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The Way We Sleep

The Way We Sleep

The Way We Sleep

Edited by C. James Bye and Jessa Bye

Curbside Splendor
240 pages
$19.99

“At once a hybrid text and a compendium of tales related more or less loosely to the theme of sleep, this generously sized volume edited by C. James Bye and Jessica Bye offers flash-length tidbits and short stories by well-known and less well-known writers, interviews with movie and TV directors, and a healthy dose of comics.”

Los Angeles Review

Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America

Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America

Lincoln's Battle with God: A President's Struggle with Faith and What It Meant for America

Stephen Mansfield

Thomas Nelson
272 pages
$22.99

“In this thrilling journey through a largely unknown part of American history, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Mansfield tells the richly textured story of Abraham Lincoln’s spiritual life and draws from it a meaning sure to inspire Americans today.”

From the publisher

Food Lovers' Guide to Memphis: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings

Food Lovers' Guide to Memphis: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings

Food Lovers' Guide to Memphis: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings

Pamela Denney

Globe Pequot
328
$14.95

“In Food Lovers’ Guide to Memphis, seasoned food writer Pamela Denney shares the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate these culinary treasures. A bounty of mouthwatering delights awaits you in this engagingly written guide.”

From the publisher

Confessions of a Scholarship Winner

Confessions of a Scholarship Winner

Confessions of a Scholarship Winner

Kristina Ellis

Worthy
224 pages
$14.99

“Kristina Ellis was awarded a full scholarship through her PhD. How she managed to get that kind of a scholarship offer is revealed in this book. Raised by a single mother, Kristina appeared to have everything stacked against her – years of living below the poverty level, imperfect grades and sub-par SAT scores. Yet Kristina discovered the secrets to effectively presenting herself as a unique and desirable scholarship candidate. And she’s sharing her secrets for scholarship success with students (and their parents) so that they too can obtain money for college.”

From the publisher

Myth and the American Hero

March 26, 2013 Bob Thompson’s Born on a Mountaintop: On the Road with Davy Crockett and the Ghosts of the Wild Frontier is a fine example of what might be called road-trip history—the chronicle of a literal footstep-tracing journey through the life of some famous personage. That Davy Crockett spent much of his life in search of land on which he could scratch out a living makes a peripatetic narrative the perfect form for this new examination of the life and legend of an American hero.

A Living Being

March 25, 2013 Richard Tillinghast is a Memphis native and dedicated wanderer who has been visiting the city of Istanbul for nearly five decades. A veteran travel writer as well as an acclaimed poet, he has penned an insightful and entertaining guide to this ancient city. An Armchair Traveller’s History of Istanbul: City of Forgetting and Remembering combines a survey of Istanbul’s past with an insider’s tour of the city today to create a fascinating book for travelers and homebodies alike.

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