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New Arrivals

After the miracle : the political crusades of Helen Keller
by Max Wallace

This new biography of Helen Keller focuses on her later life as an advocate for social justice, including her crusade against Jim Crow and opposition to American intervention in World War I.

Freedom's dominion : a saga of white resistance to federal power
by Jefferson Cowie

A prize-winning historian chronicles the long-running clash between white people and federal authority by focusing on Barbour County, Alabama and its history of fighting Reconstruction, integration, and the New Deal

Linger Around the Table Y'all
by Brenda Gantt

Everyone's favorite Southern grandmother, Brenda Gantt, is back with another cookbook. Mrs. Brenda invites you to sit a spell and enjoy stories about her life in a small town, carrying on the tradition of making the most with what you have. In her new book, Mrs. Brenda offers wisdom for living a full life, like the importance of fostering friendships and having hobbies that keep you moving. In these pages, you’ll see Mrs. Brenda welcome her college friends into her home to celebrate Christmas and host her neighbors from her small, Southern town of Andalusia, Alabama, for a winter lunch of Beef Stew and Alabama Fire Crackers. She shares stories and pictures of her favorite activities with her readers, like line dancing, gardening, sewing, drawing, and, of course, cooking. This new volume contains 100 new recipes from Mrs. Brenda, perfect for when you want to gather with family and friends and linger around the table. Some of Mrs. Brenda’s recipes you’ll find in the book include: Chicken Pot Pie Macaroni Salad Cinnamon Rolls Ambrosia Poor Man’s Caviar Fresh Blueberry Pie Southern-Fried Quail Pear Preserves Mason Jar Trifle

Monroeville and the Stage Production of to Kill a Mockingbird
by John M. Williams

To Kill a Mockingbird burst into the world in 1960, followed by the Academy Award-winning film in 1962. Since then, the story of Scout, Atticus, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley has been an indelible part of American culture. Playwright Christopher Sergel secured Harper Lee's blessing in 1970 for the stage adaptation of her novel, and in 1991, the Mockingbird Players began the annual ritual of staging the show on its home turf and beyond. Author John Williams chronicles the production's extraordinary journey along with a wealth of side stories from the deep and colorful histories of Monroeville and Monroe County.

You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live : ten weeks in Birmingham that changed America
by Paul Kix

Taking readers behind the scenes of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's pivotal 10-week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, a journalist zeroes in on its specific history and its echoes throughout our culture now. 60,000 first printing.

Sloss Furnaces
by Karen R. Utz

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark is currently the only 20th-century blast furnace in the nation being preserved and interpreted as an industrial museum. Since reopening in 1983, Sloss Furnaces has become an international model for similar preservation efforts and presents a remarkable perspective of the era when America grew to world industrial dominance. At the same time, Sloss is an important reminder of the dreams and struggles of the people who worked in the industries that made Birmingham the "Magic City." Today Sloss is not only dedicated to preservation and education but serves as a center for community and civic events. Site tours and public presentations provide insight into Sloss's industrial heritage as well as a rare glimpse of an early Birmingham that has all but disappeared.