemical theme, is at the core of this novel of sensual love, radical politics, and the quest for racial justice. Originally publishe
In Brother to a Dragonfly, Will D. Campbell writes about his life growing up poor in Amite County, Mississippi, during the 1930s alongside his older brother, Joe. Though they grew up in a close-knit f
On August 10, 1856, the Gulf of Mexico reared up and hurled itself over Last Island, near New Orleans. The storm essentially split the island in half and swept much of it away, including its inhabitan
In thc Civil Rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America and a bloody battleground in the fight for black equality
Who was the man A. who became the legend A. we know as KING ARTHUR? Pendragon's Banner is the second book in Helen Hollick's exciting King Arthur trilogy, covering 459-465 A.D. This is not a fairy t
Who was THE MAN Who became THE LEGEND We know as KING ARTHUR? "You are the Pendragon, rightful Lord of Dumnonia and the Summer Land; Lord of less Britain. By all that is right, you ought be seated wh
The final book in the most historically accurate Arthurian legend trilogy, The Shadow of the King is not just a wrap-up novel, but an engrossing story of its own.
Good Night Books explores storybooks, picture books, pop-up books, animal books, science books, school books, fairy tales, libraries, bookstores, book mobiles, big books, small books, hard- and soft-c
Created by a teacher, right from the start Bob Books fosters success, confidence, and a love of books in children that are learning to read.Included in this set:My First Bob Books: Alphabet SetMy First Bob Books: Pre-Reading SkillsBob Books Set 1: Beginning ReadersBob Books Set 2: Advancing BeginnersBob Books Set 3: Word FamiliesBob Books Set 4: Complex WordsBob Books Set 5: Long VowelsBob Books: Animal StoriesBob Books: First StoriesBob Books: Rhyming WordsBob Books: Sightwords: First Grade
In "I Like Books", Anthony Browne portrays many different kinds of books - funny books, scary books, books about monsters and pirates and lots more.For readers aged: 2+
Do you like books? Funny books or fairy tales? Scary books or song books? Books about dinosaurs or pirates or ABCs?This simple, inviting ode to the pleasures of reading stars an obliging chimp samplin
Describes how to use books in research, discussing finding the right book, using reference books, finding the needed information in a book, citing books correctly, and using e-books.
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