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An epistolary novel set on a fictional island off the South Carolina coastline, Ella Minnow Pea brings readers to the hometown of Nevin Nollop, inventor of the pangram The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog. Deified for his achievement in life, Nevin has been honored in death with a monument featuring his famous phrase. One day, however, the letter Z falls from the monument, and some of th...

Romeys Order is an indelible sequence of poems voiced by an invented (and inventive) boy-speaker called Romey, set alongside a river in the South Carolina lowcountry. As the word-furious eye and voice of these poems, Romey urgently records- and tries to order- the objects, inscape, injuries, and idiom of his blood-home and childhood world. Sounding out the nerves and nodes of language to transf...

In 2004, a bald eagle pair moved across the Ashley River from historic Middleton Place. As a national symbol the bald eagle represent freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Significant is the fact that members of the founding Middleton family exhibited these same traits. Middleton Places founding family consists of historical South Carolina figures. Henry Middleton was the second presi...

In Contemporary Southern Identity Rebecca Bridges Watts explores the implications of four public controversies about Southern identity-debates about the Confederate flag in South Carolina, the gender integration of the Virginia Military Institute, the display of public art in Richmond, and Trent Lotts controversial comments regarding Strom Thurmonds 1948 segregationist presidential bid. While s...

Eric B. Martins sweeping and highly praised debut novel of young love and family feuds lays bare the new race and class wars of a swiftly changing south. By turns lyrical and brutal, Luck echoes with the voices of unexpected characters: the self-assured musings of Hermelinda Salmeron, local wise guy Harvey Dickerson philosophizing from beyond the grave, and a chorus of the countys consciousness...

In Up Close and Personal, New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels creates one extraordinary family who shows us the power of the loves we find, the loves we lose, and the ones we carry with us always

For generations, the Windsors have lived on the familys grand estate in Crestwood, South Carolina, as intertwined with local life as sweet tea and pecan pie. Now, on the annive...

Someone To Crawl Back To is a novel-in-stories, a collection of hearts in search of what theyve always wanted or what theyve eternally lost. Set in small town South Carolina, those hearts belong to wrecker drivers, drive-thru fast food workers, college professors, bartenders, insurance and mobile homes salesmen. Their common ground is The Paradise Lounge.

The death of a m...

The Imagination of the Heart is the final chapter in the saga of Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, the Romeo and Juliet of the Deep South. Their story began in Barry Giffords novel Wild at Heart, which in 1990 was made into a Palme dOr--winning feature film by David Lynch. Following Sailors death at the age of sixty-five in New Orleans, Lula moved back to her home state of North Carolina. Th...

Yesterday

Raised on her fathers South Carolina plantation, Callie Parker wanted for nothing, and now she is about to marry wealthy local scion Wyn Archer. But her wedding wouldnt be complete without the three people she grew up with under the sheltering branches of the angel oaks at Parker Manor.

Theres Bode Jessup, part brother and part idol, who has become a wildly attractive man. ...

Eine idyllische Insel vor South Carolina: Nach langen Jahren kehrt die 40-jährige Jessie Sullivan in ihre alte Heimat zurück, weil ihre Mutter sie braucht. Schon bald gerät ihr geordnetes Leben aus der Bahn: Die verheiratete Frau verliebt sich in einen Mönch, der kurz davor steht, sein ewiges Gelübde abzulegen. Jessie will ihre Ehe nicht aufs Spiel setzen. Doch die Sehnsucht nach einem Seelenve...

When Jeanette Brioche helped launch The Corner Spa in Serenity, South Carolina, she found a whole lot more than professional satisfaction. She discovered the deep and loyal friendships that had been missing from her life. But even the Sweet Magnolias cant mend the terrible rift between Jeanette and her family or persuade her that the holidays are anything more than a season of misery.

Pushed ...

One of the most influential and highly praised library conferences in the United States, the Charleston Conference- held every year in Charleston, South Carolina- attracts leading figures of the library world and the businesses that service libraries. Conference highlights include a keynote address by Tom Sanville, Director of OhioLINK, and 27 presentations discussing the latest developments in...

During the 1800s, the United States was in conflict over slavery. Though compromises were made, neither side was pleased. Abolitionists and pro-slavery people engaged in conflicts and often deadly clashes. With South Carolina and other southern states seceding, war was inevitable.

Carolina Whitewater is the premier guide to paddling the waterways of North and South Carolina. The updated guide features detailed river maps, critical river data, and descriptive narrative. The ultimate guide to paddling whitewater in the Carolinas, Carolina Whitewater has guided paddlers to the best creeks and rivers in the Tar Heel and Palmetto states for more than 35 years.

Go Ahead Woo Me

Building a successful South Carolina resort has been Alexandra Haughtons passion. Shes not about to let her pride and joy be bought by some huge conglomerate and shes certainly not about to let the CEO, Sterling Powell, try to woo her out of it. So hes handsome and charming, with a devilish smile that looks like it can be backed up with serious bedroom skills. Fine. If he ...

Missing Boy

On November 28, 2001, in Chester County, South Carolina, police made a grisly discovery. Joe Pittman, 66, and his wife Joy, 62, had been brutally slain with a .410 shotgun and their house set afire with the bodies inside. Their black Nissan Pathfinder was missing. So was their 12-year-old grandson, Christopher Pittman. What had become of the boy? Was he still alive and if s...