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My losing season

2006
The author reflects on his days at a South Carolina military college, recalling his love of basketball and its value to him as a means of self-expression, and shares experiences that shed new light on his novel "The Great Santini.".

Beguiled

2010
Charleston dogwalker Rylee Monroe becomes the target of a thief who has been terrorizing the area where she works, and as reporter Logan Woods investigates the crime spree, he finds himself falling for Rylee, even though his attraction threatens the story he is chasing.

The fiery cross

2001
The fifth novel in the Outlander series finds eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire Randall, a woman who has traveled back in time from post-World War II England, in the American colonies in 1771 and preparing for the coming revolution.

Drums of autumn

1997
Continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser, a twentieth-century woman and a Scottish Highlander who fell in love when Claire traveled back in time through a stone circle, following the couple to the American colonies, where their attempts to make a new life for themselves are complicated by the arrival of their daughter Brianna, who has news from the future.

Denmark Vesey

1990
A biography of the African-American freedom fighter whose planned slave revolt in 1822, while never materializing, caused South Carolina to pass severe laws restricting the education, movement, and occupation of free blacks and slaves.

Denmark Vesey

1999
Chronicles the life of Denmark Vesey and explains how he tried to organize the largest slave rebellion in the history of the United States.

Shipwreck search

discovery of the H.L. Hunley
2006
Describes the discovery of the Civil War submarine, "H. L. Hunley," explaining how scientists found it, raised it, and learned about what was inside.

My losing season

2002
The author reflects on his days at a South Carolina military college. He recalls his love of basketball and its value to him as a means of self-expression, and shares experiences that shed new light on his novel "The Great Santini.".

Let them play

2005
Presents the story of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Star baseball team, their desire to gain a spot in the Little League program of South Carolina, the boycott against them, and the spirit and determination of young African-Americans in the center of racism and segregation.

Catching the fire

Philip Simmons, blacksmith
1997
Tells the story of this African-American artist, the great-grandson of slaves, who has achieved fame and admiration for his ornamental wrought-iron creations.

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