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Eudora Welty. You’ll want to read her Collected Stories.

Utter the term “Southern Literature” and most people immediately imagine all those depressing Southern white dudes they were made to read in high school or college. William Faulkner? Yawn. Tennessee Williams? I can get drunk and feel lonely on my own, thanks.

But the literary scene of the American South, past and present, has more going for it than a few guys with bleak worldviews. Here’s a list of six unexpected (or at least, less expected) Southern reading recommendations. I suggest enjoying them when the summer heat is at its worst, for a real Southern experience no matter what region of country you’re currently in.

Thanks to Amazon’s awesome Summer Big Deal promotion, you can get a number of Quirk titles on the cheap for your Kindle, from $2.99 to $3.99.

The selection ranges from our Quirk Classics (including the entire Pride & Prejudice & Zombies trilogy) to some of our Secret Lives titles. You can even grab The Sherlock Holmes Handbook, which was Ransom Riggs’ first book with us before his bestselling YA novel Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

I’ve got the full list (and links!) below. The promotion ends on the 23rd, so get them while you can.

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Heading to the New York City International Gift Fair? We’ll be there, August 19th though August 22nd. Please stop by our booth (#7549!) where we’ll be showing off all of our classics and our exciting new books for Fall 2012!

All titles will be eligible for the show special; an additional 2% discount off the invoice’s retail value or an additional 30 days dating, (90 days EOM total).

So come stock up! Or at least swing by and say hello.

Quirk @ the New York City International Gift Fair
August 19th – 22nd
www.nyigf.com

The apocalypse isn’t exactly cocktail party banter.

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August is Peach Month, and so we’re serving up all the information you need about this classic summer fruit, courtesy of the Field Guide to Produce by Aliza Green. From the history and classification of various types of peaches and nectarines, to how to pick the best ones, to some great recipe ideas and flavor combinations, this segment is the definitive Peach Primer.

Photo via The Hudson Family on Flickr

You did have a life before you were a mom, so you probably know quite a bit about multitasking. The one-handed approach allows you to do a whole slew of tasks, even with a babe in arms. The Rookie Mom’s Handbook by Heather Gibbs Flett and Whitney Moss has the tip: