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New Nonfiction February 2017
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These are many of the recently published nonfiction books the library has received. Click on a title to see it in the catalog and to place a hold. If you are having trouble viewing the newsletter in your email, click the View Online option.
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Tears of Salt : A Doctor's Story
by Pietro Bartolo
Pietro Bartolo, the doctor of the lone medical clinic on the Italian island of Lampedusa, chronicles his efforts to rescue, welcome and care for many of the hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants from the Middle East and Africa who have washed up on the island’s shores.
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Gorsuch : the judge who speaks for himself
by John Greenya
Drawing on research and interviews with both Neil Gorsuch's opponents and his friends, the author presents a biography of the youngest judge to be nominated to the Supreme Court in 25 years, following his career, from his early work as a lawyer and his year as a Justice Department officer to his more than 10 years on the Federal bench.
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The last black unicorn
by Tiffany Haddish
The stand-up comedian and co-star of The Carmichael Show presents a humorous collection of autobiographical essays that reflect her disadvantaged youth as a foster child in South Central Los Angeles, her discovery of her talent for comedy and her struggles with gender, race and class boundaries in the entertainment industry.
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Escape Artist : Memoir of a Visionary Artist on Death Row
by William A. Noguera
Exposing the violence, politics and everyday existence within the underbelly of society that is prison life, an award-winning artist, author, and speaker reveals the emotional and heartbreaking loss that landed him on death row and how he has managed to transform himself through tragedy.
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Natural disaster : I cover them, I am one
by Ginger Zee
An ABC News chief meteorologist pulls back the curtain on her life, including her lifelong battle with crippling depression, her romances that range from misguided to dangerous and her tumultuous professional path.
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000s - Computers/General Knowledge
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How to design and write web pages today
by Karl Stolley
Are you looking to learn web design the right way? Not by using an off-the-shelf software package, but by creating customized sites in a way that gives you full control? This guide provides that ability even if you have no previous coding skills or experience.
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The witch : a history of fear, from ancient times to present
by Ronald Hutton
"The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major historiographical developments of witchcraft. Hutton, a renowned expert on ancient, medieval, and modern paganism and witchcraft beliefs, combines Anglo-American and continental scholarly approaches to examine attitudes on witchcraft and the treatment of suspected witches across the world, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Australia, and North and South America, and from ancient pagan times to current interpretations. His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated"
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When : the scientific secrets of perfect timing
by Daniel H Pink
Illuminates the scientific factors that shape the hidden patterns of a day and challenge scheduled activities, drawing on research in the disciplines of psychology, biology, and economics to share practical advice and anecdotes for promoting a richer, more engaged life
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The Yes Brain : How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
by Daniel J. Siegel
The authors of the best-selling No Drama Discipline counsels caregivers and educators on how to help children reach their full potential by cultivating mental receptivity, sharing scripts, ideas and activities for transitioning resistant children away from reactive states and into mindsets that are more curious, creative and resilient.
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Grief Works : Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving
by Julia Samuel
A U.S. release of a UK best-seller shares optimistic and compassionate counsel for anyone suffering a loss, citing the taboos and cultural misunderstandings that alienate people who are grieving, in a guide that shares uplifting case studies from survivors who have journeyed through the process of grief to achieve healing, self-awareness and confidence.
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Judgment detox : release the beliefs that hold you back from living a better life
by Gabrielle Bernstein
The best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back outlines a proactive, step-by-step program for eliminating judgmental habits and achieving oneness, citing judgment as the source of most discomforts while drawing on principles ranging from yoga and meditation to EFT and metaphysical teachings to explain how to release negative beliefs.
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12 Rules for Life : An Antidote to Chaos
by Jordan Peterson
A renowned psychologist and cultural critic discusses the importance of clear and honest thinking and offers 12 directives for living happily and keeping out the abundant chaos and nihilism in the modern, ever-changing world.
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Treating People Well : The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life
by Lea Berman
A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries, is built on a premise that everyone is important and deserves to be treated well regardless of differences, covering subjects ranging from how to make friends with strangers to overcoming the challenges of difficult colleagues.
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Swearing Is Good for You : The Amazing Science of Bad Language
by Emma Byrne
An exploration of swearing reveals how it has been around since the earliest human communication and has been proven to have beneficial properties, from reducing physical pain and lowering anxiety to preventing physical violence and promoting cooperation
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Stalking God : my unorthodox search for something to believe in
by Anjali Kumar
The Head of Social Innovation at Warby Parker describes her unorthodox spiritual pilgrimage to search for the meaning that took her to the shamans of Peruvian mountains, the Burning Man festival and exposure to saints, goddesses, witches and faith healers.
