Life on the Mississippi

Reducere. Fashioned from the same experiences that would inspire the masterpiece Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi is Mark Twain's most brilliant and...

Reducere. He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and mu...

Reducere. William Faulkner once said, "To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi."In 1883 Mark Twain turned John Andrews Mu...

DescriptionIn May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Fr...

Reducere. In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom a lawyer who got his real-life client off death row comes a thriller about an attorney who did not. "Riveting . . . a stirring stor...

Reducere. We first meet Susan Cushman's characters, John and Mary Margaret, in her short story collection, Friends of the Library. In her second novel and se...

Reducere. We first meet Susan Cushman's characters, John and Mary Margaret, in her short story collection, Friends of the Library. In her second novel and se...

Reducere. Else Elisabeth Hysing, an upper-class Norwegian woman, married Ulrik Vilhelm Koren on August 18, 1853 and, almost immediately afterward, the couple...

Reducere. In the late 1950s, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was a poor cotton community. For many, it was a time and place where opportunities were limited by soci...

Reducere. "It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense." - Mark Twain Within your hands is a glimpse into the life, mind, s...

Reducere. Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his li...

Reducere. They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans is the previously untold story of perhaps the oldest outsider settlement in A...

Reducere. On August 29, 2005, the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States devastated the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Louisia...

Reducere. With a new introduction from Anne Tyler. From one our most treasured American writers, Delta Wedding is a vivid and charming portrait of a large so...

Reducere. In the late 1950s, Glen Allan, Mississippi, was a poor cotton community. For many, it was a time and place where opportunities were limited by soci...

Often called a ""writer-rock star"" and a ""cult icon"", Dorothy Allison is a true performer of the written word. In the absence of a biography of ...

DescriptionAdored for its tremendous beauty, the Hiawatha Valley also harbors a rich and varied history. Native Americans settled on the sandy shor...

Reducere. On a beautiful June day in 1965, a dozen girls-classmates at a picturesque Blue Ridge women's college-launched their homemade raft (inspired by Huc...

Reducere. Sheriff Buford Pusser- legendary sheriff who took on criminal on the state line of Tennessee and Mississippi. Several assassination attempts were m...

Reducere. One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground st...

Reducere. Sound evokes memories and has the power to transport us to a different time and place. Reflecting on his childhood and adolescence in the 1950's in...

Reducere. Mississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pr...

Reducere. H. B. Cushman, the son of missionaries working at Mayhew, a Choctaw Indian station in Mississippi, observed the Indians' heartbreaking removal from...

Reducere. The Psalms can be very helpful, but they can also be hard. Following on from The Way of the Righteous in the Muck of Life and Slogging Along the Pa...

Trains and time travel spur one boy’s thrilling adventure as he seeks to rejoin his father in a new classic from Rosemary Wells and Bagram Ibatoull...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the story of my continuing education, in different classrooms, with three new teachers: JoJo McCain, John Cahill, and especially...

Reducere. Four-time mayor of Washington, DC, Marion Barry, Jr. tells his shocking and courageous life story, beginning in the cotton fields in Mississippi to...

Reducere. The life and music of the Malian music legend are examined through the eyes of those who knew him best. Compiled from both interviews and first han...

Reducere. ``The most powerful and also the most lyrical novel about race, racism, and denial in the American South since To Kill a Mockingbird.`` -- Lee Smit...

Reducere. Rich in color and humor, this great novel follows the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and vividly recreates the world, the people, and the language ...

Reducere. When CNN citizen journalist Neal Moore slid his canoe into the headwaters of the Mississippi River to begin a 2, 300-mile odyssey across the midsec...

Reducere. Born in the late 1940's and early 50's and raised in a segregated town in southern Mississippi, a group of Black girls and boys came of age togethe...

Reducere. Struggling people. People in every walk of life struggle in some way. We can't dictate what our struggles will be. We just know that when they come...

Reducere. The Autobiography of Medgar Evers is the first and only comprehensive collection of the words of slain civil rights hero Medgar Evers. Evers became...

