 | A Charge to Keep
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by William Morrow & Company
Hardcover
(17 November, 1999)
(104 reviews) 
Editorial Review: The political biography, complete with life-altering turning points and a political philosophy for leading the United States into greatness, has become obligatory for those running for president--just one more thing to check off the "to do" list on the way to the Oval Office. |
 | A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
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by University of Georgia Press
Hardcover
(01 October, 1995)
(6 reviews) 
Customer Review: A Childhood: The Biography of a Place: I would suggest this book to anyone who has ever read anything published by Harry Crews; specifically to those who haven't read anything by him, |
 | A House on the Heights
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by Little Bookroom
Hardcover
(01 February, 2002)
(2 reviews) 
Customer Review: Another winner by Capote...: I rated this one four stars because I can't help compare it to my two personal favourites, 'Music For Chameleons' and 'In Cold Blood.' |
 | A Monk Swimming : A Memoir
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by Hyperion
Paperback
(02 June, 1999)
(194 reviews) 
Customer Review: Malachy McCourt - waste of space?: This book does not tell the story of a man's life as an adult, but merely documents the destruction of that life. |
 | A Twig Grows in Springdale
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by PublishAmerica
Paperback
(02 February, 2004)
(9 reviews) 
Customer Review: A Good Read: Reading Al Michaud's book of reminiscences, A Twig Grows in Springdale, is like taking a trip backward in time. The time was the Great Depression, |
 | A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
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by Broadway
Paperback
(15 August, 2000)
(84 reviews)
Customer Review: A beautifully written book (autobiographical maybe? ): This short, easy to read book jumped out at me at the local library, possibly because of its fashionably small size. |
 | All over but the Shoutin'
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by Vintage
Paperback
(08 September, 1998)
(253 reviews)
Customer Review: A captivating southern voice: I first saw Rick Bragg on C-Span BookTV and was impressed by his candor, vulnerability, and affection for the audience. |
 | All Souls : A Family Story from Southie (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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by Ballantine Books
Paperback
(03 October, 2000)
(141 reviews)
Customer Review: I Can't Get this Book Out of My Head: I was born just outside of Boston to a middle class Irish American suburban family, and went to college at BC, |
 | All the Lost Girls: Confessions of a Southern Daughter (Deep South Books)
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by University of Alabama Press
Hardcover
(01 October, 2000)
(8 reviews)
Customer Review: Award Winner for Book Design: This book has won a Southern Books Competition Award of Merit in Book Design from the Southeastern Library Association. |
 | Always Running
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by Touchstone
Paperback
(09 February, 1994)
(139 reviews)
Customer Review: Compelling and Moving Memoir of A Former Gang Member's Life: Luis Rodriguez's autobiographical account of a gang member's life in Watts, |
 | Amateur Sugar Maker
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by University Press of New England
Paperback
(15 February, 1992)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Beautiful gem rooted in the present: A real gem on how Noel Perrin started sugaring from his own trees. He's revised the book over 20 years, |
 | Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover
(01 December, 1997)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: Amazing Grace is an intimate portrait of African American artistBeauford Delaney (1901-79). Author David Leeming, who knew Delaney, limns the complex inner life that informed his paintings--notable for psychological depth and vibrant colors--but also fueled his alcoholism and mental illness. |
 | American by Choice
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by Fire Dreams Publishing
Hardcover
(August, 2004)
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 | An Accidental Cowboy
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by Thomas Dunne Books
Hardcover
(01 October, 2003)
(12 reviews)
Customer Review: What a ride!: Jameson Parker invites us not only into the world of the modern day cowboy, but also on his very personal journey to reclaim what a bullet almost took away - not just his life, |
 | Appalachian Mountain Girl
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by Academy Chicago Publishers
Hardcover
(01 December, 1998)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Evidence of the importance of family in Eastern Kentucky: These memories of growing up the 1930's in a Letcher County Kentucky coal mining community are inspiring, |
 | Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survivaland Courage in the Alaskan
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by St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback
(01 February, 2003)
(28 reviews) 
Customer Review: Incredibly well-told story; spine-tingling tale: I've been enthralled with the 'North Country' for quite some time; mainly Minnesota and Canada. |
 | Armed and Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman (Illinois)
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by Forge
Paperback
(01 April, 2002)
(23 reviews)
Customer Review: WILD Tales From The Front Lines: Gina Gallo writes sharp, tight stories about her life as a cop and the many bizarre and fascinating individuals she met along the way. |
 | Ava's Man
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by Vintage
Paperback
(13 August, 2002)
(56 reviews)
