Robert L. Weber Ph.D. and Carol Orsborn Ph.D.
Park Street Press
256 pages
$14.95
“Beautifully written–Best book I have ever read on this most significant passage.”
–Gail Sheehy
Paul Theroux turns his keen traveler’s eye upon southern states and the state of all things Southern
September 28, 2015 In a career spanning five decades, Paul Theroux has produced fifty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Mosquito Coast, The Great Railway Bazaar, and other notable titles. In his new book he chronicles extensive travels through the American South. Theroux will discuss Deep South during the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 9-11, 2015.
Ruth Reichl talks with Chapter 16 about the healing powers of the kitchen
September 24, 2015 Ruth Reichl was devastated when the magazine she edited, Gourmet, shut down. Where does a food writer go when there’s nowhere to go? The kitchen, of course. Reichl’s first cookbook, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes that Saved My Life, chronicles her rediscovery of the pleasures of cooking. Reichl will discuss the book at the Nashville Public Library on October 1, 2015, at 6:15 p.m.
Jenny Lawson, the Bloggess, talks with Chapter 16 about koalas, “voodoo vaginas,” and mental illness
September 21, 2015 Fans of Jenny Lawson’s blog—and her first book, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened—know to expect an offbeat and raucous view of the world. Lawson doesn’t disappoint in Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things, which addresses the author’s lifelong struggle with depression. Lawson will appear at the Nashville Public Library on September 30, 2015, at 6:15 p.m.
David Maraniss chronicles eighteen months in the history of Detroit, when the city was at its peak
September 16, 2015 In Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story, David Maraniss weaves together the city’s key stories during the early 1960s: Ford’s unveiling of the Mustang, the liberal dreams of labor leaders and politicians, the civil-rights movement and its discontents, and the glory of Motown. Maraniss will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville October 9-11, 2015.
Timothy D. Johnson
Univ Tennessee Press
414 pages
$59.95
“Covering a wide range of events—from the famous 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton through the end of the Civil War—Scott’s extraordinary account reveals the general as a sometimes egocentric but always astute witness to the early American republic.”
–From the publisher
