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Do Over

Portfolio
288 pages
$26.95


“If you’re sick of constantly fighting the Monday blues, this book is for you . . . [Acuff’s] career advice is solid . . . By the end, most will have a new outlook on their role in the workplace. They will be ready to take on the day with nothing but an adjusted attitude and a ton of grit.

–Associated Press

Do Over

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
752 pages
$30


“These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway’s first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biographical note that he began to write “as an aid to love-making.” Nancy Hale’s story describes far-reaching echoes of the Holocaust; Tillie Olsen’s story expresses the desperation of a single mother; James Baldwin depicts the bonds of brotherhood and music. Here is Raymond Carver’s “minimalism,” a term he disliked, and Grace Paley’s “secular Yiddishkeit.””

–From the publisher

100 Years of the Best American Short Stories

Sunday Dinner In The South

Thomas Nelson
304 pages
$26.99


“Dishes such as Spicy Sweet Potato Soup with Greens, Fresh Corn Polenta with Cherry Tomatoes, and Roasted Brisket with Country Vegetables will inspire readers to preserve and continue the grand tradition of Southern Sunday dinner.”

–From the publisher

Sunday Dinner In The South

The Ali Files: On the Town with Ali Akbar

Celtic Cat Publishing
88 pages
$12


” Ali was a painter, but more to the point, Ali was an artist with his life. Ali Akbar created himself as Knoxville’s walking, jive-talking, dancing Pan, the eternal spirit of art, music, and life.”

–From the publisher

The Ali Files: On the Town with Ali Akbar

Lost Elkmont

Arcadia Publishing
128 pages
$21.99


“Prior to the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) in 1934, the small community of Elkmont was established as a logging camp by Col. Wilson B. Townsends Little River Lumber Company around 1908. This was after he purchased 86,000 acres of mostly virgin forest. The area that was previously inhabited by various American Indian groups, and later by European-American settlers beginning around 1830, was to become for a time the second largest town in Sevier County, Tennessee. “

–From the publisher

Lost Elkmont

The Outdoor Table

Thomas Nelson
288 pages
$26.99


“April McKinney celebrates the tradition of packing up your best food and enjoying a meal outdoors.”

–From the publisher

The Outdoor Table

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