Amos had always lived near a riverfront, but had never been so enclosed by mountains. He was now in the Blue Ridge, called the "unending mountains" by the Cherokee, while European settlers said, "You have to lie down and look up to see out." The many shades of green and the changing play of light and shadow on the rounded contours was as lovely as any painting Amos had seen in the museums of Philadelphia. In the Southern Appalachian mountain communities of the post Civil War period, where newcomers especially Northerners we regarded with suspicion and often avoided, Pennsylvania Quaker Amos Stackhouse was accepted, respected and loved. Driven by a perpetual sense of adventure, Amos Stackhouse forged a legacy through his struggle to establish a settlement along the banks of the French Broad River in the aftermath of the Civil War. He starts and manages a barite mine, helps bring the railroad through the area, runs a logging company, establishes the Stackhouse settlement in the 1870s, builds a community for his workers and raises a family. Filled with historical facts, personal accounts, maps, illustrations and both black-and-white and color photographs, The Stackhouses of Appalachia: Even to Our Own Time is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the Stackhouse family, the American Quaker movement or the rugged realities of the post-Civil War period in the Appalachian Mountains. The photographs alone provide a lasting treasure for the true scholar of WNC history. Using extensive research, interviews and access to voluminous family records, journals and keepsakes, Jacqueline Painter provides a fascinating account of the Appalachian region that examines the impact one famous Quaker family has had on Western North Carolina.

The Stackhouses of Appalachia: Even to Our Own Times

History

Jacqueline Burgin Painter

Americas

Grateful Steps, Inc.

&#8220;My sister is Like a Baby Bird. She has a thin, small body and a large head,&#8221; says the child-narrator in Amy Tiller&#8217;s little book with a big impact, My Sister Is Like a Baby Bird. This book is the follow-up title to Tiller&#8217;s My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird which sold a thousand copies in hospitals across the nation. Both My Sister Is Like a Baby Bird and My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird won the Silver medal Mom&#8217;s Choice Award in the Children&#8217;s Picture Book &#8211; Family Life category.In this book written for the siblings of premature babies, the speaker compares the newborn to &#8220;some of my favorite things.&#8221; And in true understanding of a child&#8217;s &#8220;favorite things&#8221; Tiller writes about how mother whales, turtles, cats, and kangaroos aid their young. She draws animal-world connections to premie-ward fixtures such as ventilators, isolettes, and jaundice. The book explains in simple terms and beautiful images the daunting mysteries of premature birth.Amy Tiller, who lives in Canton, wrote the book following the premature birth of her twins Aleck Jeremiah and Emma Grace. Inspired by her twins, Tiller decided the book could help thousands of other older siblings whose lives are changed when a premature infant enters the picture.

My Brother Is Like A Baby Bird

Children's Books

Amy Tiller

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Cosmo for President

Kline, Suzanne

The Soul Tree presents luminous photographs from the Blue Ridge Parkway and lyric poems written in resonance with the images. Each page offers a unique layout design created to elevate and inspire the reader with both the power of art and the power of nature. While all the images present the vistas and details of the region, the poetry, deeply rooted in the nature imagery of the sacred texts, speaks of the universal fusion of internal and external realilties. The poems illuminate themes of vision, faith, healing and, ultimately, the vital sacrality of nature. Poet Laura Hope-Gill and photographer John Fletcher's stunning renderings of the land capture both the form and the spirit of the mountains beloved by so many.

The Soul Tree: Poems and Photographs of the Southern Appalachians

Arts & Photography

Hope-gill, Laura

Photography & Video

In previous generations, families lived together or close by, and the love and consideration for the elderly was taken for granted. Now, in this accelerating pace of rapidly evolving technology, Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers find little time sandwiched between the empty nest syndrome and the care of their elderly parents. Often the nursing home is the only option. The care at nursing homes, as altruistic and professional as it might be, does not eliminate the feeling of abandonment so many elderly have. Through their own voices in this book, the elderly, caregivers and family members show us the reality of the challenges in the care of the aged in modern America. In doing so, they encourage us to offer more compassion so that our loved ones could live their last days with dignity and depart from this world safely and peacefully.

Don't Bury Me Yet: Aging in America: The Last Days of Our Elderly Loved Ones

Blanca Mesias Miller

Parenting & Relationships

A Devotional for Women in Separation and Divorce

Politics & Social Sciences

Brown, Mona Ketner

Social Sciences

This beautiful, colorful book is a second edition of the popular guidebook of the Mountain to Sea Trail through Western North Carolina. In improving and reissuing this book, the sharing of the special history of a unique area of our state is perpetuated. The book includes maps as well as step-by-step map profiles. Mr. Weber, now 81, a long-time resident of Brevard, North Carolina, and member of the Carolina Mountain Club, completely re-walked the trail prior to his revisions using both professional GPS equipment as well as a mechanical measuring wheel. As a result, the new release provides a degree of accuracy few other guides are matching. One reviewer says, you "know exactly how far you will walk and exactly how much effort your hike will require." In other words, it let's you plan your hike for both difficulty and exact distance before you even leave home. The book has more than an updated history on the remarkable development of the trail itself. In addition, the book reviews-often-illustrated with archival photographs-information on the history of some of the areas through which the trail passes. This part of the second edition is newly researched and expanded from that of the first edition. These areas include George Vanderbilt's Buck Spring Lodge, Chase Ambler's Rattlesnake Lodge, Graveyard Fields, the North Carolina Arboretum, Mount Pisgah, Craggy Gardens and Mount Mitchell State Park.

Trail Profiles and Maps From the Great Smokies to Mount Mitchen and Beyond

Reference

Walt Weber

Atlases & Maps

The Best Cupcake Ever / El Mejor Pastelito Del Mundo (English and Spanish Edition)

Brown, Carrie Blackburn

Teen & Young Adult

Tonda was an orangutan at ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, Florida. She had lost her mate and the zoo was unable to obtain another orangutan as a companion.This book describes how a tabby cat named TK became a best friend and brought happiness to Tonda the orangutan. The book will be a delight for ages 3 to 103. It has the underlying moral of the importance of friendship no matter how different animals (or people) may be.

Tonda and TK Friends

Byrd, Mary

Willard, Stephanie

Animals

This book tells the story of Lily, an endearing little girl who is so passionate about spinning, she even dreams about it! Lily frequently finds herself in quite a mess due to her incessant twirling around. She knocks over tea-cups and even falls into the pond! Lily s exasperated mother finally finds a ballet class for her. In the class, Lily learns to spin appropriately and therefore stays out of trouble. Read how Lily s passion to spin goes from a difficult situation to the realization of her dream to dance.

The Little Girl Who Loves to Twirl

JeanAnn Taylor

Arts, Music & Photography

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