Island Press, August 2000. Trade Paperback. A serious but often overlooked impact of the random, unplanned growth commonly known as sprawl is its effect on economic and racial polarization. Sprawl-fueled growth pushes people further apart geographically, politically, economically, and socially. Atlanta, Georgia, one of the fastest-growing areas in the country..... More
Simon & Schuster, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first. Grey cloth spien with black lettering & darker grey paper covered boards with title blind stamp. Heavily chipped & torn jacket with staining. NOT price-clipped: original price of $12.95 on flap. Complete number line. More
University of Georgia Press, April 2018. Cloth. Seeking Eden promotes an awareness of, and appreciation for, Georgia's rich garden heritage. Updated and expanded here are the stories of nearly thirty designed landscapes first identified in the early twentieth-century publication Garden History of Georgia, 1733-1933. Seeking Eden records each garden's evolution..... More
Harper Collins, June 1991. Hardcover. First/first in dust jacket. Signed by Sibley on title page. More
Doubleday, January 1975. First Edition. Cloth. In dust jacket. Signed 'Best wishes Celestine Sibley' on f.f.e.p. Also previous owner's gift inscription inked same page. More
Harpercollins, March 1995. Hardcover. The fourth charming and ingenious mystery featuring Atlanta reporter and amateur sleuth Kate Mulcay. A sticky situation gets even more complicated when, after the arrival of a quirky couple who claims to be Kate's long-lost kin, Kate finds herself implicated in the murder of a neighbor..... More
Longstreet Press, October 1990. Hardcover. More
Harper & Row, April 1982. Hardcover. In price clipped dust jacket. Complete number line. Signed on f.f.e.p. 'Best wishes Celestine Sibley, 1984'. More
Harper & Row, January 1982. Book Club. Hardcover. Book club edition in damp stained dust jacket with two by two inch chomp out of spine at bottom. More
Peachtree Pub Ltd, June 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of the best works by the celebrated and much-beloved Southern columnist and writer, with introductions by some of Sibley's many prominent fans. From her early days as a reporter covering every possible beat to her creation of the Kate Mulcahy..... More
Reprint Co, January 1974. Hardcover. More
John F. Blair Publisher, August 2002. Cloth. Cumberland Island is the site of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's 1996 wedding, which thrust Georgia's southernmost barrier island into the national spotlight. The island is now profiled by an award-winning environmental writer in this history of what Town & Country..... More
Simon & Schuster, February 2015. Trade Paperback. An award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind is one of our most important records of the American Civil Rights Movement. Told by John Lewis, who Cornel West calls a "national treasure," this is a gripping first-hand account of the fight for civil..... More
Mercer University Press, December 1987. Oversized Hardcover. From the personal library of legendary tavern owner and county commissioner MANUEL MALOOF. This copy has a gift inscription from the provost of Mercer University. More
Brash Books, January 2020. Paper Back. The long-lost, never-before-published, thirteenth novel in the legendary Hardman series. Jim Hardman will do just about anything for a buck, short of a felony, though he has been known to push the line. It's a career choice that takes a big toll on his..... More
Brash Books, August 2019. Paper Back. The gritty, hard-edged novel of sex, crime, and corruption in 1970s Atlanta...and the man who is paid to hide it all... by Ralph Dennis, author of the legendary Hardman series of detective novels. Vince Gorman is a ruthless lawyer with flexible morality who makes..... More
Brash Books, May 2019. Paper Back. The 12th and final adventure in the legendary Hardman series It's doing the small, simple favors that gets Jim Hardman in the most trouble. A waitress he knows asks him to find her missing husband, a freelance bartender who never returned from a weekend..... More
Brash Books, December 2018. Paper Back. The second novel in the unforgettable, long lost series by Ralph Dennis is finally back in print... after being coveted for years by collectors of the very best in hardboiled fiction. Jim Hardman was a mediocre Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of..... More
Brash Books, April 2019. Paper Back. "Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared." Mystery Scene Magazine "Dennis may not have made literature of Hardman, but he damn sure touched on it more than a time or two," Joe..... More
Brash Books, January 2019. Paper Back. "Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment." The New York Times Before Spenser & Hawk, Elvis Cole & Joe Pike, and Hap & Leonard, there was Jim Hardman & Hump Evans, author Ralph Dennis' legendary 1970s PI team. They're back in..... More
Brash Books, December 2018. Paper Back. The third novel in Ralph Dennis' great, but hard-to-find 1970s detective series that's been sought-after for decades by readers of the very best in crime fiction. Jim Hardman was an Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of corruption and thrown off the force..... More
Brash Books, May 2019. Paper Back. The tenth unforgettable novel in the legendary crime series It's a bitter, cold night in Atlanta. Ex-cop Jim Hardman walks in on a convenience robbery committed by a youmg woman and two men that leaves an innocent clerk dead. It's an ugly experience Hardman..... More
