South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in my Native Land
By: Julia Reed
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A wry andhumorous take on life and culture in the American South. In thinking about her native …
Want to Read $ 9.99"Lots of words have been written about home being where your heart, your love, your dog, your parakeet, whatever, is. I get it—bricks and mortar don’t make a home and all that jazz … For me, home is where you find the touchstones of your life … … And that’s the thing about touchstones: Unlike a house, you can take them with you."-Julia Reed, South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in my Native Land
"Lots of words have been written about home being where your heart, your love, your dog, your parakeet, whatever, is. I get it—bricks and mortar don’t make a home and all that jazz … For me, home is where you find the touchstones of your life … … And that’s the thing about touchstones: Unlike a house, you can take them with you."-Julia Reed, South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in my Native Land
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1. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
By: Ian Fleming
3.64
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
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"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
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"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)
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By: Helene Hanff
3.87
Format: 172 pages,
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3. South Toward Home: Travels in Southern Literature
By: Margaret Eby
3.85
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
What is it about the South that has inspired so much of America's greatest literature? And why, whe… read more
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4. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
By: Helene Hanff
3.28
Format: 437 pages, Paperback
A zesty memoir of the celebrated writer's travels to England where she meets the cherished friends … read more
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5. Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales, #1)
By: Dorothea Benton Frank
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Paperback
The New York Times bestseller--in paperback for the first time!Set in the steamy, stormy landscape … read more
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7. All Over But the Shoutin'
By: Rick Bragg
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
The story of a violent, war-haunted, alcoholic father and a strong-willed, loving mother who strugg… read more
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9. Blackbird House
By: Alice Hoffman
3.86
Format: None pages, Paperback
Through these interconnected narratives more than a dozen men and women learn how love transforms u… read more
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10. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
By: Harrison Scott Key
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more
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11. The Underground Library
By: Jennifer Ryan
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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12. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
By: James Patterson
3.92
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
Booksellers and librarians are superheroes, saving lives every single day. Here are their amazing, … read more
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13. Sipsworth
By: Simon Van Booy
4.26
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die discovers an unexpected reason to liv… read more
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14. Marilla of Green Gables
By: Sarah McCoy
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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15. My Side of the River
By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more
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16. How to Read a Book
By: Monica Wood
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book
17. Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
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4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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18. Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
By: Rick Bragg
4.21
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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"Tupperware is the Wedgewood of the South."-Rick Bragg, Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
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19. Everybody's Favorite: Tales from the World's Worst Perfectionist
By: Lillian Stone
3.44
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20. South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in my Native Land
By: Julia Reed
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A wry andhumorous take on life and culture in the American South. In thinking about her native … read more
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"Lots of words have been written about home being where your heart, your love, your dog, your parakeet, whatever, is. I get it—bricks and mortar don’t make a home and all that jazz … For me, home is w…"-Julia Reed, South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in my Native Land
21. What in the World?!: A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings
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4.59
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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