{"title":"Terry Roberts","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerry Roberts is the award-winning author of seven novels set in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where he was born and raised. \u003cem\u003eA Short Time to Stay Here\u003c\/em\u003e won the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award; \u003cem\u003eThat Bright Land\u003c\/em\u003e won the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award, the James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South, and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award; and his later novels \u003cem\u003eThe Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMy Mistress' Eyes Are Raven Black\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIn the Fullness of Time\u003c\/em\u003e have been finalists and nominees for major Southern and thriller awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lifelong teacher and educational reformer, Roberts descends from six generations of mountain farmers, along with the bootleggers and preachers who appear in his novels. He was raised close by his grandmother, who passed to him the magic of the past and the grit and humor of mountain storytelling. His books are published by Turner Publishing and its fiction imprint, Keylight Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/southern-fiction\"\u003eSouthern Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/historical-fiction\"\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"my-mistress-eyes-are-raven-black","title":"My Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e2022 Thriller Awards Finalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Terry Roberts' new novel is a literary thriller of the highest order: lyrical and suspenseful, with characters you will long remember. This is a heart-pounding, timely, and completely immersive read. It's also Roberts' finest hour.\" –Silas House, author of \u003ci\u003eSouthernmost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllis Island, 1920. \u003c\/b\u003eNew York Harbor's immigration and public health authorities are slowly recovering from the war years when a young, pregnant Irish woman disappears from the Isolation Hospital on Ellis Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Robbins, a specialist in finding missing persons, is assigned the case. Yet when he arrives at the isolation hospital, he discovers an inexplicable string of deaths and disappearances among immigrant patients...and a staff that seems to be hiding a chilling secret. Stephen finds an ally in Lucy Paul, an undercover nurse who is also investigating the mysterious incidents. Together, they begin to unearth a horrifying conspiracy masked beneath the hospital's charitable exterior. As Stephen and Lucy get closer to the truth and each other, they are swept directly into the danger haunting Ellis Island and become the next targets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmidst growing racial tensions in the wake of World War I,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Mistress’ Eyes are Raven Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the disturbing lengths to which people will go to protect racial purity and condemn those they fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684426944\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684426942\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Terry Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40194004287675,"sku":"9781684426942","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40194004320443,"sku":"9781684426959","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/MyMistress_EyesareRavenBlackCover_mockup_v2_1620851874_638b783e-9fed-45b1-9b2b-1664bd5bb6ea.jpg?v=1790958248"},{"product_id":"that-bright-land","title":"That Bright Land","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinner of the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA new Southern gothic thriller from the winner of the 2012 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Summer of 1866, Jacob Ballard, a former Union soldier and spy, is dispatched by the War Department in Washington City to infiltrate the isolated North Carolina mountain community where he was born and find the serial killer responsible for the deaths of Union veterans. Based on true events,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat Bright Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the story of a violent and fragile nation in the wake of the Civil War and a man who must exorcise his own savage demons while tracking down another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ballard’s struggle for identity parallels that of the remote, mountainous region of North Carolina, which will complicate his future. \u003ci\u003eThat Bright Land\u003c\/i\u003e deserves an A for the sympathetic protagonist, intelligent love story, and well-crafted plot, but Ballard’s discovery of his own roots, after years of homelessness and war, makes it an A+. Highly recommended.\"―\u003ci\u003eHistorical Novel Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terry Roberts, who lives in Asheville and has deep roots in the mountain region, gives us a fine book that’s at once a vivid historical novel with an unforgettable setting, a murder mystery and thriller, and a believable, mature romance. There’s good reason that the book’s back cover bears testimonials from Fred Chappell, Robert Morgan and Ron Rash, three esteemed authors with ties to the same mountains. Roberts’ book deserves to be on the shelf with theirs, as well as with those of John Ehle, to whom the book is dedicated.\" ―\u003ci\u003eGreensboro News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1630269751\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781630269753\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Terry Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40517147197627,"sku":"9781630269753","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40517147230395,"sku":"9781630269760","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781630269753_FC_mockup_v2_1623182463_a1f24b94-5769-4c74-b079-cf07e9f6420f.jpg?v=1790969357"},{"product_id":"a-short-time-to-stay-here","title":"A Short Time To Stay Here","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe summer of 1917 should have been a summer like any other. Stephen Robbins should have been doing the same thing he'd been doing for years past. As a young boy, he'd fled his life in a secluded mountain cove and risen through the ranks to become the manager of the South's finest resort, the elegant Mountain Park Hotel. By all rights, he should have spent this summer as host to some of the wealthiest gentry on the East Coast. Hans Ruser, German Commodore of the world's largest and most luxurious cruise liner, Vaderland, should have been sailing yet again with his elite passengers to the far corners of the world. And Anna Ulmann, captivating and beautiful, should have been at home in her New York mansion planning yet another lavish dinner party for her famous husband and his rich and powerful friends. She should have idled away her spare time by taking perfectly staged photographic portraits of the very