Brash Books, May 2019. Paper Back. The 11th adventure in the ground-breaking Hardman series The Man, the "Black Godfather" of Atlanta, controls most of the crime in the city... but now someone wants to take it all away from him...by putting a bullet in his head and killing his crew..... More
Brash Books, February 2019. Paper Back. For years, original copies of Ralph Dennis' Hardman novels, one of the best crime fiction series ever written, were the Holy Grail for collectors because they were nearly impossible to find and very pricey. But those days are over. Hardman is back! "The Hardman..... More
Brash Books, May 2019. Paper Back. "A brilliantly original, surprising plot in one of the best crime novel series ever written. This is straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor. It's wonderful!" Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author..... More
Brash Books, December 2018. Paper Back. "Dennis wrote with assurance. His prose was muscular, swift, and highly readable." Joe R. Lansdale, from his introduction Jim Hardman was an Atlanta cop until he was wrongly accused of corruption and thrown off the force. Now he works as an unlicensed PI, trouble-shooter..... More
Brash Books, March 2019. Paper Back. The seventh novel in the legendary Hardman series. "The Hardman books are by far the best of the men's action-adventure series." Mother Jones Magazine It's Atlanta, 1974. Ex-cop Jim Hardman and ex-NFL player Hump Evans do odd jobs. Anything that pays. As long as..... More
The History Press, May 2021. Paper Back. The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders..... More
N/A, June 2002. Trade Paperback. More
Atlanta Boys' High School Alum, January 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear and corner rubbing on the jacket. Mylar wrapped. More
Livingston Pr, August 2016. Trade Paperback. Fiction. African & African American Studies. Winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award for First Novel. Travis Hemperly is estranged from his Southern roots Who defines history, anyway? Is it our school systems? Is it our popular media? Our literature? Our sermons..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
Bloomsbury USA, September 2006. Hardcover. There Is No Me Without You is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. It is a story as much about the power of the bond between..... More
The New Press, August 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. The extraordinary story of how Georgia State University tore up the rulebook for educating lower-income students"Georgia State . . . has been reimagined--amid a moral awakening and a raft of data-driven experimentation--as one of the South's more innovative engines of social mobility."--The..... More
Houghton Mifflin (T), September 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Long crease along the spine and back flap of the jacket. Mylar wrapped to preserve. Light foxing on the edges of the print block. Signed and dedicated by the author on the title page. More
Peachtree Publishers, October 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket, minor creases on the front flap. Mylar wrapped. Light sunning on the edge of the boards. Name in pen on the front free endpaper. More
The University of North Carolina Press, August 2019. Paper Back. For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname the black Mecca. Atlanta's long tradition of black education dates back to Reconstruction, and..... More
The History Press, March 2021. Paper Back. While Atlanta has been a major tourist destination since the Civil War, travelers rarely encountered the rest of Georgia unless they were on their way to Florida. That meant scores of attractions, motels, restaurants and gas stations sprang up along the major and..... More
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, January 1964. Hardcover. 3 Volume Set. More
Peachtree Pub Ltd, November 1980. Hardcover. More
PublicAffairs, April 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. When Jessica Handler was eight years old, her younger sister Susie was diagnosed with leukemia. To any family, the diagnosis would have been upending, but to the Handlers, whose youngest daughter Sarah had been born with a rare congenital blood disorder, it was an..... More
PublicAffairs, April 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. When Jessica Handler was eight years old, her younger sister Susie was diagnosed with leukemia. To any family, the diagnosis would have been upending, but to the Handlers, whose youngest daughter Sarah had been born with a rare congenital blood disorder, it was an..... More
Workman Pub Co, May 2003. Paper Back. Newell never really belonged in Pastel, Alabama. Ready for a change, he buys a one-way ticket to New Orleans. The year is 1978 and the rambunctious city beckons with its famous promise of bright lights, excitement, and men everywhere. Newell makes his way..... More
Algonquin Books, January 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. On a snowy Thanksgiving day in North Carolina along a stretch of rural highway, a dreamy eight-year-old named Danny Crell is caught in the middle of a violent quarrel between his parents. Danny's father, Bobjay Crell, has been at the mercy of doctors..... More
Reprint Co, June 1979. Hardcover. 1980 reprint. More
