Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continues the work he began in The Hidden Wound (1970) and The Unsettling of America (1977), demanding a careful exploration of this hard, shared truth: The wealth of the mighty few governing this nation has been built on […]
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Written in the last years before his death, this memoir by renowned Kentucky poet and photographer James Baker Hall goes in search of the mother he lost to suicide when he was eight years old. Working his way through a memory shattered by trauma, he tries to recover the story of his beloved mother Lurlene […]
The Lost Story, inspired by C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes just in case.
The poems in The Loneliest Whale in the World, have been called “prayers [and] a way to remind us that we are not alone, that there is a world inside this world, and it is beautiful.”
The Little Book of Whiskey Cocktails sets out to share the stories of the whiskey-making world and recipes suitable for whiskey enthusiasts of all expertise levels. Bryan Paiement takes a practical approach to exploring the various ways in which the spirit can be mixed and enjoyed.
The Lincoln Family: Its Lost & Hidden History, focuses on the early lives of the Lincolns in Mill Creek, Hardin County Kentucky, and Beechland, Washington County Kentucky. The book addresses a variety of controversial topics, dispelling myths and misinformation that have been perpetuated for over two centuries.
In 1947, few women own upscale restaurants in Washington, DC. Fewer still are twenty-four, Black, and wildly successful. But Eva Cardon is unwilling to serve only the wealthiest movers and shakers, and she plans to open a diner that serves Southern comfort to the working class.
His second novel, The Levi Effect follows the story of 16-year-old Levi and the aftermath of a bad batch of Kentucky moonshine.
In The Late Rebellion, the residents of Germantown, a small South Carolina community that nestles in the folds of the Appalachian Mountains, challenge traditional notions of what it means to be Southern, and what it means to be accepted, particularly when the old ways begin to crumble.
In her latest book, The Last Caretaker, an empowering and provocative page-turner, a woman in search of a new beginning is put to the test in ways she never imagined.
Following up on Frank Bradshaw's legendary streak of seven World Championships in a row, The Lady and the Legacy highlights the life of Margie Ellen Bradshaw, his reclusive wife, along with one man's efforts to save their Scott County farm and preserve their legacy for generations to come.
In The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies, Hunter traces the evolution of the Kentucky Oaks through the stories of the men, women, and fillies that have made the race a symbol for women's growing participation in the sport at all levels.