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Stella Anderson is no stranger to detention, but her latest infraction leads her to a group of fellow rule-breakers at her new school in Dewberry, Texas. However, when their teacher goes missing, these five misfits, each with their own unique quirks - McClark the 'psychic,' Quinby the underqualified 'social navigator,' Mira the small-town goth, Reagan the bitter and resentful, and Sella the pig-headed friend - must band together to uncover the truth behind Ms. Weaver's disappearance. As they navigate their newfound roles as amateur detectives, will they crack under the pressure or rise to the challenge?

"Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, a Southern noir unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream"--Dust jacket flap.

James Hoge Tyler kept a diary when he was 33 and continued until 1924, just months before his death. These diaries are a valuable source of information about his family, friends, neighbors, and daily life in Virginia around a century ago.

Kritische Reflexion über den Baumwollanbau in den USA, erzählt anhand einer persönlichen Familiengeschichte"Rotan Switch" ist Lisa McCords erste Monografie. Sie dokumentiert das Leben auf der Baumwollfarm ihrer Großeltern in der Gemeinde Rotan im Arkansas-Delta und ist nach dem zentralen Wahrzeichen der Gemeinde benannt - der Weiche, an der die Farmer ihre Baumwollballen auf Züge verluden. Obwohl seit Jahren ungenutzt, bleibt die Weiche ein kraftvolles Symbol für die komplexen Überschneidungen von Industrie und Landwirtschaft, von Rassismus und Ungerechtigkeit.Die in 44 Jahren gesammelten Bilder und Geschichten sind eine Reflexion über die Menschen und Orte, die McCord die Bedeutung des Wortes Heimat gelehrt haben. Dieses Langzeitprojekt aus McCords analogen Fotografien, Familienschnappschüssen und Ephemera wie Farbpolaroids und Rezepten, ist auch eine Selbsterforschung ihrer komplizierten Rolle in dieser Gemeinschaft.

Zwei Welten treffen aufeinander.Mehr braucht Mila nicht, um glücklich zu sein, zurückgezogen in ihrer Wohnung in Miami mit einer Tasse Tee und versunken in einem Liebesroman. Allem, was nicht in ihre heile Welt passt, geht sie aus dem Weg, so auch ihrem Nachbarn den MMA-Kämpfer Julian. Seinen Sport und seine Tattoos findet Mila angsteinflößend und so ist er ihr ein Dorn im Auge. Ihre Vorurteile bleiben, bis sich Julian als wahrer Held erweist und sie vor einem schrecklichen Schicksal bewahrt. Plötzlich sieht sie ihn mit anderen Augen. Es findet eine Veränderung in ihr statt, Mila wird mutiger, stärker und selbstbewusster und sie entwickelt nicht nur Gefühle für Julian, sondern auch für den Kampfsport MMA.Sports-RomanceSlow Burn, Bad Boy/Good Girl, Friends to Lovers

Based on an array of true stories, real people, real ministries, real exorcisms, and other supernatural occurrences comes the southern gothic novel, Holy Ghost Exorcist. Its story follows the lives of the rural, bi-vocational Georgian, Pentecostal-Holiness pastor, Jackie Noble, and his wife, Penny, as they enter into deliverance ministry - casting out devils and setting the captives free.

When romance was met with murder...Arthur Jordan and Elvira Corder were young and unafraid, but their love was doomed. He was black, she was white, and this was Virginia in 1880. When Elvira became pregnant, the couple fled Fauquier County to live in Maryland. But her father found them and recruited neighbors to help kidnap them. Four nights later, a mob dragged Arthur from the county jail in Warrenton and lynched him. Elvira, taken to a hotel in Williamsport, Maryland, was never heard from again. Stories of lynching are all too common in the postbellum South, but this one tells a unique tale of a couple who were willing to sacrifice everything to be together--and did.Author Jim Hall tells a classic tale of forbidden love, one of hope crushed by hate.

Fans of Linda Lael Miller and Robyn Carr will adore this heartfelt romance set in South Carolina, as old rivalries, new ventures, and long-lost loves converge when the daughter who once walked away from the dark chaos of her childhood returns to her Lowcountry hometown, hoping to put the past to rest.For Kit Teague, the island of Hope Creek, South Carolina, is filled with joyful memories of being out on the water with her beloved father. But her small hometown is also the place where her mother battled mental illness—and lost. Returning home to put her mother to final rest, Kit discovers a family divided by grief—and wounds so deep her twin sister has turned against their father—and Kit. Not only has Viv moved up the creek to join a rival fishing business, she’s barricaded herself behind Beau Sutton, the boy Kit once loved from afar. The man who stirs something deep within Kit even now . . .Amid old-fashioned oyster roasts, starlit outings on the creek and sun-drenched fishing expeditions, Kit finds hope for a new life and renewed love. Neither the whispered scandals of the past nor the rift between their families will keep her from discovering the joy she and Beau can share…