Delta, January 1992. First Trade. Trade Paperback. From the little blue baby with a heart murmur to those desperate patients who undergo heart transplants, In the Country of Hearts brings the world of medicine down to its all-too-human level and shows the two hearts that beat in all of us--the..... More
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
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
Applewood Books, January 2007. Trade Paperback. Written by Charles C. Jones, Jr., the 19th century's foremost historian of Georgia and former mayor of Savannah, The Dead Towns of Georgia is an insightful look into the history of Georgia through a detailed examination of towns that flourished and then faded away..... More
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
Athens Historical Society, January 1996. Hardcover. More
Harvest Books, June 2005. Trade Paperback. Sabbath Creek is the story of Lewis Pope, a fourteen-year-old boy thrust into an adult world when his beautiful mother takes him on an aimless journey through south Georgia. Cerebral and sensitive, Lewis is forced to confront the latent fears-scars left from the emotional..... More
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
University of Georgia Press, August 2005. Trade Paperback. In The Sweet Everlasting, Judson Mitcham cuts through the moral ambiguities of life in the midcentury, rural South to show us the heart and soul of a good but flawed man. Sharecropper's son, mill worker, and ex-convict--Ellis Burt surely knows adversity. For..... More
Hachette Books, August 2017. Paper Back. Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work/Biography. In Across That Bridge, Congressman John Lewis draws from his experience as a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer timeless wisdom, poignant recollections, and powerful principles for anyone interested in challenging..... More
Top Shelf Productions, January 2015. Trade Paperback. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation..... More
Top Shelf Productions, January 2015. Trade Paperback. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation..... More
Deodara Press LLC, January 2018. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. New. More
Heritage Papers / M.B. Warren, January 1972. Hardcover. Some soiling to back boards (splattered white paint?). Otherwise solid with clean interiors. More
Longstreet Pr, November 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. More
T. H. P., January 1978. Oversized Hardcover. More
Scribner, May 1997. Trade Paperback. The world saw only one book by Margaret Mitchell published in her lifetime, the incomparable Gone With the Wind, the most popular novel in American history. Upon her death in 1949, her personal papers, almost all other writing, and even the original typescript of Gone..... More
University of South Carolina Press, August 2010. Trade Paperback. The sixty-four columns in Margaret Mitchell: Reporter present a vivid portrait of a lively, far-ranging mind and an insightful observer well on the way to her full literary prowess long before the world even knew her name. More than a decade..... More
Arcadia Publishing, September 2008. Trade Paperback. The story of Inman Park, Atlanta s first planned suburb, is one closely tied with transportation ingenuity, trade, and the progressive determination of its citizens. Situated two miles east of downtown Atlanta, Inman Park was farmland when the Civil War ravaged its rolling hills..... More
Self-Published, January 1995. Stapled Soft Cover. More
Little Star Press, August 1996. Paper Back. More
Cherokee Publishing Company, January 1986. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by Cleland on front free end page: 'To Sandy & Virginia. God bless you! Max Cleland. 1987. PS Thanks for understanding!' First/first in jacket. Clean, solid, very good copy. More
Reedy Press, March 2020. Paper Back. More
Globe Pequot, December 2019. Hardcover. Atlanta Underground presents a city history through the lens of its buried and paved-over urban landscape. Atlanta has been built, rebuilt, destroyed and rebuilt so many times that it has created an artificial surface dozens of feet above the original ground plane, leaving room to..... More
Wipf & Stock Pub, November 2017. Trade Paperback. Deeper Waters is a sermon collection--but also a manifesto. Its sermons sound forth a call for Christian preaching that is evangelical and emancipatory: unashamed of the good news about Christ's death and resurrection and resolute in resistance to white supremacy, male domination..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, June 2021. Trade Paperback. Coursing with a pumped-up beat, gay Atlanta was the South's mecca--a beacon for gays and lesbians growing up in its homophobic towns and cities. There, the Sweet Gum Head was the club for achieving drag stardom. Martin Padgett evokes the fantabulous..... More
Hub City Press, April 2017. Trade Paperback. In the months leading up to the birth of her first child, Hannah Palmer discovers that all three of her childhood houses have been wiped out by the expansion of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Having uprooted herself from a promising career in publishing..... More
Hub City Press, April 2017. Trade Paperback. In the months leading up to the birth of her first child, Hannah Palmer discovers that all three of her childhood houses have been wiped out by the expansion of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Having uprooted herself from a promising career in publishing..... More
