Mama Dip's Kitchen
    by Mildred Council
    Chapel Hill's Mama Dip shares her life in food and 263 treasured recipes from her legendary restaurant. "I'm a huge fan of Mama Dip's southern country cooking, and I'm thrilled that she's written a cookbook. . . . [including] all her restaurant's signature dishes (not least of which is the world's best fried chicken)."--Jean Anderson, author of The American Century Cookbook
    $24.95 cloth / $15.95 paper

       

    Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum
    by Richard Schweid
    Revised Edition
    The big story behind the fiery little hot sauce pepper "This biography of a remarkable spice is salted with plenty of fact and anecdote about the Cajun culture of the pepper belt and recipes to tempt the pepperphile."--Denver Post
    $16.95 paper

       

    The Country Ham Book
    by Jeanne Voltz and Elaine J. Harvell
    Tips on buying, preparing, and serving can be found in this celebration of a true American legacy. Among the 70 mouth-watering recipes are Mama's Raisin Sauce, Ham and Leek Tart, Pan-Roasted Sea Scallops with Pesto and Ham, Alabama Ham Bone Soup, and delectable combinations of ham with corn, biscuits, and greens.
    $24.95 cloth / $16.95 paper

       

    The Ultimate North Carolina Quiz Book
    by Lew Powell
    More than 500 questions and answers on Tar Heel life and history. A winning blend of entertainment and enlightenment, this little book is guaranteed to put your knowledge of our state to the test.
    $10.95 paper

       

    North Carolina Women: Making History
    by Margaret Supplee Smith and Emily Herring Wilson
    Foreword by Doris Betts
    This beautifully illustrated narrative recovers the story of Tar Heel women from prehistory through World War II, revealing their strong influence in shaping the state. "For all North Carolinians of whatever race, age or sex. Every book club in the state should undertake it as a project. It does more than add a dimension to North Carolina history: it significantly reorders the past."--Anne Firor Scott, Duke University
    12 color / 238 b&w illus., $29.95 cloth

       

    A Family of Women: The Carolina Petigrus in Peace and War
    by Jane H. Pease and William H. Pease
    This compelling family biography traces the lives of three generations of memorable women across the tumultuous nineteenth century. "A classic."--Bertram Wyatt-Brown, author of The House of Percy
    24 illus., $29.95 cloth

       

    Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten
    by Jerry W. Cotton
    The life and work of North Carolina's Bayard Wootten (1875-1959) a trailblazer for women photographers in the South. "A beautiful volume. . . . It is a document of an old way of life and a tribute to a pioneering woman photographer."--Bloomsbury Review
    $37.50 cloth

       

    America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century
    Philip F. Gura and James F. Bollman
    Two avid banjo players-one a cultural scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill, the other a renowned collector of banjos and related materials-relate the colorful history of the five-string banjo. Features 253 illustrations of vintage instruments and banjo players, including many rare daguerreotypes.
    $45.00 cloth

       

    Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers
    by M. Ruth Little
    Photography by Tim Buchman
    "With a discerning heart and eye, combined with years of careful fieldwork and research, Ruth Little illuminates the history as well as the artistry of gravemarkers in North Carolina. . . . Tim Buchman's quietly powerful photographs capture [their] diverse beauty."--Catherine W. Bishir, author of North Carolina Architecture
    236 duotones, $45.00 cloth

       

    North Carolina's Hurricane History
    by Jay Barnes
    Revised and Updated Edition
    "With compelling words and images, Barnes chronicles the destruction seen and the lessons learned from the storms."--Raleigh News and Observer
    "Find out just how vulnerable North Carolina has been to these powerful storms."--Greg Fishel, WRAL-TV meteorologist
    230 illus., 45 maps, $34.95 cloth / $19.95 paper

       

    Time before History: The Archaeology of North Carolina
    by H. Trawick Ward and R. P. Stephen Davis Jr.
    The first accessible archaeological history of our state. Two UNC anthropologists tap a century of excavations and research to reveal the absorbing story of Native Americans who occupied the land for 12,000 years before the Roanoke Island settlement.
    84 illus., 7 maps, $39.95 cloth / $18.95 paper

       

    A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina
    by Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin
    1,200 buildings in the 25 counties of the foothills and mountains.
    "Thorough, invaluable, and surprising. . . . As a native of western North Carolina and a devotee of its history, I am startled to learn how little I know about places long familiar to me."--Fred Chappell
    303 photos, 30 maps, $34.95 cloth / $19.95 paper

       

    A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina
    by Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern
    1,700 buildings in 41 counties from the coast to I-95.
    "Not just the Cupola House and Tryon Palace, but tobacco barns, shotgun houses, textile factories, and railroad stations, too. A feast of North Carolina's historic structures."--Roy Parker Jr., contributing editor, Fayetteville Observer-Times
    428 illus., 34 maps, $39.95 cloth / $19.95 paper

       

    Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain
    by Bland Simpson
    Photography by Ann Cary Simpson
    A personal account of an often misunderstood coastal region.
    "I love reading this book. It captures the sights and sounds and smells of the North Carolina coast better than any book I've ever read."--Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides
    61 photos, $37.50 cloth / $19.95 paper

       


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