books by University Press of Mississippi     books:       The Courting of Marcus Dupree10 reviews Willie Morris University Press of Mississippi, 1992 A great read even if you are not a football fan As an OU fan and a person who remember Marcus Dupree light up Norman during his brief time, I was very excited to have a little bit more background on this fascinating person. The book hits several different topics. Obviously his recruitment of many football schools at times take center stage. But much of the book also discusses the effect of a black athlete becoming a state hero in Mississippi ...             Malinche's Children9 reviews Daniel Houston-Davila University Press of Mississippi, 2003 Expect a Lot Yes, this book is a warmly written and detailed chronicle of Mexican Americans in southern California. But it is more: a richly imagined and compassionate exploration of human aspiration. Houston-Davila's characters want what all of us want: love, home, a sense of meaning. Seeking these things in a transplanted, impoverished environment, the odds would seem stacked against them. But they ...             Bashert: A Granddaughter's Holocaust Quest (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)11 reviews Andrea Simon University Press of Mississippi, 2002 An Important Book to Read Bashert by Andrea Simon is not only a labor of love and a remarkable gift to those who came before and will follow, it is an important addition to Holocaust literature, describing events that may not have come to light before. The events are described in a very readable and personal form. What makes this book especially moving is the way the author weaves her personal story into her search ...             Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues9 reviews Steve Cheseborough University Press of Mississippi, 2004 A review by a 2004 Blues Traveler I highly recommend this book for anybody considering a Blues trip into the Delta. It is the best available resource on the market. Looking at its competitors, they all miss the mark due to either outdated, incomplete, or just plain incorrect information. I have just completed a Delta blues trip and read the book after I returned. Having actually done such a trip provides a very authoritative ...             Losing Malcolm: A Mother's Journey Through Grief9 reviews Carol Henderson University Press of Mississippi, 2001 From one mom to another... I am the mother of a child with congenital heart disease. I suffered much the same as this author, only my daughter lived. This is a wonderful book & I could relate so much, even given the fact that it was not death I was dealing with. Though I did deal with the "death" of the healthy child I thought I had given birth to. And in her place was my very sick & dying child. This author had to deal ...             German Boy: A Refugee?s Story (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)61 reviews Wolfgang W. E. Samuel University Press of Mississippi, 2000 WQonderful first hand account Wonderful and descriptive first hand account of living through WWII in Germany and the life there afterwards.             Elvis and Gladys (Southern Icons Series)9 reviews Elaine Dundy University Press of Mississippi, 2004 New Insights What impressed me most was the account of Elvis' intense, enduring interest in performing beginning at an early age. She cites his participation in school shows, contests and courthouse jamborees, his involvement with entertainer Mississippi Slim, and his 240 mile hitch hike to compete at the Jimmie Rogers Festival. Elvis's association with Bill Black, his first bass player, occurred long ...             Unsung Valor: A GI's Story of World War II52 reviews A. Cleveland Harrison University Press of Mississippi, 2000 An extraordinary book Unsung Valor is truly an extraordinary book. I am 44 years old and have studied World War II rather extensively in the past. However, this book has revealed this war (and all wars) to me in a way that is completely surprising and unique. I now have a different frame of reference for studying all wars, especially World War II. For someone like me who has never served in the military, this book ...             Jesus and the Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church (Muscadine Book Series)9 reviews Clayton Sullivan University Press of Mississippi, 2001 Hilarious -- and Bitter-Sweet This book made me laugh out loud more times than I can count. And in the end it made me cry because the writer was so absolutely right! Unfortunately, I lent my copy to a friend who lent it to a friend -- and now no one knows where it is. I want it back because it's the kind of book you read over and over, and catch new levels of meaning in each reading...and you can finish it in one sitting ...             Adopting Alyosha: A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia33 reviews Robert Klose University Press of Mississippi, 1999 Klose has the gift for writing and living I received this book with low expectations considering previous tactical books I had read on the subject. It stopped me in my tracks. I was so impressed by Robert's literary style and story-telling ability. He allows us to go through the entire process and share very personal emotions --discovering with him important lessons for anyone involved in international adoption. The frustrations and ...             Secrets of a New Orleans Chef: Recipes from Tom Cowman's Cookbook8 reviews Greg Cowman University Press of Mississippi, 1999 A culinary Art Gallery I worked with Chef Tom at the Upperline. I went from New Orleans to cook in the South Pacific and Aspen. Chef Tom's way of doing things is absolutely classic. He had a way of settling on and emphasizing classic combinations of flavour that I have never seen matched; it was instinctive. After knowing Tom I have never met anyone else worthy of the title "chef". His was a flawless palate, as ...             