Regional Authors
Western North Carolina is fortunate to claim an abundant community of authors and other artists. Over the years, many of these artists have become good friends of Malaprop’s, and our store is often a first or early stop for them when they publish new work. We believe that their creativity is a large part of what makes our region great. Here’s a small sampling of notable reads that we hope will pique your interest.
$23.99
ISBN: 9781467138802
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Published: History Press - September 17th, 2018
$17.95
ISBN: 9781630269753
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Published: Turner - June 14th, 2016
$15.95
ISBN: 9780983247517
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Published: Eno Publishers - May 2012
$14.99
ISBN: 9780062088239
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 22nd, 2013
$14.99
ISBN: 9780061470844
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Published: Ecco - September 29th, 2009
$29.99
ISBN: 9781449400644
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Published: Andrews McMeel Publishing - April 5th, 2011
$15.95
ISBN: 9781616203801
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Published: A Shannon Ravenel Book - May 13th, 2014
$24.95
ISBN: 9780895876249
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Published: Blair - Blair - June 3rd, 2014
$25.00
ISBN: 9780871525666
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Published: The Reprint Company - December 2009
A memoir of growing up in Leicester and Asheville, NC listening to the “old-timers” talk to each other and everyone else, Mountain Born offers a glimpse into our recent past that’s both touching and very funny.
$29.95
ISBN: 9780786431762
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Published: McFarland & Company - July 25th, 2007
Asheville, North Carolina, grew from humble beginnings as a hamlet for local livestock handlers to become one of the most culturally and artistically diverse cities in the South. The city experienced a quick rise to prosperity in the late 19th century under the influence of wealthy benefactors including George W. Vanderbilt and E.W. Grove. A devastating downturn during the Great Depression was followed by slow economic revitalization up until the late 1970s. In the 1990s, however Asheville entered boom time, a period that reestablished the city as a popular retreat for tourists, artists, and retirees. Here in this book is all the fascinating history of Asheville, complete with a rich array of photographs. Multiple appendices reveal details concerning many lesser-known aspects of Asheville's unique history, including city buildings designed by architects Richard Sharp Smith and Douglas D. Ellington, and city projects funded by philanthropist Julian Price.
$35.00
ISBN: 9781250059444
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Published: Flatiron Books - October 11th, 2016
What does it take for us to become our authentic selves? In her memoir, Georganne Spruce, a woman who chooses to define herself rather than follow society’s stereotypes, searches for an authentic identity, creative expression, and a spirituality that uplifts her. On this journey, this dance of life, she learns to release her fear, express her deepest thoughts, stand strong in relationships, and find her spiritual core. As a teacher, she strives to empower those she teaches. This book is more than one woman’s story, for Georganne shares the tools, practices, dreams, and insights she has used to transform life’s challenges into a life she loves.
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681629513
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Published: Turner - December 6th, 2016
$35.00
ISBN: 9781611803310
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Published: Roost Books - April 24th, 2018
$29.99
ISBN: 9781684421640
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Published: Turner - August 21st, 2018
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476794051
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Published: Atria Books - May 2018
There are very few women sculptors who work with fabricated metal: cutting steel, welding, hammering, grinding, and shaping to create beautiful pieces both large and small. Cathey’s career developed in the western North Carolina, and her subject matter draws heavily on the fauna and flora of the Southern Appalachians. Rand-McNally’s Best of the Road lists her gallery on Depot Street in Waynesville as a landmark.
This book is a collaboration between Grace Cathey and distinguished historian Sara Evans (author, Carolina native, and seasonal resident). It introduces Grace, tells the story of how she came to metal art after years as a professional weaver and painter and how her work has grown and changed. This book will inspire all readers. It also describes some of the techniques, especially process, finishes and use of color, that draw on Cathey’s experience as a weaver, watercolor, and print artist.
Printed in full color and lushly illustrated throughout, Fire and Steel is primarily an art book that introduces readers to the full range of Grace Cathey’s work, from major pieces of public art installed on the main streets of Waynesville, Hendersonville, and the North Carolina Arboretum, to a variety of custom objects for homes and gardens, and even small pendants.
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062313126
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 5th, 2018
Fate stamped Jack Cain's dance card years before his birth. His father, a photographer with Patton's third army, stumbles upon a children’s camp near the German town of Worms. In Camp Rainbow, situated on the former grounds of Hausser Pharmaceutical, he photographs young Gypsies, Slavs, Poles, and Jews being treated to comforts enjoyed only by privileged Germans. When he returns two weeks later, the camp has become a ghost town. Years later, the secret of this camp dies along with Jack’s father. The only remaining clue is a box of photographs. Years later, Jack is a forty-five-year-old surgeon whose life has become a slow funeral.
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ISBN: 9780965865722
Availability: Special Order - Unlikely to be Available
Published: Burning Bush Press of Asheville - March 2005
Emoke Z. B'Racz was born in Budapest Hungary in 1948, daughter of Magrit Imre B'Racz and Hungarian political activist, winner of The Officer's Cross of The Order of The Hungarian Republic Medal-of-Honor in 1991, Istvan B'Racz. She came to the U.S. in 1964. She is a poet, translator, and bookstore owner in Asheville, NC. Her first published translations from Hungarian were of Gyula Illyes and appeared in 1973 in the New York Quarterly. Stories of the Seven-Headed Sewing Machine came from a volume of collected poems which was published in Budapest in 1988.