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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Air France Flight 007, which had been chartered to ferry home more than one hundred of Atlanta's cultural leaders following a luxurious arts-oriented tour of Europe, crashes shortly after takeoff in Paris. In one fell swoop, most of the city's wealthiest residents perish. Left behind were children, spouses, lovers, friends, and a city on the cusp of great change. The Civil Rights movement was at its peak, the hedonism of the 60s was at its doorstep....
Author
Publisher
Hub City Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In the months leading up to the birth of her first child, Hannah Palmer discovers that all three of her childhood houses have been wiped out by the expansion of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Having uprooted herself from a promising career in publishing in her adopted Brooklyn, Palmer embarks on a quest to determine the fate of her lost homesand of a community that has been erased by unchecked Southern progress.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
569 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Laurel Millard, youngest of seven children, is expected to stay home and "take care of Mama" by her older siblings, but Laurel has dreams of starting her own family. Operating a silk loom at the Atlanta Exposition will give her the chance to capture the heart of a man wealthy enough to take care of Laurel and any children she might bear, as well as her mother. Langdon Rochester's parents have given him an ultimatum: settle down with...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 415 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From mansions to trap houses, office buildings to strip clubs, Atlanta is defined by its rap music. But this flashy and fast-paced world is rarely seen below surface-level as a collection not of superheroes and villains, cartoons and caricatures, but of flawed and inspired individuals all trying to get a piece of what everyone else seems to have. In artistic, commercial, and human terms, Atlanta rap represents the most consequential musical ecosystem...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anthony Bourdain is a seasoned traveler who's hit up all corners of the globe many times over. More often than not, he has time to kill in some of the world's biggest airport hubs. Instead of sitting at the airport hotel, he sets out to explore each city in the short amount of time he has there. Watch as Tony quickly gathers local intel, faces the enemy of time and distance, gets off the tired old tourist path and tries something new, all within a...
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