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Birmingham, Alabama - the Football Capital of the South - has likely had more pro football teams than any other city. None have been in the NFL, and all have failed. Quickly. As veteran sportswriter Scott Adamson can attest, loving an off-brand team is the triumph of hope over experience. Having decided at an early age that tackle football was the greatest sport man has yet to invent, Adamson takes on a fan's-eye view of life with Brand X football. The Home Team: My Bromance with Off-Brand Football is the funny, somewhat tortured, journey of a fanatic's life long quest for a hometown team of his own.The Home Team: My Bromance with Off-Brand Football is filled with trivia, history, heartache, and more trivia. And how game day hotdogs can be fatal to young romance. Adamson's account of Birmingham's unsinkable quest for pro football is for any fan whose hometown's reach has exceeded its grasp.

"The move from spectator to participant is a quantum leap. Yet each Mardi Gras in New Orleans, thousands of people make that leap, abandoning inhibition and reveling in the ever-growing creative phenomenon of marching krewes ... Simply put, a marching krewe is a group of like-minded people who get together for the purpose of marching in parades that take place during the Carnival (Mardi Gras) season. These krewes come in all shapes, sizes, and variations, yet they all share the attributes of creativity, artistry, quirkiness, humor, inclusiveness, and accessibility. Krewes are composed of people who practice dance moves, sew costumes, and create 'throws' to hand out to a covetous public"--Publisher marketing.

Ribeyes & Cowtales is a beautifully designed cowboy cookbook with authentic recipes by World Champion Chuckwagon Cook, Jerry Baird. The visual representation of the cowboy comes from the eyes and camera of Michael Shaw. With Baird's recipes and stories and Shaw's extraordinary photos, they weave a unique book and share delectable dishes that are sure to be a favorite among your family's cookbook collection. About the AuthorsJerry Baird is a rancher in Dublin, Texas. Michael Shaw is a photographer and graphic designer in Lewisville, Texas.

A Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020 "Witty and passionate." --Lauren Groff "Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain."--Gilbert King "The definitive book on one of America's least understood apex predators. The story of how Florida's panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told." --Dane Huckelbridge The captivating tale of the Florida panther, its survival and rescue from extinction With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle. This being Florida, there's more than a little weirdness, too. An engrossing narrative of wry humor, sharp writing and exhaustive reportage, Cat Tale shows what it takes to bring one species back and what unexpected costs such a decision brings.

By: Helen & Timothy Marsh., Pub. 1989, Vol. 1, (1784-1817): 276 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-664-9. These abstracts of the Official Wills and Inventories of Old Davidson County, Tennessee, the cradle of Middle Tennessee Civilization that began in 1784 with the first settlers along the Cumberland, when that country was still N.C. It is a Genesis of the first pioneers that settled up and down the Cumberland River, west of the Cumberland mountains. A record of those valiant men who tamed the vast wilderness that was later to become most of Middle TN. and encompassed all or parts of the present TN. counties of: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Overton, Pickett, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, White, Williamson, and Wilson, an area that was to father the western movement.

By: Helen & Timothy Marsh., Pub. 1989, Vol. 2, (1817-1832): 272 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-665-7. These abstracts of the Official Wills and Inventories of Old Davidson County, Tenn., the cradle of Middle Tennessee Civilization that began in 1784 with the first settlers along the Cumberland, when that country was still N.C. It is a Genesis of the first pioneers that settled up and down the Cumberland River, west of the Cumberland mountains. A record of those valiant men who tamed the vast wilderness that was later to become most of Middle TN. and encompassed all or parts of the present TN. counties of: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Overton, Pickett, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, White, Williamson, and Wilson, an area that was to father the western movement.

"An explosive, long-forgotten story of police violence in New Orleans that exposes the historical roots of today's criminal justice crisis"--

This tour of Memphis goes well beyond the traditional guidebook to offer a historical journey through the Home of the Blues. Explore the city's African American heritage from Church Park to beautiful Mason Temple, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivere