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  • No-Man's Lands

    One Man's Odyssey Through The Odyssey

    by Scott Huler ...
    When NPR contributor Scott Huler made one more attempt to get through James Joyce’s Ulysses, he had no idea it would launch an obsession with the book’s inspiration: the ancient Greek epic The Odyssey and the lonely homebound journey of its Everyman hero, Odysseus.No-Man’s Lands is Huler’s funny and touching exploration of the life lessons embedded within The Odyssey, a legendary tale of wandering ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Delicious Country

    Rediscovering the Carolinas along the Route of John Lawson's 1700 Expedition

    by Scott Huler ...
    In 1700, a young man named John Lawson left London and landed in Charleston, South Carolina, hoping to make a name for himself. For reasons unknown, he soon undertook a two-month journey through the still-mysterious Carolina backcountry. His travels yielded A New Voyage to Carolina in 1709, one of the most significant early American travel narratives, rich with observations about the region’s ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Defining the Wind

    The Beaufort Scale and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry

    by Scott Huler ...
    “Nature, rightly questioned, never lies.” —A Manual of Scientific Enquiry, Third Edition, 1859Scott Huler was working as a copy editor for a small publisher when he stumbled across the Beaufort Wind Scale in his Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary. It was one of those moments of discovery that writers live for. Written centuries ago, its 110 words launched Huler on a remarkable journey over land ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, Volume II: North Carolina

    by Casey Clabough, Thomas Rain Crowe, Hal Crowther, Jan DeBlieu, Clyde Edgerton, Georgann Eubanks, Marianne Gingher, Judy Goldman, Stephanie Elizondo Griest0, Allen Gurganus1, Scott Huler2, Randall Kenan3, Jill McCorkle4, Michael McFee5, Robert Morgan6, Michael Parker7, Ron Rash8, Bland Simpson9 ...
    Series Book 2 - The Best Creative Nonfiction of the South
    Best Creative Nonfiction of the South serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. This North Carolina volume, second in the series, contains essays that celebrate and document the Tar Heel state’s diverse cultures and geography, from the mountains to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, Volume I: Virginia

    by Casey Clabough, Adrian Blevins, Mr. Greg Bottoms, Michael P. Branch, Kelly Cherry, Michael Chitwood, Mark Edmundson, Margaret Gibson, John Pineda0, Lucinda Roy1, Matthew Vollmer2, Tom Wolfe3 ...
    Series Book 1 - The Best Creative Nonfiction of the South
    Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, of which this Virginia collection is the first volume, serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, writers, and general readers interested in creative nonfiction both from specific areas of the South and across the region as a whole. The writers included in each volume come from diverse backgrounds, generations, and artistic traditions. Most, if not ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Gulf

    The Making of An American Sea

    by Jack E. Davis ...
    Winner • Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWinner • Kirkus Prize for NonfictionFinalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, NPR, Library Journal, and gCaptainBooklist Editors’ Choice (History)Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceIn this “cri de coeur abou... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island

    by Scott Dawson ...
    New archeological discoveries may finally solve the greatest mystery of Colonial America in this history of Roanoke and Hatteras Islands.Established on what is now North Carolina's Roanoke Island, the Roanoke Colony was intended to be England's first permanent settlement in North America. But in 1590, the entire population disappeared without a trace. The only clue to their fate was the word ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Great River

    The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

    by Boyce Upholt ...
    **Instant BestsellerWinner of the 2024 Willie Morris Award for Southern Nonfiction • A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 • A Booklist Editors' ChoiceA sweeping history of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.**The Mississippi River lies at the heart of America, an undeniable life force that is intertwined with the nation’s ... Read more

    $20.59 USD

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  • The Bald Eagle

    The Improbable Journey of America's Bird

    by Jack E. Davis ...
    **Best Books of the Month: Wall Street Journal, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America.**The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Old Man River

    The Mississippi River in North American History

    by Paul Schneider ...
    A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped AmericaIn Old Man River, Paul Schneider tells the story of the river at the center of America's rich history—the Mississippi. Some fifteen thousand years ago, the majestic river provided Paleolithic humans with the routes by which early man began to explore the continent's interior. Since then, the river has been the site of historical ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • The First Thanksgiving

    A Selection from Mayflower (Penguin Tracks)

    by Nathaniel Philbrick ...
    The real story of the First Thanksgiving from the New York Times bestselling author Nathaniel PhilbrickOne of America’s most acclaimed historians takes on the nation’s First Thanksgiving, telling us the true story behind the tale we think we know so well. In this selection from the New York Times bestseller Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick recounts in riveting detail the truth about relations between ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Where Is the Mississippi River?

    by Dina Anastasio, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Ted Hammond ...
    Series series Where Is?
    Discover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the world: the mighty Mississippi!The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of the country, flowing through ten states before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The mighty Miss also flows through the history of America, giving rise to great stories about the people who lived on ... Read more

    $6.99 USD