A delicious, laugh-out-loud funny Southern-fried memoir about growing up a "proper young lady"...or not. A strict regimen of Southern-belle grooming should have prepared Anna Fields for a lifetime of ladylike behavior. But it didn't. As it turned out, Anna-a smart, outspoken, bookish girl- was a dud at debbing. After being kicked out of cotillion classes, the "Rebel Deb" left North Carolina to seek her fortune. Her first stop was Brown University-right in the heart of Yankee-land-and then the crazy world of Hollywood talent agencies and celebrity-packed restaurants. After a disastrous stint as Diana Ross's personal assistant, Anna headed off to the Big Apple, where she worked for one of Bravo's Real Housewives. It's a rollicking, unlikely success story from a natural-born storyteller. Sharp, sweet, and sassy, Confessions of a Rebel Debutante proves you can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl!

Confessions of a Rebel Debutante

Biographies & Memoirs

Fields, Anna

Community & Culture

G.P.Putnam's Sons

A fond, funny Southern-fried memoir about growing up a proper young lady...or not.   How does a North Carolina native go from being a tomboy with catfish guts on her overalls to becoming the next Scarlett O'Hara? Turns out, it's not so easy. Too smart, too tall, too fat, too different...Anna Fields was a dud at debbing.  From tea parties to teased hair to where to hide mini bottles of liquor inside poufy crinoline ballgowns, Anna reveals all-in a hilarious, behindthe-scenes glimpse into Deb Culture, where for a Southern belle, "the proof is in the pouf."  Unless, of course, she rebels...

Confessions of a Rebel Debutante: A Memoir

BERKLEY

M.J. Callahan discovers romance and mystery when she joins a Texan Oil Company expedition to the Amazon.

The Legend Makers

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Lanigan, Catherine

Mystery

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Pickett's Charge in History and Memory

If, as many have argued, the Civil War was the most crucial moment in our national life and Gettysburg its turning point, then a central moment in our nation's history is Pickett's Charge. But, as Reardon notes, the Civil War saw many other daring assaults and stout defenses. Why, then, is it Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg that looms so large in the popular imagination? Usually, we turn to the objective truth of "history" to resolve such questions, but as this innovative study reveals, the story told today of Pickett's Charge is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our nation's past. 
"This fine book provides vivid evidence of just how far we will go to alchemize fantasy into fact." (Washington Post)

Pickett's Charge In History And Memory

History

Americas

BOOKS-ON-TAPE, INC.

The Radiant Seas (Saga of the Skolian Empire)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Asaro, Catherine

Science Fiction

Blackstone Pub

Born in Persia, she was brought up in Rhodesia. After marrying and divorcing twice, she moved to Britain. Always prolific, Lessing continued to explore uncharted territory with her science fiction novels. Both in her personal life and her literature, Doris Lessing broke the rules.

Doris Lessing

Klein, Carole

Arts & Literature

Catch the Lightning

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity-one of the worst in world history-continues to be denied by the Japanese government. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers who performed it; of the Chinese civilians who endured it; and finally of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese. It was Iris Chang who discovered the diaries of the German leader of this rescue effort, John Rabe, whom she calls the "Oskar Schindler of China." A loyal supporter of Adolf Hitler, but far from the terror planned in his Nazi-controlled homeland, he worked tirelessly to save the innocent from slaughter.

The Rape of Nanking

Chang, Iris

Asia

Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.

An Unacceptable Death

After a history of drug abuse and prostitution, Munch Mancini now works as an automobile mechanic, work she loves and does so well that even her male co-workers acknowledge her skill, if somewhat grudgingly. She has a daughter, a little girl left in her c are by a dying friend. And she is about to marry a police officer she loves deeply. It all comes crashing down when a friend in the police department calls to tell her that her fiancâe is dead, shot down by his fellow cops in a drug bust gone wrong. Refus ing to believe the explanation she is given, Munch goes on a dangerous mission, first for knowledge, and then for revenge.

An Unacceptable Death: Library Edition

Seranella, Barbara

Literature & Fiction

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