Mary Thompson: 89 books

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...

The issues explored in The Feminist Classroom are as timely and controversial today as they were when the book first appeared six years ago. This expanded edition offers new material that rereads and updates previous chapters, including a major new chapter on the role of race. The authors offer specific...

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the...

His life was good... Zach Bennett was content to go to work, hang out with his family and friends, and entertain a woman once in a while. As his family found love all around him, he was content to stay single. Unattached. Happy. Besides, he had enough to worry about with a new chef breathing...

"Hey! Who is that I see? Someone’s in the tub with me! Does he have big eyes for staring? Does he have sharp claws for scaring?" Read along and discover how much fun it is to take a bath with this fun Early Reader that uses repetitive text and bright illustrations! This Level 2 Reader...

"A dinosaur would help with chores, and pull me through the snow. He would help me see things way up high, as well as things down low." Read along and discover all the fun things you could do with a pet dinosaur with this fun Early Reader that uses repetitive text and bright illustrations!...

Thirteen-year-old Ryan Hawthorn has spent his life on display as a human exhibit in the multi-eyed Pipe Men’s intergalactic zoo. When his father is accidentally poisoned, it’s up to Ryan and his seven-year-old sister, Becky, to scour the universe for the antidote. Along the way, they encounter...

Heather would do anything for her best friend. Anything except face the man who shattered her heart. Luke regretted walking away from Heather every day, but nothing could make him go back. When Heather walks back into Luke’s life, neither of them are happy about it. Their connection...

She has a secret… Andie Young has always been good at hiding who she really is. Her emotions and truths have stayed buried beneath the sexy clothes, makeup, and endless amber waves that are her signature look. She had to do something to get attention. Between her three brothers and five cousins,...

In the mirror she’s fat. In his eyes she’s fine. After her ex insults her and breaks up with her, Sam is determined to show him exactly what he missed out on. Sam’s hurt, but Sam’s no push over. She’s equally mad, too. And determined to make him eat his words. Questioning if...

She never thought she’d go back… Fifteen years was a long time to be away, but not nearly long enough when Alyssa Morgan had nothing to show for her time. Unless you’d count three failed marriages, two parents she barely spoke to, one disastrous attempt at a college degree, and zero friends...

He could be just what she needs… Alyssa Wright has one goal before she leaves for college. She refuses to go carrying her v-card. She just has to find someone to give it to in the next six weeks. When she runs into Jake Monroe, almost literally, she knows he’s different. She thinks...

When all her round parts are exposed, he makes her feel ravishing. Tara thought her life was perfect. Right up until everything fell apart. With no job, no boyfriend, and no future, she returned home to Winterville to help her mom run her floral shop. She felt like she was back in high school,...

Tiffany Wright has always focused on her career and her friends. Always the friend, and never the focus, Tiffany wants to find love for herself. And then Craig Meyer walks in. Craig and Tiffany are paired together for their best friends’ wedding cruise. As roommates. Tiffany finds herself inexplicably...