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Letters from the Farm

Letters from the Farm

Letters from the Farm

Becca Stevens

Morehouse Publishing
160 pages
$11.68

“Following simple road signs like courage, humility, forgiveness, compassion, and faithfulness that others have put at the crossroads for me has made the work possible and left me grateful. I want to pass along through these letters a tradition of a priesthood that is grounded in the idea that love heals and healing is the central-most sacrament of the church”

–From the author

The Fabric of Our Economy

September 11, 2014 History is often told through the stories of wars, famines, and presidents, but as Harvard historian Sven Beckert shows in his new book, it can also be told through a simple, everyday crop: cotton. Beckert will discuss Empire of Cotton at Rhodes College in Memphis on September 17, 2015, at 6 p.m.

The Fabric of Our Economy

Terror in Oxford

September 10, 2015 In the fall of 1962, James Meredith’s arrival at Ole Miss as its first African-American student sparked mob violence that left two people dead and scores injured. Riot: Witness to Anger and Change, a collection of photographs by Edwin E. Meek, documents the violence and the mood of the time that brought it about. Meek will appear at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on September 14, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.

The Great Melding

The Great Melding

The Great Melding

Glenn Feldman

University Alabama Press
400 pages
$59.95

“Feldman’s work is an impressive dissection of the southern break from the national Democratic Party, superbly delineating in exhaustive detail the origins of the 1948 Dixiecrat Movement as a precursor to the Republican Party’s dominance in the South. “

—Robert Bruno, author of Steelworker Alley

The Civil War Along Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

The Civil War Along Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

The Civil War Along Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

Aaron Aston

Arcadia Publishing
192 pages
$21.99

“Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau played host to some of the most dramatic military maneuvering of the Civil War. Straddling the entire state of Tennessee, the formidable tableland proved to be a maze of topographical pitfalls and a morass of divided loyalties. “

–From the publisher

How Could I Ask for More: Stories of Blessings, Battles, and Beauty

How Could I Ask for More: Stories of Blessings, Battles, and Beauty

How Could I Ask for More: Stories of Blessings, Battles, and Beauty

Cindy Morgan

Worthy Inspired
224 pages
$14.99

“Award winning singer-songwriter Cindy Morgan’s best-selling song celebrates the appreciation of the small blessings that make up a rich, full life. “

–From the publisher

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