Reducere. Patrick D. Smith, award-winning author of A Land Remembered, Forever Island, and other classic novels about Mississippi and Florida, wrote The Begi...

Reducere. "I am not a civil rights hero. I am a warrior, and I am on a mission from God." --James Meredith James Meredith engineered two of the most epic eve...

Reducere. DescriptionFor fans of beloved memoirs like Educated and The Glass Castle, a "raw and deeply honest" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) true story...

Reducere. Description"The House of Forster is built on bubbles; watching each wealth-addled generation try not to blow the family fortune and/or disgrace its...

Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, NBA Champion, MVP, and All-Star could all be used to describe the illustrious career of Spencer Haywood on th...

Reducere. Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights...

Reducere. Award NamePROSEAward categoryMusic/Performing ArtsBorn into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmi...

Reducere. Award winning Florida novelist Patrick Smith s first novel, The River Is Home revolves around a Mississippi family s struggle to cope with changes ...

Reducere. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninet...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eudora WeltyWelty is on home ground in the state of Mississippi in this collection of seven stories. She portrays the MacLa...

DescriptionThe classic tale of a young boy's adventures on the Mississippi in the nineteenth century. Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sa...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring his life, Gene Nunnery was recognized as a master turkey hunter and an artisan who crafted unique, almost irresistible turkey cal...

In 1961, 16-year-old Brenda Travis was a youth leader of the NAACP branch in her hometown of McComb, Mississippi. She joined in the early stages of...

Reducere. AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Mr. Wright's imagined history of the rise and fall of the sugary drink empire is so robust and recognizable that you ...

Reducere. DeEtta lives much of her life carrying two huge secrets, and praying they will never be revealed. DeEtta was born in a small Mississippi Delta town...

Reducere. This historical novel is the sequel to Steamboat Seasons and Backwater Battles, following our Captain and his steamboat during the year after the A...

Reducere. DescriptionSooner or later, history asks, which side were you on?In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold M...

Reducere. Hurricane seasons have become overactive since 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. The only longitudinal study on a single group of women disaster sur...

Reducere. Hurricane seasons have become overactive since 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. The only longitudinal study on a single group of women disaster sur...

Raised in poverty in Missouri, Mac is determined to find a better life for himself and the girl who is still a vague vision in his mind. Work on th...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the Son of a Dog Man ... I Became a Hog Hunter is a true to life historical fiction account of the challenging sport of Wild Boar Hun...

Reducere. Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. Wells's refusal to accept an...

Reducere. The life and works of William Faulkner have generated numerous biographical studies exploring how Faulkner understood southern history, race, his r...

Reducere. Anthony DeLuca spent much of his childhood on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Unfortunately, he was forced to move because of circumstances beyond his...

Reducere. Remarkable debut.... [a] nearly flawless tale of loss, perseverance and redemption.--Publishers Weekly, STARRED reviewSet in 1920s Mississippi, thi...

Reducere. Remarkable debut.... [a] nearly flawless tale of loss, perseverance and redemption.--Publishers Weekly, STARRED reviewSet in 1920s Mississippi, thi...

Reducere. A fearless lawman on a crusade against the mobsters and murderers ruling the state line between Mississippi and Tennessee in the 1960s, Sheriff Buf...

Peter Pond, a fur trader, explorer, and amateur mapmaker, spent his life ranging much farther afield than Milford, Connecticut, where he was born a...

Reducere. Who on the planet doesn't know that Elvis Presley gave electrifying performances and enthralled millions? Who doesn't know that he was the King of ...

Reducere. Walking on a Moonbeam is Bill McDonald's first book. It is a collection of poems written during his career as an engineer/scientist working in the ...

Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and th...

Reducere. DescriptionHarlan Hubbard was Kentucky's Thoreau, and his journals are intimate records of a life lived in harmony with nature. For more than fifty...

From 1865, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led campaigns for equal rights for all but were ultimately defeated by a Congress and reform...

Reducere. Travel to the Old West with Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. Willa Cather's novels brought the life of American settlers on the Great Plains to ...

One man's life adventures, trials, and successes. An Arabian horse breeder, multiengine pilot, steel worker, business owner of a roofing company, m...