Keeping the peace : a police chief looks at his job
Harper & Row, January 1970. Hardcover. Gift inscription on front pastedown partially marked out; else, very good condition. More
Atlanta & The South
Miss Lucy of the Cio: The Life and Times of Lucy Randolph Mason, 1882-1959
Univ of Georgia Pr, April 1988. Hardcover. More
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Spiegel & Grau, December 2009. Trade Paperback. The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of..... More
Hiking Atlanta's Hidden Forests: Intown and Out
Milestone Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. Outdoor leader and educator Jonah McDonald shows the way to discovering hiking in Atlanta's canopy-covered green spaces in this guide that recommends 60 hikes within 30 miles of Georgia's Capitol dome. Ranging from less than a mile to more than 12 miles, routes are..... More
Major Jones's courtship
Cherokee Pub. Co, January 1973. Hardcover. More
Atlanta Noir (Akashic Noir)
Akashic Books, August 2017. Trade Paperback. Georgia Center for the Book has chosen Atlanta Noir as one of 2018's Books All Georgians Should Read! Kenji Jasper's A Moment of Clarity at the Waffle House nominated for a 2018 Edgar Award for Best Short Story! Atlanta has its share, maybe more..... More
No Such Thing as a Bad Day: A Memoir
Longstreet Press, May 2000. Hardcover. The former White House chief-of-staff recalls his youth in the civil rights-era South, his years in Washington during the Carter administration, and his battle with three different types of cancer. Clean, tight copy. More
The Grace and Grandeur of Natchez Homes (South/South Coast)
Voyageur Press, November 1994. Trade Paperback. More
The Highs & Lows of Little Five (GA): A History of Little Five Points
The History Press, February 2010. Trade Paperback. The Highs and Lows of Little Five Points documents the transformations of Atlanta's first Neighborhood Commercial District. Atlanta's Little Five Points, the city's first Neighborhood Commercial District, stands out as one of the most distinctive shopping districts in the Southeast. There have been..... More
Remembering Athens
Athens Historical Society, January 1996. Hardcover. More
The Sweet Everlasting
Avon Books (Mm), September 1997. Mass Market PaperBack. A remarkable novel of simple poetry and poignant beauty that tells an unforgettable story of a love betrayed and a good life undone. At the age of seventy-four, Ellis Butt remembers a simple life that unfolded against the complex, ever-changing background of..... More
Philip Juras: The Southern Frontier: Landscapes Inspired by Bartram's Travels
Telfair Museum of Art, January 2011. Hardcover. More
Georgia from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light
Cherokee Pub, September 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Bound in blue cloth with bright gold lettering on the spine and the front board. Light wear on the bottom edges of the boards. Toning on the top edge. Light foxing on the edges of the print block and the endpapers. Light shelf..... More
Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed
University of Georgia Press, July 2007. Oversized Hardcover. In 1990 David Kaufman decided to explore Peachtree Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with the Chattahoochee River. For thirteen years he paddled the creek, photographed it, and researched its history as the Atlanta area's major watershed. The result is Peachtree..... More
Atlanta: Race, Class And Urban Expansion (Comparitive American Cities)
Temple University Press, January 2001. Trade Paperback. Atlanta has transformed from a provincial capital to a global city, but it still contains inequalities, particularly for African-Americans. Keating tells troubling stories of development plans that are under the control of private business and the lack of democratic process. Moderate shelf wear..... More
The Education of a Lifetime
Nautilus Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Cloth. Signed by Former Chancellor Robert Khayat on the title page. A Cappella was the bookseller at his appearance on October 3, 2013 at the Carter Center in Atlanta. More
Quail Plantations of South Georgia and North Florida
University of Georgia Press, October 1991. Oversized Hardcover. More
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
Princeton University Press, July 2007. Trade Paperback. The forgotten story of how southern white supremacy and resistance to desegregation helped give birth to the modern conservative movement During the civil rights era, Atlanta thought of itself as "The City Too Busy to Hate," a rare place in the South where..... More
Living Atlanta: An Oral History of the City, 1914-1948
Univ of Georgia Pr, February 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Signed and inscribed by one of the authors, Clifford M. Kuhn on the half title page. More
Understandings: Photographs of Decatur County, Georgia
University of North Carolina Press, February 1982. Cloth. Oblong quarto. {11 & 1/2' x 9' & 1/4'] Brown cloth covered boards with black lettering along spine. Brown end pages. Foxing scattered through internal pages. [117 pages]. More
Poor Atlanta: Poverty, Race, and the Limits of Sunbelt Development
University of Georgia Press, January 2023. Paper Back. Poor Atlanta looks at the poor people's campaigns in Atlanta in the 1960s and 1970s, which operated in relationship to Sunbelt city- building efforts. With these efforts, city leaders aimed to prevent urban violence, staunch disinvestment, check white flight, and amplify Atlanta's..... More
Waist Deep in Black Water
University of Georgia Press, April 2004. Paper Back. John Lane has scaled a granite dome in the Suriname rain forest and waded past cottonmouths in the heart of a Florida cypress swamp. He has shadowed crocodiles in a Yucatán mangrove thicket and paddled the rapids of North Carolina's Tuckaseegee River..... More
Savannah revisited: History & architecture by Mills Lane (2001-05-03)
Beehive Press, January 2001. Oversized Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Savannah revisited;: A pictorial history
University of Georgia Press, January 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Solid binding w/ mild spine wear from use; Navy cloth boards show mild to moderate wear from age w/ some mild scuffing, staining and sun-fading present; Gilt text at spine intact; Text free of markings w/ clear un-marked pictures; A nice..... More
Cotton, Cornbread, and Conversations: Adventures in Central Georgia
Mercer Univ Pr, March 2004. Trade Paperback. Every city has its charm, every county has its character, and every neighborhood has its nuances. In Central Georgia, you don't have to go far to find an adventure.This collection of stories and adventures has been gathered from glimpses of billboards, travels on..... More
