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Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor's Scandalous Secret Diaries

Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor's Scandalous Secret Diaries

Now What? How North Carolina Can Blaze a Progressive Path Forward

Top half of the cover is dark red with white text for the title. The bottom half of the cover is white with red text for Gene Nichols's name.

Now What? How North Carolina Can Blaze a Progressive Path Forward

Bible Belt Blues: Collected Essays

A textured background resembling a field and the sky. The title is in dark blue block letters in the sky, and the author's name is in yellow text in the green field.

Bible Belt Blues: Collected Essays

Unbound: Notes from a Reluctant Disability Activist

Large black text for the title at the top and the author’s name in smaller gold letters on the right. The background is white with blue, yellow, and grey abstract shapes underlining the main title.

Unbound: Notes from a Reluctant Disability Activist

The Rest of Our Lives

The background is a painting by Laurie Smithwick, yellow and teal arches with texture scraped in. The Rest of Our Lives appears in white bold letters at the top.

The Rest of Our Lives

Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing

The background is a rainbow filter over the sky with the words “Edge of the World” in large bright green letters, and “An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing” below it in smaller navy blue letters.

Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing

The Book of Flaco: The World's Most Famous Bird

A photo of Flaco the eagle-owl, a tawny colored owl with bright orange eyes. The title text is in large white text on the right side.

The Book of Flaco: The World's Most Famous Bird

The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National: Inside Stories from Golf's Greatest Stage

A green transparent rectangle covers the left half where the title appears in yellow text, and to the right is a Black golf Caddie crouching on a golf course with his chin in his hand.

The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National: Inside Stories from Golf's Greatest Stage

Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads

A photograph of road along a mountain covered in bright fall foliage, with the title on the upper-left side on a tan background.

Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads

Gumbo Life: A Journey Down the Roux Bayou

Title appears in large yellow text against a background of a swamp, with cypress trees and Spanish moss. In the foreground is a boat’s prow with an illustration of a shrimp.

Gumbo Life: A Journey Down the Roux Bayou

Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of Enslaved Potter David Drake

Cover of Carolina Clay by Leonard Todd. A large brown clay pot inscribed and signed by the enslaved potter David Drake adorns the cover on a beige background

Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of Enslaved Potter David Drake

Paul Green: North Carolina Writers on the Legacy of the State's Most Celebrated Playwright

Book cover of Paul Green anthology featuring a sepia toned picture of Paul Green.

Paul Green: North Carolina Writers on the Legacy of the State's Most Celebrated Playwright

The Essential Mayberry

A black and white image of a group crowded around a film set in a small clearing outside.

The Essential Mayberry

Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast

Cover of Time and Tide by Tim Hatcher. A photograph of a man standing on a pier fishing against an orange sunset.

Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast

Cover of Fight Songs by Ed Southern. A cream-colored background with an orange-brown dirt on the bottom third of the cover.

Letter to My Transgender Daughter

A pink background with two cartoon deer drawn. The larger one is standing in the back and is orange, and in front is a smaller pink one.

Letter to My Transgender Daughter

A photograph of a waterfall in a bright green forest. The title is in white block letters centered on the image.

North Carolina Waterfalls: 3rd Edition

The Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks: 2nd Edition

Photograph by Scott Taylor of two horses standing in the foreground. In the background is a blurred image of the sound, and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.

The Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks: 2nd Edition

Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and the Future of America

The cover is divided down the center, with the left blue and the right red, though there is some overlap along the dividing line. The title is centered in white block letters.

Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and the Future of America

A black background with the title written in white centered on the page. The 'O' in "Ghost" is a small, glowing white orb.

North Carolina Ghost Lights and Legends

North Carolina in the 1950s

A mint-green background with three images along the bottom. From left to right: Two black women dancing together, a white man holding a cigar, a white woman driving a convertible car.

North Carolina in the 1950s

A yellow background with three photographs. From left to right: a black-and-white photo of an indigenous man with a head dress; a painting of a woman in a blue dress; a man playing a banjo.

