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This powerful true story of planter-aristocrat
Mary Pringle, her husband, their 13 children, and their 337 slaves,
explores their life before, during, and after the Civil War through
167 of Mary's own letters to and from her children. 480 pp. |
Born a sprightly Quaker farm girl in the North Carolina
wilderness in 1768, Dolley Payne became the wife of John Todd, a
mother, a widow, the wife of President James Madison, a national
hero of the War of 1812, a social and fashion icon, and the best-loved
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This warm, poignant tale of the power of a mother's
love to heal deep wounds of the heart explores the mother-daughter
bond. It also pokes good-natured fun at Baby Boomer parents, Canadian
tourists, on-the-make single men, and the secret life of golfers
in the wacky, tacky parts of Myrtle Beach, S.C. the Chamber
of Commerce brochures don't mention. |
 THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON: Portrait of a Prodigy By Richard N. Côté Vice President Aaron Burr had a vision. Her name was Theodosia.
He gave his stunning young daughter a man's education and groomed
her to become Empress of Mexico. A mysterious portrait holds her
secret: lost at sea or killed by pirates in 1813? "What a monumentally
exciting story!" -- South Carolina |
"Tells in simple but affecting prose the straightforward story
of Jesus the great teacher." |
Known to locals simply as "The Village," McClellanville, S.C. is the epitome of southern charm. This book provides an intimate account of life in The Village and fills the reader with the warmth of family, a sense of life along the tidal creeks, and a love for the land. (S. C. history / folklore) |
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"Hallam has some funny, sexy stories to tell." --Kirkus Reviews. "His writing is as spirited as his paintings." --Lord Jennett Bodden. (Art / Biography: artists) |
By Orene Horton Master Gardener Orene Horton takes you, month-by-month, through a whole year in her garden, providing encouragement, wisdom, insight, and warm humor. "Her artistic skills transform the science of gardening into the joy of gardening." -- Rowland Alston, Host, "Making It Grow". (Non-fiction: gardening) |
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Poetry by Rose Morgan Moore The mother-daughter bond is as inescapable as the slipping of a sweet spring into the intensity of summer. Read it to warm your heart, then re-read it often to experience its intricate subtleties. (Poetry / mother-daughter) |
When Arab nuclear terrorists threaten the U.S. with three bombs, what -- or who -- will stop them? "A magnificently written, uncomfortably plausible action/adventure novel." -- Midwest Book Review. (Contemporary fiction / action-adventure) |
In The Scarborough Plan, J. Michael Scarborough shares his powerful, practical (and often humorous) insights and financial management secrets. Once available only to financial and investment professionals, these state-of-the-art strategies enable ordinary employees to retire millionaires through the optimum management of their 401(k) plans. |
"Riveting and revealing. It's about time someone found a way to show us this side of teen violence." -- Dr. Steven Pierce, prison psychologist. (Psychology / teenage violence) |
