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Fable In The Blood - The Selected Poems Of Byron Herbert Reece

de Byron Herbert Reece

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 Collected here are poems by one of Georgia's most intriguing and talented poets of the twentieth century. His poetry is resonant and contemplative, and Clark has included works that speak for the true grace of Reece's talent. In addition, Clark's attentive introduction should bring increased interest to this notable southern poet.
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Island Passages - An Illustrated History Of Jekyll Island, Georgia

de Jingle Davis

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 Written in a lively, accessible style by Jingle Davis and lavishly illustrated with photographs by Benjamin Galland, Island Passages is a solid work of public history that presents a carefully researched document of Jekyll Island, from its geologic beginning as a shifting sand spit to its present-day ownership by the state of Georgia.
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Blood, Bone, And Marrow - A Biography Of Harry Crews

de Ted Geltner

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 The first full-length biography of one of the most unlikely figures in twentieth-century American literature, a writer who emerged from a dirt-poor South Georgia tenant farm and went on to create a singularly unique voice of fiction.
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William Gilmore Simms And The American Frontier

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 William Gilmore Simms (1807-1870), the antebellum South's foremost author and cultural critic, was the first advocate of regionalism in the creation of national literature.
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With Ballot And Bayonet - The Political Socialization Of American Civil War Soldiers

de Joseph Allan Frank

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 In this groundbreaking study of what motivated soldiers to enlist and fight in the USâ€™s most bloody conflict, Joseph Allan Frank argues that politics was central to the development of the armies of the North and South: motivating soldiers, molding the organisation, defining the qualifications of officers, shaping fighting styles, and framing the nature of relations between the army and society.
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Slavery In The Caribbean Francophone World - Distant Voices, Forgotten Acts, Forged Identities

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 Twelve scholars representing a variety of academic fields contribute to this study of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies. Based on official records and public documents, historical research, literary works, and personal accounts, these essays present a detailed view of the lives of those who experienced this period of rebellion and change.
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Agriculture, Geology, And Society In Antebellum South Carolina - The Private Diary Of Edmund Ruffin, 1843

de Edmund Ruffin

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 The centerpiece of this generously annotated book is the diary kept by the celebrated agricultural reformer Edmund Ruffin during the eight months in 1843 when, at the request of Governor James Henry Hammond, he conducted an economic survey of South Carolina, traveling to every corner of the state to examine the different farming methods in use and the resources available for their improvement.
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No Sign - Poems

de Sydney Lea

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 In Sydney Leaâ€™s poems, purest joy and woe flash amid the mundane, and beauty knows the full range of natureâ€"from the plumed tension of a newborn child twisting away from the ready breast to bright birds lying dead on the winter lawn.
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Frogs And Toads Of The Southeast

de Mike Dorcas e Whit Gibbons

30,84€

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 More than forty native and introduced species of frogs and toads of the southeastern United States are represented in two hundred fifty color photos, forty-five distribution maps, and chapters identification, vocalizations, reproduction, and global diversity.
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The Embattled Wilderness - The Natural And Human History Of Robinson Forest And The Fight For Its Future

de Erik Reece e James J. Krupa

24,40€

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 In The Embattled Wilderness Erik Reece, an environmental writer, and James J. Krupa, a naturalist and evolutionary biologist, alternate chapters on the cultural and natural history of the Robinson Forest in northern Kentucky-one of our most important, and endangered, landscapes.
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Rosalie Edge, Hawk Of Mercy - The Activist Who Saved Nature From The Conservationists

de Dyana Z. Furmansky

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 Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) was the first American woman to achieve national renown as a conservationist and is known for establishing Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. Furmansky draws on Edgeâ€™s personal papers and on interviews with family members and associates to portray an implacable, indomitable personality.
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Chattahoochee River User'S Guide

de Joe Cook

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 This useful guide traces the Chattahoochee's 430-mile course through 200 color photographs, 32 maps, and detailed practical information about public access points, potential hazards, and camping facilities.
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Streets Of Memory - Landscape, Tolerance, And National Identity In Istanbul

de Amy Mills

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 In this study of Kuzguncuk, known as one of Istanbulâ€™s historically most tolerant, multiethnic neighborhoods, Amy Mills is animated by a single question: what does it mean to live in a place that once wasâ€"but no longer isâ€"ethnically and religiously diverse?
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The Small Heart Of Things - Being At Home In A Beckoning World

de Julian Hoffman

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 Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception. The narrative spans the commonâ€"and often contestedâ€"ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us.
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America'S Darwin - Darwinian Theory And U.S. Literary Culture

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 An engaging collection of interdisciplinary essays on the distinctive qualities of America's textual engagement with Darwinian evolutionary theory, especially in regard to On the Origin of Species, which highlights the influence of prevalent cultural anxieties on interpretation.
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Nervous Dancer - Stories

de Carol Lee Lorenzo

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 The lives on view in Nervous Dancer are complex and precarious. Carol Lee Lorenzo's characters surge into moments of change for reasons initially not apparent. In the quirky, hard-edged ways in which they stumble, beg, come of age, fall apart, and reunite, they reveal no simple notions about life.
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The Civil War In Georgia - A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion

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 Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgiaâ€™s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in terms of how the Civil War has come to be studied, documented, and analyzed.
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Turtles Of The Southeast

de Kurt Buhlmann, Tracey Tuberville e Whit Gibbons

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 Filled with more than two hundred color photographs and written with a special focus on conservation, this guide covers forty-five species of this nonthreatening, ancient lineage of long-lived reptiles. Fact-filled descriptions of each species and its habitat comprise the heart of the book.
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Georgia'S Frontier Women - Female Fortunes In A Southern Colony

de Ben Marsh

43,71€

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 Explores women's changing roles amid the developing demographic, economic, and social circumstances of the colony's settling. This book looks at the experiences of white, black, and Native American women - old and young, married and single, working in and out of the home.
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The Law Of The White Circle - A Novel

de Thornwell Jacobs

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 Long out of print, this is the only novel set during the infamous Atlanta race riot of 1906, in which dozens of African Americans were killed or injured. The tensions that exploded into three days of deadly mob violence are explored through the intertwined stories of a white journalist, a black college professor, and the woman they both love.
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William Bartram, The Search For Nature'S Design - Selected Art, Letters, And Unpublished Writings

de William Bartram

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 This work presents new material in the form of art, letters, and unpublished manuscripts. These documents expand our knowledge of Bartram as an explorer, naturalist, artist, writer, and citizen of the early Republic.
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Drifting Into Darien - A Personal And Natural History Of The Altamaha River

de Janisse Ray

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 Ray's account of her paddle down the length of the Altamaha offers meditations imbued with praise, biting satire, and hope that are based in social and natural history.
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Favorite Wildflower Walks In Georgia

de Carol Nourse e Hugh Nourse

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 This guide book depicts walks from each of Georgia's four geographic regions: Cumberland Plateau/Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. Along the way, native wildflowers, some rare and endangered, are identified through photos and descriptions. Includes directions, a trail map, and the best seasons to visit.
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Salamanders Of The Southeast

de Joe Mitchell e Whit Gibbons

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 Describing 102 species of salamanders occurring in the southeastern U.S., this volume includes more than 400 color photographs, 77 distribution maps, and sections on biology, worldwide diversity, identification, taxonomy, habitats, and conservation.
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