Customer Review: THE STORY OF A MAN - MAGNIFICENTLY TOLD: Few can evoke an accurate image of the Deep South. Pulitzer Prize-winner Rick Bragg (All Over But The Shoutin') does more than evoke it, |
 | Barbara Jordan : American Hero
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by Bantam
Paperback
(04 January, 2000)
(8 reviews)
Customer Review: A REAL HERO: I'm glad that Jordan is not hear to see how the gov't of the people, for the people, by the people has been so completely perverted by special interests and neo patriots, |
 | Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
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by Harvest Books
Paperback
(01 May, 1999)
(11 reviews)
Customer Review: bitter with the sweet: I was lucky enough to stumble across Roy Blount reading from this book in a Vermont bookstore. I bought it on the spot, |
 | Beauty Before Comfort
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by Knopf
Hardcover
(29 April, 2003)
(19 reviews)
Customer Review: Beauty Before Comfort: Glock, a writer-at-large for GQ, makes her book debut with this memoir of her maternal grandmother, Aneita Jean Blair (1920-92). |
 | Beeing: Life, Motherhood, and 180,000 Honey Bees
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by The Lyons Press
Hardcover
(01 October, 2002)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: Bees and life: I love reading books about someone passionately engaged in something new, and this book is exactly that. Author Rosanne Daryl Thomas tells a tale of becoming a beekeeper almost on a whim, |
 | Billy Ray's Farm: Essays
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by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hardcover
(01 April, 2001)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: On Writing and Ranching: "What is it about Oxford [Mississippi] that produces writers?" It's a question Larry Brown, Barry Hannah and John Grisham get asked a lot. |
 | Black Titan : A. G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
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by One World/Ballantine
Hardcover
(30 December, 2003)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: Story should have focus on AG Gaston: I was interested in the life and times of AG Gaston. AG Gaston laid the foundation for modern day black business people. |
 | Bryson City Tales
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by Zondervan Publishing Company
Hardcover
(01 April, 2002)
(14 reviews)
Customer Review: Bryson City Tales: Dr.Larimore's tales of his first year of medical practice was an enlightening, heartwarming, funny, most enjoyable read. |
 | Carole Lombard, the Hoosier Tornado (Indiana Biography Series)
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by Indiana Historical Society
Hardcover
(01 October, 2003)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Nobody did it better: Reviewed for H-Indiana by Randy Roberts (rroberts@sla.purdue.edu), Department of History, Purdue UniversityNobody did it better. |
 | Chinese Playground : A Memoir
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by Rhapsody Press
Hardcover
(01 March, 1999)
(16 reviews)
Customer Review: All I needed to know: WOW!!!!! This book was shared with me by my husbands cousin. He knows of my frustrations and my always unanswered questions of my husband and in-laws. |
 | Christmas in Plains : Memories
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by Simon & Schuster
Hardcover
(16 October, 2001)
(11 reviews)
Editorial Review: Jimmy Carter's Georgia hometown has been the one constant in his life, and he pays tribute to it with Christmas in Plains, a collection of holiday memories from his childhood through his Navy days, his time as Georgia governor and U.S |
 | Colored People
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by Vintage
Paperback
(11 April, 1995)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: ANOTHER PIEDMONTER'S VIEW: I was fortunate enough to be born and grow up in Piedmont, WV. I was also in the same class as author Henry Louis (we called him "Skip") Gates. |
 | Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old
list: $26.00
by HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover
(10 April, 2001)
(15 reviews)
Editorial Review: Despite the fact that Michael Korda was city born and bred (and, as editor in chief of Simon & Schuster and a bestselling author, part of Manhattan's elite), when he decided it was time to put down roots, |
 | Crackers in the Glade: Life and Times in the Old Evergaldes
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by University of Georgia Press
Hardcover
(01 January, 2000)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Papaw: I am thrilled to see this book so readily available. Rob Storter was my Great Grandfather and was a wonderful man. His experiences and stories were remarkable. |
 | Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family
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by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hardcover
(01 January, 2004)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Not what I expected---far MORE than I expected: I picked up this book to read thinking it was like so many other books I have read about Italian-Americans in an attempt to better understand my husband's family---a light-hearted look at the "crazy" antics of a close knit, |
 | CROSS CREEK
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by Scribner
Paperback
(20 March, 1996)
(9 reviews)
Customer Review: Inside the Grove: Cross Creek is located just south of Gainesville, Florida, and in spite of the urban sprawl the community is today almost as isolated as it was in 1928, |
 | Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
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by Mariner Books
Paperback
(06 April, 2001)
(39 reviews)
Customer Review: This book rings true: My grandparents live about 30 miles from Lemmon, SD (the setting of Norris's memoir). I was overwhelmed at times while reading Dakota: A spiritual Geography. |
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