Author : Darryl Pinckney
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 26,28 MB
Release : 1992-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0374169985
High Cotton is an extraordinarily rich account of the dreams and inner turmoils of a new generation of the black upper middle class, capturing the essence of a part of American society that has mostly been ignored in literature. The novel's protagonist journeys from his childhood home in the midwest to college, a stint in New York publishing, and Europe, yet the issue of his "blackness" remains at the heart of his being.
Author : Sherri Daley
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 10,84 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN : 9780297792635
Author : Joe R. Lansdale
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,28 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 9781930846173
Twenty-one horror, crime, and alternative history stories.
Author : Denise Grover Swank
Publisher : DGS
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 33,24 MB
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1939996597
Second book in the Neely Kate Mystery series, a companion series to Rose Gardner Investigations. Neely Kate’s life is finally coming together. She’s living and working with her best friend, Rose. Her newly discovered brother, Joe, has decided he’s done hiding that she’s his sister, and her new boyfriend, Jed, is everything she could have dreamed of and more. Only things aren’t going as well as she’d hoped. Neely Kate is still keeping secrets from Rose. Joe wants to introduce her as his sister at a high society dinner even though she doesn’t know the difference between a soup and a dessert spoon. And Jed is spending more and more time away from her and won’t tell he what he’s up to. She’s worried he’s changed his mind about them, not that she’s surprised—can you build a relationship on digging up a body together? Now someone’s calling Neely Kate about her Ardmore secrets, and her sister Kate might be locked up on a psych ward, but she has a few surprises of her own. Neely Kate can’t help wondering if it’s time to come clean about her past with the people she loves. The dead body that turns up in her basement might be the kick in the pants she needs. Because the truth will set you free, or if you’re Neely Kate, land you in hot water. Series order: Rose Gardner Investigations Series Family Jewels For the Birds Hell in a Handbasket Up Shute Creek (Fall 2018) Neely Kate Mystery Series Trailer Trash In High Cotton (July 31, 2018)
Author : Jennifer Leigh Youngblood
Publisher : Mapletree Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Alabama
ISBN : 9780972807142
Cultured, attractive, and strong-willed, Shelby Collins is mature for a sixteen-year-old. Her family lives in Cartersville, Georgia. Her mother has taken a trip to Alabama to tend Shelbys ailing grandmother. Shelby has been left at home to care for her younger brother and sister and to see to the needs of her father. One night her father, who has come home drunk, tries to molest her. Frightened, she fights him off and flees, but it isnt long before her angry father tracks her down and places her in a reform school in distant Birmingham.While Shelby is able to make a new life for herself in Birmingham, she suffers greatly. But, through her many difficulties, she learns that blessings can come in unexpected ways.This poignant and heart-warming novel addresses several fundamental human longings. Is there an overshadowing influence for good that can help direct our lives? Can we learn to trust again after weve been betrayed? Is there a power that can come into our hearts to help us forgive?
Author : S. Gordon
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 2006-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1845692489
Despite the increased variety of manufactured fibres available to the textile industry, demand for cotton remains high because of its suitability on the basis of price, quality and comfort across a wide range of textile products. Cotton producing nations are also embracing sustainable production practices to meet growing consumer demand for sustainable resource production. This important book provides a comprehensive analysis of the key scientific and technological advances that ensure the quality of cotton is maintained from the field to fabric.The first part of the book discusses the fundamental chemical and physical structure of cotton and its various properties. Advice is offered on measuring and ensuring the quality of cotton fibre. Building on these basics, Part two analyses various means for producing cotton such as genetic modification and organic production. Chapters focus on spinning, knitting and weaving technologies as well as techniques in dyeing. The final section of the book concludes with chapters concerned with practical aspects within the industry such as health and safety issues and recycling methods for used cotton.Written by an array of international experts within the field, Cotton: science and technology is an essential reference for all those concerned with the manufacture and quality control of cotton. - Summarises key scientific and technological issues in ensuring cotton quality - Discusses the fundamental chemical and physical structure of cotton - Individual chapters focus on spinning, knitting and weaving technologies
Author : Ane Mulligan
Publisher : Heritage Beacon Fiction
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645262688
Southern women may look as delicate as flowers, but there's iron in their veins.
Author : Gerard Helferich
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1496815742
This dirt-under-the-fingernails portrait of a small-time farmer follows Zack Killebrew over a single year as he struggles to defend his cotton against such timeless adversaries as weeds, insects, and drought, as well as such twenty-first-century threats as globalization. Over the course of the season, Helferich describes how this singular crop has stamped American history and culture like no other. Then, as Killebrew prepares to harvest his cotton, two hurricanes named Katrina and Rita devastate the Gulf Coast and barrel inland. Killebrew's tale is at once a glimpse into our nation's past, a rich commentary on our present, and a plain-sighted vision of the future of farming in the Mississippi Delta. On first publication, High Cotton won the Authors Award from the Mississippi Library Association. This updated edition includes a new afterword, which resumes the story of Zack Killebrew and his family, discusses how cotton farming has continued to change, and shows how the Delta has retained its elemental character.
Author : Jack R. Mauney
Publisher :
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 33,2 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Robert Coggin
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2018-11-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781730926303
Bob Coggin wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Coggin spent his early years in a small mill village in Georgia. He and his family later lived on a large farm, where his daily chores might include picking cotton or plowing the fields behind an old mule. Enlisting in the US Air Force gave Coggin a taste of what life could be like off the farm, and some training in classified communications gave him a leg up on the competition when he applied for a job at Delta Air Lines in 1956. That first Delta job as a "ramp rat" led to an amazing career with the airline, a time of great evolution in the airline industry as well as a time of much personal and professional growth for Coggin, who would retire in 1998 as one of Delta's top four executives.Inspired by Delta founder C. E. Woolman, Coggin discovered that through hard work and a willingness to go anywhere the company needed him to serve, there was no limit to what he could achieve. Readers will embark on the journey with Coggin as he gets promoted to bigger and better jobs with increasing levels of responsibility, including spending eleven years in New York before being asked to come back to Georgia, where Atlanta was his home base and he was once again near family."Flying High Over the Cotton Field" is a remarkable tale of one man's strong work ethic and achievement, along with nods to the many people who helped make his success possible. Coggin's story will resonate with Delta enthusiasts as well as readers everywhere who believe in the value of good old-fashioned hard work.
