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The Song of Annie Moses

The Song of Annie Moses

The Song of Annie Moses

By Robin Donica Wolaver
Guideposts Books
320 pages
$15.99

The Song of Annie Moses is the story of speaker, songwriter, and mother, Robin Donica Wolaver. It recounts how one mother, born in mountain poverty and seclusion, developed her musical heritage, and then led her children, through hard work and spiritual development, to The Juilliard School and ultimately to the founding of the Annie Moses Band — igniting a fire of purpose and spiritual excellence within them.”

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Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend

Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend

Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend

By Gerald C. Wood
University of Nebraska Press
440 pages
$34.95

“With details culled from interviews and family archives, this biography, the first of this rugged player of the Dead-ball Era, brings to life one of the genuine characters of baseball history.”

Bob Edmonds, McCormick Messenger

Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train

Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train

Scotty and Elvis: Aboard the Mystery Train

By Scotty Moore (with James L. Dickerson)
University Press of Mississippi
304 pages
$49.50

“With both Bill Black and Elvis gone, Scotty Moore is the only one left to tell the story of how Elvis and Scotty transformed popular music and how Scotty created the sound that became a prototype for so many rock guitarists to follow. Thoroughly updated, this edition delivers guitarist Scotty Moore’s story as never before.”

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Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution

Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution

Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution

By James P. Byrd
Oxford University Press
256 pages
$27.95

“With its remarkable research and deft insights, Sacred Scripture, Sacred War represents a major breakthrough in the study of religion and the American Founding. Never before have we had such a systematic investigation of how the Patriots actually used the Bible. Anyone interested in the Revolution will have to contend with Byrd’s book.”

John Ferling, author of Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free

Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory

Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory

Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory

By Timothy B. Smith
University of Tennessee Press
208 pages
$38.95

“This book contributes to a more complete and ‘total’ appreciation of the Shiloh campaign in all of its many ramifications.”

James Lee McDonough, author of Shiloh: In Hell Before Night

Radical: Fighting to Put Students First

Radical: Fighting to Put Students First

Radical: Fighting to Put Students First

By Michelle Rhee
Harper Paperbacks
320 pages
$15.99

“Throughout her career, Michelle Rhee has fought for every student to receive a quality education. In Radical, Rhee describes her experiences in the trenches, her challenges and her successes, but what she has learned through it all is that we must always put our students first.”

Condoleezza Rice

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