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Check out our new site dedicated to the Mississippi Blues -- and William Ferris's new book Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, just published. Go to www.GiveMyPoorHeartEase.com.

Available Now! The official book on the Tar Heels' 2009 championship season! It's here -- One Fantastic Ride: The Inside Story of Carolina Basketball's 2009 Championship Season. Check out our photo gallery for a sneak peek.

Take a closer look at our outstanding list in Native American Studies including the newly published The Land Has Memory, We Have a Religion, and Legalizing Identities; new paperbacks; and classroom favorites. Or download our latest Native American & Indigenous Studies brochure!

Nortin M. Hadler, M.D., author of Stabbed in the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society, tells you why that trip to the doctor might not be so necessary.

William Ferris, author of Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, sings the praises of Mississippi blues musicians.

As another football season kicks off, Michael Oriard, author of Bowled Over: Big-Time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era, offers an insider's perspective on the evolution of the college game.

A conversation with John Shelton Reed, Dale Volberg Reed, and William McKinney, authors of Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue, on barbecue as a badge of identity.

Marianne Gingher, editor of Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-five of North Carolina's Finest Writers, explains why short is beautiful.

Here's a "tweet" for you! John Yow, author of The Armchair Birder: Discovering the Secret Lives of Familiar Birds, takes flight with his tales of the fascinating everyday birds in his own backyard.

Foy Allen Edelman, author of Sweet Carolina: Favorite Desserts and Candies from the Old North State, satisfies sweet tooths everywhere with her collection of North Carolina desserts.

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• Check out our site dedicated to Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue. Sample some tasty recipes, watch some video of true NC Pitmasters at work, and a whole lot more.
  
• For newcomers to North Carolina, or for long-time Tar Heels, the Essential North Carolina Bookshelf will be an oft-referenced guide to the people, places, sights and sounds of North Carolina. It's an incredible bargain at 50% off the retail price for ten must-have books about our great state.
  
• Check out the latest volumes of the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
  
• UNC Press is excited to be part of "Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement." To learn more visit the LCRM website.
• Now's the time to get your copy of the Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
  
• Visit the North Carolina Birding Trail.
  
• Browse our great selection of Cookbooks.