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The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework

Vanderbilt University Press
168 pages
$29.95


“The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework is the first large-scale museum examination of artist William Edmondson’s career in over twenty years.” 

~from the publisher

I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America

Worthy Books
320 pages
$26


“By turns witty, insightful, touching, and laugh-out-loud funny, I Take My Coffee Black paints a portrait of black manhood in America and enlightens, illuminates, and entertains—ultimately building the kind of empathy that might just be the antidote against the racial injustice in our society.”

~from the publisher

One Kid's Trash

Atheneum Books for Young Readers
240 pages
$17.99


“From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny and moving middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to fit in at his new school.”

~from the publisher

A Final Call: A Stacy Tavitt Thriller

Headline Books
344 pages
$19.95


“Eliot Parker’s eye for detail is on full display in A Final Call as a simple missing persons case turns deadly. Protagonist Stacy Tavitt is damaged and complicated and has the relentless drive to find the truth that forces you to root for her.”

~Matt Coyle, author of the award-winning Rick Cahill series

The Reluctant Patriot: A Novel Based on a True Story of the Civil War in Tennessee

Aubade Publishing
284 pages
$19.95


“In the course of his war, he will lose a son, plumb a daughter’s love, and form a strange bond with the region’s most controversial figure, W. G. Brownlow. Unremarked by history, Harry experienced, firsthand, the serial betrayals and surprising loyalties of a bloody war on his doorstep. How he survived — and what he became — is a suspenseful and moving tale of a soul’s reformation.”

~from the publisher

Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU

Scribner
352 pages
$27


“A world-renowned critical care doctor offers hope for ICU patients and their families in this timely, urgent, and compassionate narrative.”

~from the publisher

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