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The Speckled Beauty

The Speckled Beauty
Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0593081412

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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin', the warmhearted and hilarious story of how his life was transformed by his love for a poorly behaved, half-blind stray dog. Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and screen door moocher who spends his days playing chicken with the Fed Ex man, picking fights with thousand-pound livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house, a starved and half-dead creature, seventy-six pounds of wet hair and poor decisions. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty. A cancer diagnosis, chemo, kidney failure, and recurring pneumonia had left Rick lethargic and melancholy. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal.


Where I Come from

Where I Come from
Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 0593317785

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"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Copyright page.


Ava's Man

Ava's Man
Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-01-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0375413510

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same emotional generosity and effortlessly compelling storytelling that made All Over But the Shoutin’ a beloved bestseller, Rick Bragg continues his personal history of the Deep South. This time he’s writing about his grandfather Charlie Bundrum, a man who died before Bragg was born but left an indelible imprint on the people who loved him. Drawing on their memories, Bragg reconstructs the life of an unlettered roofer who kept food on his family’s table through the worst of the Great Depression; a moonshiner who drank exactly one pint for every gallon he sold; an unregenerate brawler, who could sit for hours with a baby in the crook of his arm. In telling Charlie’s story, Bragg conjures up the backwoods hamlets of Georgia and Alabama in the years when the roads were still dirt and real men never cussed in front of ladies. A masterly family chronicle and a human portrait so vivid you can smell the cornbread and whiskey, Ava’s Man is unforgettable.


The Book of Barkley

The Book of Barkley
Author: L. B. Johnson
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-07-24
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1478734345

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L.B. Johnson knew how to get things done. She had been immersed in a world of complex puzzles, and tangled story lines of physical and governmental laws. She was quite sure she was up to the task of raising a black Labrador retriever puppy. His name was Barkley, and in being himself, he led his owner down a path of joyful discovery, loving frustration, and self-sacrifice. Their journey together will speak volumes to anyone who has ever had a beloved animal as a heart’s companion…from the gentle nuzzles that healed in moments of crisis, to the saintly patience needed to deal with a small pink ball with feet, named “Mr. Squeaky,” who interrupted many hours of sleep. It is the story of rambunctious trespasses such as “the bacon incident,” and the loving trust that bound a woman and her dog together in unspoken understanding. The Book of Barkley is a tribute and memoir that will resonate with everyone who has reached out unthinking to pet a beloved animal…only to remember that a beloved friend is no longer present. Honest, transcendent, and beautifully written, The Book of Barkley is a love story that will enrich every animal lover’s library.


Afield

Afield
Author: Dave Smith
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1602397767

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Collects stories by famous figures and writers on their relationships with hunting dogs, describing each contributor's forays into the outdoors at the side of a faithful canine companion, in a nostalgic tribute that includes pieces by such figures as Tom Brokaw, Rick Bass, and Chris Camuto.


The Dogs' Book of Romance

The Dogs' Book of Romance
Author: Kate Ledger
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0740787802

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Eye-catching and unforgettable, The Dogs' Book of Romance will spark a smile and touch the hearts of lovers and dog-lovers alike. This charming gift book offers relationship advice with artistic flair and the heartwarming appeal of wagging tails and cold, wet noses. The Dogs' Book of Romance makes a unique, creative stocking stuffer, Valentine's Day gift, bridal shower present, or thoughtful memento for any time of year. Dogs are known for their loyalty and affection, but do these consummate companions have anything to teach us about romantic love? From the pages of The Dogs' Book of Romance, it's clear they do. In this dazzling collection of lush, full-color photographs, extraordinary canine couples reveal with wit and wisdom just what it takes to make romance last a lifetime. Photographer Lisa Sachs presents an array of gorgeous dog duos--from bulldogs to beagles--as they nuzzle, snuggle, and lavish each other with tender loving care. The captions of advice that accompany each photograph offer heartfelt and humorous reminders about how to keep the sparks flying in an intimate relationship. * "Declare your affection," depicted by a Jack Russell terrier who's sweet on a Doberman pinscher. * "Keep telling the story of how you met,' depicted by a pair of doting corgis. * "Stay awake for pillow talk," depicted by two Westies about to hit the sack. * "Intimacy begins when you let down your guard," depicted by a yellow and a black Lab as they work through relationship issues.


The Speckled Monster

The Speckled Monster
Author: Jennifer Lee Carrell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2004-01-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 144062335X

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The Speckled Monster tells the dramatic story of two parents who dared to fight back against smallpox. After barely surviving the agony of smallpox themselves, they flouted eighteenth-century medicine by borrowing folk knowledge from African slaves and Eastern women in frantic bids to protect their children. From their heroic struggles stems the modern science of immunology as well as the vaccinations that remain our only hope should the disease ever be unleashed again. Jennifer Lee Carrell transports readers back to the early eighteenth century to tell the tales of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, two iconoclastic figures who helped save London and Boston from the deadliest disease mankind has known.


The Speckled Feather

The Speckled Feather
Author: Johanna Ries
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780735844476

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Feather ruffling fun! In the wide savanna there are three birds named Ade, Emem, and Nuru, that live on the back of an elephant. They are best friends. But one day the wind blows a bright speckled feather into their midst, and in no time their peacefulness is over. A thought-provoking story about friendship by debut author-illustrator Johanna Ries.


All Over but the Shoutin'

All Over but the Shoutin'
Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2010-08-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307762912

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winner and bestselling author, "a grand memoir.... Bragg tells about the South with such power and bone-naked love ... he will make you cry" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who grew up dirt-poor in northeastern Alabama, seemingly destined for either the cotton mills or the penitentiary, and instead became a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The New York Times. It is also the story of Bragg's father, a hard-drinking man with a murderous temper and the habit of running out on the people who needed him most. But at the center of this soaring memoir is Bragg's mother, who went eighteen years without a new dress so that her sons could have school clothes and picked other people's cotton so that her children wouldn't have to live on welfare alone. Evoking these lives—and the country that shaped and nourished them—with artistry, honesty, and compassion, Rick Bragg brings home the love and suffering that lie at the heart of every family. The result is unforgettable.


The Best Cook in the World

The Best Cook in the World
Author: Rick Bragg
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400032695

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Part cookbook, part memoir, these “rollicking, poignant, sometimes hilarious tales” (USA Today) are the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s loving tribute to the South, his family and, especially, to his extraordinary mother. Here are irresistible stories and recipes from across generations. They come, skillet by skillet, from Bragg’s ancestors, from feasts and near famine, from funerals and celebrations, and from a thousand tales of family lore as rich and as sumptuous as the dishes they inspired. Deeply personal and unfailingly mouthwatering, The Best Cook in the World is a book to be savored.