homes and haunts

Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson became part of history when she created a haven for civil rights leaders in her home in Selma, Alabama. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and his lieutenants, needed a place to plan and re-group as they mapped out their strategy for civil rights. Richie Jean was happy to give them her home.

"For readers of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are, My Paris Dream is a charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon : Michelle Obama and the Power of Style"--.

"The memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List, Amon Goeth"--Provided by publisher.

The author describes how she and her husband moved from cosmopolitan Paris to rural Provence after their son was born, the beginning of their adventures as culinary entrepreneurs, and their initiation into classic Proven??al cuisine.

With photography and illustrations, At Home with Jane Austen explores Austen's world, her physical surroundings, and the journeys the popular author took during her lifetime.

Presents photographs from the garden of impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, noting the comparisons between his paintings and those images; and discusses the life and work of Cezanne, focusing on how he was inspired by nature.

Recreates the daily lives of Carson McCullers, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Briteen, Jane and Paul Bowles, and Gypsy Rose Lee during the year they spent living together in 1940s Brooklyn.

John Tytell chronicles his life-long love of reading, reflecting on the many books that had significant impact on his life.

Tells the story of the creation of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, a private home commissioned by Pittsburgh department store mogul Edgar J. Kaufmann in the 1930s, and provides insights into the personalities of the people who built, occupied, and visited the famous house.

John Rember chronicles the experiences he had while growing up in the Sawtooth Valley, and discusses what it was like to return home after years of being away.