Publisher: Mercer University Press
Product Code: P615
ISBN: 9780881467727
Price: $18.00
When Arthur Benjamin steps from a Greyhound bus in Savannah, Georgia, he is immediately robbed by an affable street magician named Hamby Cahill. It is Hamby's first act of thievery and the remorse of it so overwhelms him that he finds lodging for Arthur in The Castle, a warehouse supposedly owned by Melinda McFadden, an eccentric and fragile grande dame of imagined aristocracy who is known as Lady to the strange assembly of street people she has arbitrarily selected to be her Guests. There, Arthur finds his family--an ex-con shoplifter, a disgruntled seamstress, a young artist suspected of being a hooker, and a former boxer known as Lightning.
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Product Code: H618
ISBN: 9780865548169
Product Format: Hardback
Price: $35.00
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Publisher: Mercer University Press
Product Code: P476
ISBN: 9780881464641
Product Format: Paperback
Price: $18.00
MEMEORY"S MIST is a collection of personal essays about life in the South as seen through the eyes of author Jackie K. Cooper. The stories contained hold up a mirror upon which the shared traits and experiences of life can be seen. Some of the experiences shared are humorous, some are sad, some are dramatic, and some are life affirming. Through them all runs a ribbon of hope and optimism. As Cooper reflects back on his past, the vision has been somewhat dimmed by the mist of memory but—with the help of family and friends—he is able to part the mist and have a clear view of the past which in many ways signals the future. As with his other books Cooper finds life full of surprises and simple joys amid the tumultuous and uncertain lives we all live.
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Product Code: H739
ISBN: 9780881460803
Product Format: Hardback
Price: $25.00
This Festschrift celebrates the life, ministry, and academic career of Edmon Lewin Rowell, Jr.. His life has been dedicated to both the church (through numerous churches he has served) and the academy (as an editor for more than twenty-seven years at Mercer University Press).
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Product Code: H901
ISBN: 9780881465242
Price: $35.00
This unique book, originally published in a limited edition in 1982 and out of print for many years, is the most comprehensive collection of Civil War letters written by residents of Southeastern Alabama and Southwestern Georgia to be published.
Poignant in emotion, informative in detail, and broad in scope, the correspondence contained here provides us with a unique opportunity to understand the Civil War and its effect on individuals and families from an intensely personal perspective. The writers, the great majority of them unlettered and expressing themselves in a disarmingly honest manner in their heartfelt missives, collectively paint a compelling portrait of a watershed moment in national history from a regional viewpoint. They make well-known events tangible and lesser-known sidebars illuminating.
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Publisher: Mercer University Press
Product Code: H993
ISBN: 9780881467611
Price: $24.00
WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE takes place on Thanksgiving Day in a deep river bottom in a mythical Piedmont county, Morgan, South Carolina, a creation carried over from John Lane's first novel, the award-winning FATE MORELAND'S WIDOW. The story is told in four perspectives on the possible death and certain disappearance of Old Doc, an 85-year-old land owner/deer hunter and centers on a contested property boundary shared with the resident Mitchell family who have lived on the land since colonial times.
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Product Code: P364
ISBN: 9780881460643
Product Format: Paperback
Availability: Not currently available. ( Backorder policy)
Price: $16.00
In The Truth is Sensational Enough, Jim Dant offers hope for both the preacher and the listener. Beginning with the season of Advent, Dant guides us to Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter and Pentecost. Added to these prominent holy days are sermons and thoughts for Saint Valentine’s Day,All Saints Day,national holidays, and even Stewardship Sunday! The lessons and insights tucked into these pages would be welcomed on any day of your life.
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Product Code: H505
ISBN: 9780865546851
Product Format: Hardback
Price: $50.00
This book contains essays by leading Kierkegaard scholars on the Dane's very popular and often misread book, "Works of Love." The essays address various issues in Kierkegaard's book on the nature of the Christ commandment to love our neighbor.
Contributors include: Andic, Burgess, Martens, Come, Rudd, Barrett, Dooley, Ferreira, Keeley, Oppenheim, Ziolkowski, Tajafuerce, Green, and Ellis.
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Product Code: P263
ISBN: 9780865548961
Product Format: Paperback
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Price: $18.00
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Product Code: H214
ISBN: 9780865542488
Product Format: Hardback
Availability: Not currently available. ( Backorder policy)
Price: $35.00
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Product Code: H427
ISBN: 9780865545717
Product Format: Hardback
Availability: Not currently available. ( Backorder policy)
Price: $35.00
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Publisher: Mercer University Press
Product Code: P561
ISBN: 9780881466522
Price: $16.00
In her first collection of poems, Sara Pirkle Hughes explores the role memory plays in shaping identity and a person’s perception of the past. The book’s title, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, posits that time is a magician causing every moment in a person's life to disappear, and every poem in the collection is the poet's attempt to recapture what has vanished, while also acknowledging the inherent paradox of writing about the past. The fallible nature of memory makes it impossible to preserve an experience free of distortion.
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