Two manuscripts in one book:History of Virginia: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Mother of States, Starting from Jamestown through the American Revolution and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House to the PresentThe West Virginia Coal Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Mine Wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain, the Largest Labor Uprising in the History of the United States of AmericaFrom being the home of some of the first people in America to being the birthplace of the United States, Virginia has had an incredibly rich and interesting history even before its inauguration as a state. Virginia was once the most populous and affluent state in the country and the birthplace of many of the most important figures in early United States' history. Yet, despite Virginia's successes and great heritage, it has, for much of history, been a divided state that has found itself debating even the most basic rights and issues. This, of course, is no more obvious than the splitting of Virginia into Virginia and West Virginia in the years following the American Civil War.In the first part of this book, you will discover:Virginia's first people and their complex cultural, social, economic, spiritual and political systems and traditionsThe colonization of America and the United States' first settlement in Jamestown, VirginiaInteractions between the state's first settlement and first peopleVirginia's culture under colonial ruleVirginia's journey towards developing its own culture, economy and political system, separate from that of England, mostly surrounding the culture of tobacco farmingThe state's involvement in the American Revolution and the years post warVirginia's involvement in the American Civil War and the effects of the war on the stateThe state's many social movementsVirginia's involvement in the First and Second World Wars and the effects of the war on the state and countryVirginia's development in the 20th century into the military hub of AmericaThe West Virginia Coal Wars is a fascinating journey through the dark mountains of Appalachia and the struggle its people endured to win basic rights and respect.In the second part of this book, you will learn about:The impact of company storesThe role minorities played in the coal warsThe story behind the term "redneck"Safety hazards the coal miners facedOrganizations that supported the miners and better working conditionsAnd much, much more!

Bay Weekly Sporting Life ColumnistFor 16 years, Dennis Doyle led a weekly in-print and on-line fishing seminar, enriched by tall fish- and human-tales, for the 50,000 readers of Bay Weekly newspaper. His columns, regular prize-winners in Maryland, D.C., Delaware Press Association competition, kept real-time and armchair anglers connected to the living waters of our great Chesapeake Bay and aware of the diversity and wonder of the Bay's many aquatic citizens.

The author of the Edgar nominated and ALEX Award-winning How Lucky (?an absorbing thriller with heart??People), blends suspense, humor, and compassion in a new novel about seven strangers and one very intense evening at a small-town Georgia pharmacy.Lindbergh's Pharmacy is an Athens, Georgia, institution?the type of beloved mom and pop shop that once dotted every American town but has mostly disappeared. But Lindbergh's has recently become the object of attention of a local fourth grade teacher Tina Lamm (?Ms. Lamm to my students?). Tina is certain something very, very bad is happening behind its famous black door and she intends to do something about it.Her suspicions?and the drastic actions she plans?are the unlikely glue that will connect her to a group of six employees and customers inside the pharmacy one hot Georgia evening. They include Theo, the Lindbergh's scion with a secret of his own; Daphne, a nurse and Army veteran struggling with her faith; Jason, a local contractor uncertain how to deal with his gifted teenage son; Karson, a young lawyer and activist wrestling with a job offer that makes him uncomfortable; David, an Athens music scene lifer whose sobriety has been sorely tested by isolation; and Dorothy, a widow just beginning to regain her bearings.The fates of these individuals?and their fateful encounter with Tina Lamm?become intertwined in a story that is by turns funny, touching, and tense. As he did in How Lucky, Will Leitch illuminates how we live today through a story of human beings struggling to do their best.

The story of a single mom's pursuit of a dream to start an alpaca farm in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.¿¿At thirty-seven, Jane Lee Rankin receives news that upends her life: she's pregnant. Lee is a cancer survivor eighteen months in remission. Her boyfriend won't commit, and her father is unsupportive. When she decides to raise the baby by herself, Lee feels the scornful glances and judgmental whispers of her conservative hometown.Armed only with a dream and a toddler, Lee marches into Banner Elk, North Carolina, a place where she knows no one, to start an alpaca farm. As a novice first-generation farmer, Lee faces nature's most potent setbacks, from disastrous weather events to attacks from predators. And yet, she forges on. With vivid storytelling, Farm Family features a cast of memorable animal characters-including alpacas, Millie, Celeste, Frosty, and Wildcard-and immerses readers into the not-always-pretty world of farming. At Apple Hill Farm, Lee trades fear for freedom. She trades disdain for dignity. She learns that her connection to animals is more vital than she knew, and with bravery and persistence, she creates a home-a farm family.

Built on a bluff overlooking the river, Savannah's checkerboard of squares continues to enchant. With 55 color photographs and correlated poems, Megan Jones and Christopher Soucy capture the beauty of Savannah's squares and Forsyth Park.

