Cultural Region/Deep South
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God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks about Life on Sapelo Island
$19.00 Add to cartEqual parts cultural history and memoir, God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man recounts a traditional way of life–that of the Geechee Indians of Sapelo Island– that is threatened by change, with stor… [more below]
- Author: Bailey, Cornelia Walker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0385493770
- Language: English
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My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one’s deepest prejudices and fears.
“Remarkab- Author: Verghese, Abraham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 25 1995
- ISBN10: 0679752927
- Language: English
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The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel
$11.99 Add to cartMasterfully told and as suspenseful as it is haunting, The Green Mile is Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestselling dramatic serial novel and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starrin… [more below]
- Author: King, Stephen
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1501160443
- Language: English
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Talk about Good!
$24.95 Add to cartThis cookbook takes you on a journey through south Louisiana’s traditions, cultural heritage, and the culinary artistries of Cajun food. With 790,000 copies sold, Talk About Good is in its 23rd printi
- Author: Lafayette, Junior League of
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 07 1969
- ISBN10: 0935032029
- Language: English
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Love, Ruby Lavender
$9.99 Read moreRuby Lavender and Miss Eula are a pretty good team, for a couple of chicken thieves. What other granddaughter-grandmother duo could successfully drive the getaway car for chickens rescued from a journ
- Author: Wiles, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0152054782
- Language: English
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The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot
$35.00 Add to cartThe first tarot to celebrate an African-American culture, this book and 79-card deck capture both the spirit and the imagery of Voodoo’s African, West Indian, and Catholic influences. Ancient and eart… [more below]
- Series: Destiny Books S
- Author: Martinié, Louis
- Binding: NULL
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 1, 1992
- ISBN10: 0892813636
- Language: English
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The Feast of All Saints
$9.99 Add to cartOriginally published: New York: Simon and Schuster, c1979.
- Author: Rice, Anne
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 12 1986
- ISBN10: 0345334531
- Language: English
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Missis… [more below]
- Author: Barry, John M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0684840022
- Language: English
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A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau
$26.00 Add to cartLegendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yello… [more below]
- Author: Long, Carolyn Morrow
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 7, 2007
- ISBN10: 0813032148
- Language: English
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Go Down, Moses
$18.00 Add to cart“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Faulkner, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 30 1991
- ISBN10: 0679732179
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
$9.99 Add to cart“Grand, robust, a rich and big novel.”–Alice Walker, The New York Times Book Review
“In [Jane Pittman], Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure. . . . Gaines’s novel brings to mind other great w… [more below]- Author: Gaines, Ernest J.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01 1982
- ISBN10: 553263579
- Language: English
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A Confederacy of Dunces
$34.95 Add to cartAfter four decades, the peerless wit and indulgent absurdity of A Confederacy of Dunces continues to attract new readers. Though the manuscript was rejected by many publishers during John Kennedy Tool
- Author: Toole, John Kennedy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: August 11, 2014
- ISBN10: 0807159603
- Language: English
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This Side of the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel
$9.99 Add to cart“Cat and Bones are combustible together.”
–Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novelsCat and Bones are back! New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jeaniene Frost returns to he
- Series: Night Huntress #5
- Author: Frost, Jeaniene
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 22 2011
- ISBN10: 0061783188
- Language: English
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The Zombie Zone
$6.99 Add to cartHelp Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z in this chapter book that’s perfect for Halloween
Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions With over 8 million copies… [more below]- Series: A to Z Mysteries #26
- Author: Roy, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0375824839
- Language: English
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Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
$8.99 Read moreNewbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
Zane Dupree i… [more below]
- Author: Philbrick, Rodman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0545342392
- Language: English
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The Awakening: And Other Stories
$7.95 Add to cartKate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century American writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Chopin, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199536945
- Language: English
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New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend
$31.99 Add to cartNew Orleans has a reputation as a home for creatures of the night. Popular books, movies and television shows have cemented the city’s connection to vampires in public imagination. In the early days o… [more below]
- Author: Crandle, Marita Woywod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: September 25, 2017
- ISBN10: 1540226395
- Language: English
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The Witching Hour
$24.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the beloved author of the Vampire Chronicles, the first installation of her spellbinding Mayfair Chronicles–the inspiration for the hit television series!
“Extraordin… [more below]- Series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1
- Author: Rice, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 976
- Publish Date: September 24 1991
- ISBN10: 0345367898
- Language: English
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Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou
$35.00 Add to cartWinner, James Beard Award for Best Book in U.S. Foodways
Winner, IACP Book of the Year
Winner, IACP Best American Cookbook
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Saveur, Washington Post, and Garden & Gun Bes… [more below]- Author: Martin, Melissa M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1579658474
- Language: English
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Cooking for the Culture: Recipes and Stories from the New Orleans Streets to the Table
$32.50 Add to cartToya Boudy’s father grew up in the Magnolia projects of New Orleans; her mother shared a tight space with five siblings uptown. They worked hard, rotated shifts, and found time to make meals from scra
- Author: Boudy, Toya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 7, 2023
- ISBN10: 1682687457
- Language: English