simon & schuster; 1st edition edition (june 21, 1971), January 1605. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Presentation copy signed on the front free endpaper by Ivan Allen, Jr. More
simon & schuster; 1st edition edition (june 21, 1971), January 1605. First Edition. Hardcover. Well worn boards in chipped/tanned jacket. Signed by Allen on front free end page. More
Everthemore Books, December 2014. Trade Paperback. More
Peachtree Publishers, October 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy SIGNED by Philip Lee Williams on front free endpaper. More
Ballantine Books, December 1991. Mass Market PaperBack. More
The History Press, February 2021. Paper Back. Old Atlanta may conjure images of southern belles and Civil War ruination, but the full story stretches back millennia, even before the first known residents arrived five thousand years ago. From centuries of Native American settlements that ended with the removal of the..... More
Reedy Press, May 2021. Paper Back. This is a PRE-ORDER. Your book will be available after July 15. More
Reedy Press, May 2021. Paper Back. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), May 1997. Trade Paperback. The intersection of Peachtree Street, historically the residential and commercial street of Atlanta's white elite, and Sweet Auburn, the spiritual main street of Atlanta's black community, mirrors the often separate but mutually dependent worlds of whites and blacks in this southern city. In "Where..... More
Milkweed Editions, September 2000. Trade Paperback. Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by the hedge at the edge of the road and by hulks of old cars and stacks of blown-out tires. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood tells how a childhood..... More
University of Georgia Press, August 1994. Trade Paperback. Set in the small-town, pre-civil rights South, The Hawk and the Sun is the story of one day in the life of Dandelion, a physically impaired man who is the sole black resident in the town of Tilden. Years before, the birth..... More
University of Georgia Press, August 1994. Trade Paperback. Set in the small-town, pre-civil rights South, The Hawk and the Sun is the story of one day in the life of Dandelion, a physically impaired man who is the sole black resident in the town of Tilden. Years before, the birth..... More
Little Brown & Co (T), April 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & solid & near fine all around. Signed by Blount on front free end page. More
University of Georgia Press, September 1994. Trade Paperback. The second volume of Georgia Voices--a three-volume anthology highlighting the achievements of Georgia writers in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry--is a fascinating collection of essays, letters, diary entries, and speeches. Including selections by African Americans, women, and Native Americans, the anthology reflects the..... More
Verso Books, March 1996. Trade Paperback. In the age of decentralization, instant communications, and the subordination of locality to the demands of a globalizing market, contemporary cities have taken on place-less or a-geographic characters. They have become phantasmagorical landscapes. Atlanta, argues Charles Rutheiser, is in many ways paradigmatic of this..... More
Drewry Lane Bookmakers, September 1994. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First/first; Oblong octavo (10' x 8'). Bright, clean, sound, no markings. Well cared for & gently read. Faint shelfwear along wrapper edges. Hard to imagine a better collector's copy. One of a kind selection of all things Deacon. RIP you Georgia..... More
Drewry Lane Bookmakers, September 1994. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First printing. Tight, clean copy. Very minor shelfwear on the cover. More
Palgrave Macmillan Trade, January 2016. Hardcover. **Winner, Phillip D. Reed Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment** **A Planetizen Top Planning Book for 2017** After decades of sprawl, many American city and suburban residents struggle with issues related to traffic (and its accompanying challenges for our health and productivity)..... More
Peachtree Publishers, August 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. A boy's account of growing up through the rituals of life on an ancestral farm in middle Georgia between the big wars. It is a rueful, humorous story of the people in one rural county, but the telling cuts so deep it breaks..... More
N/A, November 1984. Hardcover. In this sequel to Run with the Horsemen, the redoubtable Porter Osborne Jr., a little older and slightly more worldly, leaves the dusty security of his rural Georgia home for college. The year is 1938, but the story is timeless. Armed with the self-assurance of having..... More
Harper & Row, May 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket mildly worn at edge, with darkening of edge at jacket verso. Black cloth covered spine with silver lettering & tawny amber colored paper covered boards. Likewise tawny amber end pages. Previous owner's name & phone number inked top corner of FFEP..... More
Doubleday, June 1977. First American. Hardcover. In spine sunned dust jacket. First/first. More
Doubleday, June 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto: 5 & 3/4' x 8 & 1/2'. First/first in spine-sunned dustjacket with worn folds & edges. Flap not clipped. Jacket verso darkened heavily at spine. Quarter bound: brick red cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Boards covered with khaki color paper with speckles..... More