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Advice not given : a guide to getting over yourself
by Mark Epstein
The Harvard-trained psychologist and author of The Trauma of Everyday Life explores how the traditions of Buddhism and Western psychotherapy can complement each other to promote a healthier ego and maximize the human potential for living a better life.
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Being Hindu : understanding a peaceful path in a violent world
by Hindol Sengupta
Told from the frank and refreshing perspective of a practicing Hindu, this book analyses the importance of Hinduism as the secular, plural middle path in the battle between Islam and Christianity that is playing out across the globe. Being Hindu presents a faith of peace, liberation, and understanding in an increasingly violent world.
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The square and the tower : networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
by Niall Ferguson
A reevaluation of history's turning points as collisions between old power hierarchies and new social networks explains how networks have always existed and have been responsible for key innovations and revolutionary ideas, from clustering and degrees of separation to contagions and phase transitions. By an award-winning author.
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The meaning of birds
by Simon Barnes
An illustrated examination of the lives of birds looks at how birds achieve the miracle of flight; why birds sing; what they tell us about the seasons of the year; the uses of feathers; what the migration of birds can tell us about climate change; and much more.
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With the end in mind : dying, death, and wisdom in an age of denial
by Kathryn Mannix
A British cognitive behavior therapist specializing in palliative care draws on stories from her own practice to counsel readers on how to enable a gentle and peaceful death and how modern medicine, augmented by traditional palliative approaches, can restore dignity, humanity and meaning to the end of a life.
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Bad jobs and poor decisions : dispatches from the working class
by J. R. Helton
The author discusses a low point of his life when, during the 1980s, a cocaine addiction and a troubled marriage led to him holding a string of manual-labor jobs, in a memoir that showcases not only the author's rough life in the Midwest but also the disparate people whom he worked with while painting houses, delivering firewood, hauling railroad ties and more.
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Together we rise : behind the scenes at the protest heard round the world
by Women's March Organizers and Conde Nast
In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women’s March, a full-color book offers a front-row seat to one of the most galvanizing movements in American history, with exclusive interviews with Women’s March organizers, never-before-seen photographs and essays by feminist activists.
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So you want to talk about race
by Ijeoma Oluo
A Seattle-based writer, editor and speaker tackles the sensitive, hyper-charged racial landscape in current America, discussing the issues of privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word.
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Craeft : an inquiry into the origins and true meaning of traditional crafts
by Alex Langlands
Combining deep history with scientific analyses and personal anecdotes, an archaeologist and medieval historian searches for the lost meaning of craft, taking us into the ancient world of traditional crafts where we will be connected with our human past, our sense of place and our extraordinary capacity to survive in the harshest of landscapes.
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To fight against this age : on fascism and humanism
by Rob Riemen
Collects two essays: “The Eternal Return of Fascism,” which explores the theoretical weakness of fascism—which depends on resentment, anger and fear, xenophobia, scapegoats, and its hatred of the life of the mind—and “The Return of Europa,” which discusses European humanism and its democratic values of truth, beauty, justice, and love for life. An international best-seller.
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When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
A lyrical memoir by the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement urges readers to understand the movement's position of love, humanity and justice, challenging perspectives that have negatively labeled the movement's activists while calling for essential political changes. Co-written by the award-winning author of The Prisoner's Wife.
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The financial diet : a total beginner's guide to getting good with money
by Chelsea Fagan
The founder of "The Financial Diet" blog outlines practical advice for securing a healthy financial life, explaining the basics of creating a budget, choosing worthwhile investments and managing credit responsibly while negotiating for raises and learning how to afford small luxuries.
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Finance for normal people : how investors and markets behave
by Meir Statman
Finance for Normal People teaches behavioral finance to people like you and me - normal people, neither rational nor irrational. We are consumers, savers, investors, and managers - corporate managers, money managers, financial advisers, and all other financial professionals.
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Bringing Columbia home : the final mission of a lost space shuttle and her crew
by Michael D. Leinbach
"For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia shuttle disaster and recovery, written by Mike Leinbach who was the launch director of the NASA shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation’s eyes on February 1, 2003. A gripping account of a fatal tragedy and the impressive and deeply emotional human response that ensued." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review.
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The girl on the velvet swing : sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the twentieth century
by Simon Baatz
A chronicle of the events surrounding the 1906 murder trial of millionaire Harry Thaw details the scandalous victimization of teen actress Evelyn Nesbit and Thaw's vengeance-fueled, public murder of legendary architect Stanford White, a case that tested the limits of the free press and raised awareness of the disproportionate power of Gilded Age tycoons.
