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The Making of Gone with the Wind
In honor of the film’s 75th anniversary this year, a new photo book,The Making of Gone with the Wind, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the movie’s three-year production

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The South by the Slice
Digging into the latest helping of a tasty series

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The Mockingbird Next Door
A look over the fence at the reclusive Harper Lee

Our Kind of Place
The Magic of Square Books
A writer’s ode to a storied little Mississippi bookstore

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Hook, Line, and Picture
A photographer’s anthology of a life aquatic

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The Heaven of Animals
David James Poissant captures the craziest creatures of all––us

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Art and Craft
A new story collection from a master of the form

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The Joker
A no-jokes-barred look at the humor of a Southern upbringing

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One Place: A Look at Decatur County, Georgia
One county, one photographer, and forty years of Southern life

The Southerner's Handbook
How to Build a Library
Five essential Southern books

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Classic Country: the Louvin Brothers
A new memoir takes us backstage with the Louvin Brothers

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Mountain Shine
Stories of bootlegging and a simpler way of life

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Rough Waters
A new book dives deeper into Hemingway’s life

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Shelby Foote’s War Story
How a Memphis novelist’s history of the Civil War made history itself

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Dirty Deals in the Delta
An explosive new book explores what really happened to Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs

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Stories that Sing
Jill McCorkle has cemented her place among today’s preeminent Southern writers

Arts & Culture
The Bard of Point Clear
The inimitable Winston Groom