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Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. David Less constructs a fascinating narrative of the city that has produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Justin Timberlake, and so many more. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled the city,...
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In recent years, food writers and historians have begun to retell the story of southern food. Heirloom ingredients and traditional recipes have been rediscovered, the foundational role that African Americans played in the evolution of southern cuisine is coming to be recognized, and writers are finally clearing away the cobwebs of romantic myth that have long distorted the picture. The story of southern dining, however, remains incomplete.
The Lost...
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How does one begin to understand the idea of a distinctive southern way of life-a concept as enduring as it is disputed? In this examination of the American South in national and global contexts, celebrated historian Charles Reagan Wilson assesses how diverse communities of southerners have sought to define the region's identity. Surveying three centuries of southern regional consciousness across many genres, disciplines, and cultural strains, Wilson...
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The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta changed the course of American popular music.
The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia-the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz-brings to life the stirring music of the Delta, evoking the...
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Can the "Most Fired Show on the Radio" save Atlanta from a good ole boy with a short fuse? Either way, it'll be a blast!
The lives of thousands of Atlanta football fans are in danger, and it's up to a pair of morning show goofballs to save the day. Can Brad and Bone chase down the threat? Can they even keep their show together? Whatever happens, it will be a blast - it always is with the Brad and Bone Morning Show.
Following the show's annual Blow...
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This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive and inclusive approach meant to broaden and challenge traditional views of music and technology. In its most common use, "music technology" tends to evoke images of twentieth and twenty-first century electronic devices: synthesizers, recording equipment, music notation software, and the like. This volume, however, treats all tools used to create, store, reproduce, and transmit music-new or old, electronic...
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The Best of Napoleon Hill's Early Works with Commentary from Entrepreneur Media for Today's Modern World
Entrepreneur Media presents the best of Napoleon's early works enhanced by the voices and hard-earned insights of today's modern entrepreneurs, small business owners, and thought leaders. These two well-known and sought-out brands have decades of how-to, self-help knowledge to bridge the gap between generations of entrepreneurs to teach them how...
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Chompy LOVES his carrots, so when he hears about an ancient carrot formula that gives super-powered eyesight, he just has to find it! But when the journey leads Chompy and his pals to the mysterious mansion of Doc Peppa, strange things begin to happen! Perfect for ages 4 - 9.
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David Deida, internationally known for his work in personal growth and intimate relationships, shares the deep understandings and effective techniques that he has refined through his twenty years of consultation, research, and spiritual practice. Learn how to keep your relationships growing-beyond the sexually neutralized roles so typical of today-and create a relationship that is spiritually erotic, sexually deep, and passionately committed to love....
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Bring ancient methods of healing and magic into the modern world with this impressive book on Ozark folk magic. Providing lore, herbs, magical alignments, verbal charms, and more, folk healer Brandon Weston sheds light on the region's secretive culture and shows you how to heal both yourself and others.
Ozark Folk Magic invites you to experience the hillfolk's traditional magic through the eyes of an authentic practitioner. Discover how to optimize...
31) The Replacement
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When good men have to do bad things...
Ian Bragg returns to his roots while trying to manage from the top. Too much of one and not enough of the other.
Change is constant as it trips up those who are trying to move forward. Those with work to do, important, hard work.
When their cover is blown, Ian and Jenny have to fend for themselves while trying to get the Archive's contracts back on track. They fight an uphill battle against an establishment...
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When Candybar shows off in class by eating a "bug" (raisin) instead of learning the spelling words, Mrs. Bean keeps him after school to study the words. He hatches a plan to bypass any studying, but everything unravels when two mischievous dogs throw his plan into chaos.
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Rashad's Quick Course on Taxes has answers to 55 common questions asked by personal taxpayers, business owners, investors, and nonprofit organizations. Rashad's Quick Course on Taxes provides clear and concise answers to your tax questions written in language that the average person can understand. When you have a question about personal taxes, business taxes, investments, education, or nonprofit organization, open up Rashad's Quick Course on Taxes....
34) A Clean Kill
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Killing a bad man is easy, as long as it's a clean kill.
Ian Bragg is thrust into a world in between. An operator AND a manager. Can he teach morality to professional hit men?
Know when a target needs to be taken down and when to walk away.
What happens when operators get together? One place. One time. Will any of them live to see a new day?
Jenny works to keep Ian sane just until she gets in the line of fire. Ian unleashes on his new reality,...
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One of the most visited national parks in the country has a dark side.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country, with 12.1 million recreational visits in 2020. Aside from crowds of hikers, campers, and general tourists, there's a dark side to the Smokies, the town of Gatlinburg and the surrounding foothills.
From strange disappearances, grisly murders and bone-chilling paranormal hauntings and ghost...
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Barbecue: It's America in a mouthful. The story of barbecue touches almost every aspect of our history. It involves indigenous culture, the colonial era, slavery, the Civil War, the settling of the West, the coming of immigrants, the Great Migration, the rise of the automobile, the expansion of suburbia, the rejiggering of gender roles. It encompasses every region and demographic group. It is entwined with our politics and tangled up with our race...
37) Cosmic Corsairs
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New fiction and classics of the genre collected by the editorial team behind Space Pioneers and Overruled!
Space pirates!
Words that conjure up rousing tales of adventure, derring-do, brave heroes battling the scurvy vermin of the galaxy. Those vermin have taken to pillaging cargo ships and, even worse, space liners, relieving the helpless passengers of their valuables, and worse with the comely women passengers, then spacing the lot-unless one...
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The 1971 Allman Brothers Band album At Fillmore East was a musical manifesto years in the making. Bob Beatty dives deep into the motivations of band founder Duane Allman to tell the story of what made this album one of the most important live rock albums in history.
Beatty chronicles how Allman rejected the traditional route of music business success and built a band that was at its best jamming live on stage, feeding off the crowd's energy, and...
39) The Greasy Chip
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When a new baseball team comes to Munchytown, the Munchy Bunch gang can't wait to play! But Coach Brock O. Lee soon discovers his team needs to shape up and ditch their junk food habits if they're going to win ball games. Volume 4 in the series, "Chompy & the Munchy Bunch" will entertain and educate your young ones. Perfect for ages 4 - 9.