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Murder, interrupted : true-crime thrillers
by James Patterson
A #1 best-selling author presents two true crime stories that inspired an episode of the Investigation Discovery series Murder Is Forever. Paperback available.
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"You can't fire the bad ones!" : and 18 other myths about teachers, teachers unions, and public education
by William Ayers
"Overturns common misconceptions about charter schools, school "choice," standardized tests, common core curriculum, and teacher evaluations. Teachers have always been devalued in the United States, but in recent years the pace and intensity of attacks by politicians, the media, and so-called education reformers have escalated sharply. Indeed, the "bad teacher" figure has come to dominate public discourse, obscuring the structural inequities that teachers and students face everyday. This book flips the script on enduring and popular myths about teachers, teachers unions, and education that inform policy discussions and choices. Some of these myths, such as "student scores on standardized tests should be used to evaluate teachers," have ushered in an eraof high-stakes exam-centric classrooms. Other myths, such as "unions are good for teachers but bad for kids," have led to reduced protection and rights for teachers in public schools, making it harder for educators to serve their students. By unpacking these myths, and underscoring the necessity of strong and vital public schools as a common good, Ayers and Laura challenge readers - whether parents, community members, or policymakers - to rethink their own assumptions about teaching and education"
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Rethinking school : how to take charge of your child's education
by Susan Wise Bauer
The author of The Well-trained Mind offers a critique of the U.S. public school system where she closely analyzes the traditional school structure, dissects its weaknesses, and offers a wealth of advice for parents of children whose difficulties may stem from struggling with learning differences, maturity differences, toxic classroom environments, and more.
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Off the charts : the hidden lives and lessons of American child prodigies
by Ann Hulbert
Presents an exploration of child genius through the stories of 15 exceptionally gifted young people, from cybernetics founder Norbert Wiener and chess master Bobby Fischer to movie icon Shirley Temple and African-American musician Philippa Schuyler, to address today's challenges with cultivating and wasting America's brightest minds.
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A most improbable journey : a big history of our planet and ourselves
by Walter Alvarez
The famed geologist and author of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom surveys the cosmic, geologic and evolutionary forces that have shaped our planet, outlining a science-based approach to "Big History" that illuminates such topics as evolution, the movement of the continents and humanity's unique ascendance.
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Reading the rocks : how Victorian geologists discovered the secret of life
by Brenda Maddox
An acclaimed biographer and science writer profiles the early geologists who were the first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history, exploring their triumphs and disappointments, and the theological, philosophical and scientific debates their findings provoked.
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600s - Health, Cooking & Parenting
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Target 100 : the world's simplest weight-loss program in 6 easy steps
by Liz Josefsberg
A 15-year veteran of the weight-loss industry—who has both lost a significant amount of weight and helped celebrity clients—challenges the approaches of impractical and contradictory diets to outline holistic and manageable weight loss practices that involve drinking water, exercising, sleeping more and reducing stress.
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How healing works : get well and stay well using your hidden power to heal
by Wayne B Jonas
A revolutionary approach to injury, illness and wellness draws on four decades of research and patient care to explain how 80 percent of healing occurs organically, outlining how readers can take charge of their health and pursue appropriate care while implementing practices to activate the body's natural healing processes.
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A kind of mirraculas paradise : a true story about schizophrenia
by Sandra Allen
A first book by a Brown-educated former BuzzFeed editor stands as cautionary tribute to life with schizophrenia and describes her relationship with her afflicted uncle and how he was marginalized and labeled throughout his formative years before embarking on an adulthood shaped by the limitations, prejudices and ignorances of mental healthcare in America.
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Body full of stars : female rage and my passage into motherhood
by Molly Caro May
In a dark, compassionate and honest story, the author, after undergoing several unexpected health issues after the birth of her first child, shares her experiences dealing with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and what she calls female rage, and how she was able to reconnect with her body to balance physical and emotional changes.
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Peony : the best varieties for your garden
by David Michener
Perfect for both enthusiastic home gardeners and peony collectors alike, a comprehensive guide to the peony, a flowering plant popular for its beauty and fragrance, profiles 194 varieties and is filled with cultivation advice, design information and plant picks, as well as a list of resources and suggested further reading.
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Slow cook modern : 200 recipes for the way we eat today
by Liana Krissoff
A collection of modern slow-cooker recipes by the popular author of Canning for a New Generation offers such sophisticated weeknight options as Tarragon and Crème Fraîche Chicken with Cranberry-Orange Wild Rice and Curried Pork Loin with Roasted Squash and Scott Bonnet Sauce.
