WINNER in the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2007 -- Gold Medalist, Best Regional Non-Fiction, Southeast. WINNER in the prestigious 2007 Eric Hoffer Award for Books (formerly The Writers Notes Book Award). Loosening Corsets has placed as First Runner-Up in the category: Best New Writing, Reference. NOMINATED for the Georgia Book of the Year Award. REVIEW BY THE ERIC HOFFER PANEL OF JUDGES: "In 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first female U.S. Senator for the term of only one day. This accomplishment might seem insignificant if it were not for Felton's long and active involvement in social reform and ultimately women's suffrage. Born into the destruction of the plantation south, Felton's life parallels the reformation of Georgia from the ashes. Staman is an engaging biographer and does well to show us the landscape as well as Felton's intriguing course of events. You'll finish this book remembering that there is a seat at the table for everyone, if we strive hard enough and demand the very best of ourselves." Although the book is nonfiction, the life of Rebecca Latimer Felton reads like a novel, revealing the nearly forgotten story of one of the most remarkable woman in history. A Georgian born before the Civil War, Felton became the first woman Senator of the United States in 1922, at age 87. A tireless crusader, her attempts at political and civil reform are set against the backdrop of a state in violent chaos. Sherman's matches, Reconstruction's graft, one-party corruption, the KKK, lynchers, hallelujah evangelicals, chain-gang convicts, the sneering H.L. Mencken, "unsexed" suffragists, WCTU crusaders, and something possibly worse than anything else - a tiny insect called the boll weevil - all strut or crawl or sweep across the pages of this work. According to the GA Literary Quarterly, this book should be in every college, high school and library in Georgia. Illustrated, indexed, endnotes, 266 pages.

Loosening Corsets: The Heroic Life of Georgia's Feisty Mrs. Felton, First Woman Senator of the United States

Biographies & Memoirs

Staman, A. Louise

Community & Culture

Tiger Iron Pr

PATCHES OF THE QUILT is a collection of true stories written by the men and women who grew up at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth in Macon, Georgia. These stories began to surface at Homecomings. Whenever former residents got together, they shared old times, and over the years these oral histories have been honed to a richness and texture that is palpable. In this work you are invited to see the world through the eyes of a child beholding the ocean for the first time, or a precocious girl enjoying the pleasures of summer or the wonders of a starry night. You are encouraged to walk in the shoes of a platoon leader in World War II, directing his troops into battle for the first time. You may marvel at the lengths some boys will go to play a prank on an unsuspecting soul, or find a touch of the divine in the most unlikely places. It's all here. The title, "Patches of the Quilt," was derived from a welcoming ritual that began in the early 1980's. Since that time, whenever a child arrives at the Home, he or she is given a new, handmade quilt, and is told, "Like this quilt, you are unique and worthy to be cared for. We will do our best to care for you. You do your best to care for yourself." The beauty and softness of a quilt, the talismans of warmth and nurture, are remembered long after the words are forgotten. The patches that comprise what is the Methodist Home are infinite in number and include every aspect of the Home: especially the more than 10,000 children who have been given a new lease on life since 1872. Because this book is historical in nature, spanning more than one hundred years, it is chronological in spirit with the oldest stories in the earlier chapters and the more recent ones appearing later.

Patches of the Quilt: True Stores from a Children's Home, Written by the Adults They Became

Teen & Young Adult

Edwin Chase

Biographies

Although many books deal with the problem of addiction -- how to get help, the harm it can do, and useful treatments -- few books discuss the tragic implications for the children. Yet these children can be robbed of their childhoods, isolated, abused, confused as to what is happening, and deprived of their own feelings of self-esteem and worth. In fact, the child of an addicted parent may grow up with more difficulties and hidden wounds than the addicted parent. "Hidden Epidemic" deals with just such children and points out the pervasiveness of this problem, and what to do about it. Dr. Craig Rikard s story is not only one of medicine, therapy, psychology and prayer, it is also the very personal story of his own childhood living in a pretty home in suburbia, where no one could hear the screams. slaps, and abusive language. In spite of such a serious subject, the book is fascinating, the journey hard, and yet there is hope and light for those caught within the grasp of addictive parents or caretakers.

Hidden Epidemic

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rikard, Craig

Addiction & Recovery

In God s Relentless Love Edwin Chase introduces readers to a surprising and delightful God who has become difficult to find these days. For years, people have told the author that in God s eyes they feel they are flawed, inadequate, or a huge disappointment. This helpful book exposes four subtle ways that people talk themselves out of God s love and offers them a fresh image of a God who actually likes them. As a storyteller and scholar, Dr. Chase weaves into every chapter insights essential for dealing with fear, guilt, grief or spiritual malaise. Drawing from his own religious experience and the learning and research of credible scholars and writers, the author challenges readers to examine their old, worn out perceptions of God and to be on the lookout for new and compelling perceptions that can set their hearts aflame. The author s goal is to change the way readers think and feel about God, to help them welcome and relate to a God who is gracious and loving.

God's Relentless Love

Religion & Spirituality

Chase, Edwin

Christian Books & Bibles

Which is the most dangerous predator? A shark? Or a man? St. Simons Island becomes a scene of panic as bodies are washed ashore. First blaming the deaths on sharks, police soon realize the predator is human. A killer stalks the tourists, luring and drowning his victims as easily as he eludes discovery. Tides of Fear, set on the shark-infested Georgia Coast, includes the hunt for a serial murderer, with water as the crime scene. ... As author of Tides of Fear, Anne B. Jones has been compared to Thomas Harris and Jeffrey Deaver, 'without the slice and dice.' The book includes a gripping plot, well-developed characters, and insights into profiling and other forensic subjects. Tides of Fear is unusual because of its use of water as a crime scene with underwater crime scene analysis. The book is based on the author s doctoral research related to violence. Author Bob Mayer, calls it Jaws, with a serial killer .

Tides of Fear

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Jones, Anne B.

Mystery

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