North Carolina in the 1940s

Gullah Culture in America: 2nd Edition

Cover of Gullah Culture in America by Wilbur Cross. A dark blue background with a painting of two black people sitting in a wheat field pictured in the center.

Gullah Culture in America: 2nd Edition

A yellow background with a red band across the middle. "Freedom Fighters" is in black on the yellow, with "and Hell Raisers" in yellow font on the red strip. At the very top are three yellow stars.

Freedom Fighters and Hell Raisers: A Gallery of Memorable Southerners

Cover of Exploring North Carolina's Lookout Towers by Peter J. Barr. An aerial photograph by Kevin Adams of a lookout tower atop a scenic mountain covered in fall foliage.

Exploring North Carolina's Lookout Towers

Cover of Bearwallow by Jeremy B. Jones. A watercolor background resembling mountains in tones of grey-blue and green. The title is in white letters along the bottom.

The photograph of a woman standing and facing away, looking off into the mountain landscape which is covered in fog. The title appears against the foggy sky.

Step into the Circle

An illustration of a black woman sitting on a porch swing, with a black man sitting against the wooden wall in the foreground. The bottom third is peach colored, with the authors and subtitle.

Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956

Cover of Indecent Assembly by Gene R. Nichol. An orange background with a a block of black that looks as if its been painted over the orange. The title is in white letters in the black block.

Indecent Assembly

Cover of Haints of the Hills by Daniel W. Barefoot. A dark green background with a bright teal skull. The title is in thin letters in the negative space of the skull.

Haints of the Hills

Seaside Spectres

Piedmont Phantoms

Cover of Bullets and Bandages by James Gindlesperger. A painting of the war camp at Gettysburg, with the title in large block letters.

Bullets and Bandages

A photograph of a grassy field with a trail through it. In the background is a mountain line with clouds. A transparent gray block is on the left side of the image.

Smokies Chronicle

A beige background resembling paper, with the black-and-white image of a white woman holding a small white boy and smiling.

An image of a black man picking cotton. The top third of the cover is maroon with a burlap trim along the top. The title is in white text on the maroon.

Chained to the Land

Cover of Blackbeard the Pirate by Robert E. Lee. A red background with a framed drawing of blackbeard standing on the shore. The title is in black letters above the drawing.

Blackbeard the Pirate

A painting of a pirate in a red coat fighting woth two other figures in navy coats. The pirates sword is arced back, prepared to swing.

Blackbeard and Other Pirates of the Atlantic Coast

A dark rust background with the painting of a white bowl with a man's face behind it framed in the center of the page. The title is in black letters centered above the painting.

Blackbeard's Cup and Stories of the Outer Banks

Cover of Bushwhackers by William R. Trotter. A cream colored background with the black-and-white sketch of a man holding a rifle and crouching down.

Civil War Blunders

Cover of Arlington by James Gindlesperger. The photograph of Arlington Cemetary. The trees are yellow and it is a clear day.

Two photographs: The top photograph is of the helm of a ship taken from further back on the ship. There are navy soliders crowding the ship. The bottom photo is of a navy ship from far away.

Boys of the Battleship North Carolina

Cover of Cherokee Voices by Vicki Romeza. A bright orange background behind the painting of a man with a bright cloak around his shoulders.

Cherokee Voices

A photograph of a sand dune with a horse. There are footsteps walking side by side in the foreground.

Cumberland Island

Cover of Black Indian Slave Narratives by Patrick Minges. A black-and-white image of a man with a cowboy hat looking at the camera. The title is in red font overlaid on the image.

Black Indian Slave Narratives

A photograph of Bob Garner facing the camera and smiling slightly. His arms are crossed, and he is wearing a blue longsleeve button-down. The title is in red letters at the top of the page.

Bob Garner's Book of Barbeque

Four different photographs border the page, all black and white, with red borders. The title is centered on the left, in black letters over a yellow background.

Andy Griffith Show Book

A dark green background with the black-and-white image of two black people in front of a wooden cabin. Above the image is the title on a light purple block.

Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember

A grainy photograph of a woman in a red shirt and black shorts standing on a rock looking out at the mountainscape before her.

