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  The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

  by Christopher Paul Curtis

  Genre: Historical Multi-Cultural FictionCurtis, C.P. (1995). The Watsons go to Birmingham- 1963. New York, NY: Delacorte Press.
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  I Still Dream About You

  by Fannie Flagg

  Though her friends think Maggie has the perfect life, she's actually perfectly miserable.  The former Miss Alabama is worried about how her life has turned out--she's given up on her dream of living in a beautiful home like Crestview, and instead is a real estate agent in Birmingham. But just when Maggie begins to wonder if there's much point in going on, her life takes a wild turn, and she finds herself... (more)
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  Four Spirits: A Novel (P.S.)

  by Sena Jeter Naslund

  Weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, racists and civil rights advocates, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression, Sena Jeter Naslund creates a tapestry of American social transformation at once intimate and epic. In Birmingham, Alabama, twenty-year-old Stella Silver, an idealistic white college student, is sent reeling off her measured path by events of 1963. Combining political... (more)
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  Without Warning: Book 2

  After America

  by John Birmingham

  March 14, 2003, was the day the world changed forever. A wave of energy slammed into North America and devastated the continent. The U.S. military, poised to invade Baghdad, was left without a commander in chief. Global order spiraled into chaos. Now, three years later, a skeleton U.S. government headquartered in Seattle directs the reconstruction of an entire nation—and the battle for New York City has begun. ... (more)
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  Birmingham Sunday

  by Larry Dane Brimner

  Citation:Brimner, L.D. (2010). Birmingham Sunday. Honesdale, PA: Calkins Creek.Genre:General Nonfiction
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  The Wedding Dress

  by Rachel Hauck

  One dress. Four women. An amazing destiny. Charlotte Malone is getting married. Yet all is not settled in the heart of Birmingham's chic bridal boutique owner. Charlotte can dress any bride to perfection-except herself. When she discovers a vintage mint-condition wedding gown in a battered old trunk, Charlotte embarks on a passionate journey to discover the women who wore the gown before her. Emily in 1912.... (more)
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  Axis of Time: Book 1

  Weapons of Choice

  by John Birmingham

  On the eve of America’s greatest victory in the Pacific, a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . .The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021 has thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll—and what was to be the... (more)
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  He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

  by John Birmingham

  John Birmingham has lived wtih eighty-nine people and kept notes on all of them. This is their story.
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  Nice Work

  by David Lodge

  Centered in Rummidge, a sprawling industrial town in the English midlands, Nice Work confirms Lodge's rare capacity to be thought-provoking, moving, and very funny. "A singularly brilliant and invigorating performance."--Chicago Tribune.
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  The Trotters: Book 1

  The Rotters' Club

  by Jonathan Coe

  Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by guitar rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school. As the world appears to self-destruct around them, they hold... (more)
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  Southern Sisters: Book 1

  Murder on a Girls' Night Out

  by Anne George

  A Different Kind of Sister Act Patricia Anne -- "Mouse" -- is respectful, respectable, and demure, a perfect example of genteel Southern womanhood. Mary Alice -- "Sister" -- is big, brassy, flamboyant, and bold. Together they have a knack for finding themselves in the center of some of Birmingham's most unfortunate unpleasantness. Country Western is red hot these days, so overimpulsive Mary Alice thinks it... (more)
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  Southern Sisters: Book 2

  Murder on a Bad Hair Day

  by Anne George

  Murder on a Bad Hair Day It's hard to believe practical, petite ex-schoolteacher Patricia Anne and amiable, ample-bodied, and outrageous Mary Alice are sisters, yet sibling rivalry has survived decades of good-natured disagreement about everything from husbands to hair color. No sooner do the Southern sisters discover a common interest in some local art, when they're arguing the artistic merits of some... (more)
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  We've Got a Job

  The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

  by Cynthia Levinson

  In 1963, the Civil Rights movement was falling apart. After a series of setbacks across the south, the movement was losing direction and momentum. No southern city was more divided than Birmingham, Alabama, home of the infamous Bull Connor. Dr. Martin Luther King conceived an ingenious plan: fill the Birmingham jails by arranging a series of public protests at which participants would be arrested as a result of... (more)
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  Black and White

  The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor

  by Larry Dane Brimner

  Bombed, beaten, banned, and imprisoned, the Reverend Fred J. Shuttlesworth led the civil rights struggle for equality in Birmingham, Alabama, using nonviolent actions to protest segregation in schools, stores, buses, and the hiring of police officers. He pressed his congregation to register to vote and to cast their ballots for civil rights supports. Eugene "Bull" Conner, backed by the Ku Klux Klan, became a... (more)
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  The News Where You Are

  by Catherine O'Flynn

  From the bestselling author of What Was Lost comes a spirited literary mystery about a television anchorman's search for the truth about the disappearances that surround him Frank Allcroft, a television news anchor in his hometown (where he reports on hard-hitting events, like the opening of canine gyms for overweight pets), is on the verge of a mid-life crisis. Beneath his famously corny on-screen persona,... (more)
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  The Hickory Factor

  by Alan Lee Ford

  The past can’t be buried and eventually it catches up with you. Crawling slowly through the mire it waits until the time is right then strikes, like a Viper; swift and deadly. In 1987 a dreadful road accident causes the death of a man and his two children. Although deeply affected, the surviving driver is not held responsible, returns to normal life and pushes to the back of his mind, the events of that day. ... (more)
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  Southern Sisters: Book 6

  Murder Shoots the Bull

  by Anne George

  Patricia Anne would swear that either she or her sister Mary Alice were switched at birth, except they were both born at home.Flashy, flirtatious Mary Alice is one foot taller, twice the body weight of Patricia Anne, and three times as likely to do something completely off the wall. But now Mary Alice's impulsive behavior has land them both in the Birmingham jail! It all begins with a call from their good... (more)
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  Southern Sisters: Book 4

  Murder Makes Waves

  by Anne George

  Those hilarious southern sisters, who prove that sibling rivalry never ends, are heading for a vacation at the beach. Mary Alice's flamboyant behavior aside, serious, sensible Patricia Anne looks forward to relaxing at her sister's beachfront condo in Destin, Florida, so she kisses her ever-loving spouse Fred good-bye, reminds him to water the plants and feed the dog, and the girls head south for some fun in the... (more)
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  The Worm in the Bud

  by Chris Collett

  In Birmingham a local journalist is found dead in his home. A puncture wound in his arm a testimony to his death by lethal injection, the cryptic note by his side: 'no more', seems at first to suggest suicide but Detective Inspector Tom Mariner has learned to take nothing at face value. There is something a little too staged about events, especially as just that evening Mariner had witnessed Edward Barham pick up... (more)
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  Southern Sisters: Book 5

  Murder Gets A Life

  by Anne George

  Patricia Anne can't imagine why Mary Alice is in such an uproar over her son Ray's new bride. Sunshine Dabbs is Ucute as can be," even if she is a bit unconventional, which should hardly come as a shock to Mary Alicc given that she's the one who raised her boy. But with all her motherly instincts, Mary Alice is sure that this sweet little blonde Barbie doll--who met her son in Bora Bora after she won the trip on... (more)