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Georgia Center for the Book

Founded in 1920, the Georgia Center for the Book, based at the DeKalb County Public Library, is the statewide affiliate of the Library of Congress with a mission of serving libraries, literacy and literature. We sponsor two popular literary competitions for students, develop and encourage programming for and other literary-related organizations and sponsor some 90 literary programs each year, bringing more than 125 authors to metro Atlanta and the state for free public events.

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Thinking Southern Football

Tue, Jun 29, 2010

Tony Barnhart discusses what makes sports different in the southern United States, and shares from his biography of UGA’s legendary football broasdcaster, Larry Munson. Munson was 43 when he became the Bulldog broadcaster, but his past is was full of color before that. He once played in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, backing Frank Sinatra; he got his first broadcasting job from another legend, Curt Gowdy; and he was one of the original announcers for the Braves when they moved to Atlanta from Milwaukee. See more on the [Georgia Center for the Book blog](http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Blog/?m=201006#sthash.QD82opZF.dpbs "").

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How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance

Tue, Nov 6, 2007

Amy Chua discusses her new book *Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance and Why they Fall Law*. Yale Law School professor and author of *World on Fire*, Amy Chua tackles a timely topic. She argues that the key to maintaining power for nations is always to attract and assimilate, rather than to coerce and intimidate, and she traces this remarkable history from ancient Persia to the US in Iraq.

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Remembering the Great Depression in the Rural South

Wed, Sep 12, 2007

Kenneth J. Bindas examines the lives of rural Georgians and others in his new collection of more than 600 oral histories, *Remembering the Great Depression in the Rural South*. Bindas provides a detailed, personal chronicle of the 1930's from a rural Southern perspective and captures an important historical era and its impact. These reminiscences were collected over a four-year period in the late 1980's as people looked back over their lives and those of their families.

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Nefertiti: Queen of Egypt, Daughter of Eternity

Mon, Oct 8, 2007

Michelle Moran discusses her latest novel, *Nefertiti*, about one of history's most intriguing figures. Based on extensive on-site research, the book offers a detailed, realistic story of a beautiful and charismatic queen struggling against palace intrigue. Moran is a Californian who has worked in Israel as a volunteer archaeologist.

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Mercy: Dying of AIDS in Africa

Mon, Sep 10, 2007

Lara Santoro, a veteran journalist, discusses her first novel, *Mercy*, a tragic and powerful story of what it is like to die of AIDS in Africa. *Mercy* offers a glimpse into the role played by the pharmaceutical industry and the US government against the interests of an entire continent, and gives a name and face to the AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is a story Santoro has seen played out many times in her prize-winning coverage of Africa for *Newsweek* and the *Christian Science Monitor*. Her work has also appeared in *The Wall Street Journal*, *The New Republic* and the *London Sunday Times*.

Global Health

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Jimmy Carter: Prophet from Plains

Fri, Oct 24, 2008

Frye Gaillard explores the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter in his new book, *Prophet from Plains*. Frye Gaillard, a writer of Southern culture and politics, assesses the life and work of Carter through his stubborn, faith-driven integrity, which is at once his greatest asset and most serious flaw. Among 20 other books that Gaillard has written is *Cradle of Freedom*, winner of the Lillian Smith Award.

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George Singleton: Work Shirts for Madmen

Tue, Oct 2, 2007

George Singleton reads from his new novel *Work Shirts for Madmen*. *Work Shirts for Madmen* is the story of renegade artist Harp Spillman, who undertakes a crazy commission to weld a series of 12-foot metal angels for the city of Birmingham. Singleton's earlier books include *The Half Mammals of Dixie* and *Drowning in Gruel*.

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James Peacock: How the US South Embraces the World

Sun, Aug 12, 2007

James Peacock discusses his new book, *Grounded Globalism: How the US South Embraces the World*, and questions whether globalism is stealing Southern jobs and homogenizing the culture, or transforming the South for the better, raising income levels, and bringing a healthy diversity. Peacock asserts that the South, because of its history and culture, can respond to the challenges of increasing global interconnectivity more positively and successfully than other regions of the US. **James L. Peacock**, received his BA in Psychology from Duke University and his PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University, with fieldwork done in Southeast Asia and the United States. His fieldwork includes studies of proletarian culture in Surabaja, Indonesia; of Muslim reformation in southeast Asia; of symbols in social life; and of Primitive Baptists. He is also the author of *The Anthropological Lens*.

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Three Generations of Southern Cooking

Wed, Nov 19, 2008

Fellow Les Dames D'Escoffier members Gena Berry and Virginia Willis talk about Willis' book, *Bon Appétit, Y’all! Three Generations of Southern Cooking*. French-trained chef Willis shares her recipes and culinary tricks.

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Corra Harris and the Divided Mind of the New South

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

Catherine Oglesby, professor of history at Valdosta State University, reads from her biography, *Corra Harris and the Divided Mind of the New South*, which tackles the complexities of race, class, and gender. Nearly forgotten Georgia author Corra Harris was one of the most widely published writers in the US. Harris' *A Circuit Rider's Wife* was Georgia's most celebrated novel for nearly three decades.

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