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Boys of the Battleship North Carolina

Cindy Horrell Ramsey

• Paperback | Engels
• On July 11, 1942, the USS North Carolina steamed into Pearl Harbor. She was a magnificent ship--the first in a new class of battleships, simultaneousl... Lees meer

Gullah Culture in America

Wilbur Cross, Emory Shaw Campbell

• Paperback | Engels
• Gullah Culture in America begins with the journeys of 15 Gullah speakers who went to Sierra Leone and other parts of West Africa in 1989, 1998, and 20... Lees meer

Fight Songs

Ed Southern

• Hardcover | Engels
• A wry and witty commentary on college sports and identity in the complicated social landscape of the South. Lees meer

Drunken Spelunker's Guide to Plato

Kathy Giuffre

• Hardcover | Engels
• The Drunken Spelunker's Guide to Plato is based on Plato's Allegory of the Cave from The Republic . In this novel, the Cave is a dank basement bar in ... Lees meer

Fight Songs

Ed Southern

• Paperback | Engels
• A wry and witty commentary on college sports and identity in the complicated social landscape of the South. Ed Southern, lifelong fan of the Wake Fore... Lees meer

Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads

Carolyn Sakowski

• Paperback | Engels
• Now in its fourth edition, Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads has long been the go-to guide for folks seeking the unspoiled landscape and li... Lees meer

Tomorrow in Shanghai

May-Lee Chai

• Paperback | Engels
• A short story collection exploring cultural complexities in China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large. In a vibrant and illuminat... Lees meer

My C.C.C. Days

Frank C Davis

• Paperback | Engels
• It was 1934 and jobs were scarce. With so few prospects, Frank Davis, age 18, joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. For the next two years he would ... Lees meer

Witness to Change

Sybil Morial

• Hardcover | Engels
• While exiled from her beloved hometown of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Sybil Haydel Morial began to document her remarkable life. In this memo... Lees meer

Step Into the Circle

• Paperback | Engels
• In this beautiful book of photographs and short essays, some of Appalachia's best-known writers profile each other and the place they call home. Edite... Lees meer

Witness to Change

Sybil Morial

• Paperback | Engels
• From her unique vantage point in New Orleans, Sybil Haydel Morial's life spans one of the most critical periods in our country's history. In this rema... Lees meer

Civil War Blunders

Clint Johnson

• Paperback | Engels
• From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Civil War Blunders traces the war according to its amusing, often deadly miscues. Lees meer

Trails of the Triangle

Allen de Hart

• Paperback | Engels
• The book offers close to 250 different trails within a 60-mile radius of the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC) Lees meer

The Geography of Jazz

Lenard D Moore

• Paperback | Engels
• A poetry collection by internationally acclaimed poet Lenard D. Moore focusing on jazz music as an experience and an inspiration. In The Geography of ... Lees meer

Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017

Stephen C Compton, Ray Owen

• Hardcover | Engels
• This richly illustrated book tells the story of the successful collaboration of Jacques and Juliana Royster Busbee in the creation of a remarkable fol... Lees meer

Freedom Fighters and Hell Raisers

Hal Crowther

• Hardcover | Engels
• "I don't have any children, so I've decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin," wrote journalist Molly Ivins. Ivins ... Lees meer

Still & Barrel

John Francis Trump

• Paperback | Engels
• A history of the distilling of spirits in North Carolina, including addresses and visitor information for NC's current craft distilleries. Lees meer

The Gods of Green County

Mary Elizabeth Pope

• Hardcover | Engels
• Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rural Arkansas. In 1926 in rural Green County, Arkansas... Lees meer

Ironclads and Columbiads

William R Trotter

• Paperback | Engels | Civil War in North Carolina | nr. 3
• Ironclads and Columbiads recounts the exciting battles and events that shook the coast of North Carolina during America's bloodiest war. Throughout th... Lees meer

Gullah Culture in America

Eric Crawford, Wilbur Cross

• Paperback | Engels
• A history of the rich culture of the Gullah people-a story of upheaval, endurance, and survival in the Lowcountry of the American South. Gullah Cultur... Lees meer

The Future of Black

• Paperback | Engels
• An anthology of poems and art exploring Afrofuturism, science fiction, and speculative fiction by Black writers and writers of color. Lees meer

Voices from the Trail of Tears

• Paperback | Engels | Real Voices, Real History Series
• The Indian Removal Act of 1830 displaces over 100,000 Cherokee from their lands east of the Mississippi. Lees meer

We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard

Belinda Hurmence

• Paperback | Engels
• In the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project undertook a massive effort at gathering the oral testimony of former slaves. Those ex-slaves were in their ... Lees meer

Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories

Charles Harry Whedbee

• Hardcover | Engels
• Whedbee's collections of legends and folklore have become regional classics. The continuing popularity of these books stems from the author's intimate... Lees meer