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A Cup Full of Midnight

Permanent Press
288 pages
$28


“Terrell does not just tell a story, she plays with language to permit the story to take on its own life as you read. And her characters never lose their humanity, even as they struggle with pain that is almost more than an individual can bear.”

Suspense Magazine

A Cup Full of Midnight

The Good Dream

St. Martin’s Press
320 pages
$25.99


“Donna VanLiere has created a heartwarming story of redemption and has shown the world that she’s not just for Christmas anymore.”

— Richard Paul Evans, bestselling author of The Christmas Box, Lost December, and Miles to Go

The Good Dream

This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son

Chicago Review Press
256 pages
$24.95


“Vigorously written, brave, and candid . . . a deeply moving, instructive account of embattled lives and loves striving for order in the face of a heartbreaking mental illness.”

— Arnold Rampersad, author of Ralph Ellison and The Life of Langston Hughes

This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son

Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial

Vanderbilt University Press
128 pages
$29.95


Creation Story explores parallels and intersections in the works of Dial and his fellow Alabamians, the remarkable quilters of Gee’s Bend. In the tradition of African American cemetery constructions and yard art, these artists harness the tactile properties and symbolic associations of cast-off materials in creating an art of profound beauty and evocative power. Produced against a backdrop of poverty and racism, these artworks have an appeal that crosses aesthetic, social, and geographical boundaries, earning them wide recognition as being among the most compelling art of our time.”

From the Publisher

Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial

Baseball in Memphis

Arcadia Publishing
128 pages
$21.99


“Auto Zone Park, arguably the best minor-league baseball park built in the past 25 years, is nestled in a corner of downtown Memphis. Located across the street from the historic Peabody Hotel and two blocks from Beale Street, Auto Zone opened in 2000 to rave reviews. It is the phoenix that rose from the ashes of Russwood Park. Baseball enthusiasts remember Russwood and the players who roamed the field, like Dazzy Vance, one-arm Pete Gray, Big Klu, and Moonlight Graham. Images of Baseball: Baseball in Memphis highlights the history of the Chicks and the Redbirds and pays homage to the original amateur Chickasaws, the Red Sox, and the Blues.”

From the Publisher

Baseball in Memphis

The Wonderland Alphabet: Alice's Adventures Through the ABCs and What She Found There

Archaia Entertainment
30 pages
$11.95


“Best-selling author Alethea Kontis (The Dark-Hunter Companion, Enchanted) and Eisner Award-winning artist Janet K. Lee (Return of the Dapper Men, Jane Austen’s Emma) combine their talents to present a playful, incredibly visual interpretation of the alphabet by way of Lewis Carroll in this 26-letter celebration of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Packaged as a gorgeous poster board book, The Wonderland Alphabet is a surprising new look at one of the most beloved literary classics of all time.”

From the Publisher

The Wonderland Alphabet: Alice's Adventures Through the ABCs and What She Found There

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