Mason Jars in the Flood is a collection of stories by an eminent storyteller, Gary Carden. The Appalachian Writers Association said, "The Appalachian Writers Association said that Mason Jars in the Flood has a true, consistent voice and that there is an unforced, genuine feel to the events described by the author. In addition, Mason Jars in the Flood has a strong resonance of Appalachian spirit which remembers, in times of greatest happiness, ones who cannot share its joy, and, conversely, its sadness never obliterates the pleasure it once had. Gary Carden's work reflects the Appalachian culture which depends on a melancholy-tinged hope and whose people work under a resilience instilled in them from a tradition of necessity and faith." The Association selected Mason Jars as the Book of the Year in 2000.

Mason Jars in the Flood & Other Stories

Gary Carden

Literature & Fiction

Parkway Publishers

The metaphor of the flood is what this book is about. Floods surround us. They threaten to undo us. Nowhere is the coming flood of change more ominous than in the basic unit of society: the family. The purpose of New Millennium Families is to offer a roadmap of encouragement and hope to families facing their own personal floods, and to say, "You can soar above whatever flood that comes your way." Soaring demands work, commitment, trust, and discipline, but it can turn a flood of disaster into a rainbow of hope.

New Millennium Families: How You Can Soar above the Coming Flood of Change

Politics & Social Sciences

Michael C. Blackwell

Sociology

This book may allow some people to overcome their fear of a vengeful, cruel god that they have been taught to believe in as children. It may allow more people to speak out when they hear religious leaders use their gods to incite people to do harm to other people. It may even allow more of us to admit, "I could be wrong."

God.Com: A Deity for the New Millennium

Religion & Spirituality

John A. Henderson

Agnosticism

William Stadiem's biography of King Farouk of Egypt is a sympathetic portrait of the penultimate King of Egypt which takes into consideration the diplomatic pressures he was subjected to during the time of his reign.

Too Rich

History

WILLIAM STADIEM

Middle East

Orville Hicks: Mountain Stories, Mountain Roots

Orville Hicks, the storyteller, grew up on the Beach Mountain of western North Carolina. He learned storytelling from his mother, Sarah Harmon Hicks, and his famous cousin, Ray Hicks. This book tells the story of Orville growing up in the mountains.

Ebel, Julia Taylor

Hicks, Orville

Social Sciences

Highland Handcrafters: Appalachian Craftspeople tells the story of both the early and late immigrants to the region. From Mary Patton, whose powder blew the British from the Carolinas at Kings Mountain, to Billy Ruth Sudduth, a recent "settler" who has brought basket-making to a high-art form. This book profiles the famous, such as blacksmith Bea Hensley and his son Michael, whose hand-forged creations are sought by presidents and tycoons, and Arval Woody whose chairs rock in museums and mansions. And it presents the humble, such as Joe Willis, whose hand-shaped handles have served mountain workers for over half a century, and Warren Campbell, whose hand-sewn harnesses adorn sturdy draft horses working in woods and fields.

Highland Handcrafters: Appalachian Craftspeople

Arts & Photography

Michael Joslin

History & Criticism

Of evenings, Joan, especially in the later months, took to bed quite early. Left to myself, with hours before I'd sleep, I wrote at night by candlelight in our dining room, the old poker parlor. For two or three hours, occasionally more, I'd work in a heat until urged from the room by a faint rustle behind me, what seemed like eyes at the window, or the congregation of ghosts I imagined marching across the winter wheat at my elbow. Perhaps by sitting in that charged room, in a ring of candles, writing about the house, its former occupants, and the countryside it had been hidden in for years and years, I had all along been invoking ghosts. What I was certain of was that I found a book of poems, Anson County, shaping under my hand. A book informed muse-like by the spirit of the dwelling, my sleeping pregnant wife, and the mystery of our unborn child.

Anson County: Poems

Joseph Bathanti

Poetry

Reeling from the sudden death of husband and father, this Beech Mountain, NC family overcomes all obstacles in its path. The strong-willed mother travels many miles each day by horseback for work to support her children. The oldest of the four children, the author of this book, was 12 years old at the time of the story. Their experiences will warm your heart; some will bring tears, and others will make you laugh. Through this family, their friends, and relatives, see the strength and courage of mountain families in the early 1900s.

Mountain Echoes: Beech Mountain, North Carolina

Biographies & Memoirs

Dosi Elaine Cook Stanberry

Community & Culture

This book presents gardening ideas arranged month by month. It deals with gardening in North Carolina and covers topics such as flower and vegetable gardening, shrubs, bushes and trees, propagating plants, soil enrichment, and pest control.

Come Garden with Me

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Elizabeth Pickett Mills

Gardening & Landscape Design

This is a story about Northerners who have moved to the South and the Southerners who must live with them. Set in the mid-1980, Our Kinfolks portrays two families living next to each other in a small mountain cove called Corn Still. Although the adults clash over their beliefs, their 14-year-old sons soon become good friends. This novel portrays the boys’ relationship, their adventures, and tribulations in growing up. There are, of course, complications: the Northern family stirs things up with the local political structure, a danger follows the family from the North, and the health of one of the boys deteriorates. All of the problems get resolved in a heart-warming, unexpected and suspenseful ending. The novel, full of diverse characters and situations, gives a rich, believable, and humorous portrayal of small towns and country living.

Our Kinfolks

Ed Krause

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