Watermelon King

An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, "The Watermelon King" returns to Ashland, Alabama--the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's enormously popular "Big Fish"-- the entire identity of which is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons.

An endearing, often outrageous blend of fable, tall tale, and page-turner, The Watermelon King returns to Ashland, Alabama--the fictional town immortalized in Daniel Wallace's enormously popular Big Fish-- the entire identity of which is based on the long-ago abundance of watermelons.

Once upon a time there was an unbelievably greedy king, his name was Bruderick VI. At the same time, there was a gigantic magical watermelon, who was grown by Dean. The king wanted the watermelon, but this became a big problem for him.

After being laid off from his job at a prestigious consulting firm, Dean decides to embark on a journey across East Africa with his younger brother. Unknowingly, they travel into bandit territory where a medical emergency forces them to choose between their safety and their health. Inspired by true events, The Watermelon King follows the journey of two brothers as they backpack across one of East Africa's most inhospitable regions. As they endure endless days of difficult travel, a series of short stories written by their father begins to uncover their inherent desire for adventure and their connection to the past. Along the way they begin to understand the beauty and frustration of life in Africa.

(From the Book Committee Page)Our heritage here in Alcorn County is one in which we can be proud. Through pictures we have tried to capture it from its beginning in 1870 to the present.

This year's heirloom tomato is a melon! Acclaimed gardener Amy Goldman, known to viewers of Martha Stewart and PBS, is a dedicated seed saver working to preserve fast-disappearing varieties of heirloom melons. Her book, Melons for the Passionate Grower, is a celebration of the speckled, bumpy, oh-so-sweet world of the melonÑfrom Minnesota Midget and Georgia Rattlesnake to Ali Baba and Sweet Siberian. Here she profiles more than one hundred varieties, each showcased in a full-color photographic still life recalling eighteenth- and nineteenth-century botanical paintings and engravings. Goldman also offers expert advice on cultivating and selecting your own melons, as well as the rudiments of seed saving.

LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

The American South embodies a powerful historical and mythical presence, both a complex environmental and geographic landscape and a place of the imagination. Changes in the region's contemporary socioeconomic realities and new developments in scholarship have been incorporated in the conceptualization and approach of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz has spoken of culture as context, and this encyclopedia looks at the American South as a complex place that has served as the context for cultural expression. This volume provides information and perspective on the diversity of cultures in a geographic and imaginative place with a long history and distinctive character.

Everything a Beginner needs to learn English! This is Book 1 of Teacher King’s English Beginner Course It contains 30 important lessons to help a student begin learning English the right way! Level: Beginner - Students should have a basic knowledge of Reading & Writing. Application: Self-learning & Classroom Have fun and learn English the best way! This workbook has been written for all ages, children and adults alike. This workbook features: - 30 excellent lessons with everyday topics - 300 important words used in daily life - 30 fun worksheets for easy learning of vocabulary words - Common sentence structures for everyday topics - Easy interactive worksheets to learn sentence structures - Tests to reinforce knowledge of the lessons - 30 phonetics with interactive pages - Commonly used grammar tenses - Step-by-step grammar development - Vocabulary words include Indonesian translations Teacher King’s English Beginner Course is the easiest way to learn English. Written by ESL specialist, Kevin L. King, who has taught English as a Second Language for over 30 years around the world.

Book 1 & 2 of Teacher King’s English Beginner Course in one book! It contains the first 60 lessons to help a student begin learning English the right way! Level: Beginner - Students should have a basic knowledge of Reading & Writing. Application: Self-learning & Classroom Have fun and learn English the best way! This workbook has been written for all ages, children and adults alike. This workbook features: - 60 excellent lessons with everyday topics - 600 important words used in daily life - 60 fun worksheets for easy learning of vocabulary words - Common sentence structures for everyday topics - Easy interactive worksheets to learn sentence structures - Tests to reinforce knowledge of the lessons - 60 phonetics with interactive pages - Commonly used grammar tenses - Step-by-step grammar development - Vocabulary words include Hungarian translations Teacher King’s English Beginner Course is the easiest way to learn English. Written by ESL specialist, Kevin L. King, who has taught English as a Second Language for over 30 years around the world.