same people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut war will change everything that should have been in that summer of 1917— the U.S. enters WWI and the Mountain Park Hotel is pressed into service as an internment camp for over 2,000 German nationals, including Ruser and his men. This sudden collision of lives and cultures in the small town of Hot Springs, North Carolina is both frightening and exhilarating. And the unlikely alliance that forms between Hans Ruser and Stephen Robbins will force each to decide just how far they are willing to go to keep peace in the beautiful and isolated mountains. Feisty Anna Ulmann, seeking to assert her independence in a male-dominated world, mysteriously flees south to devote her life to documentary photography. When she steps off the train at the Hot Springs depot one sultry summer day, she could not have imagined the passionate journey that will result when she matches wits with Stephen Robbins. Haunted by demons both past and present, they will face heartbreaking tragedy. Yet together they will discover the true meaning of imprisonment and escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eA Short Time to Stay Here\u003c\/i\u003e Terry Roberts shines a narrative light into a little known corner of modern history, German POWs in World War One in the Hot Springs resort in the mountains of North Carolina. This is a thrilling story of the clash of cultures, of mystery, espionage, revenge, and love. It is a riveting story you will not be able to put down or forget, bringing to life a particular Appalachian time and place, by one of the exciting new voices of Southern fiction.”―Robert Morgan Author of \u003ci\u003eGap Creek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrave Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Short Time to Stay Here\u003c\/i\u003e is the real thing, a brilliant novel about a fascinating yet unknown chapter in history...Highly original yet authentic characters populate this page-turner with its themes of love, violence, espionage, and the clash between cultures. There is something particularly evocative about its setting....I couldn't put it down while I was reading, and it has haunted me ever since.\"―Lee Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eFair and Tender Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1681629518\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781681629513\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Terry Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40517277810875,"sku":"9781681629513","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40517277843643,"sku":"9781681629520","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781681629513_FC_mockup_v2_1623183849_f3dcbcc7-cdff-440b-8df0-20e663c77ed4.jpg?v=1790969329"},{"product_id":"the-new-smart-how-nurturing-creativity-will-help-children-thrive","title":"The New Smart: How Nurturing Creativity Will Help Children Thrive","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn their world, neither static definitions of intelligence nor traditional ideas of training stand us in good stead. Rather, we need to reframe the question given what lies before us and come to terms with a different answer posited in a different language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese, then, are those who will thrive in the 21st Century:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey will blend multiple intelligences in a way that might be described as synthetic or even symphonic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey will be ambitious and focused without being self-obsessed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey will value asynchrony and even seek it out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey will use their own marginality to generate novel perspective and new work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey will exhibit a steadfast resilience in all phases of life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey will be measured by what they produce over the course of a lifetime, not by any static notion of capacity or quotient\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the fractured environment of the 21st century, true success will be unique and unexpected—the result of a creative response to complex, shifting challenges. So, how do we prepare? How do we educate ourselves and our children for life in 2050?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Terry Roberts offers educators and the schools they love a road map away from the standardized testing for standardized minds agenda. Using both research on cognitive development and examples from actual schools, accessible to parents, educators, and even students, this volume should become an owner's manual for the schools we need both today and tomorrow.\"―George Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eSchools That Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Noted educator and novelist Terry Roberts performs in \u003ci\u003eThe New Smart\u003c\/i\u003e a high-wire trifecta: sketching an insightful\/persuasive portrait of life in the mid-21st century; identifying traits and skills essential to navigating that transformed world; and listing the educational moves we must make now to enable today’s young people to thrive a generation or two hence.  This indispensable book will be required reading on my syllabus―and that of many other college and high-school educators who teach classes on society, politics, education, and culture.” – Provost of Wake Forest University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684423716\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684423712\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Terry Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40517420646587,"sku":"9781684423712","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40517420679355,"sku":"9781684423729","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781684423712_FC_mockup_v2_1623185098_22bad901-6888-4744-a207-1f7ed113bdfa.jpg?v=1790969297"},{"product_id":"the-holy-ghost-speakeasy-and-revival","title":"The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJedidiah Robbins is a man on a crusade. From town to town, his Gospel train rides the rails of 1920s Appalachia, spreading the Good News with his daughter and a loyal group of roustabouts in tow. But Jedidiah’s traveling revival company has a secret: in addition to offering the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it also delivers spirits of another kind. Prohibition is in full swing, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sword of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e train keeps the speakeasies in the towns it visits in business by providing the best that mountain stills have to offer. While beyond the gaze of federal agents, the operation eventually runs afoul of an overzealous small-town sheriff and a corrupt judge, setting in motion a series of events that could land them all in chains. Told with haunting lyricism, this is the story of a preacher full of contradictions, a man for whom the way is never straight and narrow. 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