Cultural Region/Deep South
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Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case
$12.99 Add to cartRevised and updated with new information, this Jane Adams award winner is an in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement.
The kidnapping and violent mu- Author: Crowe, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 045147872X
- Language: English
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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
$19.00 Add to cart“A hilarious, endearing novel.”–Los Angeles Times
In Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waitin- Author: Flagg, Fannie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 13 2005
- ISBN10: 0345485602
- Language: English
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Mexican Americans in Texas History, Selected Essays
$23.95 Read moreThe contributions and influences of Mexican Americans in Texas history have been many and significant. Only in recent decades, however, have historians adequately told this story. The enormous strides… [more below]
- Author: Zamora, Emilio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0876111746
- Language: English
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New Orleans Cookbook: Great Cajun and Creole Recipes
$22.00 Add to cartNow in paperback, the steadily popular authentic and reliable New Orleans cookbook–the forerunner to the Cajun-Creole cooking craze that has swept the country.
- Author: Collin, Rima
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 12 1987
- ISBN10: 0394752759
- Language: English
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Bellocq’s Ophelia
$17.00 Read moreSelected as a “2003 Notable Book” by the American Library Association
In the early 1900s, E.J. Bellocq photographed prostitutes in the red-light district of New Orleans. His remarkable, candid photos- Author: Trethewey, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1555973590
- Language: English
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Acadiana: Louisiana’s Historic Cajun Country
$44.95 Add to cart“Acadiana” summons up visions of a legendary and exotic world of moss-draped cypress, cocoa-colored bayous, subtropical wildlife, and spicy indigenous cuisine. The ancestral home of Cajuns and Creoles
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0807137235
- Language: English
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Animal Tracks of Florida, Georgia, Alabama
$9.95 Read moreConcise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. A perfect guide for teac… [more below]
- Series: Animal Tracks
- Author: Sheldon, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1551051478
- Language: English
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Sycamore Row
$34.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – John Grisham returns to the iconic setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, as Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a controversial trial that exposes a torture… [more below]
- Series: Jake Brigance #2
- Author: Grisham, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: October 22 2013
- ISBN10: 038536315X
- Language: English
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Carnal Innocence
$10.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts provides a potent mix of small-town secrets, scandalous romance, and down-home Southern atmosphere as a young woman searching for some bayou R&R finds he… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Nora
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0553295977
- Language: English
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The Dragon Lantern
$16.99 Read moreThe Dragon Lantern is the second book in the award-winning, action-packed, steampunk League of Seven series by acclaimed author Alan Gratz.
Archie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and F- Series: League of Seven #2
- Author: Gratz, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0765338262
- Language: English
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The Cotton Country Collection
$19.95 Read moreWith more than 600,000 copies sold, The Cotton Country Collection is a classic among Southern cookbooks. This vintage book, first published in 1972, was listed by USA Today as one of the top five regi
- Author: Junior League of Monroe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: January 11 1972
- ISBN10: 0960236430
- Language: English
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Dinosaur Mardi Gras
$19.99 Read moreGet ready to stomp and chomp to that mambo beat When carnival time rolls into New Orleans, these hip dinosaurs want to boogie on down. Iguanodon wiggles to the music of a marching band, while Zigongo
- Author: de Las Casas, Dianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 19 2011
- ISBN10: 1589809661
- Language: English
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Today Is Monday in Louisiana
$19.99 Read more- Author: Kadair, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 30 2006
- ISBN10: 1589804066
- Language: English
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A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories
$18.00 Add to cartRobert Olen Butler’s lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its impact on the Vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the Pulitzer … [more below]
- Author: Butler, Robert Olen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 05 2001
- ISBN10: 0802137989
- Language: English
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The Awakening
$10.00 Read moreShe wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.
Condemned as “sordid” and “immoral” on its publication in 1899, this story of a woman trapped in her marriage effectively ended Chopin’s car- Series: Art of the Novella
- Author: Chopin, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 31 2010
- ISBN10: 1935554123
- Language: English
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Rise of the Cajun Mariners: The Race for Big Oil
$19.99 Read moreThe story of four families of Cajun boatmen and their rise from trappers and shrimpers to mega-millionaires.
Rise of the Cajun Mariners documents an untold piece of American history–the beginnings of- Author: Falgoux, Woody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1510769900
- Language: English
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Nine Lives: Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans
$20.00 Read moreThe hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters.
“Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New- Author: Baum, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0385523203
- Language: English
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A Confederacy of Dunces Cookbook: Recipes from Ignatius J.
$39.95 Add to cartIn John Kennedy Toole’s iconic novel, Ignatius J. Reilly is never short of opinions about food or far away from his next bite. Whether issuing gibes such as “canned food is a perversion,” or taking a
- Author: Nobles, Cynthia Lejeune
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0807161918
- Language: English
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Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy: Down Home Classics for Vegetarians (and the Meat Eaters Who Love Them)
$29.99 Add to cartIn Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy, chef and Southern at Heart host Damaris Phillips shares 100 recipes that embody the modern Southern kitchen: food that retains all its historic comfort and flavo… [more below]
- Author: Phillips, Damaris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1419726692
- Language: English
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Freshwater Road
$18.00 Read moreFrom award-winning actress Denise Nicholas: a ten-year anniversary reissue of her powerful and dramatic coming of age story set in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Freshwater Road has be… [more below]
- Author: Nicholas, Denise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1572841958
- Language: English
