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For over three decades John Shelton Reed has been "minding" the South. He is the author or editor of thirteen books about the region. Despite his disclaimer concerning the formal study of Southern history, Reed has read widely and in depth about the South. His primary focus is upon Southerners' present-day culture, but he knows that one must approach the South historically in order to understand the place and its people. Why is the South so different from the rest of America? Rupert Vance, Reed's predecessor in sociology at Chapel Hill, once observed that the existence of the South is a triumph of history over geography and economics. The South has resisted being assimilated by the larger Un...
Ciji Ware - NY Times & USAToday bestselling author presents A NOVEL INSPIRED BY TRUE STORIES OF EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN & MEN WHO VOLUNTEERED AS SECRET AGENTS, PARACHUTING INTO OCCUPIED FRANCE DURING WW II TO JOIN THE RESISTANCE AND WIN THE WAR. The year is 1942, and American secret agent Catherine Thornton has no idea whether she will be dropped behind enemy lines in an inflatable raft launched from a submarine or be flung through the moonlit sky from a low-flying British Halifax. Either way, the young embassy wife and erstwhile journalist knows there’s always the chance she’ll be picked off by German sharpshooters, although nothing in her imagination prepares her for the trial-by-fi...
BOOK 3 OF THE “AMERICAN SPY SISTERS” NOVELS INSPIRED BY THE BRAVE U.S. WOMEN WHO FOUGHT THE NAZIS IN WW II Brooke Bradley is headed for stardom in Hollywood when a whirlwind romance with a famous French film actor transports her to Paris just as the Nazis are storming her adopted country. Within months, the beautiful blonde with the amber eyes who speaks no French finds herself utterly alone and faced with a choice: collaborate and live comfortably with the invading enemy or join former journalist-turned-secret agent Christopher Laurent as an “Escape Helper” spiriting downed Allied fliers to safety to fly again another day. Struggling to learn the language and French customs, Brooke ...
A SPY ABOVE THE CLOUDS - BOOK 2 OF THE “AMERICAN SPY SISTERS” NOVELS INSPIRED BY THE BRAVE U.S. WOMEN SECRET AGENTS WHO FOUGHT THE NAZIS IN WW II. For the first time in her pampered life, the headstrong American, Constance Vivier-Clarke, has been pressed into doing something useful for a change. Driving an ambulance for the American Hospital in Paris, “Viv” is caught in the crossfire when the Nazis march into Paris. She makes a harrowing getaway over the Pyrenees into neutral Spain and on to London in hopes of finding a role to play in the fight against fascism. The mysterious Marcel Delonge,a deputy to General de Gaulle, touts Viv’s successful clandestine escape to British Intelli...
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As fascinating themselves as any of their renowned guests, the Covarrubiases together fostered a renaissance of interest in the history and traditional arts of Mexico's indigenous peoples, while amassing an extraordinary collection of art that ranged from pre-Hispanic Olmec and Aztec sculptures to the work of Diego Rivera.