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Slow Roads Tennessee: A Photographic Journey Down Timeless Byways

Slow Roads Tennessee: A Photographic Journey Down Timeless Byways

Slow Roads Tennessee: A Photographic Journey Down Timeless Byways

Jerry Park

Clovercroft Publishing
127 pages
$35

“Two years and almost 11,000 slow road miles in the making, Park selected a single photograph from each of the state’s 95 counties. He then composed short (1 to 1 1/2 pages) stories and a couple of poems that accompany 17 of the images that seemed to have something extra to say. Warm, traditional, and reflective.”

–From the publisher

A Shot of Rhythm & Blues

December 8, 2015 In a new memoir, The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame, Rick Hall tells an idiosyncratic tale of his life and career as a ground-breaking producer of classic Southern soul, rock’n’roll, pop, and country records. Hall will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on December 12, 2015, at 2 p.m.

A Lively Dialogue Between Friends

December 7, 2015 About Women: Conversations Between a Writer and a Painter by Lisa Alther and Françoise Gilot is a lively dialogue between longtime friends about family, war, sex, fashion, food, and any number of other subjects. The conversation meanders through the history of the twentieth century, exploring the way culture and circumstance shaped the lives and work of two brilliant, unconventional women.

The Measure of a Man

December 2, 2015 Distrusted by liberals who saw him as Reagan’s lap dog and by conservatives who thought him too soft, George H. W. Bush is generally viewed as a genial but inconsequential president. But, as Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham points out in Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, that dismissal is wrong. Meacham will discuss the book at three different Tennessee events in December.

Between the Mystery and the Wonder

November 30, 2015 Medium Hero, the debut story collection by musician Korby Lenker, confronts everyday perils with humor and an honest eye. Lenker will sign copies at Parnassus Books in Nashville on December 1, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee

Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee

Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee

Edward W. Chester and S. Eugene Wofford

Univ Tennessee Press
813 pages
$49.95

“The product of twenty-five years of planning, research, and writing, Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee is the most comprehensive, detailed, and up-to-date resource of its kind for the flora of the Volunteer State, home to nearly 2,900 documented taxa. “

–From the publisher

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