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I Am the Cat, Don't Forget That: Feline Expressions
What would cats say if they were of a mind to talk? Valerie Shaff and Roy Blount, Jr. have a good idea ... On the heels of their hugely successful I Am Puppy, Hear...
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Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
Roy Blount, Jr., Georgia boy turned New York wit, lover of baseball and interesting women, bumbling adventurer, literary lion, salty-limerick virtuoso and...
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About Three Bricks Shy... and the Load Filled Up
Any number of writers could spend an entire season with an NFL team, from the first day of training camp until the last pick of the draft, and come up with an...
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Crackers
To get at the heart of being Southern, one should turn to Crackers. Roy Blount, Jr., puts readers in touch with possums, heterosexist dancing, men named Junior, a...
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I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap: The Ages of Dog
When puppies yap, people listen—especially when the message is as entertaining and enlightening as I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap. Valerie Shaff and Roy Blount Jr., have...
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Am I Pig Enough for You yet?: Voices of the Barnyard
We have all gazed at sheep and cows in fields by the side of the road. And we have seen them gazing back. What are they thinking? And what about those funny looks...
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Feet on the Street: Rambles around New Orleans
“Betcha I can tell ya / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Betchadollar, / Betchadollar, / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Got your shoes on your feet, / Got your feet...
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Robert E. Lee
Iconic Virginian, brilliant general, and complex human being—it is this last facet of Robert E. Lee that is rarely seen. But now Roy Blount, Jr. combines acute...
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
My first and most difficult book project. The world according to John...
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The posters and highlights of 50 years of the Monterey Jazz Festival.
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Recover to Live
From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives. For most of...
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John Wilcock, traveller, occultist extraordinaire, author of more than thirty travel guides, and editor of the Witches Almanack, has compiled a comprehensive guide...
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Dinky: The Nurse Mare's Foal
Marta Moran Bishop has lovingly created the real-life poignant tale of Dinky: The Nurse Mare’s Foal. Narrated by the central character, Dinky, readers are given a...
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In "The Fallen Years," a novella about the aftermath of one man's unique experience during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, there is an encroaching presence of doom...
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The Fallen Years
In "The Fallen Years," a novella about the aftermath of one man's unique experience during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, there is an encroaching presence of doom....
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A truck driver with the I.Q. of a child drives his empty rig up and down the Interstate as an homage to his dead mother ("Deadheading"), two convicts seek...
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Bodies of Subversion was the first history of women’s tattoo art when it was released in 1997, providing a fascinating excursion to a subculture that dates...
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On a hot, humid morning in May 1545, a joint conversion brigade of the Portuguese King and the Pope set out to spread Christ’s message of love and compassion, but...
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A full guide to the Cathar Way, a 250 kilometre trail crossing the Languedoc region of southern France from the foothills of the Pyrenees to the shores of the...
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Virgin Soul
“We called it City, a raggedy, in-the-flatlands, couldn’t-pass-the-earthquake code, stimulating, politically popping repository of blacks who couldn’t get to...
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