Volunteer Bama Dawg collects 60+ of Chattanooga broadcaster David Carroll's most popular essays, combining humor, history, and tributes to some unforgettable characters.

As an avid social-media user and fan, I have enjoyed collecting misspellings, misinterpretations, and other mishaps, then including them in my blogs and newspaper columns. The response from readers has been encouraging. One might even call it a “title wave.” Thankfully, many readers began sending in more examples of AutoCorrect and texting fails, poorly worded signs, and embarrassing invitations. Cindy Lowery in particular is always on the hunt for me. This resulted in a series of columns, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. You can blame it on voice-to-text, spellcheck, blunders or many other factors. No matter the reason, these social-media mistakes are a good source of laughter. (And my own smart-aleck comments are added in parentheses, like this.)

Hello Chattanooga! Famous People Who Have Visited the Tennessee Valley features photos, stories, and complete listings of the entertainers, athletes, political leaders, and others who have visited the area since 1900. Chattanooga has attracted some of the best-known celebrities in the world, thanks to the city’s historic venues, beautiful scenery, and powerful people. Take a trip back in time, enjoy great memories, and maybe even settle an argument as you learn the dates and places that your favorite star (or president) visited the Chattanooga area.

Teenager Brayden Dexter Greene has traveled North Alabama collecting photos of his favorite trains and railroad settings. From the peculiar freight engines of Amtrak to the beautiful Heritage Units of Norfolk Southern to the new rebuilds of CSX locomotives, Brayden chronicles both the commonplace and unusual trains crisscrossing the state, carrying passengers and freight. He takes a close look at some notable shortlines, such as the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad out of Gadsden and the Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority, which locks down its engines in the downtown area of Huntsville. Backgrounds include Birmingham’s famous Sloss Furnaces and several notable railyards, including the CSX Boyles Yard in Tarrant, the Norfolk Southern Norris Yard in Irondale, and the BNSF East Thomas Yard in Birmingham. Featuring an introduction by renowned wildlife photographer and author of Journey Through the Lens Angie Birmingham, Brayden’s collection tells the stories behind Alabama’s rail history. Still, the images are the stars here, those mighty trains that move the world even as they inspire the passions of one teen who shares his favorites in Trains of Alabama!

Learn to teach fundamental driving in a logical sequence. Instill confidence in your students while helping them practice their skills in a safe setting before they need them on the road. You will practice diagnosing and analyzing driving errors—especially steering errors—so you can explain and correct them before they become dangerous habits. Driving Academy founder Kenneth Lindquist includes a wide variety of tips, such as how to avoid hugging the center line and to take proper seat-belt use seriously. This Instructors’ Edition of How to Teach Driving is the perfect partner to written guides because it translates the classroom’s two-dimensional concepts into three-dimensional skills. Whether your region requires driving-instructor training and certification, or you simply want to be the best at helping new drivers learn road safety, this book is the place to start.

With good jobs so hard to find, especially in rapidly expanding Florida, owning your own food truck could be the best option. It’s the least-expensive start-up, and you can be fully operational in mere months. The rules and regulations can be a bit complex, and no single source has offered all the answers—until now. How to Start and Run Your Own Food Truck Business in Florida is the step-by-step guide that takes you from good idea to great success. Sure, it’s hard work, but exciting, mobile, flexible, and highly profitable—and you get to be your own boss and set your own hours. This book tells you how and where to make money in this exploding independent industry. Even if you’re just curious for now, this guide is the best way to discover if a food-truck business is right for you.

With good jobs so hard to find, especially in rapidly expanding Georgia, owning your own food truck could be the best option. It’s the least-expensive start-up, and you can be fully operational in mere months. The rules and regulations can be a bit complex, and no single source has offered all the answers—until now. How to Start and Run Your Own Food Truck Business in Georgia is the step-by-step guide that takes you from good idea to great success. Sure, it’s hard work, but exciting, mobile, flexible, and highly profitable—and you get to be your own boss and set your own hours. This book tells you how and where to make money in this exploding independent industry. Even if you’re just curious for now, this guide is the best way to discover if a food-truck business is right for you.

With good jobs so hard to find, especially in rapidly expanding Tennessee, owning your own food truck could be the best option. It’s the least-expensive start-up, and you can be fully operational in mere months. The rules and regulations can be a bit complex, and no single source has offered all the answers—until now. How to Start and Run Your Own Food Truck Business in Tennessee is the step-by-step guide that takes you from good idea to great success. Sure, it’s hard work, but exciting, mobile, flexible, and highly profitable—and you get to be your own boss and set your own hours. This book tells you how and where to make money in this exploding independent industry. Even if you’re just curious for now, this guide is the best way to discover if a food-truck business is right for you.

Surprising Insights, Many Laughs, and a Tear or Two Every person has a private life and a secret self. This is true of those we know and people we only know because they are famous. Discover fascinating, intimate, clever, witty, poignant, insightful tales from a diverse roster of notable women who dare reveal both the unknown and the previously undisclosed. But these are not gossipy tales—no. They are personal, anecdotal, always-meaningful stories for quiet reading, sharing aloud, even performing from the stage. Illustrated with whimsical portraits that capture these remarkable celebrities at their best,Whoopi Likes Her Bacon Crispy is offered in laminate hardcover, soft, and digital editions. Come away with a richer appreciation of these talented women, and smile for permitting them to entertain you in unexpected and delightful ways.

A breathtaking novel of secrets, lies, and survival in post-World War II Germany, where alliances may not be what they seem. August 1945. As Stefano, an Italian POW, heads toward home across war-ravaged Germany, he encounters a young child beside his dead mother. Unable to leave him to an unknown fate, Stefano takes the boy with him, finding refuge in a seemingly abandoned house in a secluded woodland. But the house is far from vacant. Stefano wakes at the arrival of its owner, Erich, a former German soldier, who invites the travelers to stay until they can find safe passage home. Stefano cautiously agrees, intrigued by the disarming German, his reclusive neighbor Rosalind, and her traumatized husband, Georg. Stefano is also drawn to Monique, the girl in a photograph on Rosalind's wall, who went missing during the war. But when he discovers letters written by Monique, a darker truth emerges. This place of refuge could be one of reckoning, and the secrets of the past might prevent the travelers from ever getting home.