Just Yeserday-North Carolina People and Places :: Released October 2008
Bruce Roberts’ unique perspective records fascinating images of lighthouses and coastal scenes, farm workers toiling on family farms in the eastern Sand Hills, the Civil Rights movement, explosive urban growth in the Piedmont, and both the natural beauty of western mountains and the quiet dignity of that region’s people. Commentaries by Roberts enhance the reader’s experience of these timeless photographs. In “Just Yesterday,” 191 black-and-white and color photographs strike a chord of memory in all who consider North Carolina home. A must for any North Carolina native.

North Carolina Lighthouses: A Tribute of History and Hope
For more than 200 years, North Carolina’s lighthouses have defined our lacy yet lethal coastline as sailors have worked to outsmart the impetuous shoals of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. This definitive book pays homage to these romantic signatures of our seafaring past. It is beautifully illustrated with than more than 100 color photographs in a breathtaking photographic celebration of the state’s historic lighthouses. 10 x 12 large book format, hard cover with dust jacket; 224 pages.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts

Cape Lookout National Seashore: Exploring the History & Wild Coastal Beauty
This Cape Lookout National Seashore is home for birds, turtles, and abundant sea life. Undeveloped and untouched by bridges, this seashore is a sanctuary of natural beauty that once visited will never be forgotten. This 25-page booklet includes the story of a maritime community, Portsmouth, which once thrived at the northern end of the park. Stories of the wild horses, the Cape Lookout Life-Saving Station, and the famous Cape Lookout Lighthouse are told in words and pictures at the request of the National Park Service.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

Lighthouse Ghosts & Carolina Legends
In these pages, you will meet some of the enduring spirits who have survived death itself and continued to live on in lighthouses, forts, and keepers’ dwellings up and down the Carolina coast: long-retired-but-not-gone-keepers, a centuries-old Indian brave, a very lovely but very sad young woman, a little girl with a sharp eye for approaching storms, a young man determined to urge people to safety, a Civil War general, and a legendary seabird to name just a few.
By Norma Elizabeth and Bruce Roberts.

Moving Hatteras: Relocating the Cape Hatteras Light Station
In what some said was impossible, the move of the world’s tallest brick lighthouse was completed smoothly thanks to the movers’ expertise. Engineers knew to the hour when the mortar of its new foundation would dry and the lighthouse could be lowered to its new home. As Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd spun off the African coast, movers watched the storms as they tracked across the Atlantic and found themselves in a race for time. This brief publication was created by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and illustrated by her husband, Bruce Roberts, as an interpretive guide during the move at the request of the National Park Service. The first edition was written in future tense and has been updated several times post-move, complete with aerials of the ongoing relocation project. An original painting at its centerspread illustrates the move track with the lighthouse “ready to roll.” It was a peak into the future and proved accurate in every detail.
By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.

Fort Macon State Park: An Illustrated Guidebook
This unique color guidebook includes a history of the fort, description of the two-day siege in 1862, and color photographs of casemate displays. There is also a section on the beautiful environment that abounds in birds, wildlife, and sea life. Surprisingly enough, there were two lighthouses at the fort and you can see what they looked like although they were destroyed before the siege battle more than 150 years ago. By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts with a brief history by Paul Branch.

South Carolina Lighthouses: Past and Present
Photographs, history, directions, and fascinating facts about S.C. lighthouses are all within this beautiful. brief publication. Included are the Ft. Sumter Lighthouse in Charleston Harbor and the leaning lighthouse of Cape Romain. A double map at its centerspread reveals the location of all S.C. lights including a timeline of building dates for each one.
By John Hairr.

The Blue Ridge Parkway
To drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway is to travel along a scenic highway in the sky. It is an experience with trees, flowers, misty treks, foggy sunrises, vistas and valleys, mountain music and dance. This booklet captures the moods and feelings of the most beautiful road in America. With dozens of photographs and a centerspead map of the most interesting places along the Carolina-Virginia road, you’ll enjoy the experience whether it’s a pre- or post- trip read. By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.