ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL - Workman Publishing
ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL - Workman Publishing
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Gift Books<br />
History/<br />
african<br />
american<br />
The Smartest Woman<br />
I Know<br />
by Ilene Beckerman<br />
Beckerman brings the wit<br />
and wisdom of her grandmother,<br />
the irrepressible<br />
Ettie Goldberg, to life.<br />
“A delightfully heartfelt<br />
and humorous bouquet of<br />
a book.” —Jewish Woman<br />
Magazine<br />
“A quick, amusing read<br />
complete with quirky<br />
illustrations.” —Publishers<br />
Weekly<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-537-7, No. 72537<br />
$15.95 Hardcover, 2011<br />
E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-117-3<br />
Mother of the Bride<br />
The Dream, the Reality, the<br />
Search for a Perfect Dress<br />
by Ilene Beckerman<br />
“Pithy wit and cute drawings<br />
sketch the happy tears,<br />
bittersweet memories and<br />
flares of anxiety that a<br />
daughter’s wedding elicits.”<br />
—The Dallas Morning News<br />
“An account that is sweetly<br />
sentimental and brutally<br />
honest, touching and<br />
witty—in short, a true gem.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly, starred<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-476-9, No. 72476<br />
$10.95 Paper, 2005<br />
Love, Loss, and<br />
What I Wore<br />
by Ilene Beckerman<br />
Ilene “Gingy” Beckerman’s<br />
beloved and bestselling<br />
book has been adapted for<br />
the stage by Nora and Delia<br />
Ephron. The star-studded<br />
Off-Broadway show is<br />
receiving rave reviews, as<br />
did the book:<br />
“Illuminates the experience<br />
of an entire generation of<br />
women . . . This small gem of<br />
a book is worthy of a Tiffany<br />
box.” —The New York Times<br />
Book Review<br />
“Ilene Beckerman’s sleek little<br />
memoir . . . strikes a startling<br />
chord . . . Unsettling<br />
and oddly powerful.”<br />
—People<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-475-2, No. 72475<br />
$10.95 Paper, 2005<br />
What We Do for Love<br />
by Ilene Beckerman<br />
“This savory little truffle turns<br />
out to be surprisingly poignant,<br />
laced with the bitter,<br />
the rueful, and the sweet.”<br />
—Good Housekeeping<br />
a book-of-the-month club selection<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-180-5, No. 72180<br />
$14.95 hardcover, 1997<br />
Makeovers at the Beauty<br />
Counter of Happiness<br />
by Ilene Beckerman<br />
Beckerman addresses what<br />
really matters in life in a<br />
book that captures all the<br />
wisdom, humor, and candor<br />
of her bestselling illustrated<br />
memoir Love, Loss, and<br />
What I Wore.<br />
“Cuts to the heart of the<br />
female experience.”<br />
—Chicago Tribune<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-374-8, No. 72374<br />
$15.95 Hardcover, 2005<br />
What the Dormouse<br />
Said<br />
Lessons for Grown-ups from<br />
Children’s Books<br />
collected by Amy Gash<br />
illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan<br />
with a foreword by Judith Viorst<br />
Wisdom and whimsy from<br />
more than two hundred of<br />
our best-loved children’s<br />
books, from Beatrix Potter<br />
to Harry Potter.<br />
“Charming.” —The New York<br />
Times<br />
“By turns humorous, perverse,<br />
nonsensical and<br />
insightful, the words will jog<br />
more than a few memories.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-451-6, NO. 72451<br />
$9.95 PAPER, 2004<br />
Rising to the Occasion<br />
A Practical Companion for<br />
the Occasionally Perplexed<br />
by Edith Hazard and<br />
Wallace Pinfold<br />
“A witty cross between an<br />
etiquette book and a scout<br />
manual . . . This is a truly<br />
essential book purchase.”<br />
—Wilson Library Bulletin<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-329-8, no. 72329<br />
$12.95 paper, 2001<br />
Singing for Your Supper<br />
Entertaining Ways to Be<br />
a Perfect Guest<br />
by Edith Hazard<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-090-7, No. 72090<br />
$15.95 hardcover, 1996<br />
On the Road to Freedom<br />
A Guided Tour of the Civil<br />
Rights Trail<br />
by Charles E. Cobb Jr.<br />
Award-winning journalist<br />
and 1960s civil rights worker<br />
Charles E. Cobb Jr. takes<br />
us on a pilgrimage through<br />
the heart of the civil rights<br />
era. This essential piece of<br />
American history is also<br />
a useful travel guide with<br />
maps, photographs, and<br />
sidebars of background<br />
history, newspaper coverage,<br />
and firsthand interviews.<br />
“Charlie Cobb was in the<br />
heart of the Southern movement<br />
and one of its keenest<br />
observers. Now he takes us<br />
there in this exciting and<br />
inspiring tour. His book is<br />
rich with history, drama,<br />
and emotion.” —Howard<br />
Zinn, author of A People’s<br />
History of the United States<br />
“Cobb brings alive America’s<br />
last good war and its many<br />
heroes, unsung as well as<br />
famous.” —Hodding<br />
Carter III<br />
“The great strength of this<br />
book is that it is the story<br />
of people and not simply a<br />
repetition of dates and a listing<br />
of places and events. Put<br />
this book on your must-read<br />
list!” —Julian Bond,<br />
chairman of the NAACP<br />
a Black expressions book club<br />
selection<br />
ISBN 978-1-56512-439-4, No. 72439<br />
$18.95 Paper, 2007<br />
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