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My smart home for seniors
by Michael Miller
Provides step-by-step instructions for seniors on installing and setting up smart technology in the home, covering such topics as automatically controlling heating and air conditioning, lighting, and security and monitoring devices
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The right--and wrong--stuff : how brilliant careers are made and unmade
by Carter Cast
Drawing on his own experiences, as well as meticulous research, the author, a former rising star at a Fortune 100 company whose career was derailed by his attitude, shows readers how, through five defining archetypes, they can recognize blind spots that can lead to downfall and provides new ways for readers to take charge of their careers.
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When to jump : if the job you have isn't the life you want
by Mike Lewis
A collection of inspirational entries detailing the experiences of people who have left unfulfilling jobs outlines four fundamental steps to pursuing one's dreams, revealing how others have managed the risks, emotional fallout and setbacks of living life on their own terms. A first book.
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Japanese knitting stitch bible : 260 Exquisite Patterns
by Hitomi Shida
A well-known Japanese designer shares her strikingly original designs in this guide for the experienced knitter who is looking for new stitches that yield spectacular results, and includes step-by-step instructions for a series of small projects that offer practice for working with a variety of large patterns.
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Norwich : one tiny Vermont town's secret to happiness and excellence
by Karen Crouse
Traces the history and achievements of the small Vermont community that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country, assessing its model for achieving excellence and a well-rounded life based on counterintuitive practices of moderate competition, inclusion regardless of talent and emphasis on childhood fun. A first book.
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Electric Arches
by Eve L. Ewing
Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewings narrative takes us from the streets of 1990s Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality.
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Winter
by Karl Ove Knausgård
A follow-up to Autumn continues the author's autobiographical quartet based on the seasons and collects daily meditations and letters addressed directly to his unborn daughter and how her prenatal development reshaped his perspectives on everyday objects. By the award-winning author of the My Struggle series.
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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica
by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Documents the true story of a scrappy teen from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on a daring expedition to Antarctica in 1928, tracing the sensational heyday of the time and how high schooler Billy Gawronski jumped into the Hudson and snuck aboard the expedition's flagship, eventually becoming an international celebrity.
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Killing England : the brutal struggle for American independence
by Bill O'Reilly
In a book told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Great Britain’s King George III, the authors chronicle the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. By the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Killing the Rising Sun.
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First founding father : Richard Henry Lee and the call to independence
by Harlow G. Unger
A portrait of one of America's Founding Fathers illuminates his role in securing key political and diplomatic victories in the Revolutionary War, his efforts to unite the colonial government and his negotiations with French supporters to secure essential arms. By the author of The Last Founding Father.
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"Our good and faithful servant" : James Moore Wayne and Georgia Unionism
by Joel McMahon
United States Supreme Court Justice James Moore Wayne is the most famous Georgian nobody knows. When his home state seceded from the Union in 1861, Wayne retained his seat on the US Supreme Court and remained loyal to the Union as the nation lunged headlong into war. He knew the insanity of secession, and warned of the folly of disunion, but his son, Col. Henry Wayne, resigned his commission in the US Army and cast his lot with the Confederacy. This book tells their story and examines the nature of Georgia's strong and largely overlooked unionist sentiment in the decades before the Civil War
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Trumpocracy : the corruption of the American republic
by David Frum
Builds on the author's March 2017 "How to Build an Autocracy" column in The Atlantic to explain how Donald Trump has undermined America's most important institutions as part of a carefully crafted plan to institute authoritarianism, in an account that explains how ongoing changes to the presidency are likely to reverberate for decades.
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The new American revolution : the making of a populist movement
by Kayleigh McEnany
An engaging collection of interviews and stories about the powerful grassroots populist movement currently transforming the landscape of political campaigns shares insights into how everyday voters from the American heartland feel about such hot-button issues as illegal immigration, national security and religious freedom.
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Fire and fury : inside the Trump White House
by Michael Wolff
Reveals the chaos of Donald Trump's first nine months in office, detailing why Comey was really fired, how to communicate with the president, and who is directing the administration following Bannon's dismissal
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The bohemian South : creating countercultures, from Poe to punk
by Shawn Chandler Bingham
"This ... collection uses bohemia as a novel lens for reconsidering more traditional views of the South. Exploring wide-ranging locales, such as Athens, Austin, Black Mountain College, Knoxville, Memphis, New Orleans, and North Carolina's Research Triangle, each essay challenges popular interpretations of the South, while highlighting important bohemian sub- and countercultures. The bohemian South provides [a] perspective in the new South as an epicenter for progress, innovation, and experimentation"
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