Emmett Burnett
Haines and Other Authors’ Best Sellers
For Carolyn Haines, opportunity knocked at a Mississippi cocktail party. Attending the 1982 social, an Ole Miss professor told the future mega-author, “Carolyn, you...
Ford’s Million Dollar Shine
Out of his teens, out of college and out of work, Russ Ford found employment polishing other people’s shoes. He offered great service —...
Can Fun Hedge a Tree Fund?
Not too long ago, timberland investing meant buying raw land, holding it, and selling for profit. Buyers watched their trees and bank accounts grow...
Career Veer to Home Grown
Sandra Simone is a good farmer, reluctantly. Decades ago she traded Birmingham for California, with dreams of becoming a professional singer....
Disaster Master
On the campus of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, college students enter a stately building of fellowship and refuge from...
Some of our Best Places
From the northern mountains of Mentone to the southern beaches of Fairhope, five cities exemplify the best of Alabama life, offering...
The Way of the Wayward Andy
Being a motivational speaker is easy when your resume includes gigs at the White House, books on the New York Times Best...
Backing Alabama-China Connections
“We love you George, ” the Chinese visitor said to his American host, hugging his neck before boarding a plane for home....
Candy Acclaim
Alabamians do not observe holidays with “visions of sugar plums” dancing in their heads. Candy, yes — but chocolate has replaced those...
From the Gulf to the Platter
Dominick Ficarino knows shrimp. Like his father, grandfather and great grandfather, commercial seafood is his life. Over the generations, shrimp...