Relates the history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to Indian territory in Oklahoma and the struggle by their principle chief, John Ross, to prevent their removal from their ancestral lands.

Forgotten Gems of GatlinburgWhen the Great Smoky Mountains was dedicated a national park in 1934, tourists flocked to the area. Ray Bohanan, who owned Bohanan's Craft Shop and Cabins, stood by the road shouting, "Cabins for rent!" The Frost Lodge reminded tourists of the days when a room cost five dollars. Residents at the LeConte Creek Cottages and Motel were treated to a "woodland wonderland." Parkway Motor Inn was a haven for weary drivers for decades. The Mountain View Hotel boasted a list of famous residents like Eleanor Roosevelt. Guests at the Terrace Motel remembered waters from the Roaring Fork Creek lulling them to sleep. Brian McKnight relives the simpler times and the city's finest, long-forgotten lodging.

From the Author who gave you The Guard Trilogy, comes the new extended series, The Guards of Haven.This novel, The Haven, is Book 4 and represents the next in series and it is considered the bridge book from the original trilogy to the new Extended Series, The Guards of Haven. Although the previous three books of The Guard Trilogy can stand alone as a complete story, these next novels adhere to the original storyline and require readers to catch up with the trilogy before going on to these next in the sequence.If every time a bell rings, an angel gets their winds, then what tears them away?I stood fixated at the sight in front of me, the magnificence of his features I could still see through the bloodstains on his cheeks. A grunt then hiss of pain suddenly escape his swollen lips and his eyes flutter open. He is still alive.New town, new house... new dangers.For Lynn, ditching Miami and moving to a small town hadn't been about leaving her old life behind, it had been about moving forward with her new one. Though she hadn't anticipated that this new-found happiness she had discovered here would come with new threats.It's been 11 years since the gathering, and since Lynn discovered more about her true ancestry. They'd all learned a lot more about family, friendship, and their gifts, except along with this knowledge, came the sacrifices and loses that we tended to learn about the hard way. Thankfully, there have been many joys, successes, and even a financial windfall for them along the journey. But what came next, this new threat, not even Lynn's gift of premonition could have ever seen it coming.What if the wrong people knew you could see/sense things that they couldn't. What if it put you, your family, and so many other innocents in danger? But what if you could help the innocent by using your gift-would you do it, would you risk it?

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"A roving, shiftless fellow..." That's how the newspapers described Jesse C. Walker, who in 1908 was served with an arrest warrant by Brunswick County sheriff Jackson Stanland, with tragic results. Little did Walker know that he was about to set off on twenty-five years of headline-grabbing exploits. Two murders, two wives, three prison escapes, and thousands of miles of travel across eight states are only the surface of the adventures of this North Carolina desperado. Local author Mark W. Koenig relates the untold saga of a man who rocketed to notoriety in the first years of the twentieth century and found atonement decades later.

International Firebird Book Award - First Place Women's Fiction2024 Readers Favorite Award - Gold in Historical Fiction2024 American Fiction Awards - Historical Fiction Finalist2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner2024 BookFest Awards - First Place Historical FictionNABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Books in Historical FictionAn Appalachian granny woman. A daughter on a crusade. A granddaughter caught between the two.Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town's apothecary, Josie Mae doesn't know whom to follow. But what happens when neither family traditions nor science can save the ones you love most?Daughters of Green Mountain Gap weaves a compelling tale of Maggie, Carrie Ann, and Josie Mae, three generations of remarkable North Carolina women living at the turn of the twentieth century, shedding light on racism, fear of change, loss of traditions, and the intricate dynamics within a family. Author Teri M. Brown skillfully navigates the complexities of their lives, revealing that some questions are not as easy to answer as one might think.

I'm The Same is a novel about what it feels like to be Bi-racial in America, surviving grief and the fury that nature throws at you.

He had killed dozens. Then NASA hired him.Faced with the threat of solar flares, the government assembles a team to terraform Mars and hire Dean Turner, a leading construction worker from Texas, as the mission's fourth member.And he is about to leave behind the product of his urges-dismantled bodies hidden inside walls-and find in the stars the only cage that will contain him.Special Agent James Cole longs to make a name for himself. But he is sent to a remote location in Texas to sift through cold case files. James connects unsolved cases across the US and discovers that his prime suspect is two hundred million miles away from Earth.Dean Turner and Agent James Cole, now separated by the cold vacuum of space, seek what has eluded them.The Void Beyond the Walls is split between the serial killer's inner workings and the obsessed man hunting him down.Fans of Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me, James Ellroy's Killer On The Road, and Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho will enjoy this dark literary fiction that spans from Earth to Mars, set against the darkness of mind and space. Get it now.