Geographic Orientation/Louisiana
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Fat Tuesday
$14.99 Add to cartIn this “intriguing” thriller (People), a New Orleans police officer kidnaps an attorney’s wife in an act of revenge — but he’s not expecting the electric attraction between them.Burke Basile is a co… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Sandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1538712660
- Language: English
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The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans
$18.00 Add to cartIt is a spring morning in New Orleans, 1843. In the Spanish Quarter, on a street lined with flophouses and gambling dens, Madame Carl recognizes a face from her past. It is the face of a German girl, … [more below]
- Author: Bailey, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 29 2005
- ISBN10: 080214229X
- Language: English
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Katrina: A History, 1915-2015
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the Bancroft Prize
“The main thrust of Horowitz’s account is to make us understand Katrina–the civ
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year- Author: Horowitz, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271076
- Language: English
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Shattered Midnight-The Mirror, Book 2
$18.99 Read moreCan dreams come true when you’re living with a family curse?
Zora Broussard has arrived in New Orleans with not much more than a bag of clothes, a beautiful voice, and a pair of enchanted red shoes. Ru… [more below]- Series: Mirror #2
- Author: Clayton, Dhonielle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1368046428
- Language: English
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Orleans
$12.99 Add to cartFirst came the storms.
Then came the Fever.
And the Wall.
After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years later, residents of th
- Author: Smith, Sherri L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 06 2014
- ISBN10: 0147509963
- Language: English
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Gumbo Shop
$19.95 Read moreFor decades, patrons of the quaint Creole restaurant on Saint Peter Street have enjoyed the standards of New Orleans cuisine in one of its most natural settings. Around the corner from Saint Louis Cat… [more below]
- Author: Stewart, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1455627216
- Language: English
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Forever This Summer
$16.99 Add to cartThe second book from critically acclaimed author Leslie C. Youngblood, about family, identity, and learning to stand up for what’s right — now in paperback! Georgie has no idea what to expect when sh… [more below]
- Series: Love Like Sky
- Author: Youngblood, Leslie C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0759555206
- Language: English
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The Haunted Showboat
$10.99 Add to cartBess and George invite Nancy on a trip to New Orleans, to help their relatives solve a mystery. Their uncle wants to restore an old showboat, the River Princess, but no one will go near it Mysterious… [more below]
- Series: Nancy Drew #35
- Author: Keene, Carolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: January 01 1958
- ISBN10: 0448095351
- 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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Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’em
$12.95 Read moreA classical work.
-H. L. Mencken, early twentieth-century distinguished journalist, critic, and editorFrom the story behind the Side Car Cocktail to the secret of perfect Mississippi Planter’s Punch, t
- Author: Arthur, Stanley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 02 1977
- ISBN10: 0882891324
- 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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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
