Alabama Writers

Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light Helen Ellis

BRING YOUR BAGGAGE AND DON'T PACK LIGHT is a delicious smorgasbord of humorous and moving essays running the gamut from sex, psychics and garage sales to cancer, menopause and plastic surgery. Imagine being at the best cocktail party of your life and able to hear each word of every conversation, be they raw with...

The Muscle Shoals Legacy of FAME Blake Ells

THE MUSCLE SHOALS LEGACY OF FAME is the amazing story of the studio that recorded many of the greatest stars of all time. The book gives an insight into this world that few have ever had. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last several...

The Whole Town's Talking Fannie Flagg

THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING follows neighbors and descendants of the founders of a small town as they live, love, die and carry on in manners and ways unseen and heard before. This wonderful feel-good story is about a community that never dies.

 

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Afternoons with Harper Lee Wayne Flynt

AFTERNOONS WITH HARPER LEE is an open window into the life of one of the literary world's most private icons, written by the one who knew her best. It is full of personal stories and laughter, as well as never-before-revealed biographical insights. Harper Lee would love this book - so will you!

 

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Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition Wayne Flynt

ALABAMA: THE HISTORY OF A DEEP SOUTH STATE, BICENTENNIAL EDITION is the essential history of the great state of Alabama,...

A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost Frye Gaillard

A HARD RAIN: AMERICA IN THE 1960S, OUR DECADE OF HOPE, POSSIBILITY, AND INNOCENCE LOST is renowned historian Frye Gaillard's account of...

The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in the Balance Tucker, Cynthia Gaillard, Frye

THE SOUTHERNIZATION OF AMERICA: A STORY OF DEMOCRACY IN THE BALANCE finds two of the South's most respected and awarded journalists explaining to the country the lingering influence of the old Confederacy. This powerful Black/White - male/female perspective from a pair of brilliant writers who love their part of the...

Bound to Dream: An Immigrant Story Charles Ghigna

BOUND TO DREAM is the beautiful true story of the author's great-grandfather, an Italian immigrant who lived the American dream. When he arrived in this country, he became a bookbinder, helping others celebrate books and stories. This heartwarming treasure, though intended for young readers, trandscends generations and...

Southern Bred: Poems Charles Ghigna

SOUTHERN BRED is a haunting and powerful collection of verses centered around the Deep South.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Charles Ghigna on the title page. It is a new, unread, first edition hardback opened only for signing and comes with a certificate authenticating...

Plastic Soup: Dream Poems Charles Ghigna

PLASTIC SOUP: DREAM POEMS is an early collection of Charles Ghigna's poetry for grown-ups. Titles as diverse as alley cats and shotgun weddings populate the nightmares and dreams.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Charles Ghigna on the half-title page at the store. It is...