Black Diva of the Thirties: The Life of Ruby Elzy (Willie Morris Book in Memoir and Biography)5 reviews David E. Weaver University Press of Mississippi, 2004 A Biography Fit for a Diva Ruby Pearl Elzy was born in small town Mississippi, but even when she was a young child it was evident that her voice would be too big to keep her there. Her dream of becoming an opera singer seemed unfathomable considering the fact that her father had abandoned the family and her mother worked multiple jobs,one as a school teacher, just to meet the basic needs of the family. But like her ...             The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction5 reviews Susan Ketchin University Press of Mississippi, 1994 12 Southern authors discuss God, faith and warped religion. Flannery O'Connor died of lupus at age 39 in 1964, leaving us hard, clear and corrosive writing. Susan Ketchin's book examines the influence of religion on 12 living authors who shuffle down some of the same paths Miss O'Connor traveled. Miss O'Connor is the region's reigning recalcitrant Catholic. With discipline, spite and relentless rewriting, she created ornery, twisted and largely ...             The Cajuns: Americanization of a People5 reviews Shane K. Bernard University Press of Mississippi, 2003 A Compelling, Sometimes Sorrowful Look At The Modern Cajun When I first purchased Mr. Bernard's book, "The Cajuns: Americanization Of A People," I initially expected it to be a summary of the last few decades covering every festival, pilgrimmage to Nova Scotia, and Edwin Edwards. In other words, I expected it to be just like a lot of other things labeled Cajun these days: commercial. Although Edwards and Nova Scotia are covered in good detail, this ...             Living Life inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation7 reviews Martha Sigall University Press of Mississippi, 2005 A Joyful, Priceless Personal Memoir When Chuck Jones received his special Academy Award in the mid-1990s, he wondered aloud from the stage where all the "laughing faces of Termite Terrace" had gone. They're right here in Martha Goldman Sigall's wonderful book. Martha was a central participant in the Golden Age of the animated short: she inked and painted on timeless, classic films directed by Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, ...             Lauren?s Line6 reviews Sondra Spatt Olsen University Press of Mississippi, 2004 I lauged and laugh. Once I started reading Lauren's Line I couldn't do anything until I put it down. So many hilarious characters, so absurd their world at a public college. In fact the other day I was at a dull oral review here at my state college as my mind wandered I snickered to myself remembering the professor in Lauren's Line who bought multiple canvas totes the year he graduated from Harvard so he could ...             A Season of Night: New Orleans Life after Katrina7 reviews Ian McNulty University Press of Mississippi, 2008 Ian McNulty: Knight errant in the unsinkable Crescent City Ian McNulty's debut is a must read for those who wondered what New Orleans was really like after Katrina once you go beyond Jazz Fest and the Mardi Gras floats and the sporadic coverage that the recovery has received in the last few years. With a true feel for the grittiness and beauty peeking out from the rubble, McNulty captures a sense of New Orlean's anguish and struggle to rebuild. Most of ...             The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II9 reviews Wolfgang W. E. Samuel University Press of Mississippi, 2002 Fascinating contribution to historical record, 4 1/2 stars This collection of short reminiscences by adult Germans who were children in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II is not quite as captivating as the author's own memoir "German Boy" but it is a fascinating nonetheless. If anything, given its format, this book would be even more accessible for a pre-teen reader than "German Boy." For me personally, the biggest revelation in these stories ...             Southern Sun: A Plant Selection Guide7 reviews Jo Kellum University Press of Mississippi, 2008 Loved it! I have enjoyed Jo's other two previous books and was particularly excited to read the two about sun and shade. I have a very sunny front yard and a very shady backyard so having the categories split made plant selection much easier. Also, seeing the plants in a garden setting was helpful and the information listed for each plant was detailed but not too much so. Beautiful photography made for ...             Delta Land (Author and Artist)7 reviews University Press of Mississippi, 1999 A book for anyone with a sense of place If you feel a special attachment to your particular place on the planet, this book is for you. If you feel a great longing for a place that was once home, this book is for you. If there is no such place for you, but you wish there were, this book is for you. If you simply want to see a place, any place, through the eyes of someone who feels *place* keenly, deeply, naturally, this book is for ...              search for books adopting, alyosha, americanization, animation, baptist, biography, childhood, children, christ-haunted, cookbook, courting, fiction, granddaughter, holocaust, katrina, landscape, malcolm, malinche, memories, muscadine, orleans, pilgrim, recipes, refugee, secrets, selection, southern, thirties, through, traveling books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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