Author: Charles Seabrook
Publisher: Longstreet Press
ISBN: 9781563522291
Category : Kaolin industry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Kaolin, a rare white clay used for porcelain and cosmetics, is mined heavily in central Georgia. This book traces the often contensious relationship between the mining industry and the landowners who have signed away their mineral rights.
Red Clay Suzie
Author: Jeffrey Dale Lofton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1637585772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist Georgia Author of the Year for First Novel Indie Next List Pick—American Booksellers Association Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year—LGBTQ+ Fiction Book of the Year: International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Lambda Literary Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Book Southern Literary Review Read of the Month Southern Literary Review’s 2023 TOP TEN BOOKS A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Red Clay Suzie go to support the important work of The Trevor Project and the Born This Way Foundation. A novel inspired by true events The coming-of-age story of Philbet, gay and living with a disability, battles bullying, ignorance, and disdain as he makes his way in life as an outsider in the Deep South—before finding acceptance in unlikely places. Fueled by tomato sandwiches and green milkshakes, and obsessed with cars, Philbet struggles with life and love as a gay boy in rural Georgia. He’s happiest when helping Grandaddy dig potatoes from the vegetable garden that connects their houses. But Philbet’s world is shattered and his resilience shaken by events that crush his innocence and sense of security; expose his misshapen chest skillfully hidden behind shirts Mama makes at home; and convince him that he’s not fit to be loved by Knox, the older boy he idolizes to distraction. Over time, Philbet finds refuge in unexpected places and inner strength in unexpected ways, leading to a resolution from beyond the grave.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1637585772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist Georgia Author of the Year for First Novel Indie Next List Pick—American Booksellers Association Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year—LGBTQ+ Fiction Book of the Year: International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Lambda Literary Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Book Southern Literary Review Read of the Month Southern Literary Review’s 2023 TOP TEN BOOKS A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Red Clay Suzie go to support the important work of The Trevor Project and the Born This Way Foundation. A novel inspired by true events The coming-of-age story of Philbet, gay and living with a disability, battles bullying, ignorance, and disdain as he makes his way in life as an outsider in the Deep South—before finding acceptance in unlikely places. Fueled by tomato sandwiches and green milkshakes, and obsessed with cars, Philbet struggles with life and love as a gay boy in rural Georgia. He’s happiest when helping Grandaddy dig potatoes from the vegetable garden that connects their houses. But Philbet’s world is shattered and his resilience shaken by events that crush his innocence and sense of security; expose his misshapen chest skillfully hidden behind shirts Mama makes at home; and convince him that he’s not fit to be loved by Knox, the older boy he idolizes to distraction. Over time, Philbet finds refuge in unexpected places and inner strength in unexpected ways, leading to a resolution from beyond the grave.
Red Clay and Dust
Author: Gary L. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935186618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
History of automobile racing on dirt tracks in the southern United States. Focuses on the first Dirt Cars of the late 1950's, the "late models," the "super late models," and on the Dirt Racing Speedways and series. Includes short biographies of 25 famous drivers and 92 photographs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935186618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
History of automobile racing on dirt tracks in the southern United States. Focuses on the first Dirt Cars of the late 1950's, the "late models," the "super late models," and on the Dirt Racing Speedways and series. Includes short biographies of 25 famous drivers and 92 photographs.
Pieces
Author: Mj Callaway
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1436331390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Anna, the main character, fi nds herself immersed in a sequence of events that involve a friendship with Rose, a Native American. Deceit, treachery, and fraud enter their real life. The spirit world encompasses the two women's way of life. A blackbird named Caw twists Anna and Rose's lives toward new and unforeseen events. They share this part of their lives with the spirit bird. At times the bird enables Anna to deal with the spiritual world and helps her to remember her past. A love interest develops between Anna and Sam, a Native American attorney, who takes an interest in her and the Indian artifacts. A connection to Indian artifacts leads to accidents, crime, abuse, arson, and murder. Pottery, quilting, and painting are interests that bind the two women in an exciting experience for the reader. Memories of her early childhood at the family farm, a winter storm, an art gallery, and a local café are all parts of an intriguing novel. Pieces is the title because many pieces were the reason the story was written. We are a lifetime of pieces.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1436331390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Anna, the main character, fi nds herself immersed in a sequence of events that involve a friendship with Rose, a Native American. Deceit, treachery, and fraud enter their real life. The spirit world encompasses the two women's way of life. A blackbird named Caw twists Anna and Rose's lives toward new and unforeseen events. They share this part of their lives with the spirit bird. At times the bird enables Anna to deal with the spiritual world and helps her to remember her past. A love interest develops between Anna and Sam, a Native American attorney, who takes an interest in her and the Indian artifacts. A connection to Indian artifacts leads to accidents, crime, abuse, arson, and murder. Pottery, quilting, and painting are interests that bind the two women in an exciting experience for the reader. Memories of her early childhood at the family farm, a winter storm, an art gallery, and a local café are all parts of an intriguing novel. Pieces is the title because many pieces were the reason the story was written. We are a lifetime of pieces.
Heaven in Ordinary
Author: Malcolm Guite
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1786222620
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Poet's Corner is Malcolm Guite's delectable column that appears on the back page of the Church Times each week. This second collection brings together more than seventy columns created from little glimpses and reflections from all corners of the country, the musings of a poet's mind, and the corners and alleyways of our literary heritage. Malcolm's lucid, perceptive and imaginative columns follow a similar pattern to the sonnets for which he is so renowned, with a sense of development, of a turn or volta part way through, and a sense that the end revisits and re-reads the opening. They draw together everyday events and encounters, landscape, journeys, poetry, stories, memory and a sense of the sacred, fusing them to create richly satisfying portraits of the familiar that at the same time open a doorway into a new and enchanted world.
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1786222620
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Poet's Corner is Malcolm Guite's delectable column that appears on the back page of the Church Times each week. This second collection brings together more than seventy columns created from little glimpses and reflections from all corners of the country, the musings of a poet's mind, and the corners and alleyways of our literary heritage. Malcolm's lucid, perceptive and imaginative columns follow a similar pattern to the sonnets for which he is so renowned, with a sense of development, of a turn or volta part way through, and a sense that the end revisits and re-reads the opening. They draw together everyday events and encounters, landscape, journeys, poetry, stories, memory and a sense of the sacred, fusing them to create richly satisfying portraits of the familiar that at the same time open a doorway into a new and enchanted world.