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1	Rainmaker more books like this by John Grisham Rudy Baylor is a newly-qualified lawyer: he has one case, and one case alone, to save himself from his mounting debts. His case is against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young man's life, but instead refused to pay the claim until it was too late. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars, but there is one problem: Rudy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Taft more books like this by Ann Patchett Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett's second novel to be published in the UK. John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. When his son is taken away to Miami by his mother, Nickel is left with nothing but Muddy's, the Memphis blues bar that he manages. Then he hires Fay Taft, a young white waitress from east Tennessee ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	This Side of Eternity more books like this by Rosalyn McMillan From the bestselling author of Knowing, One Better, Blue Collar Blues and The Flip Side of Sin, comes this beautiful and evocative story of one family's struggle for survival amid the hope and trauma of the civil rights movement in Tennessee. In what promises to be her most memorable work to date, bestselling author Rosalyn McMillan brings to life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
4	It came from Memphis more books like this by Gordon The story of the first generation of rock and roll, exploring the reasons that conspired to make Memphis, Tennessee, the birthplace of rock and roll. Robert Gordon describes the careers of several influential musicians and the crosscurrents of business and culture that made rock and roll possible. see all copies from $2.51! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	John Philip Duck more books like this by Patricia Polacco Edward is a boy with an unusual pet: a duck who loves to march to band music and is thus named in honor of composer John Philip Sousa. Edward loves John Philip so much that he brings the duck with him to the luxury hotel where he works. Then one day, John Philip takes a swim in the hotel's fancy fountain. The hotel's owner is not amused--until ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues more books like this by Steve Cheseborough At a crossroad in the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for becoming a guitar virtuoso and King of the Delta Blues. Blues Travelling will tell you where that legendary deal was supposed to have been made and guide you to all the other hallowed grounds that nourished Mississippi's signature ... see all copies from $4.84! new only from $16.35! \| SVS
7	The Celebrant more books like this by Charles Turner see all copies from $1.99! new only from $88.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	A baby's cry more books like this by Amanda Stevens see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Wheelin' on Beale: How Wdia-Memphis Became the Nation's First All-Black Radio Station and Created the Sound That Changed America more books like this by Louis Cantor, B B King (Foreword by) The fascinating story of how a Memphis radio station broke down racial barriers by changing its programming to target the largely ignored black audience. This change became a part of the social and cultural revolution that rocked the South and the nation--an important missing chapter in American cultural history. 16 pages of photographs. see all copies from $9.56! first editions
10	Memphis Afternoons CL more books like this by James Conaway A moving, witty, and beautifully written memoir of family and the South--of debutantes and rogues, of Elvis and Martin Luther King, Jr., and of a young man's efforts to understand his inheritance. A vivid and touching portrait of life in the South from the bestselling author of Napa and The Big Easy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	At the River I Stand: Memphis, the 1968 Sanitation Strike and Martin Luther King, Jr. more books like this by Joan Turner Beifuss see all copies from $15.75! new only from $15.75! \| first editions
12	The Big Heat more books like this by Jennifer La Brecque This big, bad bounty hunter can handle anything. Or can he? Cade Stone can't believe Sunny Templeton. How did one sexy woman manage to get into so much trouble? Okay, so maybe she tried to take out a politician with her car. Who wouldn't do the same thing? But now it's landed her in jail, and the local media is out for blood. He's got to help her. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
13	Inside Graceland more books like this by Nancy Rooks If you wanted a picture of the life of Elvis Presley, who better to paint it for you than someone who worked as his trusted cook and maid at Graceland? Someone whose daily tasks centered around keeping the 'King of Rock & Roll' happy, whose every move was designed to please the greatest music legend the entertainment world has ever known. Here is ... see all copies from $16.58! new only from $16.58! \| SVS
14	Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers more books like this by L Rennison see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.07!
15	The Blue Moon Boys: The Story of Elvis Presley's Band more books like this by Ken Burke, Dan Griffin, Brian Setzer (Foreword by) Boasting never-before-told stories of life on the road with a young Elvis, this comprehensive guide to Elvis' band gives an insider's view of how the band worked with him onstage, in the studio, and in movies, and features the first comprehensive look at their post-Presley lives and careers. Band members Scotty Moore, D J Fontana, and Bill Black ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $16.53! \| SVS
16	Old Jim Canaan more books like this by Margaret Skinner Set in the years between 1914 and 1921, Margaret Skinner's rollicking, often hilarious fictional saga of the fortunes of several generations of an Irish-American family draws on the swirling life of Memphis, Tenneseess, to tell a story that usually gets ommitted in accounts of the early 20th century South. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	Nineteenth century Memphis families of color, 1850-1900 more books like this by Roberta Church see all copies from $9.70! new only from $15.99! \| first editions
18	Troublemaker more books like this by Brian Pera A retarded man with AIDS falls in love with a hustler who wants only to use him for his own criminal purposes, possibly including a snuff film. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.04! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Molly Flanagan and the Holy Ghost more books like this by Margaret Skinner The story of twelve-year-old Molly who is pulled in many directions by her own family--which includes a Baptist grandmother and a Catholic godmother who compete to direct her vision of the world. Despite a wandering eye that has her seeing double, Molly witnesses too many things with clarity: her brother's relationship with the daughter of an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Bed of Lies more books like this by Teresa Hill Making a nice life for herself in Memphis based on lies since running away from a broken home, Julie Morrison now faces her past in the form of Zach McRae. A childhood friend, Zach can see right through her. But Julie isn't the only one with demons. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $548.84! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Money Man more books like this by Carolyn McSparren see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	The Biography of a River Town: Memphis: Its Heroic Age more books like this by Gerald M Capers History of Memphis, Tennessee, from Native American days to early 20th century. Originally written in 1939, this is a reprint of the second (1966) edition. see all copies from $17.50! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Legitima Defensa more books like this by John Grisham Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Michael bolted from the firm and took a top ... see all copies from $14.82!
24 view cover	Almost Graceland more books like this by Steve Carlson Ray Johnston, a forty one-year-old truck driver in Memphis, had long ago got tired of everyone telling him how much he looked like Elvis. When his mother died, Ray found some journals she'd written and learned that he was adopted. While looking into it, he discovered he was born in the same hospital and even had the same birthday as Elvis Presley! ... see all copies from $3.41! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Gracious Goodness, the Taste of Memphis: A Cook Book more books like this by Memphis Symphony League see all copies from $6.38! first editions \| SVS

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