Best Hikes of Pisgah National Forest, The

A photograph of a man nealing on a boat, holding a fish. He is bending down, close to the fish. He is holding his fishing pole in his other hand and smiling at the camera.

Fishing North Carolina

Cover of Far More Terrible For Women by Patrick Minges. An elderly black woman sits in a chair holding a cane, frowning. The title is overlaid above the image.

Far More Terrible for Women

First in Flight

A photograph of a plane on a sand dune. A figure dressed in black stands to the right of the plane. The sky is gray above the sand, and the title is in white letters below the plane.

First in Flight

The background is light green and white with a transparent figure centered. Layered above that is the title in slightly transparent black letters, and the author in red letters.

Cover of Great Waterfalls of North Carolina by Neil Regan. A photograph of a large waterfall cascading down a rock face, surrounded by trees.

Great Waterfalls of North Carolina

Cover of The Jamestown Adventure by Ed Southern. The background is a map of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia, with the title in green text on top.

Jamestown Adventure, The

The background is a black and white photograph of hands, wet with clay, working a ceramic piece on a pottery wheel. A finished green vase is laid above the background image.

Jugtown Pottery 1917-2017

Cover of I Was Born in Slavery by Andrew Waters. An orange patterned background with a black-and-white image of a black man centered. He is smiling at the camera.

I Was Born in Slavery

Cover of Ironclads and Columbiads by William R. Trotter. A cream colored background with the black-and-white image of a battle field.

Ironclads and Columbiads

Cover of Ghosts of Georgetown by Elizabeth Robertson Huntsinger. A distorted image of a forest with light hitting the grass.

Ghosts of Georgetown

A photograph of a bottle of red wine next to a wineglass filled with red wine. In the background are yellow flowers and the side of a building. The title is in red letters near the top of the page.

Guide to North Carolina's Wineries

A tan background with a painting framed in red in the center of the page. The painting is of the ocean from the shore, with a small burning ship far out on the horizon.

Flaming Ship of Ocracoke and Other Tales of the Outer Banks, The

Foods That Make You Say Mmm-mmm

A faded photograph of a young boy sitting on a porch step with a dog in his lap. The title is in yellow glowing letters at the top right of the page.

Ghost Dogs of the South

A photograph of a house with moss and ivy in the foreground. In the window, an image of a ghost can be seen looking out from inside the house.

Granny Curse, The

A black and white photograph of a young girl holding a cat. In the foreground, the images of three other cats are overlaid above the other image. The title is in yellow letters centered on the cover.

Ghost Cats of the South

An illustration of leafless trees stretching upwards. The moon is in the center, though it's blurry, and the sky is dark blue. The title is in red letters centered at the top of the page.

Ghosts and Haunts of Tennessee

Footsteps of the Cherokees

A purple background with a picture of a tree with a swing hanging from it. It appears to be sunset in the photograph and the sky is purple.

Georgetown Mysteries and Legends

A black and white image of dock covered in fog. A small rowboat and marsh grass is in the foreground. The title is placed above a light green block, and is written in white letters.

Hatteras Journal

A maroon background with the title centered on the top third of the page. On the lower half is a black and white photograph of the ruins of a building.

Hauntings of Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown

A teal background with the paintng of a dolphin swimming next to a dock framed in the center of the page. The title is in white letters centered at the top.

Legends of the Outer Banks and Tar Heel Tidewater

A painting of General Francis Marion atop a horse in battle. There is a yellow band above the image with the title, and a dark green band below the image with the authors.

Life of General Francis Marion, The

A green patterned background with the black-and-white image of an elderly black woman sitting in a chair.

Mighty Rough Times, I tell You

A black-and-white photograph of two young girls sitting beside one another in matching dresses. The title is on a transparent blue strip across the middle.

Losing My Sister

A drawing of a mountain scape framed by two trees. A white owl sits in the left tree, and the moon is in the sky behind the right tree. The title is in pink letters in the grass below the mountains.

Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina

Cover of Still and Barrel by John Francis Trump. The bottom of a wine barrel with the title written in the center.

