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Christmas has come to the mountain country of Appalachia in a delightful new version of the classic holiday verse by Clement Moore. James Rice, illustrator of the bestselling Cajun Night Before Christmas, has teamed up with Thomas Noel Turner, a long-time resident of the Appalachian region and professor of education at the University of Tennessee, to add winsome dimension to the enchanting tale.
Natchez comes to life in vivid black and white. Well, actually, the black and white is not that vivid, but that creates great opportunities for budding young artists everywhere. If they choose, children can color the homes as accurately as possible; or, they may simply decide that Stanton Hall would look better in a lovely shade of purple! For children visiting Natchez, this coloring book makes the perfect keepsake. Paperback.
Steven Brooke examines Washington, Arkanasas’ courthouse, schools, taverns, and churches, providing the reader with unique insights into the people who built, lived, and died within these structures. This handsome little photographic guide is perfect for the 200,000 annual visitors to this historic town, where the first bowie knife was made. Paperback.
Volume 2 of this valuable publication provides detailed portraits of Pike County’s prominent citizens and gives focus as to how they worked to establish a blueprint for a respectable society. The history of townships continues along with information on the evolution of the press, the organization of this region’s county courts and judicial system, and a digest of the common state laws.
An historic treasure, this volume provides the story of the sturdy pioneers of Pike County who inhabited the Military Tract, a section of bounty land set aside by an act of Congress as payment to volunteer soldiers of the War of 1812. These counties, among the first settled in Illinois, were located in the western part of the state between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. This land includes the present counties of Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark, and Warren.
Hollywood industry insider Linda Thurman gained her expertise in the movie industry from the ground up. She performed in theatre productions across the country before finding her niche behind the scenes. From the chairman’s office of a Hollywood studio to the corridors of the Louisiana legislature, Thurman reveals the mystifying inner workings of the movie industry.
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Holt Collier is best known as the guide who led President Roosevelt on the historic bear hunt that resulted in the naming of the Teddy bear. In his younger days, Holt’s adventures were extremely risky. From his days as a scout in the Civil War to the time he helped break up a gang of Mississippi River pirates, he always had a thirst for high adventure. And he always knew how to handle the danger. Hardcover.
Do you know how the Teddy bear got its name? When Teddy Roosevelt decided that he wanted to go bear hunting in Mississippi, his friends knew that the only guide experienced enough to escort the president of the United States was Holt Collier, the son of slaves and the best bear hunter in the South.
The Honest-To-Goodness Story of Raggedy Andy tells the delightful story of how Raggedy Andy joined his older sister, Raggedy Ann. Based on historical accounts (and just in time for Andy’s eighty-fifth birthday!) this picture book will acquaint young readers with how the world’s most beloved boy doll came to be.
The Hotel del Coronado ranks among world-class resorts such as The Breakers, The Greenbriar, and The Four Seasons. A national landmark on the shoreline of southern California, this luxury hotel plays host to foreign leaders, esteemed writers, actors, and travellers from around the world, and, of course, it serves the most fabulous menus of any North American resort. Hardcover.
With more than eight thousand restaurants, the Houston area boasts a wonderfully diverse and rich culinary culture, not to mention an outstanding offering of desserts. Pelican’s Classic Recipes Series comes to the Space City with this presentation of dozens of luxuriously photographed cakes, pies, tarts, custards, cookies, ice cream, and more from the city’s best and most iconic restaurants and chefs.
“How Iowa Cooks is a 266-page book full of the best of the heartland. . . . The breadbasket of America is amply represented in the more than 600 recipes, from all over the state.” Spiral.
Author Henry Herz tells a clever story about a selfish squid who pays the price for stretching the patience of his fellow sea creatures thin.
In this anti-bullying tale, Kole and the green reptile stand up to the bully and learn that a little kindness can go a long way.
From the state flower to the state flying mammal, author and illustrator Deborah Ousley Kadair celebrates her love of the Lone Star State in this colorful tribute to Texas’s most famous state symbols. With clever rhymes and her trademark collage illustrations, this what-am-I guessing game teaches young children about seven important state symbols and instills in them Kadair’s passion about Texas heritage.
Ikwa is a young Indian girl living in the Southeastern United States before colonization. One day, as she carries an offering up the temple mound to the priest of the sun god, she spies two crows and a hawk flying toward the Alligator village—a sign that a strange visitor will soon come. Whether the stranger would bring joy or sorrow to Ikwa, her brother, Situ, and the rest of the family, the gods did not yet choose to say.