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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M Barry Staff Pick "An account of the Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America. When the river flooded, it was possible to travel in a boat, east to west in the South, two hundred miles. The book is an account of how engineers had tried to control the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg From Powells.com By the time he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1996, New York Times correspondent Rick Bragg had already received nearly every award available to an American journalist, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Long Haul: An Autobiography by Myles Horton Publisher Comments In his own direct, modest, plain-spoken style, Myles Horton tells the story of the Highlander Folk School. A major catalyst for social change in the United States for more than sixty years, this school has touched the lives of so many people, Martin... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose Publisher Comments Originally a self-published sensation by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, 1 Dead in Attic captures the heart and soul of New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia [With CD (Audio)] by Tim Barnwell Publisher Comments Tim Barnwell's photography has documented the people of Appalachia for over three decades, capturing a way of life and work that has changed little in the past hundred years. Now with sensitivity and grace he honors the music and handcrafts of the region,... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana by Ann Butler Publisher Comments Featuring homes such as the beautiful Merieult House in the French Quarter and Oaklawn Manor near Bayou Teche, this comprehensive guide highlights the finest plantation homes in all regions of the state. From Natchitoches's Melrose Plantation to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher by Joel Achenbach Publisher Comments The struggle to kill the BP Macondo gusher in the Gulf of Mexico is the Apollo 13 of our time. This is the story of the nightmare well and of the men who conquered it in dangerous waters. It is a technological thriller for the ages. Joel Achenbach, a pre-... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The season :inside Palm Beach and Amerca's richest society by Ronald Kessler Synopsis Award-winning investigative journalist Kessler peels away Palm Beach society's protective layers to reveal the games played by the world's wealthiest people. 16-page photo insert.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Most They Ever Had (09 Edition) by Bragg Synopsis In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg Publisher Comments In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin and continued with Avas Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story by Nikki Haley Publisher Comments A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream. Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Mississippi Mud by Edward Humes Publisher Comments NOW UPDATED WITH EXPLOSIVE COURTROOM DETAILS. . . . The riveting true-crime account of the heartbreaking murder that shook a Southern city to its corrupt foundation BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI: After the fatal shooting of one of the citys most prominent couples... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orleans wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. From Floridas swamps to its courtrooms, the New Yorker writer follows one... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt Publisher Comments Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bellevue Farm: Exploring Virginia's Coastal Countryside by Curtis J Badger Publisher Comments A collection of natural history essays exploring the salt-marsh ecosystem and one man's appreciation of it.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt Publisher Comments Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Biltmore Estate (Images of America) by Ellen Erwin Rickman Publisher Comments Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, has captured the fascination of people everywhere for over 100 years. Created in the 1890s by George Washington Vanderbilt, a member of one of America's wealthiest families, the estate combined a 250-room... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ava's Man by Rick Bragg From Powells.com In his memoir All Over but the Shoutin', Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg paid loving tribute to his mother and his dirt-poor upbringing in Alabama. Encouraged by readers who begged for more information about his mother — where... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Little Boy Blues by Malcolm Jones Publisher Comments From one of our most astute cultural observers, a piercing memoir about a family’s breakup and the need simultaneously to embrace and distance ourselves from the people and events that shape us. North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s: A... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Prince of Frogtown (08 Edition) by Rick Bragg Publisher Comments The final volume of Rick Bragg's bestselling and beloved American saga documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick's youth, to Jacksonville's one-hundred-year-old mill and to Rick's father, the troubled, charismatic... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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