Regional Authors

Mountain Born: A Recollection of Life and Language in Western North Carolina (Paperback)

By Jean Boone Benfield

$25.00

ISBN: 9780871525666

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Published: The Reprint Company - December 1st, 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.

Cúrate: Authentic Spanish Food from an American Kitchen (Hardcover)

By Katie Button, Genevieve Ko, Evan Sung (Photographs by)

$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.

The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home (Paperback)

By Denise Kiernan

$17.00

ISBN: 9781476794051

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Published: Atria Books - May 1st, 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.

Every Tree is the Forest / Stories of the Seven-Headed Sewing Machine Flip Book (Paperback)

By Emoke B'Racz, Katalin Ladik, Townie New (Illustrator)

$17.95

ISBN: 9780965865722

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Published: Burning Bush Press of Asheville - March 1st, 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.