The true untold tale of comicon legend Jessica Nigri. The truth they don't want you to know!

A collection of bizarre and hilarious true tales from the author's childhood growing up in the heart of the Deep South. It's worse than Deliverance.

Four chilling novels from the New York Times –bestselling author of Swan Song and the "true master of the Gothic novel" ( Booklist ).From rural Alabama to the Louisiana bayou to the North Carolina mountains, World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Award–winning author Robert R. McCammon has made the American South his own Gothic playground in th...

Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities."It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."–Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807—October 12, 1870). With the exception of George Washington, perhaps the most famous general in American history, despite leading the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia against the Union in the Civil War.As a top gradua...

A captivating narrative history that traces liquor, beer, and wine drinking in the American South, including 40 cocktail recipes.Ask almost anyone to name a uniquely Southern drink, and bourbon and mint juleps--perhaps moonshine--are about the only beverages that come up. But what about rye whiskey, Madeira wine, and fine imported Cognac? Or peach brandy, applejack, and lager beer? At various times in the past, these drinks were as likely to be found at the Souther...

Thomas Nelson Page attended Washington and Lee University during Lee's tenure as president. His biography of Robert E. Lee is a great resource on the life of the general. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.

"Meat pies, po'babies and other Southern nibbles will 'delightfully extend' cocktail hour . . . You could party all year with this little book." — The Dallas Morning NewsSoutherners adore their appetizers, and this collection of sixty recipes—served up with a healthy dose of Southern hospitality—shows why. Smoked pecans on the sideboard, cheese straws on the coffee table, an array of hot dips on the dining table, and pickled shrimp on the porch are just som...

In "Robert Toombs," Pleasant A. Stovall meticulously chronicles the life of one of the most enigmatic figures of the antebellum South. Through a blend of biographical detail and historical analysis, Stovall paints a nuanced portrait of Toombs, exploring his significant yet often contentious role in the political landscape leading up to the Civil War. Employing an engaging prose style, Stovall navigates the complexities of Toombs' ideologies and the pivotal events of his time, providing rea...

The activist and author of A People's History of the United States records an in-depth and personal account of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta.During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, students of Spelman College, a black liberal arts college for women, were drawn into the historic protests occurring across Atlanta. At the time, Howard Zinn was a history professor at Spelman and served as an adviser to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe...

"Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency." --Ron ChernowIn a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy—and explores why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhoo...

In recent years, food writers and historians have begun to retell the story of southern food. Heirloom ingredients and traditional recipes have been rediscovered, the foundational role that African Americans played in the evolution of southern cuisine is coming to be recognized, and writers are finally clearing away the cobwebs of romantic myth that have long distorted the picture. The story of southern dining, however, remains incomplete.The Lost Southern Chefs begins to ...

The Southern Railway, and later British Railways’ Southern Region, extended its reach into Devon and Cornwall, competing with the Great Western Railway. The main line served Exeter and Plymouth and named trains such as the ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ and the ‘Devon Belle’ took holidaymakers to the coastal resorts, including Padstow, Bude and Ilfracombe. In addition, a network of lines served smaller locations in the two counties. Many of these lines were closed in the 1960s, during the Beechi...