Blair: 308 books

From the time they established formal ties with Great Britain in 1730, the Cherokees had a rocky relationship with white settlers. They found grounds for dispute over trade practices, territorial control, and the complicated loyalties among the various Indian tribes and European powers. Over the years,...

There is an island at the remote southern end of North Carolina’s Outer Banks where you might see wild horses playing in the surf, or grazing within view of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, or scattering into a rare, weather-beaten maritime forest. The horse herd on Shackleford Banks has long been a...

Ironclads and Columbiads recounts the exciting battles and events that shook the coast of North Carolina during America's bloodiest war. Throughout the Civil War, North Carolina's coast was of great strategic importance to the Confederacy. Its well-protected coastline offered a perfect refuge for...

Many historians believe the fortunes of the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War turned dramatically on the battlefields of North and South Carolina. This guide travels to such sites in South Carolina as Cowpens, Ninety Siz, Camden, Eutaw Springs, and Kings Mountain. It also includes relevant...

In the introduction to Soul Food Odyssey, Chef Stephanie Tyson describes her early feelings when people assumed her Sweet Potatoes restaurant was a “soul food” establishment. “Soul food was like the boxer George Foreman,” she says. “He would stand there and go toe-to-toe. It wasn’t pretty,...

This is my collection of poems that touches various situations of my life. These poems deals with moments when I was happy, sad, sick, depressed, in love, heartbroken, dealing with lost, feeling sexy and just being the woman that I am . I write from whatever I am feeling at that moment. You will be...

Can you name the first president? What about the thirty-first president of the United States? Here is a quick and easy way to learn all the United States Presidents -- in one evening! It is so fun, you wish there were more to memorize when you are done! Requires no route memory work,...

When Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived on North Carolina’s Outer Banks in the year 1900, they were unknown bicycle mechanics who dreamed of powered flight. Even after they achieved the first heavier-than-air, powered flight in the dunes of Kill Devil Hills on December 17, 1903, they remained obscure....

Thanks to well-known fishing expert Mike Marsh, North Carolinians finally have a definitive guide for the entire state in one handy volume. Fishing North Carolina is the only book that covers the multitude of fishing opportunities in all of the state’s regions: mountains, Piedmont, and coastal plain....

How the people of God, not the pope, changed the Catholic Church's teaching on birth control. A history of the papal birth control commission of the 1960s and its aftermath narrated by a man who was there, Time magazine's correspondent at Vatican II.

With thousands of passages to chose from in the first five books of the Bible, which should you memorize?This unique guide gives a brief synopsis of each book of Moses, hi-lights important passages and explains why each passage is important to memorize for the Christian.Includes 2 FREE Bonuses: "How to learn Scripture by Heart" and "Books and Divisions of the Bible"!

Kris quit drinking when she and her son escaped her abusive boyfriend. But her dangerous past followed them, and Nate is kidnapped from the backseat of her car. Four months later, Nate is still missing. No one expects him to be found. But Kris believes in him as much as he believes in her. When Nate calls to her across the miles, she sets out to find the kidnapper, and bring her son home.

From 1971 to his retirement in 2011, Woody Durham was the “Voice of the Tar Heels,” the radio play-by-play man for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this autobiography, Woody takes the reader on a nostalgic stroll down memory lane—from his descriptions of a sleepy Franklin...

Here is a fast, fun and easy way for kids to learn the multiplication table beginning with number 2 and running through 9. Learning the multiplication table can be frustrating for kids learning it and the adults teaching it. Progress in memorization of multiplication usually comes slowly. The...