The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak
A New Orleans Family Memoir
The Big Easy family saga of an eccentric father, a workaholic mother, and the birth of the Ruth’s Chris Steak House empire
Black Diva of the Thirties
The Life of Ruby Elzy
The biography of a black operatic soprano who died too soon
Fear and What Follows
The Violent Education of a Christian Racist, A Memoir
The story of a working-class, Southern Baptist upbringing that transformed into a nightmare of bigotry and bullying in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
David L. Jordan
From the Mississippi Cotton Fields to the State Senate, a Memoir
The inspiring autobiography of a cotton field worker who became a major force for change in Mississippi
The Nominee
A Political and Spiritual Journey
A firsthand account of the murky, faith-straightening processes by which federal judges are confirmed
William F. Winter and the New Mississippi
A Biography
The life story of the Mississippi governor known for his fight for education and racial reconciliation
Death in the Delta
Uncovering a Mississippi Family Secret
A search for the truth behind a fateful shoot out and decades-old cover up
Transformed
A White Mississippi Pastor’s Journey into Civil Rights and Beyond
How a clergyman joined his mayor and fellow ministers to defy massive resistance
The Last Resort
Taking the Mississippi Cure
The story of a childhood at Allison’s Wells and one woman’s combat with the hypocrisies of segregated society
Buryin' Daddy
Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest
How one woman embraced her roots and reconciled with her family and Dixie
Squint
My Journey with Leprosy
How a sufferer of Hansen’s disease emerged from isolation and devoted his life to advocacy
Coming to Colorado
A Young Immigrant's Journey to Become an American Flyer
The inspiring sequel to German Boy: A Refugee’s Story
Shelby Foote
A Writer's Life
A biography that plumbs the ambiguous life of the gentlemanly novelist and historian
Katherine Anne Porter
The Life of an Artist
A biography capturing the incomparable life and times of one of America’s finest writers
Foster Care Odyssey
A Black Girl's Story
An African American woman’s unblinking look at her troubled years as an unwanted child in foster care
German Boy
A Refugee’s Story
A refugee child’s witness to Nazi defeat, Soviet occupation, and his family’s debacle in war