A drawing of a black woman holding a pail. The title is on a dark brown block on the upper right side.

No Man's Yoke on My Shoulders

Cover of Silk Flags and Cold Steel by William R. Trotter. A beige background with the black-and-white drawing of a battlefield in a forest.

Silk Flags and Cold Steel

A light yellow background with the black-and-white image of a black man centered. The title is on a white block above, and both are marked with a light purple border.

My Folks Don't Want Me To Talk About Slavery

A drawing of houses along the coast, with the waves hitting against a wooden fence. The drawing is in black against a white background, and the title is in black letters above the houses.

A black and white photograph of a house on the beach. A wooden fence is in the foreground with the house in the background on a sand dune.

Ocracoke in the Fifties

A dark blue background with the image of a black man and woman sitting next to one another on wooden stairs.

On Jordan's Stormy Banks

A photograph of a wooden cabin at the bottom the cover. The top third is a dark green block with the title in white letters. There is a photograph of a woman holding a young girl overlapping.

A dark green background with a Civilian Conservation Corps seal centered. The image of the seal is in shades of pink and purple, with a pine tree in the center.

At the top of the page is an image of beer taps in a row. Below that is the title on a red textured background. Below that is an image of a flight of drinks in varying shades.

North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries

An orange background with an array of picture frames holding the seperate words of the title. One of the picture frames has a menu written out.

Soul Food Odyssey

Cover of So You Think You Know Gettysburg by James and Suzanne Gindlesperger. The image of cannons on a green field on a clear day. The title is in orange letters in the sky.

So You Think You Know Gettysburg? Volume 2

A gray background with the painty of the Hatteras Lighthouse framed in the middle. The title is in black text above the painting.

Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories

The image of cannons pointing away along of a line of trees with orange leaves. The title is in orange letters above the cannons.

So You Think You Know Gettysburg?

A photograph of a skull and seashells resting in the sand, framed by driftwood. The title is centered at the top in orange letters.

Outer Banks Tales to Remember

A photograph of the Hatteras Lighthouse taken from the ocean in very dark relief. Above that is the transparent photograph of a skull.

Pirates, Ghosts, and Coastal Lore

Cover of Prayin' to Be Set Free by Andrew Waters. A brown background with the black-and-white image of someone working in a field and looking at the camera.

Prayin' to Be Set Free

The painting of a battle scene in the woods. Above the image is a gray band with the title in red script, and below the image is a red band with the author.

Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas

Cover of Woody Durham: A Tar Heel Voice by Woody Durham and Adam Lucas. The image of Woody Durham smiling at the camera against a black background, with his hands resting on a basketball.

A brown background with a painting on the lower half of the page. The painting is of four black figures standing near the waterline at sunset. The title is above the painting in pink letters.

Voices From St. Simons

The top half of the cover is a gravel road lined with fall trees. Below that is a red band with the authors name. Beneath that are three images: a mountainscape, a red shed, and sunflowers.

Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads

A photograph of three men hauling a fishing net onto the shore. The sky is in tones of light teal and green, and the title is in white block letters on the left side of the page.

Voices from the Outer Banks

A photograph of a path lined by spanish moss. The title is in white letters centered on the lower half of the page.

Tales of the South Carolina Low Country

A light brown background with an image of a black child and an older black man next to a wooden structure. The child is looking at the camera.

Weren't No Good Times

A photograph of two people walking a dog on a trail next to a lake. In the background are several trees in shades of orange and yellow.

Trails of the Triangle

A black-and-white image of a black woman and several black children standing near a shed. There is a light green and dark red border around the image.

We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard

A dark purple background with a painting of brown figures dressed in bright colors standing in a line.

Voices From the Trail of Tears

A textured orange background with the title in whimsical black text. The 'O' in 'Mouth' is replaced with a drawing of a sweet potato. Beneath the text are three images of food.

Well, Shut My Mouth!

Haunted Inns of the Southeast

An aged image of an inn surrounded by greenery and trees. Sunlight filters in through the foliage. The title is near the top in black letters against an orange background.

Haunted Inns of the Southeast