Chapter 16
A Publication of Humanities Tennessee

Nashville Beer: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

Nashville Beer: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

Nashville Beer: A Heady History of Music City Brewing

Chris Chamberlain
The History Press
192 pages
$19.99

“Food, beverage and travel writer Chris Chamberlain tells the story of beer from the Music City and introduces us to the breweries and beer lovers that make up a local scene well worth raising a glass to.”

–From the publisher

Who Speaks for the Negro?

Who Speaks for the Negro?

Who Speaks for the Negro?

Robert Penn Warren
Yale University Press
488 pages
$25

“Warren’s book remains a luminous volume about race, racism, the South, black America, and our national destiny. It consistently reflects the uncommon courage, integrity, and prophetic imagination that made him such a towering cultural interpreter when it first appeared. We ignore or forget his work at our peril.”

—Arnold Rampersad, Stanford University

Winter Lightning: A Guide to the Battle of Stones River

Winter Lightning: A Guide to the Battle of Stones River

Winter Lightning: A Guide to the Battle of Stones River

Matt Spruill IV and Lee Spruill
Univ Tennessee Press
344 pages
$29.95

“This second edition of Winter Lightning incorporates changes in traffic patterns within the battlefield and new research material. A series of twenty-one “Stops” guides the visitor through the battlefield over the exact routes used by both armies, offering informative details on the fighting along the way. The guide divides the battle into three segments: the west flank, the center, and the east flank. This approach allows visitors to follow the battle in its entirety or in any order they wish. Detailed maps and extensive primary material, including commentary by commanders, further enrich visitors’ experiences.”

–From the publisher

A Guide to Cedar Glades and Common Appalachian Wildflowers

A Guide to Cedar Glades and Common Appalachian Wildflowers

A Guide to Cedar Glades and Common Appalachian Wildflowers

Billy Plant
Univ Tennessee Press
159 pages
$19.95

” In this unique field guide, readers will find themselves transported into the rare and harsh landscape of Tennessee’s cedar glades. Loaded with clear photographs and detailed descriptions of over 140 common plants and animals, this guide will help the casual observer discover the delicate beauty of these unique landscapes. In addition this volume includes upland wildflowers commonly found in the Appalachians and along the Cumberland Plateau.”

–From the publisher

The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You

The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You

The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You

Jessica N. Turner
Revell
272 pages
$14.99

“The Fringe Hours is like one gigantic permission slip to carve out some space in your day for the things that give you joy and feed your soul.”

–Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of Overwhelmed

Community and Difference: Change in Late Classic Maya Villages of the Petexbatun Region

Community and Difference: Change in Late Classic Maya Villages of the Petexbatun Region

Community and Difference: Change in Late Classic Maya Villages of the Petexbatun Region

Markus Eberl
Vanderbilt University Press
472 pages
$125.00

“Through the use of sophisticated ceramic chronology techniques, the author documents how small farming communities like Nacimiento and Dos Ceibas grew from hamlets in the seventh century A.D. into villages with several hundred inhabitants. He traces how local elites emerged during the eighth century A.D. and built outsized residential groups.”

–From the publisher

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